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	February 2- 2010 Greetings to all, There is a saying: Everyone talks like he does at the fair. Although, for us hispanic speaking people is more difficult to integrate professionally than someone speaking English / French in Canada, by the barrier of communication, a person wishing to live in Canada should seek the techniques for successful installation and not simply terrified by bad experiences of others. There are several ways of coming to Canada: 1) As a student. Come to Canada as a student in any program related to your career or your interest. The program must be full time When you are studying full time (have a student visa), it is possible that your spouse process an open work permit which would allow him/her to work legally where could get work. This is a good option for the following reasons: a) When you are a newcomer on the country and get to study, you’ll practice your English, and make contacts/friends in town where you are studying. It is important to make friends and contacts for mental health and because they can connect you with prospective employers. b) The schools usually have offices or officers dedicated to advise you to seek employment or work where you can get your bearings, or sometimes also hire students. c) Having studied or worked 1 year in Canada, you increase your score to emigrate to Canada, as the Canada Govt. considers to have worked or studied in Canada for at least 1 year as an increase in your adaptability. d) Future or prospective employers usually feel more compliant with regard to the language if they see you studied in Canada for a while (think ah, the English must be good, if you study here) The degree of importance in Fluency depends on what job you seek. If you work in sales, making presentations or written, of course it will be important. 2) Temporary work permit. There are several ways to work temporarily in Canada. It depends on your country of origin and level of study. For example, engineers from Mexico, may work in Canada if they get a job (of course, must obtain their permission to work) but this profession, like many others (accountant, graphic designer, etc..) Fall into international agreements. Note that if you come just like that without a job offer, "sometimes" because employers here ask you to your engineering degree or another regulated profession this revalidated / inspected by the Corps evaluator of the profession Note that my partner engineering study in their country of origin - study in Canada for 2 years - and now, working while studying and after study. Because study in Canada, never had the need to evaluate their foreign degree in Engineering. The Official title of his work is not "engineer" but considered their Engineering, and his studies in Canada to his current position... that is not your / their studies abroad are not worth. If my partner wanted to work in a company with the job title of "Engineer" probably should register and make some tests in the College of Engineers of the province, as it is a profession / degree for which is regulated in some cities . (They want to be updated) There are several programs to work temporarily in Canada, to name a few: * Live in caregiver-aid to someone at home with children or with patients. Due to the demand of domestic and care workers here in Canada, was created a special program. If you do not like they treat you, find another employer for the same, learn about your rights before resigning or returning you to your country. 3) Calls the residence from your country of origin: Immigration laws are constantly changing. If you order from your country of residence may take 1 to 2, 3 years to get it, depends on your country of origin and the times that the Canadian immigration offices later installed on your country to review your case. MEANWHILE, do not waste time, study English, and / or a trade that will be useful to get to Canada (hair stylist, tailoring, making furniture from wood, etc.). Something that gets you a job while you get some professional Or looking for an internationally recognized certification, ie a global review, as the following examples: Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Project Management Professional (PMP) Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Chartered Accountant (CA) Certified General Accountant (CGA) Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Chartered Insolvency Restructuring Professional (CIRP) Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) Certified Management Consultant (CMC) Certified Sales Professional (CSP) Certified Professional Purchaser (CPP) Certified Sales Executive (CSE) Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) These assessments / professional designations may be made in several countries, and have high value here Well, I hope the information given will be useful. There is work; you can have any job (café, restaurant, etc.). While you get some of your profession. Canada was in recession, and there was a time that lowered recruitment of professionals. As a migrant, you can take time to perfect the language and learn to express yourself professionally, with self-esteem and sell your abilities / work at the best price. To practice your speaking, presentation you can join TOAST MASTERS in Canada, or in your home country to practice and have a great presence and self-image ... Trusts you ... and get ready, do not house the destination. FORGE YOUR DESTINATION, be prepared to not be a victim of fate. It is disciplined, no one can force you to improve yourself. And if you do not like Canada, return to your country of origin or go to another country, because with experience abroad and another language is very sure you'll get a good job ... I wish you success and send you a hug, Kenny. Alberta, Canada. February 3- 2010 I have read the comments and just wanted to say that I do feel for you and the difficulty involved in becoming an immigrant. IT is not for the faint of heart! Realistically Canada does absolutely require continued immigration because our birthrate is so low, and this is the case in all the western democracies. However, there are warmer places to live in the winter, and for the person who immigrates life will be hard and possibly stay hard for the 1st generation at least. You would have to be willing to basically give up everything for your children's future. My own grandparents immigrated to Toronto prior to WW2 and nothing has changed, only back then there was no social assistance of any kind. As for discrimination, that is unfortunately human nature, there are no countries without it on this earth. Try having a German/Russian ethnicity following WW2 and during the cold war. I put myself through university, following a first career, and took out loans that required 9 years to pay off with high interest rates. I am the 3rd generation and many generations on the other French Canadian side of my family. The taxes are sky high in Canada and you need to know that people commute for long hours and often even so-called successful people have a day job and a part-time or home business as well, if your idea of success is slaving your whole life away. Unless you are coming from a war torn or unstable country it is not worth it to uproot unless you are quite young and determined. Foreign education might not help, so many are driving taxis AND ALSO so many PhD Canadians are driving taxis here as well. You must be prepared to live simply, be very adaptable and do a lot of research. As far as living expenses go, I'd suggest to live like a student in an upscale part of town, in a small basement apartment near the subway (cheaper) so you don't require a car because it will make you feel more alive and included in a vibrant society. When you choose to live in a suburb or isolate yourself in an immigrant community, it may seem supportive, but it won't help with the very long travel days and integrating/finding leads. There is a fine Indian community in Downtown Toronto at Coxwell and Gerrard, for example, with all the items from home, the culture and community, but you will have more free time living in the city Lisa K. Ontario, Canada. February 4- 2010 This is my first time writing on this forum. I am an immigrant from the States and been up here for nearly 2 years. I find it very difficult to find gainful employment in my field of business. My family and I live in a rural area and we are finding it very difficult to locate work. We want to move to a different area but you need money for that and with a family of 5, it's very hard just to feed them. We have sent out resumes to no avail, and even emailed the NDP, for suggestions without any responses. I see jobs posted on job board but only if I was aboriginal, I could apply. It's just a frustrating feeling that I can't support my family here in Canada. Canada shouldn't focus on trying to get immigrants if they don't want to help them get started. JT. Ontario, Canada. February 6- 2010 I want to say what I think. My family and I came from South Africa in '08. All this negative talk is insane. If you do your homework before you come, then you should not have a single problem in this wonderful country. We came because of safety concerns for my family, seeing I carried a gun in South Africa every day of my life. We came over; knowing we will make less money and that it’s VERY cold, but I wanted my family SAFE!! I’m willing to shovel snow the rest of my life, to have the safety we have here. Nobody will force anyone to move to Canada, it’s your choice. If it’s so terrible, move back then, don’t complain!! Adrian. Alberta, Canada. February 9- 2010 Hi, I am a landed immigrant in Canada and been living in Brampton from past six months. I am Bachelor in Mechanical engineering with five years of R&D medical device Design experience in a fortune 500 company. I had a perception that I could find a job for me easily in this country, but from past six months I am not only applying for jobs in my field but also in other fields too. It is frustrating for me not even a single call from any company. I use to meet with people around me. I found after a meeting to my community people and the present scenario that I made a mistake. I left my lucrative job for better prospects in this country. Everyone told me that this is not a country for the immigration of educated people. Everywhere in the companies I have seen the slogan `Equal opportunity employer` but there is nothing like that. I think Canadian government should take stringent measures for retaining the skilled immigrant if they really want otherwise they should remove the option for highly skilled class from their immigration policy. At least those people who have everything in home will not be the prey of current situation here. Regards, A. S. Brampton, Canada. February 18- 2010 I am a native from Mexico who looking to immigrate to Canada to work and live. I feel that Canada has many opportunities to offer and full of a variety of ethnic groups from all over the world make it a special place to live. I'd be honored to live in such a beautiful country and thankful to be privileged and the opportunity to work and get success in a great country such as Canada. Sincerely, Your friend, Jose. Nayarit, Mexico. February 21- 2010 Hello everyone! After reading some comments on emigration to Canada (Montreal), the truth is that I have been astounded and frightened. I plan to go to Canada for a better life, I have informed and I can go as a tourist for up to 6 months, but to me what interests me is to go to work and could stay there. I'm with my mother and 2 younger brothers, but my father abandoned us and we want to start a new life do we have any chance there? At first we wanted to go all 4 at once, but I wonder if my brothers will have school, if my mother for her age may find employment... Ultimately I don’t know if we'll survive. I would appreciate it if you have any kind of information... If already there I could get work and residence... I don’t know, I'm very worried, lost and scared, I hope someone of you can give me a cable. Greetings Basma. Spain. February 25- 2010 I have my degree in accounting since 2008, I been looking for employment for six months, I can’t find anything. They’re telling me that I don’t have experience, blah, blah… how am I going to get experience if I don’t find a job. I did my training for school at the National Bank of Canada and everything. I know a Canadian who’s working at the National Bank, he got a high school degree. It’s unfair, which you pay a lot of money to study and then they tell you that you don’t have experience or you not qualified for the job. I am pretty upset Joel G. Winnipeg, Canada.
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	January 01- 2010 Hi all, The reason for my query is because this new year I will go to Canada to take a course in English for six months, this is a benefit that I have in my work, but I will investigate a little more about the chances of staying there legally, I understand that if I stay there for a year studying is easier then apply for a visa from there, if true I would manage everything to study 6 months English and the remaining 6 months to do the equivalent of my degree (Public Accountant), so, what is true on this and where I could find more information? Thanks.... Hebert. Venezuela. January 04- 2010 I came to Canada as an immigrant two years ago and brought with me a realistic vision of what I was going to expect: difficulty in finding a job that matches my qualifications. Being realistic and able to realize and utilize the options available to you is the key to success. I started from scratch and ignored the past and its glories. Immigration is a challenge and to accept it you must be ready. I succeeded in securing a job in a call center one month after arrival. I worked so hard and accepted difficult shifts and excelled in the training and in my performance. Three months later I applied internally for a higher position and was accepted; followed the same 'Die Hard' strategy then again another internal job application and I won that, then another and now I am one of the operations team in a field different from my field; I accepted to learn and start all over. Accepting the new, realizing the options and working hard is your key if you want to enjoy living in Canada. It will take you sacrifices but do it for your children. Take the challenge but be realistic and forget about your past glories... Don't look back and keep looking forward. Accept to start for example in a cleaning job to secure minimum wage and references: take overnight shifts and study something during the day. Work in retail even if you were a doctor in your country. Do whatever it takes to survive, and development will eventually come due to your hard work. Hala. Toronto, Canada. January 12- 2010 Hello, After reading through some of the comments in this column, I thought I would like to share some aspects of my Canadian immigration story. My immigration to Canada took place way back in 2004, after quitting my progressive corporate career in India. I have landed in Toronto and traveled many areas of Ontario, I could not find any job other than a minimum wage gas station counter job that also with the help of umpteen references. Neither my British Master's degree nor my Indian engineering degree was recognized. My vast experiences in Engineering / Management field were not counted as I was not counted as an engineer. I was ready to work as a technician / operator but I was over qualified. My British Management Master's degree had nothing to do in Canada as Canada has no shortage of management pundits. My wife and 3 years old daughter joined me for a week and then returned back to India after getting their PR cards. Luckily my wife did not resign her Government of India - (Sr. Lecturer) job as I did with my corporate job. That was one of the best decisions we took in our married life. After the entire struggle for a year in Canada, I then returned to India. However, I had already become a professional outcast in the Indian corporate view point, resulting a strong re-entry barrier to the same hierarchical position. I had to then satisfy with a position which were two steps down and almost half of what I was previously paid prior to my immigration. After spending a year on the same job in India, I have then tried a second attempt to Canada, but this time a different place, Alberta, where I had some family links. To my surprise, situation was not different. I fought against all odds and became a taxi driver. But to be honest I enjoyed that job for a while. However, I became a victim of social outcast due to my newly acquired profession. I could not attend Indian family parties, get together and other functions as I found it was embarrassing to reveal my job to the conventional Indian community. So it contained more or less a solitary life. During the course, I was pondering the trajectory of my life post Canadian immigration. I had everything back home a good professional corporate job, savings, family life, recognition with all other sorts of binding luxuries. Post immigration, my life resorted to a mere existence, struggling to meet both the ends. My immigration to Canada was in order to achieve greater standard of living but it had led to a quite miserable, unstable position affecting me and my family in total. That's the point I took another strong and most wonderful decision. Return back permanently. Yes I did. After my return back in India, I have got an excellent offer from Saudi Arabia. Past two years on, by God’s grace, I am in Saudi Arabia, as a comfortable Project Manager position with everything in life. Here is my piece of advice to those who would like to immigrate... if you already have a good position in India or your own home country... better think twice before you decide to immigrate. Immigration itself is a big decision and it contains many unexpected, complicated events. For those of who already struggle as landed immigrants, better show the courage to return to India or your own home country. After all, it may take only a while and easy for you to get back to your own profession in your home country or to find some reliable avenues. As Indian immigrants should also remember that Indian economy grows at 7 to 9% as compared to Canada, which is at less than 2% and most of other developed countries, where it's been recorded negative growth. Regards Pradeep. Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. January 14- 2010 Good Comments Pradeep. One thing I noticed about Canada is easy to get immigration, however is hard to make a decent living for most of the recent immigrants. Anybody wishing to immigrate has to do some independent research before immigrating. Also don't resign your present employment till you find something suitable here. You may live to regret. Samuel. Hamilton, Canada. January 19- 2010 Hi, This is the first time I enter this forum and like everyone here, I would give my opinion, I have exactly 24 months living in Canada, I have my papers and everything in order, how has been my experience? Very difficult at first, it's easy to comment or talk when no one lives in this country, but let me tell something to all, is not easy waiting bus for hours with 25 degrees below zero and sometimes 34 below zero in Alberta, it is not easy to deal every day trying speak good English, when you never spoke English before, not easy to take your family far away from you, this is very difficult, I will not say I felt discriminated because I never lived in Canada illegally, but I can say what I hear daily in my circle of friends or in my work and I hear from Canadians, who say things like "I have no problem with any immigrant, but as a Canadian I am not working in McDonalds nor Tim Hortons, that's for not Canadians" say as well," do not work for ten dollars an hour, but many immigrants do", etc, etc., that is not discriminating? Again they have not done with me, but I hear these comments every day and my circle of friends is 90 percent Canadian. Too many ask in this forum, Canadians are cold? Yes they are and very much, of course that does not make them bad people. On the other hand is anyone who lived in Canada knows that no one becomes a millionaire here, everyone who lives here knows that I do not lie and if you earn 4 thousand U.S. dollars, end of the month you’ll have 100, why? Because if you want a good place to live in a nice area and you have to spend a thousand dollars in rent, you have to have a car, not for wanting to live well, but because it is necessary in Canada, or stand at the bus station below 34 degrees, you choose, you have to eat and let me tell you I go to the supermarket once every two weeks and $ 500 is nothing at wal mart or Dominion or Sobey `s, etc., wanting to go to the movies? Two people are charged $ 25, excluding drinks and popcorn, you want to go dancing? Please hand over $ 100? Why? if you drink do not drive, pay a cab is not cheap, do not ever think about driving if you drink a big problem if the police got you, and so on. So, go making your math, it is a safe country? Depends on what you call security, because in Toronto in a month several boys, some criminals have robbed after leaving school, I don’t know what is the end, but believe me, read newspapers, watch news from Toronto…. so you will find safety in Canada, depending on where you live, in bottom-line, I enjoyed my stay in Canada and no doubt I'll be a while longer, but is 100 percent sure I’ll my old age in my country, with people I love. Greetings to all! Victoria. Canada. January 20- 2010 I visited Canada last year, because I work for an Canadian company, and I was impressed with the country, I want to emigrate to offer my children a better future, in Mexico there is not much to offer, the country's situation is very bad, what awaits to my children in my country, it is a sad but true reality. Carlos. Coahuila, Mexico. January 28- 2010 Hi Everyone, I am a Peruvian immigrant with a degree in Broadcasting and Video Engineering, 8 years of experience came with me which I thought would never throw them out the window just to do something else. 2 years and 8 months ago that I live in Canada including 6 months in Toronto, most of the time I was in Gatineu, Quebec. This is my opinion, I read some comments and the truth is that they are a bit negative and the majority ignores the fact because I took the decision to emigrate to Canada, the truth is that most immigrants here decide emigrate because their weren’t happy in their home country and / or seek better life which is my case. Obviously it's tough at first nobody knows you, do not speak or write the language well, you have no work experience, not like your accent and so on. etc. All this is true and they know well who like me launched thousands of resumes. Finally after looking for work with super-negative results, achieved only work on calls at early morning, when nobody wanted to go out at -20 it was something so I did it. Take a firm decision to return to Peru, but at least I'm going to take my time studying, so I devoted to studying to improve my English and French in Canada because is vital is to be bilingual. After 1.5 years and my English improved I decided to take technical courses in my career in Ottawa, and finally after finish my course and achieve A + average with 92 points (he was the only thing that encouraged me to continue fighting, show me I got the height of any Canadian and I am able to do the same). Then was there when someone Canadian saw my performance and recommended me to a TV channel in Toronto, I moved without thinking and after 3 months of testing, I achieve the permanent job. Today, I work in my profession and I earn as any local technician, I belong to a union, I achieved what I came to look at the first world but for now I have more goals to accomplish. I don’t want seem pretentious or conceited just want to show that a foreigner have options here. On the other hand it is true that there is not the heaven, life is expensive, insurance, market, transport and people are dying of something or other too, but I'm sure more people die on the streets or by attacks in Latin America than Canadians in Afghanistan and Iraq together if they want. And to the costs at least you have money to pay them in our countries you always are short, right? Closing, I love my home country, I’m going back someday but professionally Canada offered me new challenges and a new life and it is here where I belong now. Migration is very hard but only those who are capable of striving to achieve what you came for get what they deserve, the goal is put it by each are of each person, the money comes by itself, do not confuse the concepts, this country doesn’t needs mediocre immigrants, it’s my opinion. Greetings to all and just wanted to share my experiences. Oscar. Toronto, Canada.
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	December 08- 2009 Hi Everyone! I'm new on this forum and hoping to get some advice. I'm veeeeeeerrrrrrryyyy frustrated to a point of giving up my "dream" of moving to Canada. I'm a Family Physician, have been waiting for soooo loooong for my & my family visa. I can’t believe it's been more than 4 months past the time I was told our visas would be out. My hubby's Ex-wife annulled their marriage behind his back and unfortunately for me/us we can't move an inch because the South -Canadian Embassy is waiting from department of Home Affairs to confirm the annulment yet the Ex-wife had submitted an Affidavit confirming their previous marriage. My Canadian Employers are also agitated by this action because I was supposed to start work in September. My question?? How do we bypass the home affairs issue because in my country even a small issue like Identity book issue takes forever!!! Do we give up on Canada because it has really turned our plans upside down!! Anyone in the same situation? Zandile. Cape Town, South Africa. December 17- 2009 Hello I’ve read several comments on this page and I found it interesting to comment I have over 3 years here in Montreal, Quebec and well like everybody else looking a better quality of life, I mean the respect from your neighbors, that someone open the door, which someone on the subway give you good chair and a better work and more capital, the advice I can give is patience, not for the fact of having a college degree you can reach with all the doors open I am business administrator and then you realize that one is an immigrant and while you getting the papers you have to do everything it comes to you, so the first thing is take off from your mind that you're professional and in Mexico you were! You had! You won! etc.... Studies do not have the same equivalence and obviously you have to speak more than one language not only Spanish or English in many cases as the French here in Montreal and the more you know you’ll have more opportunities, simplicity and respect takes you to other places, it is saying in the requesting is to give, I had know during this time many people who think that living here is the worst mistake or even impossible and surely you marry someone and gave it as easy. What we Mexicans do not know is that if you prepare your documents in Mexico than to arrive here once, you'll have better possibilities, so the key is being available to any situation and if it touches you wash baths so later you will be rewarded well I lived then and now three years, I'm where I wanted to be with many sacrifices and cold and missing my Mexico but knowing that my children will grow up in a country where respect for women and children come first and that everything that happens in Mexico is so far from reach this country. Greetings! Jaqui. Quebec, Canada. December 22- 2009 Today I had the opportunity to read a report from a website in which indicates that Canada is the 7th country with the highest quality of life on Earth, the same way, I understand that the government of Canada requires professional people which encouraged emigration. My husband and I are professionals with good jobs and living standards. We apply for resident visas, very soon we will go live in Canada. Our dream is to achieve a better quality of life for us and our girls, as the issue of insecurity in my country is worrying. But by what I read in this forum the probability of finding employment commensurate with our training and adequate remuneration is not common, I wonder: What the Canadian government encourages the emigration of professionals if they have no jobs to offer ?, then why is a hoax that professionals can elevate their quality of life in Canada? I welcome your comments. Maria Daniela. Venezuela. December 23- 2009 Hi to all I'am Candido, First of all I want to say that I respect a lot all the comments and opinions of all forumers because they denote the individual life experience of each person, in my case I have some time gathering information about Canada and the possibility of leaving to work temporarily to know and then migrate with my wife and kids, I am a carpenter and do many other jobs that are related to construction and remodeling I'm something of a handyman, not because I say it, but I like do things well, To go to Canada I also feel a commitment to provide an extra to the society who receive me at least is what I think, I know there will be difficulties ahead, I wish someone could help me with any guidance regarding such costs life there, How much is enough, and how much is not enough, I Have Edmonton as my main destination, a great little detail is that I need a job offer from someone to handle my trip there, also if anyone knows anything that will appreciate it. Candido V. Mazatlan, Mexico.
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	November 03- 2009 When I left Indian to come to Canada I was happy to get away from all the discouragements I faced in the India community, I was wrong. In the six years of living in Canada the only people that treated me like dirt were Indians and other immigrants. The Canadians (gringos) are very nice people they seem to stand off from me but that’s because many immigrants are not trustworthy so I cannot blame the gringos for being cold and unfriendly. I recently joined a company and there is a Indian work working there for the last two years, she treats me like dirt and talks to me like I am an animal. So to all the people who think Canadians treat you’ll unfairly go back to your country. Allen. SK, Canada. November 06- 2009 I was told that the cold weather is very hard. I've been told that who likes to work wherever is good receive it. I heard that they are not racist as the Yankees. I was told that badly needed experienced professionals. I'm told it really helps people who can not get jobs until they finally get it. Must be nice to go there alone and if you can settle down to take your family, but without selling anything from your country to go back on holidays and retain your citizenship. Must be nice too, if you are single or separated yourself, marry a Canadian who wants the warmth of Latinos. Must be nice to settle in neighborhoods of your own countrymen. Those Canadians what they are lacking a lot of love and understanding and I know I can give it to them. The love I have too, what a pity that they have been icy cold hearts to many, but they lose it, not me. Anyway, I can help you with pleasure. God bless you. Papaleco. Altagracia, Venezuela November 11- 2009 Hello: This comment is in response to the comment from Allen. SK. While I agree with you to a point when you say that Canadians don't like or don't trust immigrants, you are right on that. Lots of us have burned our bridges when it comes to trust because lots of us have tried to practice our old corrupted and dirty ways from back where we came from, and I totally sympathize with the Canadians who had to deal with that malpractice. On the other hand, I agree with you when you say that the people who have treated you the worst are immigrants. You are right on that too, and that goes back to the fact that while I would say most of immigrants think of the white race as some sort of supreme race, they won't think the same from another race that does not have the so called supremacy blood. As a matter of fact, I guarantee you that if I was to put a white person, and a color person, and the color person knows much more than the white one, just because of the fact the white one is white, you would ignore the knowledge of the immigrant one, and that would be just because the immigrant has an accent, a different color or according to you, they do not deserve the same respect and credit as the white does. On the other hand, you say that the locals have treated very good comparing to the other immigrants. I know why. There is a reason why. For one thing, I know that most of the immigrants here or I would rather say, certain races, never say not, never retaliate, and never disagree with the wrong doing of many Canadians. Instead, they just sit and take the abuse, and giggle like little children. They will never say a word about it no matter how disdainful the issue is. You know why I know that, because I work with different races from around the globe, and I see how they deal with that behavior, and the Canadians with the superior attitudes, they just love that. Lots of the white locals love to feel superior, they love the fact that they can jolt around their little puppets because after all, that's what most of them will do, feel superior and good at the expense of a sheep. When you say to all the unhappy immigrants here to go back home, you are wrong on that because if the Canadian Government opened its doors to immigrants, they never stated that they would bring us here to take their mental and moral abuse. Therefore, we will have to hold them accountable for our well being here, and we must make the Canadian government stand for its promises of equal opportunities for us instead of running away from the problem. I am really happy for you because of the fact that you claim that you have been treated good, but that is not the case for many other people, even worse, this people has done nothing to jeopardize their integrity, and honesty. All they have done wrong is being smarter than many Canadians, and stand up for their rights. My blessings to all of you who are still struggling here, and don't ever give up. Always stand up for a better treatment and equal rights as tax payers. Cristina, Edmonton, AB November 19- 2009 Hey, it is so sad to hear all those comments about Canada, isn’t what I thought ..... Hi I'm Chia, I started several months ago with the formalities at the embassy to obtain the permanent residence to live in Canada ... right now living pretty well at my country, I have a steady job, I earn very well and I bought my first apartment, but I want to go live in Canada because I want to live in a safe country and with other kinds of culture and education, I really do not want have children in my country, It’s not what I want for them, I want another way of life for me and my children (when I’ll have them). I was extremely happy with these procedures, but reading all the experiences in this forum really do not know if it is better go live in CA.. and did not get a good job there, it scares me ... the area where I graduated as a Technician (3yrs) and where I work more than 10 years ago in my country, foreign trade (import and export specialist), really I do not know how it is going this field job in CA, I'm actually purchasing manager of an international importer company, which is why if any of you know how is moving this field of employment, especially in Montreal / Toronto, please let me know, what would the best area in CA to live and play in my career... I’ll love to work in international freight... Thanks for the comments can provide !!!......... Because I don’t know if to continue with the immigration or abandon this idea. Chia. Venezuela.
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	October 09- 2009 I lived in Toronto in 2002 studied English, and I believe that Canada can provide me a new life style for me and my young family. I had been knocked so many doors looking for one opportunity and until now I have nor response back. For me will be so easy to do all proceedings necessaries to get the legal documents to work there by nafta visa but even I am a hard worker I do not have any one, I am looking for help and I hope here can find it. Thanks for this little space Arturo. Mexico. October 18- 2009 My experience was similar to that of many other people. You're going to Canada with hopes of a better life and you find a big surprise. To get the visa they ask you a thousand requirements, profession, language, health ... and you land and you are lucky if you get a work in cleaning or something in the same level. We found that six months are not the ones you need to get jobs, especially the issue of "Canadian experience", in volunteerism were 5 months of waiting to get a position. Immigrate to Canada may actually be good, if you don’t have a profession, because your standard of living actually rises (speaking of stylists, plumbers, construction workers, field workers), but in our case we were both professions with a good standard of living in our country, Canada only was to know poverty, rely on food banks, toy banks, used clothing. Finally after 2 years of great struggle, many abuses (especially Latinos), my husband got a "good job" but unfortunately it was only in position (in some way or another it was recognition by him profession) but as to money, we were still practically the same situation, a year after talking with a coworker (Chinese architect), he realized that his income was exactly the same, with what he saw there was really no future. For my part, the first year I had not looked for work because I have a baby, but later became more fruitless searching I've done. Of the 70 resumes I gave (that after having taken courses in job search), just call me from one place and I was objected by the accent. I was already resigned to take cleanup jobs because that was all they offered me (I detected an unhealthy obsession for Latinos already installed there to make you work on that). When we decided to return to our country, we were in total depression, to go Canada we got rid of everything (house, furniture, car). We search for work on the internet, in 15 days we came back, starting from 0, as pride is sometimes difficult to handle, and we chose to go to another city and not our home. My husband came and with work, I got it the next day, in two months we had bought car, at home...!!! Only 18 months we went to Canada to waste time!! If you are a professional and develop your career in your country and have a good life, play it safe, but if you're a professional "mediocre", or you have no university degree, then Canada is for you. To my remember Canada is like a nightmare, the long lines at the food bank, receiving gifts of used stuff ... I can not believe that ever lived there. My kids are proud of their parents because they had realized that we are recognized as professionals in the city where we live, I see my friends there, who live well, where you can hook up, but finally after good level of life, but their children often hide what is their parent’s job. Each one counts as it was at the party, but for me, if I could go back, I never go to Canada. Clara P. Cancun, Mexico. October 21- 2009 I agree completely. Canada is no the wonder that everyone say. Indeed, they have never been there and they keep saying: I know a person who went to Canada, made money and came to put its house, I have a cousin who went to Canada and now he live well. I want to see them struggling to see how their money is gone flying by and the work it does not get easy. Walking in the cold summer, speaking English with immigrants from around the world, especially from Latin America countries. I want to see them waiting for bus, running half an hour in the cold. Bullshit. We immigrate there 4 months ago and I have not stopped to mourn. We have learned what is the poverty in front of the wealthy Canadians who spend their millions. I am glad not to be the only one in this situation, bad for many, the comfort of few. I hope I can soon return to teach in my dirty and worn DF. Where he lived the reality of the middle class. Carolina S. D.F., Mexico October 28- 2009 Good day! This is the first time that I’ve read all the message/comments in here, I got some idea in moving to Canada. My family is waiting for our Immigrant Visa, and we are little bit excited/nervous in moving there. We are still not decided to what place in Canada we are going to settle. I am interested in Vancouver since I have a friend which will help me in getting a Job since I am a Nurse and preparing for Board Of Nursing there, but my husband wants in Toronto since His relatives are their. I don’t have any idea in Toronto. Please guys please help us to decide what particular place in Canada we we're going to settle, I’m a Nurse and my husband is a Seaman/Navy. I know there is a lot of negative feedback for Canada but I want to be positive in all aspects in our life so that we will be successful in our professions. Thank you very much. Faith, from Philippines
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	September 02- 2009 We came here in December 2006 with the promise of good pay and conditions with an Alberta employer. We sold up everything in the UK and went for it. We wanted our then 15 year old daughter to have the chance of living somewhere with less crime and more opportunities in life. What a joke !!!! The promises by the company were mostly lies, once we got here we were told "sign this new contract with less pay or we don’t want you, the big pay was just to get you here. What choice did we have? We had already sold everything lock, stock and barrel back home. Then at the end of a year, not 2 as promised in their contract they said Bye we don’t want you anymore. Now trying to get things sorted out with immigration is a nightmare. They keep "losing" our paperwork, then of course when we provide evidence of them receiving it they back track and "find" it. Now the 2 companies who really wanted us to work for them have given up. We are now penniless and have no option but to give up and return back to the UK, broke, no home and no prospects of work. We have no money to take back with us all our momentos of our life including my husbands 14 years with the British army serving alongside Canadian soldiers I may add. Everywhere we go Canadians tell us how proud they are of their Scottish heritage. Pity immigration aren’t so proud of it. As we were informed by one immigration official "why are you still in MY country? In immigration don’t bother speaking to your local parliament official I am god in immigration matters" So much being told if we worked hard, paid our taxes and never broke the law we would welcomed. Lynn. Alberta, Canada. September 07- 2009 Hi all, I live in Beirut, Lebanon. I have an MBA from a big school of business, and I work as a senior financial controller with a good salary but my ambition is pushing me towards new horizons. Would I be advised to leave all and immigrate to Canada? Charles H. Beirut, Lebanon. September 10- 2009 My suggestion for those who have interest in immigrating to Canada: If you are a low-to-middle-class skilled worker who already have a good job in your profession, please DO NOT try to immigrate. You'll regret it. If you are a labour worker who gets minimum wage in your country and perhaps has no hope for a better living there, then you are welcome to apply the Permanent Residency, since Canada is actually having a shortage of fruit-picking and fish-packaging workers, McDonalds and Tim Horton staff position. If you are ready to live with minimum wage for at least 1-5 years upon your landing here, then you are ready to immigrate. Good luck, you will need it a LOT. How can I say this? Because I am a victim, currently living in Delta, British Columbia. However, I'm lucky to have an option to return. Au revoir, Canada! Ferry I. British Columbia, Canada September 13- 2009 I've heard a lot about people who go to live in Canada and in general are very positive considering the level and quality of life in addition to receiving the acceptance of immigrants and excellent employment opportunities in this country. That's why I'm very interested in having a job opportunity, given my professional conditions and work experience of 10 years of which 6 were in response to foreign customers. Also, my desire is to have the option of forming a new family and give a better future for my son. Angela B. Medellin, Colombia. September 22- 2009 By curiosity I entered this site and as a Canadian immigrant now I would write the following. Canada is a country very hard but for me that I worked before in Germany and France, Canada is the best in the world. The best way to migrate is through the Canadian Embassy in the country of residence. It is very important for professional jobs have very good knowledge of French to Quebec and English to other provinces. My wife worked as a nurse and she as certified nurse had to take several courses to be registered and that's normal. I see many negative references to Canada that I think are unfair. The people who migrate have to go with emigrant papers and be ready to work on whatever comes our way and eventually all work out. Both my wife and I worked thirty years to retire and not a day on the dole. The country is good but is hard, you must have overcome desires and work hard. For all who are considering coming to Canada, do everything officially through embassies, what is more secure. God bless. Guti. Edmonton, Canada.
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	August 05- 2009 Dear friends, I am a Chinese 33 yrs old, graduated as an electrical engineer. Currently working as a marketing manager in my home country. (US$4K per month). I have a family with 2 kids and parents. Living standard here is considered high. Just to give everyone an idea. Public housing cost about US$270K (not freehold, one unit in a condo like building with no facility), medical cost is high (giving birth easily reach US$2K), car price is high (Average 1.6L car US$40K), high utility bills (average US$150 per mth per household), high stress level for children in school, No social welfare system…….etc. Despite the good medical facility, low tax, stable government, efficient public transportation, I am looking out for a place with better quality of life for my kids and parents. I have read a lot about immigration and finally my wife and I decided on Canada. There are many beautiful articles that talks about Canada being one of the best place to stay, relatively low crime rate and the good social welfare system…. etc. Grass on the other land always looks greener. 2 years back, I paid about USD$2K, applied to Canada immigration under the skilled immigrant category. Now I am waiting for Canada to consider my application. I was even planning to work as a long-haul truck driver in Alberta or Ontario to make a decent living. However, after reading the forum here, most of the views expressed look negatives and it really scared me. Now I am worried whether to continue the immigration process or to continue the “Rat Race” here. I am seriously looking for any advice or suggestions from anyone who has been living in Canada. Thank you very much in advance. Steven. Singapore. August 10- 2009 Steven, You’re right, grass is definitely NOT greener on the other side in this case. I wouldn’t want to be biased but please read more immigrants' personal experiences from forums, then decide on your own. I cant speak for all the countries but in many prospective immigrants' hometowns, they're far better off than Canada's in terms of weather, standard of living and job/business opportunities. What's the point of moving to a foreign country when one does not have the chance of making/saving good money even he/she likes the Rockies or Niagara Falls a great deal? Jon. China. August 12- 2009 Hello everyone, This is in response to Steven from Singapore. Just to give you a brief Steve, my wife and I are planning to go to Canada sometime early next year for our landing. We already have our visas. We are just waiting for the right time to emigrate. Obviously you have been hammered with lot of negativity and it reflects in your thoughts. Just because things aren't going their way, doesn't mean that it will not go yours. Just ensure that you stay positive and see it through till the end. Also, ensure that you take along with you at least 6 months worth of expenses when you go to Canada. We know many people who just borrow money as show money at the time of Landing. That is not going to work out, as one's mindset is already programmed with lack. He/she is always going to be desperate when looking for a job, and it will reflect in your cv and interviews. Looking at your qualification, I don't think you should be much worried, nor do you want to take up a truck driver's job. You have two choices: 1) If you want to work a job and leave matters in the hands of hope, then educate yourself in an Accredited University ONLINE in your field of expertise. This will help you in applying for suitable jobs when in Canada or 2) Start an online business. Get the business working from Singapore itself and then when you move to Canada you hit the ground running, and you are not pressured into finding an income source to feed your family. We went with the second choice because that gave us flexibility and command. Anyways the choice is yours. My advise to you would be to not give up and continue with your dreams. Never Ever give up. You can get in touch with me personally if you wish Take care and regards to your wife and 2 kids. Cheers Jhon B. United Arab Emirates August 15- 2009 This is in response to Izah from Philippines Hi Izah, I am so happy to see your mail in this forum. I am so proud that your application has been approved. You have achieved a DREAM that many people I know wished but failed. Even I am migrating to Canada with my husband and 2-year old son. Canada is my childhood DREAM place. For my qualification only, I might not have made it. But because of determination.... here I am, just waiting to start a new life there. What I gathered from our Consultant, your profession is still a NECESSITY in Canada, I mean let's face it.... Filipino Medical Staff are still the BEST. A lot of my friends and relatives didn't go through a Consultant but still made it. We went through a Consultant to avoid the hassle of documentation. He also advised us on how to get prepared with EILTS, but there is no OTHER advantage in getting a Consultant other than guidance. Since my husband is a engineer by profession, we are optimistic that he will be getting a suitable job. BUT we don't want to rely only on him getting a job to live our Canadian Dream Life . What we are doing now, is we started an internet online business to make sure that we have another source of income to backup our finances. And as we all know, since this is operated on the internet, we can run it anywhere in the world. YES, including Canada! As long as we have an internet connection and our 'bestfriend MACbook' - we have everything we need. And since I am a housewife, I can do it from home... I was informed that in Canada, they are very strict about leaving your child/children (ages under 12 years old) alone in your home without an adult. Here in UAE, the moment, the children can get their food from the fridge... they are on their own. But since, we are doing well on this business, we decided we will continue the business even if my husband gets a good job. Or maybe, If God's will and we made it BIG in this business, even he can be with our son and earn income from home. You've gone this far, Izah, don't let pessimistic information stop you from fulfilling your DREAMS. What my mother always say.... "Ang kapalaran ni Juan, di kapalaran ni Pedro." (English translation: "John's destiny is not Peter's destiny.) You go girl! Follow your dream.... Jenny S. Ajman, UAE. August 18- 2009 I am just wondering what it takes to get a job in one's field. Here I am, a qualified and registered teacher with Ontario College of Teachers, and also TESL Ontario. As you will see, I am certified to teach in Public Schools as well as to teach English to Newcomers to Canada. I have also taught in the province of Alberta. Yes indeed, an experience of a lifetime, and also the most challenging Canadian working experience one would not wish to experience. I am from an English speaking country, therefore I don't have a problem with the preferred language. Having 18 years of teaching experience under my belt, it is just unrealistic that I am having difficulty in getting a teaching job in the province of Ontario, given the fact that I have dual teaching ability and registration. Are there other factors than qualification and Canadian work experience that are denying qualified immigrants the job they deserve in their respective field of training? This scenario is by no means inversely reciprocated, and the time has come for the powers that be to tear down the barriers. Sainty. Ontario, Canada.
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	July 01- 2009 Hi, I am Izah from the Philippines I accidentally saw your website and learned that it can be quite of a help in my situation that has been bothering me since, I am a registered nurse here in our country and so as my husband with almost few years of experience already, yesterday we found out about our Canadian application was approved and that we just need to comply with all the requirements necessary for the processing and of course with a fee along with it... It took me few hours last night trying to research about the issues pertaining to this matter wondering if what am I going to expect to your country the offers, the jobs, house and money etc.... it made me feel a bit doubtful about if we should continue to complete our application or not, I have found many helping advices from your site which made me learn to weigh things out before making a big decision... I don't have English proficiency exams yet but I will gladly take that exam if really needed, I am not a registered nurse there but only in our country the thing is that what will happen to my family when we get there with only immigrant status? Where are we going to stay? Is it easier to get a job as a nurse without being licensed there yet? Do we still have to get a working permit there aside from the immigrant visa? I’m really confused now and I don't want my family to suffer too...I want to know the real score...the pros and cons of living in Canada.... Thank you so much yours truly, Izah. Taguig City, Philippines. July 05- 2009 Julio, It is very important that if you going to hire an immigration consultant, he or she is member of the Canadian Society of Immigrations consultants. You can verify if the consultant is authorized by checking his or her name here: http://www.csic-scci.ca/ You never hire a company but an individual consultant that might or not work for a company. The reason for this is mainly for your own protection, if the consultant does something wrong you can always complain to the society and have his or her license revoked or get your money back. My wife practices immigration consultancy and she is a member of CSIC. She specializes in Quebec immigration but does Canada immigration too. You can send me an email if you would like to have her to contact you. Regards, Raul. Montreal, Canada. July 12- 2009 Hi, I posted here for the first time in 2004 and I noticed many things have not changed. All that I can say, its that Canada is not a perfect country. Saying that this country has a system to allow EVERYBODY to have a decent life in Canada. You must learn the system. This is my summary of how to beat the system: a) Do your homework: don't come here and then find out what you are facing. Don't try your common sense system. b) Location: west is the best place to go, it was way better years back but is still better than east. The boom left but it might return as oil prices might pick up again. c) Get your first job: This job is to help you improve your English and get to know the new country. This job is not the one you came for. Keep that in mind always. d) Canadian credentials (CC), Canadian education (CE), Canadian experience (CEX): The reality is that you will most likely need to have the three of them to get a job. The trick is, to get the minimum Canadian education to get some Canadian credentials, then get an entry Canadian job in your area. DON'T DO MASTER DEGREE AT FIRST (you will just become over qualified and in big debt too) Then you start climbing up improving your CC, CE and CEX. In Edmonton, there is a good program to help you with this in the Mennonite centre for newcomers. http://www.emcn.ab.ca/ by the way the program is free, including tuition fees and living expenses (at least it was in 2004). I was in that program and every thing is just going better after that. Alex. Edmonton, Canada. July 17- 2009 Hello For all, to emigrate to Canada has been for me, face many barriers, especially language, although at this time I can handle, was a difficult stage. The Canadian government in their notices of welcome to Canada, places they want skilled workers, but professionals are not interested (and if you come as a professional, getting your license to practice could take five to ten years) but I can not deny they have accepted that many professions, but before you get to work they require the famous Canadian experience (volunteer), so you can acquire it. Another issue, this is a very, very cold country (the cold gets in the bones). Besides its air and water are among the most polluted in the world (they were the dustbin of nuclear substances for many years for the United States. So you have to prepare yourself mentally if you are professional, to clean sewers for a long time and make clear a huge sacrifice for keep your family. In health, doctors have a free consultation (but the truth that you can die and they will not realize), well that's my advice, I live in this country, and somehow I thank because it was a refuge in times of crisis, but Think before giving the final step that I can assure Marian. Ontario, Canada July 22- 2009 Hello to all: This is in response to the comment from Marian from Ontario. You are very right in the fact that the medical service is close to useless here. You see how it goes, I think the government here wanted to make a perfect medical system, and for trying to make it so perfect that it turned into a corruption and abuse of the system. In many other countries, a doctor will try their best to do their best for their patients, and even though, they don’t want to loose their customer’s business, they will try their best to keep them healthy, so that they won’t be at their door step every month. Even better, a citizen chooses who to go to, and they will be treated decently as well. Here, the more a doctor sees you, the better for him/her because they get their easy big salaries for every visit you have with them. As a result, they won’t heal you or help you heal, but keep you with blah blahs, and we will see how you feel within 8 days and come back and see me. Even worse and shame on them, they will tell you to go and see them in three days!!! Here, most of the doctors act arrogantly and couldn’t care less about how you are really feeling because they are not counting on your pocket, but instead, in the Government’s pocket which obviously; it is still coming out of our pay cheques. The biggest failure of our Government in Canada is that they are not giving us a choice. Yes, we have the so called free” MEDICAL” service. But that so called free medical service has to be coming from somewhere, and it is not coming from heaven. It is coming from the millions of the so called federal taxes that we all pay, and even worse those high federal taxes are not coming from the mega-millionaires. Those taxes are coming from the struggling average citizen who is hardly making it by the month. All of you who are planning in coming to Canada must know all those little things that you are unaware off. The infuriating thing about the dysfunctional doctors here is that they charge to the Government an average of $65.00 for a visit to them. Especially those so called walk-in clinics, they are the biggest rip offs you will ever see in Canada. They will no even give you a 10 minutes appointment and you are out of their clinic and bang, another $65.00 dollars in their pocket for 3 minutes that they spent seeing you. Another big rip off, you can only consult with them about only one thing, and if you want to ask them about another symptom, they will tell you to make another appointment because they don’t have the precious time to continue seeing you. Can all of you see how obvious their abuse and greed is. Regardless of many complaints of negligence, our so perfect Government has done nothing to end or prevent this from happening. All of us are stuck with a dysfunctional medical system because for the ones who are not visiting the doctors all the time, we still pay high amounts of taxes, and still get a really poor medical service if none at all. My best blessing to all. And my advice to all is, think and read before you make a move. Cristina. Edmonton, Canada. July 26- 2009 I've found it very hard to get into the government because I'm not completely bilingual. I can speak in French, but I am not fluentl bilingual. I have heard of english only people getting into the government. Why am I the only one who cannot get in? Larry. Ottawa, Canada.
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	June 01- 2009 Hi There! I would appreciate if someone could advise me on how widely recognized is the CMA (from the IMA institute in the US) across Canada? Also, what is the salary package that one could expect with the degree in Canada? Looking forward to your response. Regards, Kanika. Salmiya, Kuwait. June 03- 2009 Hi, first of all a cordial greeting. I have a great anguish that I can not stop think and if anyone knows how can I get information about my immigration status in Canada. I’ve traveled to Vancouver on 2 occasions, the first time I was studying and I had no troubles, the second time I went to visit friends but I spend more than the 6 months allowed by the government. I thought I would not have any problem, the issue was at the time to leave Canada, officers questioned me and caught my attention for not have expanded my tourist visa and they told me that I could never come to Canada again. I am confused because I did not sign any paper as they provide the deportees and I do not sign anything, they just took my passport details and call for attention.! I would travel back to Canada in the short term, for the Olympics and I have many friends there. Please if anyone know anything about it or someone who can advice me thank you very much, Greetings! Agustin. Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. June 08- 2009 I would like to work in Canada because I would have a better quality of life and I could accomplish my goals, I also would like to know other cultures and learn from them. In the field work here in Spain I have worked in different jobs, so I do not care work in domestic services, in the field of hospitality, or the care of elderly or children, have the experience and capacity to develop it. I’m just looking for other ways to get ahead by learning from other cultures and the ability to seek to improve my life, also looking for ways to be able to improve every day. Sandra. Bilbao, Spain. June 10- 2009 I do not usual write my personal comments on public website but feel that I have to. Yesterday, I got a letter from a Canadian government office which says that I have not been accepted for a certain position which I have applied with that government's office as my degree is not from a recognized university. Well, this is the second rejection from a government's office that I have applied for a job which stated that my degree is not from a recognized university. This is so laughable and confusing because my first degree is from Exeter University in England and my masters' degree is from Manchester University in England. Both are recognized worldwide. I will certainly write to the dean of both universities to demand an explanation why my degrees are not recognized by the Canadian government. More than this, it is ironical that it is the immigration people cic who accepted me a skilled worker with my degree and masters from England but now the same government's office has rejected my application on the ground that they are not from recognized universities. If Canadian government is refusing to recognized my qualifications from what I considered to be top class universities, than no wonder none of the companies in Canada have bothered to at least give me a chance to work with them. It is an insult to my education. As a well educated woman from a third world country who is nearly 36 years old and who decided to immigrate here because was led to believe that they want skilled worker and who paid a lot of money for the immigration process, I see myself living at poverty level here in Canada where at this point one cannot get even a job in a supermarket. The government talks a lot about raising the standard of living of women and even go to third world countries to 'save and help third world people' but right in here, there are women from third world country (who immigrated as skilled workers) with good education who are being told to go back to school to get Canadian education (that will not even guarantee you a job). Oh I forget, now the hot thing in Canada is to be a nursing assistant. It’s only the black women and other minorities who are doing the course as they cannot even get another job elsewhere. But what if you have all your education, do you have to enroll in those nursing assistant course with questionable colleges just to survive in this country? Please try not to encourage skilled professionals to come here. You are ruining their lives. Isabelle. Montreal, Canada. June 14- 2009 I want to make some points clear about Canada as I am seeing a lot of questions from would be immigrants as well as a lot of different opinions being expressed about Canada. Being an Immigrant myself who came here from Tanzania 25 years ago, here is what I have to offer in my humble opinion: Most answers to questions about Jobs, Government Support Programs, Work Visas Etc. can be answered very EASILY by doing some research on the Internet. EXAMPLE: Person asking about Restaurant Manager Job? Go to Dominos or Pizza Hut Canadian Web Sites and find out! Same with questions about Government support programs: Government of Canada has tons of websites to answer all your questions. Remember that RESEARCH and BEING INFORMED are huge weapons in this struggle. The most Important factor in getting started in a good job here is COMMUNICATION PERIOD. The most important PRE-REQUISITE to getting a Job is Speaking fluent English Clearly and with as less of an ACCENT as possible. The more you sound like a Canadian, the more chances you have of getting a job (with your qualifications from home as well) I was lucky to get a good education in Tanzania in the English language. I took special classes in Canada to reduce my accent. I now speak English with a very slight trace of an accent. Think of this issue in REVERSE! If someone (let’s say "White") came as an immigrant to any South American Country or South East Asia from Canada and spoke broken Spanish OR Hindi in a Canadian accent, would he/she get a Job? Seriously, please think about it. I do not particularly like this country much, but I have made JUST enough money to go back home and start my own business. This is true that you should only come here if you have ABSOLUTELY no choice in your home countries. If you have and can maintain a good standard of living in your home country, THERE IS NO NEED TO IMMIGRATE! It is no good getting caught up in the big RAT RACE TRAP here of Money, Credit, Debt and BIG material possessions in this country. Believe me; I have been thru the whole cycle here and IT IS NOT WORTH IT. If you come here and make a success of it, then spend your money WISELY and save as mus=ch as you can so you can go back home and either retire comfortably OR start a small business. Believe you me that there is no PLACE LIKE YOUR HOME. Lastly but NOT the least: We all have to start somewhere. I started out as a factory worker and it took me 5 years to get a good job as an accountant. I know it is easier to requalify in some fields than others so it will depend entirely on your own personal situation. I sincerely hope this helps. Thanks, Not-Tranquil from Calgary, Canada. June 18- 2009 Thanks for the opportunity to express myself, my daughter was accepted into a prestigious university in Vancouver, we had everything ready, with approved credit line, staying with relatives, all covered and the Consul of the Embassy of Canada in Guatemala denied his student visa arguing that there is not enough money, but if she had the papers and documentation, it is incredible that they are asking young people to study in Canada when they are not allow them to arrive, someone could explain this, because that acceptance is going to lose because she had to be there in September. Maria A. San Salvador, El Salvador. June 21- 2009 Hello friends from any country ... especially Mexico I came to Toronto in February with my family with the same arguments that most people always said, better quality of life, better work ... As an engineer "knew" that I was able to find a job and fix my papers, the reality, I only came here to work in cleaning, manufacturing, I was swindled by a pseudo lawyer involved with the Mexican association "MEXPROCAN" and now I go back to Tijuana with the empty hands but with a very hard experience that made me think. I can not tell you come or not come but if you decide to come here, do it with a legal job and always doubt about your possible employer, do some research, all this because otherwise you could have a bad experience. Good luck and keep moving!!! June 25- 2009 Hi, I am Bachelor in Communications and have 28 years. I want to go to Canada and have a good work in order to settle there. My concern is that I don’t know what are the companies licensed here in Mexico to advise me in my immigration process. I have two names but I do not know how reliable they are, one of them is called “Emigra a Canada” and the other is “Opción Canada”. If anyone has information that can help me, please write. Thank you. Julio A. Mexico City, Mexico. June 28- 2009 The most important thing for success in your paperwork to immigrate to Canada is the aware of the immigration laws. Canada has several programs, but, like every country, must comply with their laws. The only way to not break them, is to know them. Do not believe what they promise you or what they guarantee that this or that thing, if it looks good, is not genuine, do not let them scam you. I’ve been witness of many families who have their future ruined by lack of information. The official website of the Citizen and Immigration Canada is www.cic.gc.ca. I hope this little tip will help you. I wish you the best of the world. Clemencia. Ontario, Canada.
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	May 1- 2009 I would like to know if with the travel warning by the swine influenza, let Mexicans enter to Canada and whether they allow, there will be discrimination to Mexicans??... Miriam C. Campeche, Mexico. May 2- 2009 Hello, I am contemplating the option of traveling to Canada I have been searching and found a page that is called CIIB and provides services to settle in Canada, I would like to know how good and reliable are these procedures, I am a social worker by profession and I would also like to hear how the labor market may be for my profession, the idea is to travel with my partner he is an electronic maintenance technician. Would it be good to go and living in Canada? Thanks... Marcela C. Colombia. May 3- 2009 Hi I hope someone can help me on this, my application for work permit in Canada was denied, the officer simply said that I was not convincing and I get the rejection twice and with the same officer I talked to my employer and told me that he is willing to support and help me to get the license, he says that I have my place on the farm where I worked, the question is what should I do after the rejections? I hope someone can advice me Oscar C. Michoacan, Mexico. May 5- 2009 Hello I am Walter, 28 years old, Uruguayan, staying in Canada since September 2008 I got a contract for 1 year in the company of my brother in law and can be renewed, I have many questions and doubts about my contract. My contract is 40 hours per week for $ 30 an hour, I did not complete my 40 hours and not earn my $ 30 per hour. my contributions are for the value of the above and anything that makes me really hard to pay for what I earn but I do not want to stop paying because I need the renewal of Canada and I understand if I do not pay, not renewed. I am with my wife and 6 years old daughter my wife has no work permit and she can not help to our economy, I have many doubts what I really should do, I know that is not good what they do to me but is the company of a relative, but in July my contract expires, and I want to renew and I need it, but I want to make things right. What should I do? Walter. Toronto, Canada. May 6- 2009 To Damian A. from the last month's forum, Please be aware that all that is exposed here is TRUE. If you move to Canada you'll start with various handicaps: your nationality, your language, your accent, your behavior and some others. NO ONE will hire you off the bat. You'll get it better start if somebody hires you or at least vouches for you BEFORE you land in Canada (remember: no contract - FULL TIME H I R E) Studying is Canada is one thing but living is another story.... I invite you to learn about the dire circumstances of some Venezuelans in Canada (pay attention: NONE of the Venezuelan associations will warn you about the dangers of moving to Canada neither of the HIGH costs of living. Some Venezuelans still get money from their parents/relatives back home or the U.S.!) And like it or not, winter in Canada lasts 6-7 months a year. The calendar might say spring or summer but in some places the roads can be full of snow in the middle of MAY. And UNLESS you are WILLING to give up your engineering status when you move to Canada. DON'T TRY IT IN CANADA, LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE. I really hate when people try to "BEAT THE ODDS" by saying: "IT WILL BE BETTER FOR ME. I HAVE A BETTER MIND ATTITUDE". That might apply to other countries but Canada is another story my dear friend. Canada is going down with The Americans, read the press! I'd give anything to be in YOUR position but I'd rather help you by saving you some BIG TIME GRIEF (do I have to mention the suicide rates among immigrants to Canada?) "El que no oye consejo, no llega a viejo..." Cipriano. Calgary, Canadá. May 7- 2009 I know that Canada is one of the safest countries in the world. For security of our children we want to go Canada. We want to go there for a better life and a better future. The political stability of our country is not good. We are facing a lot of problems in so many ways. So we decide to go Canada. Hossain. Dhaka, Bangladesh. May 9- 2009 I am Mexican, I travel every year to the Trois Rivières to work on a farm, I already have 7 years traveling and at this time I would like to get my permanent residency here in Canada What I should do or what steps should I take to become a permanent resident. Socorro. Quebec, Canada. May 12- 2009 Hello everybody, I am a resident in Canada since 2007, I think it's time to express my opinion, actually, in most cases, the stories told here are true. And it gives me great trouble when I see on the streets a lot of Latino immigrants in particular with their children suffered and sad faces, start here is not easy, it's not like they painted the stories. I was lucky enough (I say luck) to meet a Canadian friend before, because in another way I think would be very disappointed in this country. It is best to stay in our countries if we have what is necessary for living, immigration is only good for those who have nothing in their countries, I personally am thinking about just to get my citizenship and go back to my dear country Peru, although poor, as the saying goes, but happy. Think well before you come and to see no need to be here, only see in the Internet as life is here, if you already know the English see the websites of Canada, news, issues, crime, drug addiction, etc., try to find work from your country, is the same by phone, see for yourselves whether to hire them when you see them as Canadians are with the immigrants, all here is by appointments, phone, fax, etc. Greetings and if already are in Canada Think well, most of all those newcomers, there are many who are here a long time maybe over 15 or 20 years ago, but for the pride, don’t say the truth and some live worse than their countries, people here are indebted for life to buy a house, car and credit cards, everybody here work from morning until night and if you do not know English well and do not have papers you are as a waste of Canada, and you will explode you will cheat, there are many of these cases, so I say it’s a shame to see some desperate Latino brothers and their sons, the best in our countries is to require that our governments do not be "vendepatrias" and care more for their populations to avoid these waves of immigration, especially here are many brothers from Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela that perhaps in their countries were highly respected professionals, but here they go through the trouble, even old people immigrants are suffering for to come in the winter time that it is unbearable. And if you already decided to stay here, good luck. But Think well, there's no better place to be than our homeland with our people, our families, our music, our food and most importantly our customs. And the day that we pass away should be in our region, close to ours, as the English language I think is very cold, very polluted with business, (pure ~~fuck~~, sheet, etc...) eg in the central streets of Calgary, there are many drug dealers walking, there is a place known as the dropping center and really seems like hell live here on earth, not even you could see that in Callao, Lima, ask your friends here in Calgary and I think that Vancouver is worse. Well by now it was everything that came to my mind to share if you know English, which is very important to be here, check the websites from Canada and from your countries call them to ensure how they treat you as potential employers, do not rely much on the people who "wants to help," since here as anywhere in the world about the problems we each, the more that taxes are too high, the more money you earn more money your pay, for That is almost the same earn like 15 or $ 20 an hour, not much difference, the system is made in Canada so this is like a big prison where people are slaves to the modern style, a few live well and they controls everything, such as in our countries is the same, but we decorated it with a little more order, cleanliness, and insignificant social support, to the point that when you go to the bank of free food, they deliver products due on the day or about to expire the following day and that your children are your own have to deal with allergies, there is hypocrisy in office support and guidance to immigrants, you must have known to get a job or to make some quick, in a few words is the same as in our countries and this still being legal here, so I say what it would be of the illegal immigrants, think better, well, that’s all, I hope you know something useful to take this information and your friends and contacts in Canada Ask them and tell them to tell the truth and please if you have a secure job and a house in your country, you better stay there, the more I see that some people want to bring their parents and many came to the elderly, for God’s sake, they want to kill their parents, maybe a young adult can withstand the shock in this society, but not an infant child with the parents concerned, much less an elderly. Regards, Jesualdo. Calgary, Canada. May 13- 2009 My partner plans to apply for a scholarship to pursue a master, and the idea is to go to Canada for 2 years length to graduate, specifically Vancouver. However, I have been watching and living costs are quite high in this city compared with others in the same country. The scholarship will support a total grant of about $ 1900, which would have to live four (my partner, me and our 2 children, a 3 years child and another unborn). I do not know if the amount the state we give for maintenance is sufficient to maintain dignity. I do not know both if my son is entitled to kindergarten and the baby to nursery, and for that I can see the possibility of obtaining work permits and to make some money. I would appreciate someone please guide me in this regard. Thank you. Priscilla. Santiago, Chile. May 17- 2009 I’m going through a migration process and for not to go to my hearing because I have no communication with my lawyer I have to report every month to migration. My question is if a foreign can be deported without having a hearing again and what I can do. I would like to continue in this country for the benefits that my child can get ahead because I am a single mother and I do not have many opportunities in my country. Thanks!!! Jeanete. Ontario, Canada. May 21- 2009 Hi All, I am a 33 year old restaurant management professional with a 3 year diploma in hotel management from Bangalore, India. I have been working for 12 Years in fast food companies like Domino' and Pizza Hut so far. Now, I am planning to migrate to British Columbia as a Skilled Federal Migrant under NOC 0631. I am interested to know if I will be able to land a suitable management job in Canada in my field or will subjected to same problem as others for lack of Canadian experience? Regards Sangeet. Bangalore, India. May 23- 2009 Hi I am from India. I was working as a senior service engineer. I need pros and cons of doing P. Eng program and the difficulties Immigrant Engineers are facing. I don't have any clue. Thanks & Regards Samy. Mississauga, Canada. May 26- 2009 I am a radio producer for CBC Radio in Ottawa, and I am interested in talking to people who feel coming to Canada was a bad decision, or people who have may already have left the country. Karla. Ottawa.
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	April 6- 2009 I was wondering if the Canadian press is investigating the effects of the recent economic downturn on immigrants and minorities. Before I was laid off, I worked within the Calgary oil industry. In my company of around 300 people. All the 4 black men were laid off. All were recently hired within the past year or two- meaning the company did not hire black people in its 20year history. Sometimes less competent and sometimes less qualified people were allowed to stay. I was laid off. I attended job fairs in the oil industry in Calgary and I notice that the overwhelming majority of jobless in the oil industry are new Canadians, mostly ethnic minorities. We all know the statistics about how minorities and especially blacks are underserved compared to whites. I am sure there is an undercurrent of discrimination and racism going on which I think in the long run may not be good for all of us. I know issues like this are difficult to navigate around, however they are the elephant in the room and I think corporations and businesses must be more accountable and uphold the principles of fairness and diversity. Thanks for hearing me out. F. D. Calgary, Canada. April 8- 2009 Hey, one question, I am married to a Canadian citizen 2 years ago, but she does not want me, personal problems ... Can I get a visa to travel to Quebec, she is from Montreal ... I don’t know if you can help with my question. I have any right... for being married to a Canadian citizen ... Thanks for your answers Luis E. Peru. April 9- 2009 To Luis of Peru, Unfortunately, your Canadian wife would need to sponsor you to come to Canada as permanent resident so if you are not in good terms with her, the fact that you are married with a Canadian citizen won’t help you. Raul. Montreal, Canada. April 10- 2009 I am an Industrial Automation engineer working for a reputed company in the Middle East Asia for the last 11 years. Here I am earning around US$7,500/- per month (tax free with medical insurance and children education allowance extra). I am from India aged 40 yrs. I have two daughters. Two years back I thought of migrating to Canada with my family and approached a consultant. I applied to Canada immigration under the skilled immigrant category. Now I am about to receive the visa to Canada. Most of the views expressed in the forum look negative. I have already paid fees of US$ 2,000/- to the consultant and another 2,000- is due for payment after getting the visa. Now I am worried whether to continue the immigration process or stop at this stage. Any suggestions from others. Thank you very much in advance.. Babu. Dubai,UAE. April 10- 2009 Dear Babu, Trust me Mr Babu, the maximum you can get, if you do get (forget your field of work) will be Canadian Dollars 3000 (deduct 25% tax approx). Be put where you are. The whole objective of migration is to get some money out of you immigrants....and once you are here, you are all alone. No one will bother about your TOEFL score & your experience and your Qualifications. The agent has made his money, now do not lose more of yours. Dan. Toronto, Canada. April 11- 2009 I have been reading comments on this forum for some time and have found most of them interesting. I am thinking of moving to Canada, specifically Montreal and was wondering what to expect regarding career opportunities in Montreal. I'm of African origin and have been resident in the UK for many years, currently in the middle of changing careers from IT to Finance/Accounting. I've got a Master's in Computing and studying for a professional accounting qualification (verified mutual recognition agreement with similar body in Canada). I speak and understand basic French and I'm currently brushing up on that. I would really appreciate comments on what to expect and if Montreal is really the best province for me. Raul, if you read this, I would really like to hear your comments. Thanks and all the best to everyone. Zoe N. London, UK. April 11- 2009 Hi Zoe, I’m in IT too, if you have qualifications from the UK and a CMA or other accounting designation and speak French, it should be easier for to get into the job market. There is racism like anywhere else in the planet but perhaps less than in London, you only need to look elsewhere when you notice racism in a place. Bring reserves for at least 12 months and register as soon as you arrive to free programs in IT so you can have something fresh in resume, free IT programs in English are offered by Champlain College, Dawson College, Vanier College and John Abott College. You should register in French courses as well and are also free. It might take a while to get absorbed by the market but if you endure you will get in, it is matter of time and work. Some people are lucky and find work in less than 3 months, some take years, and some give up and work in labor jobs. The reality is about making a plan and never give up, I have met some people that took them a couple of years after being in school but eventually got in. The problems reported here are not only faced by immigrants, I have met white Canadians with IT degrees working at Canadian tire due to problems with the job market. I think that some people are used to graduate and get job offers in their home country but do not realize that access to education in Canada is free at least in Montreal for technical programs so anyone can become a professional if they want to, some people feel that doors should be opened only because they have a MSc or an MBA but the reality is that even local MBAs or MSc face problems with employment. I hope this helps, Raul. Montreal, Canada. April 11- 2009 Babu, It really makes no sense to leave your high paying job for the unknown in Canada. If you are making that kind of money, it would make more sense to save and retire at a young age (55) and then live in a place where there is less racism and more life. For starters, you profession is regulated in Canada, luckily PEO has opened the doors to immigrants but still you are looking at 5 years before you can get an engineering license due to experience and examination requirements. Even with a license, you would experience problems as there is only one job available for every two licensed engineers in the Toronto area (according to the last survey of PEO). If something is not broken, why fix it? You should consider yourself lucky for what you have and enjoy your life without the aggravation of being discriminated and put through humiliation. Raul. Montreal, Canada. April 12- 2009 Hi everyone, First of all, I want to congratulate those who have made this posting website possible. It has been extremely useful for me and I'm sure for many other highly educated skilled workers who are considering moving to Canada around the world. Also, I want to congratulate those immigrants who are struggling every day in such a competitive environment in order to provide a better future for their family. My heart and prayers go to you all. My most sincere advice to you all is to look for a good Christian Church. I'm sure you will find rest and hope there, in the teachings of my Lord Jesus, as well as many Christian Canadians who will accept you and receive you in their hearts with the consideration and sympathy you deserve. I'm a Civil Engineer (BS degree in a local university), a Master's Degree in Business Administration (Nicaragua), and another Master in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan U.S.A. I have held several positions in the finance area working almost 10 years for a US multinational. I quit my job on 2004 and now it's been 4 years since I established my own business, a wholesale distribution company. I speak, read and write fluent English and Spanish. I am 45 years old, have a wife and two kids. I am planning to leave my country because of the crime rates. I just completed the paperwork for a permanent residence in Canada. My questions are: 1) For a middle class highly trained professional with upper management experience like myself, what Canadian city would you recommend for me to move in? (Cost of living, access to good working opportunities, weather, etc) 2) What procedures will I have to follow to be able to work on any of my professional fields in Canada? 3) How long and how much these procedures will most likely be? 4) In which of this professional fields will be easier for me to get a job? 5) How long will it take for me to get this job? 6) What is the best and less expensive way to apply for a Canadian job from here while my residence papers are being processed? Thanks, God bless you all for your terrific job in helping us. Luis B. Tegan, Honduras. April 13- 2009 To Luis B.: 1)For a middle class highly trained professional with upper management experience like myself, what Canadian city would you recommend for me to move in? (Cost of living, access to good working opportunities, weather, etc.) Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are saturated areas for sure and I wouldn’t recommend trying these unless you really like to live in large metropolitan areas with heavy traffic and high cost of living. It seems that the cheapest cities with good opportunities are in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. I would recommend Alberta but I have heard of many racism comments from few Latinos in this area, it seems that Albertians are not too welcoming of non-white immigrants. Immigrants in Manitoba and Saskatchewan that I know seem to be happy in the area and have found jobs but obviously are small communities without the excitement you would find in the large cities and too cold for some people. 2) What procedures will I have to follow to be able to work on any of my professional fields in Canada? For finance, you don’t need to have any Canadian certification but your field is not so easy to get in as you are looking for jobs in consulting firms and banks that wouldn’t hire an immigrant that just arrived to Canada. Your best bet would be to do either a CMA (Certified Management Accountant) program (short program) or may be an MBA in order to get into the job market. I know you have already an MBA but a Latin degree from Nicaragua is a tough sell for consulting and banks that normally look for graduates from top MBA schools in Canada. 3) How long and how much these procedures will most likely be? CMA programs are normally 6 to 12 months while MBAs are 12 to 24 months. 4) In which of this professional fields will be easier for me to get a job? Accounting is a lot easier than finance for sure as you have more companies looking for accountants than finance professionals. 5) How long will it take for me to get this job? Hard to tell but placement rates from CMA graduates nowadays are almost 100% within 3 to 6 months. MBA graduates can have a harder time so this would depend on the school you attended and place of job searching, I have seen people with MBA degrees looking for work fore more than a year but some less so it depends a lot on the economy and individual. 6) What is the best and less expensive way to apply for a Canadian job from here while my residence papers are being processed? Not easy, professional jobs are hard to get even for Canadians with Canadian credentials so unless you are a super star in your area of expertise you are going to have a hard time convincing a company to go over all the headaches to hire a foreign professional when there are plenty of local options. The best option here is to get an immigrant visa and then look for work in Canada. Raul. Montreal, Canada. April 13- 2009 Dear Raul; I really appreciate all your comments/answers, they've been extremely helpful to me and my family. My MBA is from INCAE (Instituto Centroamericano de Aministracion de Empresas), one of the most prestigious business School in the region, as it is an extension of top US Universities (Harvard and Stanford, among others). People travel from all over South America to those business/banking programs. Does that makes any difference?? Another question: Where would you recommend me to take the CMA or MBA programs and how much it would be for each? Thanks again for your help, Best Regards, Luis B. Tega, Honduras. April 13- 2009 Hello, This forum is a good place to source out info on working and living in Canada. My question goes this way: What about unskilled workers like Barbers, etc? Do they have a place to work in Canada? Sean A. Nigeria. April 14- 2009 We are a US couple, with ivy league degrees, excellent Wall Street experience and salaries. 5 years ago we began the immigration process to Canada, and have been submitting resumes for that entire time with zero success. First of all, I believe most jobs in Canada are not posted, and I recently got confirmation that most jobs will be filled by someone the recruiter knows or was recommended personally. That eliminates nearly all immigrants, no matter what their color or experience. Second of all, most jobs I finally see posted in Canada (and there are about 200 fewer than posted anywhere else I look, including Hong Kong, London, Chicago or NY) pay laughable salaries, easily 1/3 to 1/2 the going rate in all other capitals. Do they think the 'quality of life' in Toronto makes up for the huge loss of revenue? Are they insane? Not sure. Anyway, after realizing that there is a huge discrepancy between what Canada says it wants, and how it treats the highly qualified people it eventually gives residency to, we have decided not to make this move, but rather to set up in a different American city. For all the bad press and problems the US has, I still see workers of all nationalities and colors working, even at those highly paid Wall Street jobs, I see doctors from India, Pakistan and elsewhere in most hospitals I have visited lately. From what I hear, most qualified immigrants in Canada or driving cabs or working menial labor jobs. Canadians have a giant blind spot. They think they are liberal, super open minded and oh so international, but the truth is they are very shut down, provincial, and prejudiced in a way they are not even aware of, and given their own propaganda, they won't even start working on, since they don't think they have a problem. Sad, but frankly, if I were enjoying a decent life elsewhere, I wouldn't think about Canada. Cost of housing is high for what you get, taxes are very high (15% sales tax or higher, plus very high federal/provincial taxes in most provinces), and do not underestimate those winters. We are from New England, and for us this is too much cold and ice. Arctic is not fun, nor is the dark and damp for more than 6 months of the year. This is not a fun loving culture, or a welcoming culture. It is polite and organized. If that means everything to you, by all means come. If you have friends and family here already, and you can set up your own business, maybe it can work. But if you must rely on finding a job locally, and trying to find a community to fit into, do NOT believe the propaganda, please. It has taken us 5 long years to get all the confirmation we need, and we have the option of licking our wounds and going back home, never entirely having cut off our working ties. Most are not that fortunate. Good luck! LadyX. Connecticut, USA. April 14- 2009 Luis, If your MBA is from a AACSB accredited school, you might be able to get some credit from it towards some certifications. For your profile, I strongly recommend to look at possible certifications: CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) CMA (Chartered Accountant) Any of these two certifications are tickets to jobs due to their high demand. Concordia University in Montreal has CFA certification oriented programs: http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/graduate-programs/mba-with-complete-cfa-concentration CMA Ontario has some distance learning programs that might help you to start getting your certification before coming to Canada. They can check your MBA and let you know if you can write the exam based on this degree or if more course work is required. Contact them: http://www.cma-ontario.org/ Another less prestigious certification is the CFP (Certified Financial Planner) that is followed by many professionals looking to work for Banks and Brokers in Financial Planning. Contact CFP Canada: http://www.cfp-ca.org/ I think that as you have an MBA from a good school, it would make more sense to upgrade it with a certification (CMA, CFA, CFP). CMA is the fastest to get but CFA is the one the pays the most but not so easy to get. There are also some Post MBA programs offered by McGill and York Universities. These are one semester programs designed as upgrades for MBA graduates. Raul. Montreal, Canada. April 14- 2009 I want to know what kind of profession is the most demanded in Canada, because I'll be moving to Canada in a couple of months. Muhammad. Dubai, UAE. April 14- 2009 Hi Raul, Thank you for responding. I really appreciate your comments as I find them very informative and helpful. My MSc degree is from the UK and I am starting the CMA equivalent here (CIMA). I have decided to start this process and finally make the move sometime next year, giving me enough time to raise enough funds and to brush up on any relevant skills. I have read enough comments on different forums and don't expect it to be a walk in the park, but I am going to give it a shot. Thanks again and best wishes. Zoe. London, UK. April 14- 2009 Hello, My name is Karina I am a girl of 20 years old and I live in Houston, TX. I have many questions and I Don’t know where to go to find an answer to this and hope you can help me, I live in United States for 4 and half years, speaking and writing English, I got plans to move to another country other than Mexico and I would like to move to Canada, but would like to know what life is like for someone who will just begin to explore the college or university level or something, and that such aid is in Canada for immigrants like me? which has a middle class standard of living and I would like to apply for a job here to move to Canada ... I hope someone can help answer these questions or at least guide me a little thank you very much! Karina. Texas, USA. April 15- 2009 Hi All, I’ve just found this forum, but it seems to be more informative than the others. I’m Hungarian 34 years old, have a wife and a son (and the 2nd is arriving soon). I have a Bsc degree in electrical engineering specialized in telecommunication. I have 9 years work experience. I used to work as an electrical engineer at my previous workplaces, I was in the role of test engineer. In my recent position I work for a world leader telecommunication company as a product manager. I fluently speak and write English – I used English as the main communication language at all of my workplaces. I also have 1 year foreign work experience in Texas, USA. I’m thinking to move to Canada from Hungary, there are several reasons. One is that I’m looking for a better living standard. Unfortunately the salaries are not so high in Hungary and with the same amount of work effort I could earn 5-10 times more money than in Hungary (but the costs are not 5-10 times more). The other thing is that I would also consider having a better future to my kids. They probably would have more chance to live in a better country by the time they grow up. I’ve spent one year in the USA and I’ve seen what the huge difference in living standards could be. So I’m wondering if I would have a chance to get a Visa and to get a job in Canada with my background. If I would apply for visa now the world economy probably changes by the time I get the Visa and maybe the job market would be more open to apply for a job more likely. Do you think that I should apply for the Visa now, hoping that I will get it. Also which province should I choose with my electrical engineer/product manager background? So any comments would be great! Thanks a lot! Best Regards, Bela. Debrecen, Hungary. April 20- 2009 I am from Pakistan working as a IT Professional in my native country having over 5 years of experience on Unix/Linux administration. My qualification is M.Sc Computer Science and I am RHCE and HP UX certified professional. Now I am looking to migrate to Canada. I have a question; may I be able to get a job offer from Canada while staying in my Pakistan. If yes, what are the right resources to use and how??? Regards, Khalique. Lahore, Pakistan. April 21- 2009 I live in Uruguay, I have 45 years old, I’m a music teacher and I studied English for several years. I'd like to visit Canada to improve the English language while performing some temporary work to cover expenses. I could see that there are no scholarships for my age, it is a pity that there is discrimination with age. Being over forty does not mean that you no longer desire to improve and learn new things, to the contrary, is when we feel more enthusiasm for new experiences. Anyway I hope to find some way to fulfill my dream of living for some months in an English speaking country so as to improve the language and learn about another culture. If you know of any way to do it, I ask you to communicate through this site. beforehand thank you very much. Enrique. Salto, Uruguay. April 22- 2009 Hi, I have been living in Montreal for only four months as a skilled permanent worker. My advice to any professional wanting to immigrate here. Do not come. You will find no jobs in your professional line - in fact you will not find any job at all - not even in a supermarket. This has been my experience and the experience of many immigrants here. I have a degree and masters' degree from Exeter and Manchester University in England and there are many with PhD from France and other countries who like me are frustrated. I am not British but when I was studying in England, as a student I could find better jobs than here. I will firmly advice professionals not to come here as you will be disappointed and could be bad for your health. Here they all want you to go back to study. They want you to get a loan from the government, go back to study and then pay back the loan. They have made a business out of immigrants. Taking all our money and making us feel like third class citizens. Please do not come here. There are no jobs here Isabelle. Quebec, Canada. April 23- 2009 Hi I have been offered Federal Skilled Migrant Visa, so would be in Canada, Toronto in couple of months, I work as an IT Support Analyst here in New Zealand, and I have no clue, where to look for jobs or housing on areas when I first arrive. I plan to upgrade my IT skills in Toronto, but I have no clue where to go, and like New Zealand do migrants have student allowances? Where do I look for jobs and housing and look forward to study further? I have no clue, can you provide me with few urls where I can gather information? Regards, Aron. New Zealand. April 24- 2009 The comments I have heard make me see Canada as a safe country with low crime, prosperous and strong. The situation in Argentina is favorable for a few persons, for me starting a race, has few opportunities to grow. Therefore I desire to go to work in the North Country. Edgard. Argentina. April 25- 2009 I've been reading the forums for a bit. I'm 21 years old and I'm in the middle of my Civil Engineering Studies, so I made a long-term goal (3 years at least) to go and work in Canada once I graduate. I have been working as a Civil Technologist Drafter for around 2 years (ever since I started college I've worked), and I'm still working in an Engineering Design office meaning that once I graduate I will have at least 5 years of experience in the Engineering Design field. I'm single and I'll probably stay like that for a while. Why Canada? Well I've been charmed by it's nature, by the winter sports, and the way its cities are structured. My mom went to live in Quebec for a year and her stories encouraged me to make it my goal. Also my country mortality rate is high and it's really dangerous so I'm looking for somewhere, well, a bit safer. I'm planning on visiting it next year to see if I really like the environment. However I've seen your comments and your terrible experiences and I don't know how to feel about Canadian Immigration. Would Canada be a good option for me once I graduate or should I aim somewhere else? I was so excited I started studying French and all... Damian A. Caracas, Venezuela. April 27- 2009 Hi I’m Daniel 36 and currently reside in the USA. I am computer technician with high knowledge in sales, my wife is a nurse and since we are on American land we didn’t have success with our careers, so we have learned other occupations, my sons are currently studying, but we see no solution for an immigrant. So I wondered if in Canada we have a decent chance to work and achieve what we wanted for our future. Daniel. Mexico. April 27- 2009 Hi there, My partner and I are planning on traveling to Canada in September, to stay for a year and work. Both him and I are in the farming/livestock/horseracing industries, and were wondering how we would go about trying to find employment before we arrive. I haven’t really been able to locate a website that has any of these options available, and each job search I come up with is a dead end, so either I’m looking in the wrong place or there is no farm/ranch employment around... Any suggestions? :) Bry H. New Zealand. April 28- 2009 Hello, First thank you for giving me the opportunity to try and resolve my doubts in this forum, I hope I can resolve some doubts. I'm Venezuelan and live in Spain, but also have the Spanish citizenship, I was though about moving to Canada because here in Spain the work opportunities are very scarce, so I wanted to ask what documentation is needed to work in Canada? Also I would be interested if that makes things able to study something, I work here as an administrative assistant at Citibank. And for housing is very difficult? Because I would like to come and do something, I’m aware it starts from the bottom but I'm ready, but I'm not ready to be illegal! Thank you! Blanca. Barcelona, Spain. April 29- 2009 Someone could advise me, my family and I want to go to Canada to live because here the job opportunities in Mexico are becoming more difficult because of my age is 43 years old, my kids are 14 and 13 years old, in Mexico there is a lot of age discrimination, I hope someone can guide me and help at some point thanks. Mario. Veracruz, Mexico April 29- 2009 Hello. My family and I are in Calgary for about a year, two of which is the permission to bring my husband. He has a job as General Worker for a farm. My question is if when he finishes his contract, we can apply for permanent residence without leaving Canada. Any advice is welcome. Gloria. Calgary, Canada.
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	March 07- 2009 I am editor of La Prensa newspaper in La Paz, Bolivia and I need to contact with Bolivian immigrants in Quebec, Canada for articles on the immigration issue. Thanks ... I hope your reply soon... Aleja C. Bolivia. March 08- 2009 "Professional Compensation" I immigrated to Canada in 1995 with the following qualifications: Forester 1974 Bachelor of Horticulture 1977 Master of Agricultural Economics 1988 Since I landed in Canada I was not able to work in any of my studied profession. More that 50 times I was rejected because of the same reason: "You have no Canadian experience!" It is true! But Good Lord, how can I gather local experience if not one employer is willing to give me chance to work here??????????? A "Catch 22" situation. To sustain life I was working - unqualified (!) - in information technology. What a waste of life, money and time! It's ridiculous! For me immigration to Canada is a disaster in my professional career. Thomas. Edmonton, Canada. March 10- 2009 I am in the process of doing Immigration clearance to Canada. Before I do that, just need your valuable opinion on my case. I work for the reputed MNC Software firm & I am a siebel Certified Consultant. I just want to know what is the current situation over there (economic & job area's) Should I get a suitable job over there & it's advisable to move from here to Canada Regards Paul F. Bangalore, India. March 19- 2009 Hi, I hope that someone can help me on this, I was denied my request for permission to work in Canada, my question is if I can apply again with another job offer after the previous LMO has expired. I hope can advise me on this or if there is another way to take. Oscar C. Michoacan, Mexico. March 19- 2009 Hello, I want to know am I eligible for investor visa to Canada. I am 63 year old. Running good ship repair and ship spare part business. Zora S. Dubai, UAE March 20- 2009 I would like to post jobs for immigrants or those who are considering immigrating to Canada as skilled workers. You do not have a page for this at this time. What if any feedback can you provide to assist me with this. Thank you. Jasper C. March 22- 2009 Hello, I am a 43 year-old woman. I wish to travel to Canada to engage in various occupations such as child care, elderly care, cleaning houses and apartments, or other activities, I am a parent head of household and have two children, a son of 21 years old and a daughter of 18 years old, they also want to travel in search of work. I understand that in Canada require at individuals or families to populate lands, is that really true? I appreciate any information you might have. Olga L. Huila, Colombia March 26- 2009 Hi!! I am 30 yrs old sales professional having an experience of 8 years in IT hardware sales. I am graduated from arts stream. Taking into consideration my experience and qualification would I eligible to migrate to Canada to work. Will any Canadian employer offer me a job based on my profile?? Do my experience and qualification sounds ok for Canada IT industry??. Rajneesh. Indore, India March 27- 2009 My husband and I are interested in getting a proposal for work in Canada, with this; we will add points in that process ... Jasper C., let me know what kind of workers are you looking for? ... Thanks! Maybelline. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
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	February 04- 2009 I would like to hire permanent Mexican employees. Can you tell me how I can do this Chris. B.C., Canada. February 04- 2009 To Chris, You, as an employer may offer employment to people from other countries and with such offer they can apply for residency through the Provincial Nominee Program, or you can go to the HRSDC office where they can give you any information related to temporary work permits. Web Team Canada Immigrant Job Issues www.canadaimmigrants.com February 07- 2009 Hello, I want to know if there are real opportunities to migrate to Canada, to practice jointly with my wife our professions, we are professionals, I am an architect with twelve years experience and my wife is a dentist with ten years experience. I am interested to know if we can practice our professions, we need to revalidate degrees? so if this the case, how complicated would be this process?... I’ll thank you for the answer, thank you very much. Fernando K. Salta, Argentina February 10- 2009 I would like to go to work and live in Canada as a permanent resident but would like to go where there are more Hispanic residents, which city would you recommend me between Toronto and Montreal? Alex O. Florida, USA. February 11- 2009 Hi Alex, Check this article about Toronto Poor neighbourhoods growing across Toronto University of Toronto analysis of census data shows middle class shrinking, especially in Scarborough, Etobicoke. (Article published on February 8, 2009). Web Team Canada Immigrant Job Issues February 14- 2009 I need your support! Facing what I think is discrimination. I immigrated to Canada six and a half years ago. Professional Engineer, Bachelor science in Civil Engineering and Master’s degree in Construction Management is academic background my home country - Colombia. After long, difficult and expensive processes now I am a full recognized Engineer in Ontario by the PEO Professional Engineers of Ontario and I am eligible to obtain my P.Eng designation within six months. Once I arrived to Canada I attend the ESL and improved my language skills up to a professional competitive level. When I was in the last stage of the ESL training I studied I got a certificate in Project Management, which was my area of expertise in Colombia. Later, I applied through the Project Management Institute PMI to obtain my Project Management Professional designation PMP, designation that I hold now. Currently I am working for a consulting company in Ottawa, however my goal since I arrived here has been to work for the City of Ottawa Infrastructure Department. One of the reasons I set this goal was because my last job in Bogota Colombia was for the Institute of Urban Development and I like to work in public projects and in the frame of Public Administration. One of the most important requirements for this kind of jobs with the city of Ottawa has been to be “P. Eng designation, and licensed Member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario or eligible to obtain Ontario membership within 6 months.” Now that I am eligible to the obtain Ontario membership within 6 months they have changed the requirement for “Master’s Degree in Engineering (preferably civil/municipal) from a recognized university” The situation that I am facing it is pure discrimination since now that I got recognition in Ontario as Engineer they want to create a new and impossible to met new requirements. I wonder if some of the public servants in the City of Ottawa just do not want immigrants there. I would like to hear your opinion about this issue and if it is worthy to battle Sincerely Francisco G. Ontario, Canada. February 14- 2009 Francisco, You are not alone. I got my P.Eng in 1997 and since then it has not been nothing but an expensive piece of paper. I also got a master of engineering and recently a PhD, I don’t even bother to apply to these government jobs anymore. Some of them at least have the decency to send rejection letters other just don’t bother. Most of the letters read as “Your credentials are impressive but your profile doesn’t seem to match our requirements”. I have considered seriously just stop paying the fees for the engineering license but PEO keeps telling that if I stop paying them, I will have to start the process all over again since they know that as an immigrant is harder to get it. PEO recently published an article that talks about the same issue, it seems that although PEO has opened the doors to make it easier to get licensed by foreign engineers, employers are not hiring foreign engineers even if licensed by PEO. The bottom line of the issue is that there are not enough jobs in engineering and new comers just don’t seem to fit into the already saturated system. I would suggest giving up the idea of government jobs and use your skills for jobs where the color of your skin or place of origin is not an issue. There are many P.Engs like you that have become licensed electricians or home inspectors. Spanish language can be a big selling point as you have all the Hispanic community that always can call for a Spanish speaking home inspector or licensed electrician. The P.Eng can facilitate the license as an electrician or home inspectors, a good electrician can make a lot more than a P.Eng working for the government and you don’t have to rely on someone giving you the job. I personally have used my credentials for consulting, I’m doing well and I don’t think will go back and look for government jobs any time soon. My P.Eng may be of some use in the future but for now is just sitting in my basement and collecting dust. Raul. Canada February 16- 2009 I would like my comments are considered, in November 3, 2008, I was a victim of racism in the general hospital in Montreal, I am an immigrant, I have no papers but my process is very stressful for me, and thus I suffered from depression. Well as I said before, on November 3 I had a depression attack and I took an overdose of pills, my husband called the ambulance and I was sent to general hospital in Montreal, getting there. The doctor asks me what I had done, and how many pills I had taken. Up there everything was fine, but at night my heart was experiencing abnormal palpitations and I could not sleep, so, I asked 3 times, if the monitor was ok? Because was biping too much to which, they replied that everything is right, then the physician who attended me at first, he wonders why I was so horrified? if I wanted to kill myself, why I take just a few pills, he made these comments to a group of people who were there, a group of nurses and nursing assistants, who started to say ok, that is true, she did not want to die, she just want to draw the attention of immigration, to not return to Mexico, and the doctor said that he went on vacation to Mexico and the people are very poor and it is obvious that she does not want to return. due to the excess of pills that I've take, I got sick, and every night the people were making fun of me saying that I would to finish removing the food from taco bell, with an intestinal lavage to teach me a lesson, all night was people laughing, mocking me and my origins, for being Mexican, even an assistant said; oh please if going to make an intestinal lavage to let me do it for me that I want to {-TOO EXPLICIT AND OUTRAGEOUS TO SHOW-}, well is a long history, and I wrote two letters to complain and the people who was laugh at me has been denied all, refuse to state, then, end of the issue, I am very angry how people can make fun and then say no, I didn’t say anything and nothing happens, and especially at a hospital. I know I can not do anything, but if I could something else, I want to know, I want justice to be done and that never again happen to anyone else. Liz. Montreal, Canada. February 22- 2009 Dear Gentlemen, I greet you warmly and deeply affected with your words on the website, I am a Chilean with many dreams, which are not achievable in the short term on the community where I live, with my girlfriend, we are working hard to succeed, we are current college students, I’m a future Industrial Engineer and she is a future phonoaudiologist. Both with high expectations of life abroad, especially in the safest country in the Americas, Canada. My intentions for this year is to make an internship in the Country, in any city that requires a lot of enthusiasm, joy, motivation and a lot of youth and experience. I want to specialize me, and be best, but where they truly appreciate the seriousness, commitment and especially the love and passion for life. I would like to keep in touch with you and see the possibility to go this summer, through some agency or company that may require my services with professional future. I am willing to make the most with this to open a door for my future and all my family, my dreams, our dreams. We thank you very much for all hoping to have an excellent reception from your. I fondly dismissal. Javier G. Concepcion, Chile Builder of dreams! February 24- 2009 HI! I am a 20 year old Nicaraguan girl. Right now I am studying my college in USA with a scholarship. I will be graduate in May 2011. I am considering the idea in living in Canada after my graduation or few years later after grad. I had heard that Canada receives immigrants and have special programs for them. Is that true? Where I can find this information? Would you guide me with the steps I should follow in order to stay or get into Canada? Thank you so much for your time! Carmen C. Arkansas, USA. February 26- 2009 Hello, My name is Arturo, I have a degree in Electronic Engineering and currently doing a network specialization, from a couple of months ago I have the idea of going to Canada because everyone speaks of the opportunities there for young professionals. That is true? How difficult things are for the crisis? Where is better to go Canada or USA? Arturo. Guadalajara, Mexico.
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	January 04- 2009 A few days ago, dozens of people were victims of fraud by a person offering process and direct contact with employers offering jobs in Canada, with the illusion of being able to recruit and go to Canada to legally work. We trust in this person who never gave us the face and use false names and gone and we not see him again. We can not trust anybody, my question is this if somebody know of any direct and reliable source that can help us find work and make processing Visa? I appreciate any comments, good or bad. I appreciate any comments, good or bad. Greetings. Ruben A. Mexico. January 06- 2009 I’m starting a process of immigration to Canada, most of the concepts I read, favorable comments, I know that these processes are long. Sometimes I wonder if worth the waiting? My program is for the way federal, what can you tell me about it. Robert. Barranquilla, Colombia. January 07- 2009 I went to Langara College to evaluate my CGA to transfer my courses to bachelor degree of Accounting. The Dean of Accounting Department permitted me in the Program while the registrar office, made fun of my High School Diploma in Iran and even though I had a good grade 12 Math, required me to take Math 12 again!!! I had passed English in Langara before and they did not bother to check it until I brought it to their attention!!! And worst of all, they kind of though I was too old for the program. I felt racism right there to deepest parts of my bones!!! Saimack. Vancouver, Canada. January 09- 2009 Hello, I am so glad I found this forum, my husband and I want to emigrate to Canada because we have friends there, but now that I have read all this and begin to doubt if my husband will be able to work on something on his career, he is Topographer and the truth is that if we go with the only savings that we have would be very unfair spend it all and then not be able to work. Diana. Lorca, Spain. January 09- 2009 I was deported from the US a year ago, and seven months later I applied for a temporary permit to work in Canada, I pay to an agency $ 1,500 plus the proceedings, all totalling $ 2,000. I felt deceived, and then I went as a tourist to Calgary, Alberta. And they just let me stay a night at the hotel, I was taken to immigration at the airport and they don’t believe it that went to Canada as a tourist. This would be an issue if I wan to go again as a tourist, if I want to go back to Canada. Thank you. Sincerely, Ramon H. Chihuahua, Mexico. January 14- 2009 I would like to know if I can migrate to work in Canada as a physician anesthesiologist, what I have to do? And where I have to go? Daniel J. Guanajuato, Mexico. January 16- 2009 Hi, my name is Krysta Remington and I'm a writer for the Calgary Journal. I'm doing a story on how the slowing economy is affecting Canada's incoming immigrants. I would like to ask your organization a couple of questions about this topic. Thanks, for your time... Krysta Remington. Calgary, Canada. January 16- 2009 Hi, We think prospective immigrants would have more accurate answers since they are the ones who will decide whether to move to Canada or not. So, we have posted your question on our forum page. Regards, WebTeam Canadaimmigrants.com January 17- 2009 I am an MBA holder from IGNOU University Delhi and I have 15 years of accounting experience in India and Bahrain. I want to know that my degrees will consider for accounting jobs in Canada. We are planning to migrate to Canada with my family. My wife is also a teacher in a UK School in Bahrain and she is BSc BEd and has more than 15 years of experience in teaching. Is she will get a job there? We have two kids one in IX standard and one in VII standard. How much will be the expense for our family approximately and how much we will get as salary. We are expecting your valuable comments. Vatta V. Manama, Bahrain. January 20- 2009 Dear Vatta V. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. This is an American way of saying that if you do not have a problem then don't seek for a solution. If both of you are working and are overall OK with their careers then don't jump into the unknown. Short story: Your degrees and experience won't count in Canada. It does not matter where you got them; I met people with MBAs from top-10 U.S. universities with working experience in U.S. firms and they were as wasted as any other professional immigrant. My own post-college education was in the U.S. (top three graduate school in its field); I had experience teaching U.S. students here so my English would not be that bad I think. I was evaluated twice for proficiency in English; first they ask you to take the TOEFL exam (otherwise, no acceptance into the program of your choice). Once in there before allowing you to teach a single student they take you to the Languages Dept. in the university for a second exam including a face-to-face interview. No luck; for Canadians "I had a thick accent"... go figure I was not looking for a job at CBC... Your degrees are from India? Don't expect it to be any different. There is almost certainty you'll end up like many of us doing odd jobs. Stay where you are and weather the current economic storm in a place you know. Hope it helps; good luck whatever you decide. Gabriel. Atlanta, USA. January 22- 2009 Dear Sirs I am writing in the opportunity to express my concern. I am a physiotherapist with 15 years experience and despite of the success in my country, the insecurity and violence haunts us at every moment. I know that reach into any foreign country, there is always discrimination, however, our sad reality, compels me to think of this as a real possibility. What real chance that I have to work for which I am prepared? Which institutions have you aware that may be required professionals in this field? Thank you very much for any guidance. Nestor. Venezuela. January 22- 2009 I would like to hear from Brits that moved to Edmonton, Alberta. I would love to make the move but am worried about the escalating housing prices. The lack of affordable housing is one of the issues that are "pushing" me out of the UK. I was hoping cheaper housing offered in Alberta would be a "pull". Dr. Christopher. Aberdeen, Scotland. January 23- 2009 Hi, I wanted to know if anyone can advise me regarding a question that I have, what happens is that my wife and I were in Canada, but, we returned to Mexico, she worked as a nanny without a work permit and now the family for what she worked wants to ask permission to go to work, my question is if that there are any possibilities that the two both could legally go when I was at the time that Canada was more than a year I never had any problems there? Thanks Juan C. Veracruz, Mexico.
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	December 2- 2008 To Adhan, For a family of 3, you should expect the following: Rent - (small apartment in a safe area close to the city) $600 CAN Transportation (Metro x2) $150/ Month Food $600/ Month Clothes $100/ Month Most of the jobs available for recent immigrants are in the range of 25-30K a year. Quebec is one of the best provinces to work when it comes to low income families, you won't pay much tax and will receive family aid if you remain low income. I would say that finding a job and be able to provide for your family is possible but if you are willing to take the jobs available that normally are in construction, retail, telemarketing, and similar. Being able to survive is not a problem but the problem comes after several years when you want to improve your situation as most of the growth in the employment is for low paying jobs and not in the professional fields. Raul. Montreal, Canada. December 2- 2008 You may want to include the text "Social Welfare in Canada: Understanding Income Security, 2nd Edition" in your Appendix. I am currently doing a research paper on challenges and barriers faced by new immigrants and refugees, and I found your website because of a reference on page 203 of the text. I am confident I will find a great deal of support material on your site - thank you! Joan. Alberta, Canada. December 4- 2008 I was informed that Canada has very good jobs and reading this forum, I realize that is difficult get a good job, someone could tell me if that it's true or not, what company can I go to review this situation because I do not want and no one wants to lose money, or time. Thanks. Jesus. Torreon, Mexico. December 6- 2008 Good day. I would like to dispel some doubts about my profession and to know if it is possible what I should do if I want to go to Canada to work as an Odontologist. I am a Colombian Odontologist, I am a permanent resident of the United States, I get the dental radiology license and I'm trying to validate my career here but that is very complicated ... I am 30 years old with desires to raise a family but the matter of my education is what has me quite worried ... So, I want to know what chances I’ll have if I go and settled in Canada. Thank you very much for the attention that you give to this message. Edgardo. New Jersey, USA. December 7- 2008 Edgardo, I can only tell you the experience of my sister that tried for 7 years to become a dentist in Canada with a degree from Mexico. She had to take several exams and she was unlucky to fail the last one 3 times. Finally the dentist association asked her to do her school again, she was given the option to do it in 2 years in BC but the tuition fees were out of her budget so she tried to do her school again here in Montreal. She tried two years to start University but they wouldn't even accept her for the first year of school as entrance in dentistry in Quebec is very competitive. Finally she went back home after wasting 7 years of her life. I know it is not very encouraging but it is one of many stories of immigrants with foreign degrees in the health care field. She is finally working as a dentist in Mexico, she is not making a lot of money but at least she is working in her field. She regrets so much have done this but I guess the dream of a better life is always too strong. Good luck. Raul. Montreal, Canada. December 16- 2008 Hello, finally I have found you to see if you can advise me, my interest is travel to Canada, and my request for visa has been denied it twice. And I don’t know why? Because they are not taken care of me, I’ll have support there, I’m only need the visa, and work, only that, without more. Nilsa. Panama. December 17- 2008 Dear Mss or Mr.: I have found your information on Internet that I find so interesting. As far as I am concerned, I am a Phd immigrant and so interested in finding some people who want to change, by law, this discriminating job system of immigration. Do you know others immigrants or others who are interested in this subject? I am looking for your reply, and I thank in advance you very much. With my best wishes, Sirus. Toronto, Canada. December 19- 2008 Could somebody post information related to: Nov., 28, 2008 immigration law concerning the 38 new categories for obtaining immigration statutes in Canada. I would like to know the titles, requirements and brief description of all the 38 categories. Specifically, I would like to know if these categories apply to a person who is presently a Municipal Councilor as well as a Grocery Owner and Supervisor with an Industrial Engineering background. I thank you in advance for your cooperation. Yours truly, Rami. Toronto, Canada. December 23- 2008 This comment is in reference to the comment of Sirus from Toronto, Canada. Hello Sirus: Your comments and interest in changing this issue of racism interests me. I would be a supporter on this matter by all means. I am sick and tire of seeing how the employers either have the big pleasure of denying a employment to a good hard working qualified employee, or if they give them a job, the will suck away their good skills, never acknowledge their good work and skills, and keep him/her on the back burner of the work place just to keep them as a number. The most infuriating issue is that you see other unskilled and not even qualified locals given better choices in the work environment, and they don't even feel the slightest remorse for committing such an act of an open discrimination. So, I will be more than glad to co-operate for this change. We must do something about this because do never forget that we pays equal taxes as any local, and we are willing to work hard for our money for the most part, and even more, we are dedicated to our work or at least that's what I know from my fellow immigrants. You can contact me and we can get organize to take some action on this matter. My most sincere blessings to all. Merry Christmas and my best wishes for the New Year coming to all of you, and the wonderful Team of the CanadaImmigrants.com Cristina. Alberta, Canada. December 27- 2008 Hello, my question is this; hopefully can help me, I’m in Canada with work permit and my wife has open work permit and denied the health card, currently we realize that we are pregnant, what we can do to get the health card. Joaquin. Ontario, Canada. December 27- 2008 I am not sure if this is right deep to post, I need some help. I want to apply for citizenship, but I lost my Landing paper, but I do have my PR card. I went to my local RCMP office .They told me I need to get my client ID which I can get from CBS (Canadian border security). Hope somebody can guide me how can I get that. Thanks Rita. Canada.
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	November 5- 2008 I would like to know if there is any company or organization in Mexico that hire people to work in Canada, I worked in USA and I speak 60 percent of English I will appreciate their response and comments Oscar. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. November 7- 2008 First of all, I want to say that (Canada) it is a good country, and as the most human rights abuser in the world... when the refugees come here, they are used as guinea pigs used in Indian and commerce, from different angles, if they wish , medical psychologists and psychiatrists... the immigrants come here in good health to be used in the market, they are diagnosed on any illnesses, get them more separates from their families, they are more required on unit to serve better to the market... but it will never be seen as new Canadians, and if they give them support to integrate into Canadian society that does not exist, never ... They are require as golden stones, so that some white Canadian for what they call projects and contracts, just for using The immigrant .. there is no Canadian experience to work, because for a white only need a week to give him a job and for the immigrant has to go to a college or training school to acquire a normal job, either carpenter, gardener, clerk job, is required to spend and borrow money and sometimes must have documents to show that ever was a criminal ... in short words, we are used to assure them the job..... Is a big lie that is supported... so, they will be seen as immigrants until die.... Thanks Guillermo. Ontario, Canada. November 10- 2008 Hello, I have a question, I am a Colombian and two years ago I married with a Canadian and already a month ago that I live in Canada and if I were to separate now from my husband I could lose the residence or how long I have to wait for not losing it? Thanks. Diana. Ontario, Canada. November 10- 2008 Hi all, I would like to know after well settled in Mumbai, India, a banker by profession, having a car and house I am thinking about immigration to Canada. I am a graduate with over seven years of experience. I have read almost most of your comments and found out to be negative towards the country. These maybe facts and realities faced by each one of you. I now will have to re-think about the same. Can someone know to get a job before you land there? I am about to file my papers with the immigration consultant next week but now after reading this stuff I would postpone to the next year. Does it really make a difference to come there when you are well settled in your own country… Thanks. Dhiraj. Mumbai, India. November 12- 2008 Hello, A couple of questions, first question is, if a person, especially from Dominican Republic doesn't even have any document for working in Canada, which document we would need for getting there? In my case, I speak good English and also know how to use the computer. So far I work as a pool boy in a resort where many people from Canada come on vacation, I would like a better salary, most of those Canadians that I keep in touch, tell me that to go there is the best way. My second and last question is, if some one like me doesn't have relatives or any friends there, what would the company do for the stay of the person, or what would you do? Thanks for the opportunity to express myself. Vladimir. Dominican Republic. November 13- 2008 Good website! I’ve been living in Canada for 30 years. I am a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, graduated in Guayaquil, Ecuador. I came to Canada with a desire to continue my career specializing in Scientific Research on the central nervous system. Well, I cannot even summarize all the disappointment, frustration and bitterness of those years in a beautiful country with 2 sides in effect as I read in a Commentary: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide. I arrive with knowledge of English and French. I take courses here. I passed the Equivalency Tests of the College of Physicians of Quebec... but, no way! It take me years to find documents written by the Government of this Province: Quebec and the College of Physicians, in which say explicitly that "we do not want Professionals graduate in the third world, because we come here dead from starvation to take the jobs of local doctors. And they are doing and will do the impossible to prevent that we enter to the system; they REQUIRE from us ACADEMICS EVALUATIONS UNREACHABLE, then we fail, I still keep those original documents. But by then it was too late for me I had already aged, had a husband and a son. I was without profession and sadly institutionalized in a country whose institutions were and currently are cruelly hypocritical and racist. However I’m not going to exaggerate. There are good Canadians and Quebecois, but they unfortunately do not make the laws. They are also victims of a system. Julieta. Montreal, Canada. November 18- 2008 Hello to all, I have a master degree from France and I have been an interior designer and project manager for sixteen years. I have a lot of experience in commercial interior design (Offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, showrooms...) but I cannot find a job, as I have no Canadian experience. J.L. from Montreal, Canada. November 19- 2008 Hello, I have just found your website and have read it with interest. I noticed the editorial on the front of the website refers to a difference in the job prospects between immigrants arriving in Australia to those arriving in Canada. As an immigrant from Australia who moved here nine years ago and still experiences comments about my accent and what Australians are supposed to be like (like Americans so therefore very, very bad - such is the simplistic thinking in this country) etc blah blah blah I find this of interest. Australia is not without its problems for immigrants however, I do find that the Australian attitude toward overseas experience is a much more positive one than it is here. Overseas work experience particularly in North America and Europe is viewed very positively indeed. This is due I believe to the inferiority complex Australians have vis a vis Australia and "real" Western countries in North America and Europe. As an immigrant here I found that as an Australian I found my "Australian" resume wasn't worth the paper it was written on. I did not have that all magical "Canadian" experience. (Hello - there are more than 300 other countries in the world not called Canada with real live people living in them. Hold the presses!!!) So the problem is deeper than race or colour (although as a white English speaking immigrant who has found it hard to get a job here, I shudder at how much more difficult it is for racialized immigrants from non-English speaking backgrounds.) My experiences as a very privileged immigrant (and I know that I am) leave me feeling angry for other immigrants and wanting to speak out on their behalf using my "whiteness" and relative privilege as what I see as a great injustice (not to mention sheer smug stupidity and small mindedness Canadian style) toward racialized and non-English speaking immigrants. )Canada's linguistic contribution to the world? Eh? Canada's culinary contribution? Tim Hortons Double Double. Wow!) I found too and the experience has left me bitter and cynical that Canadians are more than happy to have immigrants volunteer and work for free. But a real job? Ha! I volunteered for three years - to get "Canadian" experience, learned fluent French and have two university degrees (a law degree.) Despite this, I have been told outright in a job interview "Are you able to work in Canada?" when I stated I was a Canadian citizen, I was then told "Yes, but you are not Canadian are you?" I have also had other nasty (that is all I can call them) comments in job interviews. As a New Zealand immigrant friend of mine states: well its not racism then is it? They feel as though they (Canadian employers) can say anything with impunity. (I say this to point out due to Canadian small mindedness just how little a difference sets them off - Canadian tolerance - what a joke!) By my name the most Canadians assume I am Canadian but there attitude changes once I open my mouth. Being an immigrant in Canada means according to white Canadians you have a birth defect and a speech impediment. The birth defect is from not being born in "Canada" (or I am sure not being white) and the speech impediment is from either having an accent or not having English as a first language. What bothers me the most is the sheer smugness that most Canadians have at how "inclusive" they are. Well, I just don't see it and I have been here for almost ten years. I have an American immigrant friend who has a sign on his office door that reads "I wasn't born in Canada, but I got here as soon as I could." I asked him about it and he told me he has the sign to deflect all the crap he gets about not being born in this most sacred of ~~fricking~~ countries. I am so sorry for all immigrants on this website especially from those countries that are economically poor, war torn etc - what an incredibly deep hurt it must be to have gone through all of that and to deal with Canadian smugness despite all of your efforts. Canadians are parochial and small minded. Australians are the second the most travelled persons in the world per capita (look it up) - I have personally travelled to 18 countries including so called third world countries in Asia. Australia's isolation means that we have to reach out to the world, Canada's closeness means it can hold on to its nasty small mindedness and smugness without penalty. Australians can be biased, racist and bigoted yes, BUT at least in Australia if you have the skills to do the job you have the skills. Period. That my friends is the difference. PS. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this posting. I feel immigrants are very much silenced by the Canada, we are the world, we are tolerant BS that Canadians like to perpetuate. Why doesn't anyone ASK the people (immigrants) who are supposedly the subject of all this tolerance!!!! No one would like the answer. And besides, Canadians seem to feel they are the only ones allowed to define themselves! Thanks, Sandy. Australia. November 22- 2008 Sandy. Australia I agree 100% with what you have told. Statistically and from personal source I know it very well that Australia is way welcoming towards the immigrants than Canada from job perspective. It may sound rude, but sadly Canadians are in general like what you said. Very close minded and have a superiority feelings (I don't know based on what). Ig you aren't born Canadian then there is very little that you could do to be Canadian. Where is in reality, their existence is 100% dependent on USA. Employers are highly unprofessional & biased if not racist. Statistically it is established that most of the jobs are being awarded by nepotism. But to hide this fact, they childishly come up with many excuses like your degree is poor... English is poor... In reality their own graduates have to look for jobs elsewhere. There are many thousand of American, European degree holders as well continuing menial jobs. What surprises me the most is despite all of these facts, they think of themselves as the smartest and open minded nation in the world :). Joke of the century. Sha. Florida, USA. November 27- 2008 I'm planning to immigrate to Quebec, but I'm worry about the suitable income I should earn to live a simple middle-class life. By exploring the job bank, I found that one may earn only C$1000 -sometimes C$850-, is that enough for housing and food regarding to a 2 persons plus a child family. I'll be glad if you can help me, also if you can offer me more information. Appreciate your kind quick help and reply. Adham. Cairo, Egypt.
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	October 1- 2008 I have been in Canada for about 1 year. I am working in one company for about one year as a Technical Assistant where I gave 1 year commitment. I have complete one year and want to leave the job, but the company is not allowing to leave the company and started giving me more work. They are telling me to finish that work and leave the job. Can anyone help me from this type of situation? Bruce. USA. October 1- 2008 Dan. Dubai, UAE, The decision must be entirely your, you are the best to decide as everyone has different scenario. We may try to help you if you have specific question. First of all, make no mistake, unless any miracle happens, you won't be able to get any job in your field. It is up to you, some families from Middle East bring a huge pile of cash that is good enough for them or if finished then have to look for a menial labour type of work. If you are smart enough and luck favours (mind it, you need to have strong luck above all) then you may take some market hot courses and may land in relatively good jobs (at least sitting in table). Now for the sake of children, also up to you. If you can nurture them in a proper way and they can go to the universities then most likely they'll get success, at the cost of your life though. Though opposite stories are heard too, children are spoiled in the open western society. Few months back one of my cousins (originally a mechanical engineer) returned to KSA after 12 years, his elder son/daughters are passing the university, this entire period his highest achievement was building janitor, though part time. So, it is up to you, how much you are willing to trade of. You may keep the residency status, a least for your kids by staying the mandatory 2 years every other 5 years. Some parents do that, father work in the Middle East and keep the rest in Canada. Sha. Florida, USA. October 2- 2008 Hello I have been in Canada for about 6 months, and I made the request to extend my tourist visa. If is denied I would like to know for how long I have to leave the country to be able to come back and they give me a visa again? Thanks for your answer! Erika. Mexico. October 5- 2008 Before I apply in Canada as caregiver, I’m still single and when my visa and all my documents arrive, I’m still single but one month before I depart for Canada my girlfriend and I decided to got married. So, would it affect my application for my permanent residency? Mike. Brampton, Canada. October 5- 2008 There is some employment agency or any company that hires people from other countries to go to work in Canada I have worked in the United States in various fields of employment and I would be interested. I am currently studying diesel mechanics and I'm about to conclude my studies I would like to inform me. Flavio. Guadalajara, Mexico. October 7- 2008 I am living in Mexico City and recently arrives to me an offer to work in Vancouver, B.C. along with a document (labour market) my question is where y which documents I need to accept this offer. I hope you can advice. Xavier. Mexico. October 8- 2008 Hi, I have passport from Brazil and residence in Spain. I ask for visa to USA and they gave it to me, but when I went to renewed, it was denied, I have a visa to Canada, my question is, if I can go from Canada to USA. And how long can I go back to ask again for American visa and what documents I have to submit. Thanks Ivonete. October 10- 2008 What you think about if I could enter to Canada without any problem and fix my papers inside Canada or if I have to submit documents first to be a Canadian citizen while I'm crossing the border or what I can do? I'm desperate. What can I do first? I going alone or I have to bring my children with me?, what I can do? Canadian Immigration officers could arrest me and then deport me to Mexico when I passing through the border? Thank you, I hope somebody can advice me Alejandro. Mexico. October 10- 2008 My wife Marie (Anne-Marie) and our family of 4, Immigrated to Ontario Canada in June of 2002. My wife Marie is a Scottish trained Primary school teacher who at an interview with a lady Canadian Official at their Canadian High Commission in London England, told her she would have no problem in securing a teaching job on arrival in Canada. I had worked for the UK'S Ministry of Defense as a Quality Manager for some 26 years, in charge of the Quality of Processing in 4 of the main Missile Processing buildings, controlling a staff of around 65. It took us about 18 months, and several hundred $'s to find out that the Ontario College of Teachers, refused to accept Marie's Scottish Teaching Diplomas. They said she would have to go and do 5 Full Courses at one of their nominated Universities. I am afraid I do not have the time to finish this explanation; all I will add is that the great Canadian Experience has cost our family around $375,000 00 and counting. I really feel I have let my family down very badly. Kind Regards, David. Ontario, Canada. October 11- 2008 Hello, My name is Martha; my husband has two months exactly working here. We came 15 days after looking for the Canadian dream, Canada is really nice and we're happy with the people but my husband entered with a work visa, the lower one, he has a contract for two years, a person hired him from Mexico, he said he was going to earn very well, that he will earn many dollars here. as it hired to manage a store of audio and video, and now is doing installations at the home of such teams, I think it is dangerous to him their work, installing antennas to the outside of places, once he fell from a roof, besides he only get paid per hour or per day worked, I have not worked because we have two children, one 5 and another of 2 years old and there’s no day care and we don't have the resources to pay a person, We just have enough to eat and pay rent and we have debts and we had to pay tickets and other expenses for to came here, they not pay him the extra hours and still he get so much pressure, saying that time is money, if he work more hours they aren’t paid, but if he makes a bad installation or damage something, he is charged for it. I know that is there are better situations for others, I want to know if he can ask for a better job, where he can earn more, he earns $ 14 per hour, and as you know, it is coming up a difficult situation that it is the winter and he will have work if want that we can eat What other options are there? Please help us, preferably we want to know if we can migrate to Calgary, and if we can contact an attorney for emigration to assist us in these formalities. Thanks and see you soon. Martha. Alberta, Canada. October 14- 2008 Hello, I hope the following will help you. I'm Mexican and I have 24 years on Canada. Unfortunately I have to agree with many of the point of views of this forum, many of my fellow Mexicans and from other countries have been cheated by several companies that are being devoted to bring them, with contracts for 1 or 2 years and they charge them 7,000 or 5,000 dollars or more, For the privilege of communicating with companies in Canada to be able to come. What they unfortunately come to realize is that they pay them 12.00 Canadian dollars when that they'll have to pay 800.00 minimum for rent a department where to live, plus monthly cost of gas, electricity and food and other expenses. From what they earn have to pay to the thieves that make them sign the contract so do not come out ahead by at least 2 years. We must remember that their contracts are up to 2 years! Really NO worth it! I work in an office in which came to have contact with many of them, and unfortunately there is nothing that I can do, more than facilitate what I can and give them advice that every time I speak to one or the other. PLEASE, DO NOT sign contracts for two years to come to work but if any company decide bring you and pay you the plane ticket and guarantee in writing that they will give you, please read what you sign, for which, unfortunately, migration authorities with the whom I have worked here can not help because legal matter do things as closely as legal who have been unable to stop what they are doing these thieves with so many people. Another thing is if someone comes from any country and require to transfer their license to make sure asking for a Driving History letter with address, license type, issue date, when you was the first license that took and all the official stamps, because you going to need it here, especially those in the Mexico City because the vehicle transit department from Mexico City does not facilitate this when you are already here. You should do all that, before you come to Canada. You have to Check if the company is going to bring you, and if any company wants to recruit you or want to help you, check with the Canadian Consulate the terms of that company to ensure that they aren't lying to you. Please it hurts me a lot to see so many injustices that are happening I hope that this will help you. Remember his country will always be your country, in your country nobody is going to treat you as immigrants and your studies and your dignity will be always intact, just think about it! Good luck. Marcela. Canada. October 16- 2008 My boyfriend is from Mexico and has been in Canada for 3 months on a tourist visa. I am going to be in school for the next year at least here. He would like to stay and live with me (and work). The problem is, we can't seem to find anywhere that has been approved for an LMO or ELMO. He is looking for a job Bartending/serving/food service attendant. (Which supposedly the government is trying to encourage right now) What I'd like to know is if anyone has advice on where to find places that are hiring immigrants for this type of work, and have been approved (or are willing to go through the process) of getting an LMO. Any advice to company names would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Meghan. Burnaby, Canada. October 17- 2008 I applied in many well known companies here. None give me answer. If any one gives job then we will get skills, experience & output of us. Every company directly wants experience so how can we get experience? Kish. Ontario, Canada. October 18- 2008 To Alberto, Oscar, Abel and Giovani, Nobody is going to believe that you guys went to Canada on vacation after mentioning that you are working, do not understand that you can not legally work there without permits? If life is so tough that there, why do not return to Mexico? There might work better, or make them ashamed jobs that pay little? Daniel. Bolivia. October 18- 2008 Could somebody please direct me to the proper departments in order to get detailed information about the possibility of working as a dentist or as an orthodontist in Canada? I am a volunteer English (ESL) teacher and I have had a request from one of my students who is from Iran. In Iran he worked as an orthodontist and also taught at the university in Tehran, in the field of dentistry. He is totally qualified in his own country. He is currently learning English here in Halifax and he is interested in possible positions either in Halifax or in another Province. Any help or information you can give me will be beneficial. Thank you Ruth L. Halifax, Canada. October 18- 2008 Hello, I was watching that is needs a lot of workers in Alberta? What's true, my wife and I did the test points in the immigration webpage and give us 70 points, the only thing that we do not know where it's the best place to find work, where to look for and watch about rents of houses and such serious things so could someone to guide us? Where we have to look? Thank you very much Pablo. Florida, USA. October 24- 2008 Hello, I have been in Canada for 2 years now and I didn't get any job in my field (videographer). I did jobs till now like door to door energy sales, drafting and many more small jobs, but nothing to even touch my domain. Please help me to find the job that fits me. Thank you! Flor. Ontario, Canada. October 27- 2008 I strongly demand professional compensation, because I am professional that’s why Canada allowed to enter but once you are there, you have once again asked to undergo repeat examination English proficiency which involves wastage of precious time and money. Moreover along with that you have to support your family by doing non sensible jobs that create frustration and des motivation which forced the people to comeback like me I came back in year 2000. Wasted my hard earned money started again en Delhi, India being home country settled again, I’ll never go to Canada again. Jasbir S. Delhi, India.
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	September 02- 2008 I was offered employment in Vancouver, and I have taken that position as a new worker with one year working permit. I was not aware of the things, I need to ask, and now I found myself earning less than I was promised and having to do any jobs that no one else wants to take on in the office. My position has been approved for three years by HRDC. I have a work permit for a year renewable for 3 but would be prepared to go through the process again to get out of this situation. My employer is aware that I do not want to leave Canada. My children and my only sister live here too, so my employer knows that I am stuck. I would appreciate if someone can help me. I have been a bookkeeper for many years and I love this profession. Warm regards. Jose. Vancouver, Canada. September 04- 2008 I have lived in USA for 15 years, I always pay my taxes but I'm still Illegal, I’ve heard good things from Canada about the work, and that there are much prosperity. I have my own business of roofing and remodeling in USA. How can I move my business to Canada or invest my money? Jose. Texas, USA. September 05- 2008 I apply for Permanent Resident to Canada in Pretoria three years ago but still waiting. I am tired of waiting there are many jobs matching my qualification but nobody responds to my application. I need help to contact me with Canadian employers. Thank you. KP. Electrical Engineer from South Africa. September 08- 2008 The last year I went to Canada to work with a labor contract for 6 months now got a new contract with another company to work for 1 year, but the embassy of Canada refused me permission to work, for having mistakenly answered the question 19c) form imm1295-2005, since I was deported by United States 2 years ago. What can I do or who could help me to give me permission to work again? Ernesto. Guadalajara, Mexico. September 08- 2008 Hello, We are some Mexicans guys who came on vacation to Vancouver but for many reasons we had to work, the problem here is that we've been working with an Iranian which is only played with us and has been mocked, we have worked hard in order to survive and have minimal food which we have lacked a few days, I think that something can be done with this kind of people that takes advantage of the conditions of someone who works without the necessary documentation to do so, this is the case of the people who have no work visa, the only thing we ask is that we pay as promised and not carry this to something more serious, we would like that someone help us. Alberto, Oscar, Abel and Giovani. Vancouver, Canada. September 09- 2008 I'm presently employed with a roofing company as contract worker since 13 September 2007, then my work permit is extended until September 2011...my concerned is I would like to look for another employer because I don't like the management system of the company... Jay. B.C., Canada. September 09- 2008 Hello I want to know what I have to do. I'm living in Toronto I have come a month ago and I want to know if I should apply for work permits and legal stay in this country. I left Mexico because I had no job and no money to live, a relative gift me a plane ticket to get here. What I can do? I have said so many things that I'm confused I'm Mexican and I'm a dentist in Mexico, I have 50 years old and I speak a little English, I ask for your advice and opinion. Thanks. Jesus. Toronto, Canada. September 10- 2008 Greetings to all those who had the misfortune of not having known before this forum and have decided to emigrate to that horrible country and I don't say this by its ecosystem, but by his people, for what people have told me they are the people most boring, ~~stupid~~ and ~~degrading~~ of the planet. Never would have imagined such lies that we have heard from this country. Before I used to dream, I looked myself as another Canadian more, walking and enjoying the scenery of Canada, in a beautiful house next to my future wife and planning to have babies with that nationality. But after reading this forum, is when I feel most proud of never having reached there. And continue with my job here with my family, my friends in a very hospitable climate and not so cold as that of Canada, so the brain of Canadians freezes them 'cause of the climate, safe until the soul have frozen to these zombies. Thank you all for sharing their experiences and I hope this forum will be disseminated among more people so that Canada will run out of immigrants and people contributing to the development of this country that if they accept to people regardless of their colour or race. United States has a bad reputation for being racist but what I know is an image are only a few people do not feel like the untouchables Canadians. Martin. Aguascalientes, Mexico. September 12- 2008 I'm glad that I found this forum, I'm interested to apply the Permanent Residency since I saw several agency puts advertisement in the newspaper of how good opportunities are in Canada for professional and investor, the hospitality of the people considering many immigrants in the population, the health insurance and beautiful landscapes, the other reason is because several of my friends have gone there though I never heard the news from them ever since. After I read all the posts in the forum, I thank God that I didn't apply for the PR, the strong reason is the rare professional opportunities which make the Canadian developed what so called "Canadian Experience" as an excuse for doing "Legal Nepotism", the other is the entry barriers of educated immigrants to enter the Canadian Labour Market, my friend in Montreal is optimist that this situation will change due to that the Canadian baby boomers will soon retire so that the Canadian companies have no chance but to fill the vacant post with the immigrants eventually, only God Knows when this will be happening. I thank you to all of members of this forum especially the admin of this wonderful helpful website, this forum tells us everything! Good luck to all of you, Didit. Indonesia. September 15- 2008 Canada is a plastic country... I got my immigration in 2004.The first time I went I came back in 2 months... No jobs... Very expensive... Harsh weather... Huge expenditures... Thank god I did not take my Family. Initially I thought may be I took a bad decision coming back from Canada... I again went twice and instead of Toronto tried Edmonton... EVEN WORST... It’s no doubt a modern slaver... DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY AND TIME ON CANADA, INSTEAD TRY TO DO BETTER IN YOUR OWN COUNTY... Some times I get dreams of Canada...I have to bite my figure to make myself believe that It was just a Canadian Nightmare and not Reality. Vikas. India. September 18- 2008 I have been looking for work since I arrived in Canada and have run into many brick walls largely due to government red tape, I am now desperately seeking work as I truly need to stay here for family reasons and after now having been knocked back by HRC on a legitimate job offer I am now very unsure where to turn. Thank you George. Winnipeg, Canada. September 18- 2008 Well, my husband wants go to Canada for the same reason that everybody wants to go. But after reading this forum... I don’t know, I was worried a lot because the people have told me that Canada is a beautiful country and even appeared in a magazine in the best newspaper in my country, please, I need that someone give me any better testimony, rather if is from a Guatemalan, I need to know whether is so bad live in Canada I am grateful for your comments. Maria. Guatemala. September 22- 2008 I need someone to advise me about if worthwhile to emigrate to Canada, I got two sisters over there and they are very well cared for by their employers, and pay them well ... contrasted with some comments I have read in this forum. Really worth it to leave everything and go to Canada? I hope response ..... thanks. Jorge. Chihuahua, Mexico. September 23- 2008 When I visiting Canada several years ago and tour some of its cities I was amazed with that great country, such things as their standard of living, climate, cultural diversity but especially how they are taking great advantage of the taxes that are reflected in security, services and public areas of the first level. These things are generally the cause of my desire to one day return to this wonderful place. Salvador. Queretaro, Mexico. September 25- 2008 A year ago I had the opportunity to visiting Canada and I realized that it was a very nice and peaceful, that there is an opportunity for a better lifestyle. Comparing with the situation of my country, where there is no work (I have one year without work) and too much crime. M. Rodriguez. Mexico. September 28- 2008 Hi everybody. I'm Dan from Dubai; this is my first time to write here. I just want to have some idea from those who are already in Canada. Recently, I received a notice from Canadian immigration asking us to undergo medical exam and to pay the landing fee for my wife and me. Upon reading all the post here, it totally changed my mind whether to proceed with my application or not. I am an engineer with a stable job here in Dubai, with monthly salary of 5K+ US$. Is it worth leaving my present job in exchange of that Canadian dream? In addition to that we have tax free salary in Dubai compared to 30% in Canada. I already spend a lot of money and time for this application. If I consult some of my friends they will say that for the sake of my children's future I should choose Canada. Is it also a guarantee that if my children become Canadian citizen their future is secured? Or they will also do menial job like new immigrant. I understand from this forum that Canada is not for professional and this also reduce my interest to proceed with my application. Please give me your honest idea because it will greatly affect my decision now. Thank you in advance. Dan. Dubai, UAE. September 30- 2008 I came to this country (USA) as illegal 12 years ago, I obtained temporary protection for Hondurans (TPS) since then I renew my work permit every two years and the spending implies that all immigration formalities, I am tired because it has not been has told us nothing about whether or not they'll grant us the temporary or permanent residence to us refugees. My question is, what I have to do to get inform me whether as I'm refugee in the U.S. can I ask for the refugee condition to the Canadian government in that country or if I can work with the papers I have of the united states, because here the things are getting worse, I had my business that went to bankruptcy in less than a year. I appreciate your information, Best regards. Sergio. Florida, USA. September 30- 2008 Well, my note is rather a question Recently in my country has came a business consultant who charges $ 4000 as per the advice and filling to apply to the residence of federal professionals, the company is called CIIBCanada. How true is what this company offers? Someone has any experience with this? Or the truth does not need a consultant to apply to that residence? Thank you Rene. Quezalte, El Salvador.
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	August 08- 2008 Hello everyone in the forum, I'm Mexican and I have been long interested in emigrating to Canada in search of a better future. I always thought that was a friendly country and it offers a good quality of life for foreigners, but now with the comments that I read, I no longer think that. So actually the situation is so critical for the Latinos? I studied arts (I am an actress and dancer) and I play a few instruments. Anyone knows if in this field is easier to find employment, or the best way to emigrate. I greatly appreciate your comments Regards Selena M. Veracruz, Mexico. August 08- 2008 I have a question that I hope someone can help get out of the doubt. I have a job with current contract by 2 years and I look for work in Calgary. It is possible that I can change jobs and which would be the required for the procedure? Marisol. Edmonton, Canada. August 11- 2008 Hello, I immigrated to Canada in Apr.2004 and joined some survival job and had to return to India as I could not get any decent job. I am trying and searching for a job till today and wish to come back with in PR validity period. Nilo Electrical Engineer from New Delhi, India. August 11- 2008 The problem faced by me too like all other immigrants is "No Canadian Experience". I have worked with Multinational & International organizations with their offices in Dubai and I have worked with Americans, Europeans and French Nationals in Dubai and I am very accustomed to their language and culture. I fail to understand why is a Canadian experience required even in my field? (Administrative Support) Anyways "Good Luck to Me" Ajantha. India. August 11- 2008 Hello, Due to insecurity in my country and my region, I would like to emigrate, I know that the medical area needs to be collegial, but I wonder if doctors with specializing have any chance in Canada. Griselda. MD specializing in Gastroenterology from Mexico. August 11- 2008 I want to know how is the employment situation for Latinos in Canada because I am very interested in emigrating to that country? Because in my country is very poor and poorly paid. Ricardo. Guanajuato, Mexico. August 12- 2008 Hello, I applied for a visitor extension, I'm from Mexico, I have family living in Canada and they invited me, so I sent my visitor extension after my 6 months staying in Canada, but it was refused, I also have a work offer and they already did my LMO and the contract, we were just waiting for the extension, but because it was refused, I don’t know what to do, I already bought a ticket going to Mexico and coming back in a month, I’m really scared I feel like if I did something bad, when I didn't. The reason why the immigration officer refuses my extension is because: 1.-Reason for original entry and reason for requested extension; 2.-Ties to country of permanent residence, including: -Employment and study commitments; -Family ties and responsibilities; -Status (citizenship or immigration status); 3.-Financial means for the extended stay and return home; 4.-Travel and identity documents; 5.-Probability to leave Canada at the end of authorized stay "After considering all the circumstances of your case, I am not satisfied that you meet the requirements of the Act and regulations..." I did write my original entry and a letter of my cousin explaining why she wants me to extend. I didn’t send a travel documents which I think was the most important thing I didn’t. I don’t know what to do and I will appreciate if someone with more knowledge helps me. I do love Canada I've been visiting Canada around 3 times and I love it. Thanks Berenice. Edmonton, Canadá. August 14- 2008 Hello, A question I had come to the United States long time ago, but by a mistake in life I had to be deported to Mexico and now I am here in Mexico, a Canadian company wants to hire my services because I have the necessary experience and the English language helps me, the question I have is that if the government of Canada could give me a work visa because I have the job offer from a Canadian company, living in the United States and I did a record and I fail for not go to court, leading this to an arrest warrant, but I could not do anything because I was deported to Mexico and to be deported could not attend the court. I could have opportunity to work in Canada with these complications? Luis. Mexico. August 15- 2008 Luis. Mexico, If it would've been a simple deportation case then I could say don't worry. But as you got an arrest warrant now it could be complicated. You may have to explain the entire story as before issuing the Visa Canadian authority will check your background. You also have to declare that in the visa application with the explanation. Sha. Florida, Usa. August 18- 2008 To Nile from India, I just simply cannot understand why you want to leave the booming economy of your own country and come to an economy that is contracting. India is the place to be not just now but for this century, period. I am finishing my MBA and I will be moving to my native Pakistan where I can get better and rapid career opportunities which I simply cannot get in Canada because in Canada I am either 'overqualified' or do not have 'enough Canadian experience'. Please stay where you are, believe me you will do yourself and your family a big favor. There is nothing super about having a Canadian nationality. Be proud of who you are. Awan. Canada. August 20- 2008 Good day! I am planning to work at Canada and I just want to know how many weeks/months for the processing/approval of LMO. I am a Filipino with an H2b visa working as a housekeeper in a Suite Hotel here at Phoenix, Az. More Power and God Bless! Alma. Arizona, USA. August 20- 2008 Hello, I have been called for a few interviews however I have been told that I do not have any Canadian Experience and that my education is not acquired in Canada. Please if someone could kindly advise. Best Regards Shireena. Montreal, Canada. August 20- 2008 "Professional Compensation" I think that I and my family should be compensated for the low-level job that we have been doing my wife and I, one year and a half ago that my family and I arrived here, I am a certified public accountant and my wife got a degree in industrial relations, the first 4 months what we spent looking for a job interview, we had told that we had an accent on the pronunciation of French (Of course we are Latinos - Venezuelan), that we should take a course in phonetics, or to revalidate at the University, and while the time was running, after I got a job at an accounting office in Laval, leaving it after two months because I was told that the task force could not communicate with me, because they had to speak International French and not the Quebecois. Since then my wife and I are working on sites that are not for us, my wife in a production and me at a call center, this was the future that promised us when they interview us in our country, in which we were told we could exercise our profession here, if Canada just want cheap labour to fill the position that Quebecois does not want to do, because they prefer to live on government assistance, don't keep it searching for professional anymore who are more qualified than the same Quebecois et Queboises to work here. I think that my family and I should be compensated. Alfred. Montreal, Canada. August 21- 2008 I need to find a job to start my immigrating process, I’ve found jobs in Canada but all of them say sorry and only are looking for Locals? No Over Seas... Sal. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. August 21- 2008 Hi everyone. This site has been a real eye opener for me. I'm a Chartered accountant from India and was thinking of emigrating to Canada for some time now because I’ve seen some of my acquaintances going there. I've never heard of these problems from them otherwise I'd have dumped my idea long back. All I've always heard is that it is a beautiful country and very high quality of life and would be excellent for our next generation. In fact after getting misled by all this, I did approach a lawyer last year and spent some money in applying for the emigration. Sadly, I did not come across the site at that time. But now reading all these posts and looking at the stats posted on the site, I'm chickening out and dumping the idea. In India, I'm employed in a MNC and earning upwards of US$ 60K per annum which is increasing at an average rate of 14-15% per annum. I doubt I’d ever get such kind of a job in Canada in the present situation. I agree that economy wise India is going to be the happening place for some time to come. I express my gratitude to the creators of this site and also everyone who are posting their opinions here for enlightening people like me on the ground situation. To all those brave souls who have already emigrated I can only wish you all the best and would pray that things turn out alright for all of you very soon. To all the Indians who are thinking of coming back, pls do. India and its economy is rocking at the moment and I guess very soon we'd outstrip the income and salary levels of western countries. Warm Regards... Sourav. India. August 22- 2008 To Sourav from India, You made an excellent decision. I commend you for that. The salary that you are making and the lifestyle that you are enjoying there, you will never get that in Canada. Your qualifications and experience are worthless here to put it frankly. India and China are the place to be. There is nothing here for future generations so please take that out completely. You studied in India and are working, what makes you think your children will suffer? They will be living in an economic powerhouse. I am getting my MBA and getting the hell out in December 2008. That day cannot come quick enough and I will skip Canadian Winter :) Best Regards, SA. Ottawa, Canada. August 26- 2008 Hi, My husband and I both graduated from US universities and have our undergraduate (finance and int'l business; computer science) and Master's degrees (MBA and MIS). I have 6 years of experience working for an accounting/finance firm in the US. He has been working for 9 years here too. We have stable careers and work for respectable companies, with good salaries and benefits. We recently received our Canadian landed immigrant status; however we came back to the States after we landed. We are contemplating going to Toronto now. Is the situation with discrimination the same for people with US education and experience? I'm apprehensive about pursuing the opportunity to move after reading these posts. Thank you for your input! Natalie. Baltimore, USA. August 26- 2008 I'd like to know if a non Canadian citizen can legally own properties in Canada, e.g. apartment, workshop,… etc, and if possible with that gain a residency permit accordingly. Thanks Mansour. Cairo, Egypt. August 26- 2008 To Natalie in Baltimore, Canada's elite has encouraged millions to immigrate to this country over the past thirty years while many of its educated citizens have had to emigrate to find suitable employment. Most Canadians are decent people, but they are understandably very frustrated by this situation. I came to Canada from Ohio in 1981. My U.S. education was not recognized, so I had to perform work that was beyond my physical capability. This cost me my health and landed me on disability. Americans are not protected by any anti-discrimination laws in Canada, and because of their individualism, there is no support network for them. To make matters worse, if things go badly for you in Canada, the people back home aren't likely to understand. Yours Truly, Rod. Elliot Lake, Canada. August 26- 2008 Hi there, Will someone could give an opinion please? I have 45, an Engineer -MBA with 22 years experience in companies in India & in Dubai (UAE). Would it be a right age for me to emigrate to Canada, and at what level would I start? My emigration is due next year approximately, and I have heard that irrespective of qualifications (from outside Canada), one ends up in starting level positions. Is that true? What kind of starting salary can I expect if I find a job? I earn about USD 6,500 per month in Dubai. What is the general advice? Please feel free to comment D. Kumar. Dubai, UAE. August 26- 2008 Hi, I got a question. Is there any political force that promotes a more expeditious way to achieve our professional credentials to join the Canadian market? Jose. Canada. August 27- 2008 D. Kumar. Dubai, UAE, I don’t know from where you heard that “irrespective of qualifications (from outside Canada), one ends up in starting level positions”. This is not true. I wish it would be so. However the reality is much more sinister than that you thought. Don’t make any mistake, no matter how well qualified you are, if you hold overseas credentials (even US) and don’t know personally anyone who can manage you a job then most likely you’ll never get any level of job in your field. Pursuing for jobs will be just wastage of time. I know that it may seem very harsh to you but you should know what you will be expecting. Do not come with any false hope. If you can accept the life of a menial hourly worker for an indefinite time (for most for the rest of their life for the sake of their family) and are smart enough to do something especial to sneak into the professional job market then you are most welcome. Do not think that the major issue is with your foreign credentials. Major issue is lack of enough professional opportunities in Canada. No matter how big Canada seems to be from satellite or what you heard about the fast pace development, Canada even can’t support their own graduates coming of the schools. As a result, nepotism plays above all to secure a good job, which is a well acceptable part of Canadian culture named by more sophisticated word “Networking”. Many Canadians also face very hard time to get a desired job and many have to leave for USA or even Asian countries. So, just imagine that you are going into that job market with foreign credentials. Don't think that I'm discouraging you to come into Canada. I'm just giving you an idea of what to expect as most of the immigrants come into Canada with a false hope of colorful life. If by any chance you can break the concrete barrier of job or have the mentality to accept the life of a low paid labor worker then you'll find Canada is a beautiful place to live. Social security is excellent with lot of freedom. Sha. Orlando, USA. August 28- 2008 I work in the live in caregiver program, I care for a disabled person, I do the best possible sharing all my skills… but the person who I work for and his brother I feel that they are not happy with my work. So, how could I get a new employment? If someone could help me with that… Thank you. Fabian. Alberta, Canada. August 28- 2008 To D. Kumar from Dubai, It would be nothing but madness to leave such a well paying job and venture into unknown. My friend you will not be making 1/3 of that in Canada not to mention taxes you would have to pay, the outrageous cost of living. Please stay where you are. You making good money, plus you are closer to your homeland. Coming to Canada means you are practically disengaging yourself from your roots. But hey if you wanna swap places with me I will be more than happy too since I am planning to leave Canada for good in December 2008 and coming to UAE to look for work. See you then, Awan. Canada.
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	July 1- 2008 I would like to know the references of a company called “CIIB Canada” in Colombia. Well, I have noticed that most of the things that they promise or tell about Canada are fallacies. How is the average time to apply and obtain a permanent resident visa and what recommend you to me, because with all these opinions I do not know what to do. Juan Pablo. Colombia July 2- 2008 I have read all your comments and the truth that I have surprised a lot. My family and I had in mind to begin the process of immigration in search of a more quiet place for our children, I studied about 6 months in Halifax, NS and I have an excellent memory of that place. Of course, is not the same be a student than a permanent immigrant. We will continue thinking... A greeting to all you and good luck in your searches. Nora. Madrid, Spain. July 3- 2008 I believe this is a great page that can alert people of the true that Immigrants are living in Canada; I’m changing my mind of moving to Canada, I’m Thinking to move to Australia instead of Canada. Do you know of a similar web page about Australia? Something that opens my eyes like this page did? Pablo. Monterrey, Mexico. July 4- 2008 To Pablo. Monterrey, Mexico, I think you made a well decision by selecting Australia instead of Canada. Australia doesn't bang their own drums like Canada but immigrants are doing far better there by the index of unemployment and poverty. Immigrant's unemployment & poverty rate there are almost par with the national average. Whereas in Canada these numbers are many times higher. Australians aren't that sick of "Australian experience". I hope this article may give you moral boosting. http://www.thestar.com/article/424416. Good Luck. Sha. Florida, USA. July 5- 2008 I happened to be browsing the website looking for information that might help my cousin who is also looking for a job in Canada and having read the last couple on months of the forum I think I might be able to add some clarification. Many people are obviously frustrated about not getting jobs they are more than qualified for, a long waits for health care, difficulty starting a business. Here's the reality - the Canadian job market has been very strong for the last 10-15 years but the economy is tied closely with the American economy and there is a lot of economic uncertainly right now. The job market is getting a lot more competitive than it has been in the past. I was born and raised here and have 2 degrees and was actively looking for other jobs for 2 years -I placed "second" in at least ten competitions before getting the job I have now. The health care system is over stretched for everyone and we all know it- a co-worker of mine spent 8 hours last weekend waiting to get x-rays on a broken hand. Its nothing personal try not to let it be. If your in Quebec be prepared to speak French - they aren’t being mean - they are allowed by law to conduct their business in French only meaning they won't serve me or anyone else in English. Obviously there are jackasses and discriminatory bigots here it would be foolish to assume there isn't but again the reality is that especially in the job market a company will always do what has the biggest upside with the least cost Ryan. Calgary, Canada. July 8- 2008 I am an immigrant to Canada from the UK. I arrived here ten years ago and I am already a millionaire twice over. I think if people don't like it in Canada I suggest you take advantage of one of our great freedoms here, the freedom to go back to where you come from. We don't need the country to be swamped by whining losers. Worst of all we don't need scamming African taxi drivers who get refugee allowances and drive a taxi for cash. I would be interested to see the mandate from our Government to let useless refugees into this country because the truth of the matter is they have none. Andrew. Alberta, Canada. July 9- 2008 To Andrew from Alberta, Canada. The problem is that you guys never want to realize the problem at all. In your eyes all immigrants in Canada are charity cases or political asylum seekers. Please open your eyes before commenting. Most of the reporters here are professional immigrants; they were invited and selected by their skills, they didn't have to beg like your African taxi driver. Your beloved Canada instructs its embassies overseas to publicly advertise for immigrants due to a "shortage: even send their ministers to lure them. So, don't treat everybody as your charity seekers. Once the professionals land in Canada they find a total different picture, that so called shortage never exists. Professional job market in Canada is always super saturated. Read something Ryan said, he is also from Alberta, supposedly the hot spot in entire Canadian history. He didn't tell any fairy tale. What he told is closed to the reality. Job market is too competitive, so called poor degrees, hard worker like excuses are all lame. You may became a millionaire, very good. That doesn't mean that all others are dumb. Millionaires are not only in Canada, even in all 3rd world countries there are many millionaires. I can buy a lotto ticket and win million dollars, though can't suggest the poor to play the lotto. Sha. Florida, USA. July 10- 2008 Hello: This is a little reminder to all the immigrants in this country, and this is coming from an immigrant as well. I happen to work on the front line of my work place, and I happen to deal with a lot of immigrants in the regular basis. I just like to remind you all that either you were a king, queen, millionaire, or a beggar back home, your attitude should adjust to where you are at the moment and for sure you are in Canada not back home. So, don't ruin the rest of the good immigrant's image with your arrogant, demanding, and abusive attitudes. I am an immigrant, have a lot of compassion for others, I'm willing to help out to the best of my knowledge, but when I have to deal with one of those characters, I feel like telling them to go back home and keep abusing their servants back there because that's were they belong. Canada certainly is the wrong place for them. So keep in mind, for the Canadian born people, as far as we have an accent, we all belong to the same group, and that group comes down to one thing (IMMIGRANTS) So, if they run into the arrogant, demanding, abusive ones, for the most part, they will have the dislikes for most of immigrants. So, do the rest of the good immigrants a favor, treat every one with dignity and respect if you really want to fit in this society. And as for you Andrew, you must been born with the biggest blessings and largest brains in order to able to be a millionaire twice in Canada because not even the average Canadian born citizen can save not even a couple of hundred thousand dollars in their lifetime leave along being a millionaire. Wow! tell me what you ate when you were little I am dying to know the secret. My best regards to all, and good luck to the ones who are searching for employment. Cristina. Alberta, Canada. July 11- 2008 Hi, my name is Parla. I moved to Canada fifteen years ago, I love Canada and always want to contribute back to this beautiful country, by helping others and work with immigration Canada. I would be more than happy to help out in a local office in or around my area. Thank you Parla. Ontario, Canada. July 11- 2008 I did my undergraduate degree from Carleton and just finished my MBA in Finance from the University of Liverpool. I was accepted for further intensive specialization in Scotland for a MSc program in International Banking. Impressive? Get this everyone, I have been working as a pathetic teller in a bank with people who have either college diplomas or high school diplomas. I cannot break into higher management. They keep saying we have more qualified candidates. I cannot understand how many people there can be who have MBAs. I went for an interview in May for an entry level position and they told out of the 85 applicants for the position I was the only one with a graduate degree. But they told me you are overqualified and we feel you will be bored in this job. I am seriously thinking of going back to my native Pakistan. I sent out my resume to some banks and I got instant response and invitations for interviews. Back home I can much more quickly than I can here. Here higher education is looked down upon especially if it is not Canadian. S. Awan. Ottawa, Canada. July 11- 2008 To Andrew from Alberta, Canada. Your fate in Canada highlights the reality of which immigrants are being discriminated. British Immigrants, as well as immigrants from north Western Europe, have very different immigrant experiences than those from other parts of the world, regardless of their education and experience. They do not face obstacles at every turn like other immigrants do. In fact, White Canadians generally want them to succeed. You are very fortunate that you do not have to deal with the obstacles many of the people here deal with on a daily basis. Instead of insulting them, you should just be thankful you are not in their position right now. I am non-white Immigrant Canadian, and I know that it is possible for anyone to succeed in Canada, but it will be far slower for non-white immigrants, as they will be robbed of their money at every turn. It truly takes "Canadian Experience" for non-white immigrants to succeed. You have to know Canada very well. You have to know who your friends are, and who you enemies are. And you have to know how to engage each of them from a position where you are safe and in control. Otherwise they'll eat you alive. It is a very expensive process, and most non-white immigrants would be better off in a country other than Canada. As for being a "millionaire twice over", with the inflation of the last 20 years, that is not enough money to brag about to anyone but to the most unfortunate. Have some class Andrew. Oscar. Seattle, USA. July 15- 2008 I used to work for the meat company Maple Leaf, Brandon, Manitoba, I had personal problems with a women in charge of renewing the temporary visa work and she stopped my process, saying that I had lied in my marital status and that I had a daughter, for that reason I could not get my work permit they gave me a ticket back to my country. They promised that within 3 months to hire me again but they lied, that was 4 years ago now I'm in a country where the opportunity for employment is scarce and I need a chance to return, in the company I have a clean record, I had no problems with anyone, except with that woman responsible for the paperwork to renew visas, I hope that some good person to contact me and give me the power to be able to go back again, many thanks in advance, God will give you many blessings. Regards Herberth. San Miguel, El Salvador. July 16- 2008 To S. Awan. I also have an MBA and I can hear your problems. In my case, I had to leave out my MBA when applying for entry level positions. You have to understand that nobody wants to hire an immigrant with too much education; you become dangerous so you will be blocked. My advice is to leave out your master’s degrees and apply for a typical customer service or tech support position at a large corporation of the scale of bell Canada or any other large corporation. Once you are in the company, you can apply to internal postings and include your MBA. If possible, try to get an unionized position since this way they will have no choice but to give you a job at your level since the union will protect you. The job market is a jungle and you have to understand that educated immigrants are a threat to local people with less qualifications so you will be blocked, nobody wants to hire an immigrant that eventually will take the job of the one that is hiring. I have been in hiring committees and believe me when people are scared of highly educated immigrants, the reality is that if you are not blocked you can easily take over their jobs so local people are scared of us. It is also common that once an immigrant is in a hiring position, the immigrant will bring more immigrants so eventually you will erase local candidates for any available position. The reality is that we immigrants work harder since we have no choice but for the same reason local people will fear you. Don't get discouraged and just try to understand the system and try to play with it. Local people are just protecting their jobs and it is not a matter of discrimination but survival. I have seen few times how once immigrants get to a high level in a corporation, they will hire only immigrants since we know that we work harder and for less. The problem is Canada is not really a discrimination problem but an immigration policy problem, the government is making too much money with immigration and they don't care about their own citizens, they are destroying the local job market by bringing hundreds of thousands of qualified individuals and by putting too much stress in the job market so local individuals have to work harder to compete with us foreigners. In my opinion, massive immigration is only good for the government pockets since they get taxes from us immigrants when they know that they did not pay for our education. Immigration is still important to Canada, but a middle point would be one third of the immigrants that Canada brings so they could easily be absorbed by the market and feared less by local citizens. Luck! Raul. Montreal, Canada. July 17- 2008 To Raul in Montreal, My friend you have taken the words out of mouth. You know the weird thing is that I am already in the practice of omitting my MBA from my degree. I do not mention at all that I have a graduate degree. However, it is very sad and disgusting. I do not believe there is anything such as being overeducated. One would assume that with this kind of an education you would be welcome, or you would be given preference or that employers should be happy to get you on board. They fact that you have to dumb down yourself speaks volume about the hiring practices here. It has been a horribly frustrating experience but I can tell you that I am not going to waste my time here. If having an MBA is a liability in this country than I will take it to some place where it is considered an asset. May God help us. S. Awan. Ottawa, Canada. July 17- 2008 Raul from Montreal says: "The problem is Canada is not really a discrimination problem" You are completely wrong. It is exactly a discrimination problem. You assertion that they want to keep jobs for themselves (as in jobs for White Canadians only) on its own shows it is a discrimination problem. The fact that a non-White immigrant with an advanced degree have to apply for an entry level position, also shows that this is a discrimination problem. A British or Australian immigrant with an advanced degree will be hired without a second thought, and White Canadians will not be afraid of that. A non-white immigrant with a degree from the same universities, and similar experience, will be denied employment at the level of what her White peers get. That is not to say there are no ways around this. In places where "networking" and connections are very important, a non-White immigrant that has build relations with peers, managers and customers would be put ahead of White people who have not done so. Of course, it is hard to build some of those relations when you are seen as a natural resource, not as a human being. The original obstacles faced by non-white immigrants are based on racial discrimination first and foremost. Don't try to be vanilla about this, Raul. Get real. Oscar. Seattle, USA. July 18- 2008 I always think about migrate to Canada because I have friends there and family, who keep pushing, but always remember this forum and after reading it I think, no way I am doing that dumb movement. Recently I talked to one of my friends in Montreal. He was able to get an office job doing almost the same as he used to do in Mexico. He was fed up that all the whites were jumping over him to a higher position. He has never gotten the opportunity to be promoted and he has been there for almost 8 years. He recently tried to search for another job and yesterday he emailed me saying that he was thinking to move to another career to get extra money since he has sent many resumes and he is tired to get phone calls or interviews where they has told him that they require people speaking French Canadian and he speaks French from France!!!. That's a big joke or what? That's how Canada is totally not an option for immigrants. And how the system is totally feed up. Can you imagine studying masters, English and having relatives and friends in Canada and adding more than those points they require in their immigration application and you pay that much money to land and process your residence and suddenly a so-called refugee gets the same status as you? This is what happened. I guy living in Georgia, USA as an illegal alien had to leave USA because they have started to have local laws where the illegal are not welcome at all. He moved to Canada, Montreal to be precise. He applied as a refugee claiming his life was threatened by the Mexican politicians (he has not returned to Mexico in 20 years). The Canadian government gave him asylum, without too many questions in less than 6 months. He of course is cleaning toilettes in some restaurant or sweeping streets as he used to do in Georgia. And you, Canadians want me to apply and put money in your system? I just talked also to another friend, who lives in Wisconsin, recently his girlfriend from Mexico could not enter to the USA and she went to Toronto, she is just... as we say in Mexico, totally illiterate. She said she liked Toronto and she is going to stay and apply as a refugee. Cool do not you think? so why are you worry about masters or high skills when you can just use your knowledge and fix a very good plan to apply as a refugee like all these illiterates. That is the Canadian system 101 for you my friends. Why would you follow the rules of paying $ 1000 landing fee and put $ 20,000 in a bank account in Canada when you can just pay $ 500 to $ 1000 to a good lawyer to fill some forms and wait in your well paid-apartment-by-the-government-while-process-get-through in Canada? Sebastien. Mexico. July 18- 2008 Oscar, I feel very much similar thoughts like Raul. After my horrifying experience in Canada I wouldn’t suggest anyone with University degree to try his luck in Canada, especially the ones from the non-native English speaking countries, more precisely the South Asians, Latinos... Africans. Looking at Canadian job market anyone can see a clear racial profiling. So, it is easy to draw a conclusion that Canadians are racist and hence don’t want to hire the colored ones. It is true in the result, but not fully true in the reasoning. They have to act racial due to their very poor professional job market. They even have very hard time to accommodate their own graduates. I know many Canadians and Govt. officials would vehemently deny this and start talking about how fast the economy is running… loonier hike... Alberta gold rush like theoretical cr@$. However, the reality tells a complete different story. One example, about 70% of the professional immigrants that Canada brings every year are engineers. Let’s see a little local market survey. Ontario Professional Board of Engineers reports that only 58% Canadian Engineering graduates can secure a full time job in Canada. http://www.ospe.on.ca/pdf/CCE_OctNovSpeakingOut.pdf. The rest remain either unemployed, under employed or if lucky then move out their country. That’s why even the local ones need personal contacts to secure a good job. You are adding then (60-70) % of 60,000-70,000 foreign trained engineers competing with them. Should we feel surprised then to see a clear profiling then? I can’t blame the employers to hire his own relatives/friends before me. Common sense. So, the result becomes a clear racial profiling, but the cause is different. Surprisingly I rarely see this topic is discussed in this issue. About the job problem, there are 2 popular theories. One from the locals justifying immigrant hardship due to their poor quality degree... below standard experience… poor English. From the immigrant side, just one word, racism. Unfortunately no one want to assess the reality. If an employers get 100 resumes for a position where 10 are Canadians and 90 are foreigners then what would he do? I’m not supporting him, but he to select someone from the Canadian groups, even there is competition, so what would he do? Hire someone who was referred by someone that he knows. All parties involves here childishly try to avoid this harsh reality. All parties agree that networking is the key to success in Canada. Why don’t they explain why it is so important? I even heard such words from the official voices, like in a job searching workshop by HRDC employees addressing the EI seekers. He clearly told that 80% jobs are hidden in Canada. Except this job issue, Canada is one of the safest places in the world for any color, religion or believers living peacefully. This fact can’t be denied. Of course for the immigrants, Canadian employers are biased for the British, I have a feeling that it is easier for a British to settle in Canada than even an American. I’m not saying that Canadian employers don’t have pure racial profiling at all, yes they have. The problem is their Govt. for some unknown or evil reasons totally messed their immigration policy and made it as a total joke. It doesn’t reflect at all the reality of the country at all and lure the immigrants with a false hope. I feel more frustrated about Canada not for poor job market or discriminatory behavior, but when I see the attitudes of the locals to lynch all immigrants having poor/fake degrees, poor English like cr@% to justify their hardship. Whereas in reality, more than 90% of this guys are never given any chance to prove themselves. Rarely do they show any sympathy to the immigrants who are just poor victims of their own Govt. Sha. Florida, USA. July 19- 2008* To Sha, About professional engineers in Canada, when I came to Canada in 1993 the PEO had a lot of pressure from the federal government to make it easier for a foreign degreed engineer to get a professional license. In the past, PEO made it difficult for foreign professional to get licensed by applying exams and asking Canadian experience. Nowadays, many engineers with degrees from foreign schools have Engineering licenses since now PEO recognizes certain foreign schools without further examinations. In the past engineer immigrants just to blame PEO of their misery since they were not able to obtain engineering licenses. Now, PEO gives easy access to licenses, but foreign engineers still have no jobs. What is the point to have a license if there are no engineering jobs? The reality is that only a small percentage of the engineering jobs require a license and employers don’t care much about this qualification. The question is, why the federal government brings so many engineers to make the situation even more miserable to local graduates and existing licensed engineers? The result is basically an oversaturation of the profession and more than one engineer has decided to go into more protected professions such as accounting, real estate, financial consulting just to mention a few. The bottom line is that the federal government has found a gold mine with immigration but don’t really care about their own citizens. They pay themselves by all the money that this industry generates but they can care less about the problems they generate with this. Engineers are a good business to them since they have the economic resources to bring to Canada but the government can care less that only 55% of the existing engineers can find work in engineering and yet they bring even more. It is sad, but it is all about money. I know that most of us immigrants feel that it is racism, discrimination, etc but the reality is that the Canadian economy is weak and runs based on bringing more people with the resources to demand more internal services. Canada cannot generate the gods to export them so it brings the customers instead so we can bring more resources to this country to keep the economy running. The Canadian economy would collapse without immigration, I can tell you this as an educator, 90 % of my students are recent immigrants that go back to school to get the training to enter the job market. What would happen without immigration? Universities and colleges would collapse without question, local individuals know that is not worth it to go to University and the whole education system would collapse. Raul. Montreal, Canada. July 19- 2008 Sha: The Problem with the Canadian Government and locals does not have any justification. The government is asking to have a particular level of English in order to migrate to Canada. They even ask you to take English tests to assets your level and give you points to migrate! The government asks you to validate your studies in your country and translate them in English to be reviewed - I think by them and nobody else. So, if the locals claim lack of experience and poor English by the immigrants, so what the heck are the consulates doing when you apply for the residence? Why are they allowing all these immigrants to move to Canada, when they know that they will have problems to find a job? The reason is that as a single family with one kid you have to deposit at least $15,000 in a bank and pay almost other $2,000 for you landing fee and application then they do know that money will be well spend within their system. Now, how many immigrants do the government allow per year? 15,000? 30,000?, 50,000?. Let's say 20,000, 3 per family paying almost those 15,000 so the government is getting millions of dollars in the system from the immigrants. That is the reason and that's why they are campaigning in each country saying that Canada is the land of the opportunity. Nobody wants to live in that cold or in the north side of the country. If they need taxi drivers, people to work in construction, cleaning toilettes or doing whatever the illegal immigrants do in the USA then they should be asking for that kind of people and low their requirements and stop bothering professionals with all those stupid requirements that are totally useless when you get there. I visited Montreal last year, I have been there in Canada several times, this time I had my eyes wide open. Ohh yeahh!! The mosaic of cultures as the government call itself the country. In one side all the immigrants the other side the whites. One side all the Arabians the other side all the Europeans. In a restaurant one side only whites waitresses other side of the kitchen all the immigrants cleaning and behind the walls -- they don't even want them visible. Went to Quebec City, can you imagine this tu#* in a restaurant? I asked him: do you speak English? He responded with his big head, no. I saw the menu, everything in English and a section in French!!. I called him back, how is this plate? I pointed to the menu in English. He responded me in his great Canadian French then I told him in English, please bring this to me. I got my ordered right, I got my drink right as I ordered in English. Took a look around the place, only whites I saw, then I finished and walked around the building and I saw 2 guys, no whites, talking and smoking, maybe taking a break then they kept sweeping the floor. I thought.... here they go, maybe two mathematicians waiting for a good job or at least in front of the counter and answering in English or French to any customer without hesitation, in the meantime this business has a tu#* that thinks if he speaks in English his French will disappear or maybe he won't feel as European as they grand parents were or maybe he will feel he is not anymore different than any other person who does not live in his white-French-Canadian neighborhood. Sebastien. Mexico. July 19- 2008 Hello to all the people on this forum: Look, to all the unemployed fellows out there, you need to know one fact apart from the racial issue. If not all, most of the private employers in Canada are playing a little trick on the immigrants and the Canadian Government as well. You see a lot of employment openings all over, you go for an interview, you think you will get the job offer and bang, no even a courtesy call back from them even to tell you that you are not a convenience to them because they would have to pay you at least what is standard in Canada. The worse part is that that phenomenon doesn't just happens within the good jobs, but even with the menial jobs too. When I was unemployed, I applied for a position within the technical field because that is one of my fields. Well, I had an interview which I know they just interviewed me out of curiosity. You will not believe what came out of the General manager's mouth. She told me that they usually hired their high tech people from over seas, and that they were paying them no even half of what a local engineer would charge them. In a few words, what this people is doing is, they get connected with those employment agencies from overseas make a deal, they offer those well educated people a contract for a year, and they pay them something like $7.00 dollars an hour, plus, all this people of course are top of the line graduates in their own country. Those dirty business people come and seek Government's help to subsidize those overseas employees and they tell the government that in order for them to have their business going, they have to hire employees from overseas because there is this horrible shortness of qualified employees in the country, and therefore, they have to seek employees overseas. What they are not telling to our Government is the fact that there are many good candidates for the jobs and many resumes as well, but that they choose not to do what is fair. And what is fair is, hire the local people first. When I was unemployed, I was shocked to see well educated local Canadians who would have the interviews, and would not get the job at all. For all the ones who live in Canada, just for the fun of it, go around to places like Tim Horton's, the Casinos, some big chain hotels, McDonald's, and all those big chain companies look around carefully and long, and tell me who their employees are. What all those Greedy business owners are doing is depriving all the locals and immigrants with permanent residency here or Canadian citizenship and paying taxes as well from getting a job at all because they don't want to pay what is fair within our standards. Instead, they go overseas to get very inexpensive labor and as a result, of course their quality service has gone down to the toilet too because what they have in their businesses are very unhappy employees because of the fact that they feel cheated and slaved as well. And the reason why, for one thing, they make sure to get the people from overseas no only with good education, but they should speak good English as well, and secondly, they feel trapped here too because of all the limitations that have been made clear to them. But at the end, all those temporary employees will go back home with some tax free cash, and new ones will come, and we will still be paying for their salaries with our taxes. They tell them false promises too, and as a result, you don't see a smile on those employee's faces at all because they feel cheated, and slaved away. What we all should do is, make this clear to the government of what is going on, so that we don't end up paying our taxes for the business subsidize of those greedy companies owners because the help they are getting from the government has to be coming from somewhere, and guess where is that, the taxes we pay!!!! This is in reference of Raul's comment. (I have seen few times how once immigrants get to a high level in a corporation, they will hire only immigrants since we know that we work harder and for less.) You are right about the fact that once an immigrant is in the position to hire employees they will only hire immigrants. Well, the problem is not that they hire immigrants because they work harder. They hire their immigrant friends and relatives only and sometimes they are really useless for the job for real. And I will hold back from saying which immigrants are doing that, but the fact of the matter is that they end up blocking anyone also that is not their race from getting in that company at all, and I have seen that happening in my own skin in Vancouver. And that my friends, goes back to one thing, you call it corruption. God bless you all and good luck. Cristina. Edmonton, Canada. July 22- 2008 Hello I’m from Guadalajara and my baby has just been born in Toronto, Ontario. I’m as a tourist, I want to know whether the Government provides support for babies who is born into the country and how to get that support, and besides, if someone know how much time it takes to obtain a certificate of birth and passport to return to Mexico. Thank you Yahiriama. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 22- 2008 Raul, Sebastian, & Cristina, Nice to hear your feedback. Looks like we all agree in some of the basics here. Raul, I don’t think that the immigrants are appearing as a threat to the locals; only 58% get jobs due to the poor job market. We all know how discriminatory the job market is towards the immigrants. Immigrants (of course some exceptions are there) are mostly automatically screened out even before getting any chance to prove themselves or interviewing. So, competition remains within the locals only. That’s why the professional associations and others aren’t vocal against it. I agree 100% that the licensure issue for the engineers is total BS. Just another lame excuse. Where there are not that many jobs then license or even local higher degrees can’t help anyway. Why Canada needs immigrants? That would be now a million dollar questions. I did a little research on the major reasons told by the Govt. We all know the so called skill shortage fairy tales. Then another reason; low birth rate. Well, all industrialized countries have low birth rate. Although Canada has low birth rate it also has very low death rate giving it a very high growth rate. As a matter of fact among the western developed countries after USA and Australia Canada has the highest internal growth (without immigration). Why don’t other countries don’t cry out for low birth rate? Some Euro countries even have negative growth. These all factors forced me to believe the conspiracy about the immigration in Canada. You have to look first the beneficiaries to learn why immigration is so important in Canada. In my understanding, immigration is mostly helping to give the employer class a Roman emperor. They are always in the upper hand and set any salary/benefits at their will. Don’t like it? Leave it, 100s are at my doors. This is not just from my loser voice. This is well documented by their own StatCanada. “Statistics Canada estimates that for every 10% increase in the population from immigration, wages in Canada are now reduced by 4% on average (with the greatest impact to more skilled workers, such as workers with post-graduate degrees whose wages are reduced by 7%)”. So, it is not just our wild imagination, immigration is needed to ensure a constant supply of cheap labor for the employers. Canadians when cry out for high living cost or low salary should question their Govt. What’s Canada’s gain? Like Sebastian said, a huge amount of foreign currency to refresh their sick economy. Some folks deny it by showing only 10,000$ per family is not that much. Though in reality almost all families bring their life long savings... selling their properties back home... some amount in 6 figures is very common. Sebastian, any person with minimum common sense would ask like you what’s the justification of playing with the lives of the immigrants. They all are evaluated based on their qualifications, paid by them. Then after coming based on the pretext of their same evaluation they are being rejected without even giving any chance. If their qualifications are so bad then why are they invited and given professional immigration based on the same bad qualifications? Does it make any sense? Sadly Canadians never want to go to the last part. I at least expect them to acknowledge the truth and speaking against their own double standard policy. Some see this as a gap between the employers and the Government. I see this gap as intentional. Don’t tell me that the Govt. is not aware of this over supply situation. They don’t live in the Mars unaware of job market needs. They have been continuing this for a long time, without any slightest objection. To me it looks like the employer class publishes some fake reports with some phony numbers like “we need 100,000 high skill guys within the next year otherwise our economy will die”. Govt. blindly uses those reports to justify the wide scaled immigration. So, this is a well planned blue print. Of course now Canadian economy is 100% dependent on the immigrants, not Alberta gold rush. A good number of people depend on it for their bread & butter. Though Sebastian brought a very good issue about the negative side of the immigration which Canada is failed to recognize yet. That creating a well divided country between immigrants and non immigrants. “In one side all the immigrants the other side the whites”. This is the truth behind the so called multi-culture. This happened not due to race or color, but from the concept of have and have-not. Canada may be able to increase its population, though they are getting a segregated population where a large number of people with a feeling of frustration and ill treatment from the rest. When the difference between the haves and have-nots increase then the society can’t live in peace. Just look, 35.6% of the immigrants live under the poverty line by Statcanada. I now see even the French settlers from Quebec are fleeing. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118680079272894989.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Sha. Florida, USA. July 24- 2008 Hello to all, I have not visited this site for a while but it seems like I never stop visiting it! The same discussion goes on an. I have a couple of things to contribute so here I go. First, for those Canadians that say that immigrants should not complain about what they get and seem to ignore what your government does overseas, I will enclose links to two newspaper articles regarding the activities of Canadian officials (Quebec, more precisely) in Argentina in 2002-2003. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=418042 http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-25647-2003-09-19.html Both of them are in Spanish (Argentina's official language by the way; they informed about meetings that the Canadian officials were organizing in different cities about immigration to Quebec. The target population: young professionals (20-40 years old) married and with children. The other article is an interview with Quebec's ministry of immigration, who claimed that they were not only seeking professionals but other workers (he talked about getting Argentineans butchers!) So, there is no way to question whether YOUR government does nothing to attract people when in fact they do! On a personal note, there was once a meeting in the U.S. university where I was doing my Master's degree (Indiana University-Bloomington). It was organized by the Canadian consulate in Buffalo; why would they go to a large U.S. campus to recruit graduates that ended up wasted as well as those with education from other places? If recognizing credentials is the problem, then how is it possible that someone holding a U.S. degree ends up the same way as any other foreigner? If English skills is the problem, I think the fact that someone being able to get a degree studying in English should tell something about that person's ability to use the language even if it is not his/her mother tongue. I totally agree with the segregated society concept. In fact, very early on I noticed that something odd was going on. We had just "landed" in Toronto a couple of days earlier (in the dead of winter) and we were doing some window-shopping in a Mall. Wherever we went I started noticing the people that were working there and then it were when it hit me: where were the "white Canadians"? I asked my wife. In the U.S. I had seen people from any color you like doing that kind of jobs, but in that mall at least virtually all the people on the low-level jobs were non-whites. If you could find a "white" then it most likely had an "accent". That scene repeated itself in the coming days, but I had still another semester to go in the U.S. to get my masters degree so we went back. Later, I found people with graduate degrees (MBAs) from the U.S. doing odd jobs in Canada -a story that has gone on and on and on. No, I was not looking for a job at my level of education and neither I needed to "retrain" to get something at the "Canadian level"; in fact, I targeted a lower market as I assume that I should be able to get into the kind of jobs that a college graduate could get; of course the employers thought otherwise; the kind of jobs an educated immigrant can land are the same that a high school graduate. It's odd, isn't it? I only hope that those who are stuck in Canada can realize their mistake before running out of time and $$$ to bail out. Fortunately for us, I was able to cut my losses and bail out after less than a year and I am grateful I did! It is an unbearable punishment to be forced to discard the use of your mind and skills. Good luck to all Gabriel. Atlanta, USA. July 25- 2008 Good observations Gabriel. I feel really amazed finding the Canadians blindly blaming the immigrants and totally indifferent about their own government’s deceiving policy. You need have a little background about the Canadians to understand this attitude. Almost all Canadians believe that Canada is the best place on the earth and the immigrants coming here must be grateful to be here as they all come from the under countries. No matter what is your qualification or status back home you’ll be accepted in Canada with this impression. So if you complain about anything in Canada then you have to get a very hard look. In their eyes all immigrants, especially from the ones from the Asia must got heaven in Canada. Don’t like it then leave it, but can’t complain. This mentality if attributed by another fact; that is the quality of the recent immigrants. High level of professional class immigration in Canada is not very old, till the early 90’s major contributors in Canadian immigration were the asylum seekers, who used to be very happy in Canada given any job or no job at all. Average Canadians still consider all immigrants are within that class and expect that mentality. In their eyes you beg for immigration at their door and they kindly gave it to you. They never try to realize the difference of these 2 classes. Intentionally never want to know how desperate their Govt. is to sell the good name of their country to lure the professional immigrants for false hope. In short, you deserve to suffer just because you are from “under country”. Result? A society with a well divided racial profile giving an identity less nation. Sometimes I hear allegations from the Canadians like immigrants can’t think Canada as their home… can’t leave their culture…. Very funny. You’ll treat them as 2nd class citizens and they’ll be obedient to your system? Sha. Florida, USA.
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