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Can she obtain her student visa and emigrate to Canada? |
Travel Info My girlfriend is trying her best to emigrate to Canada. She hasn't applied for PR coz she thinks it takes a lot of time, but instead has applied for an undergraduate course (although she already holds a first degree) at Concordia in Montreal. She has obtained her seat and many credit exemptions which can allow her to complete her degree in less than 2 years. Now, the course will start in May 2007, and she hasn't yet submitted her visa application and other forms, like CAQ, etc. My 1st question is: will she be able to obtain her visa in time for her course? Also, I was wondering whether Canadian Immigration services will give her the student visa easily or they may have doubts about her intentions and turn her application down. My girlfriend thinks that it will be easy to work in Montreal, and that after one year she can easily obtain her PR. Is that true? Her first degree is in IT. Will she have job offers in that field easily? I told her that life's not easy for immigrants. True? Travel Tips The course starts in May 2007? As in just over a month? She's not getting that visa before then. Does she speak French? Assuming she does, then she should be able to find employment in Montreal, but Quebec is the most xenophobic Canadian province, and she should be prepared for that. I don't know about job offers, but if she applies for jobs she may be in luck. Canada is a nation of immigrants after all. You said you told her life isn't easy for immigrants? Not very helpful there buddy. It'll be much easier if she can speak the language. If she does, it won't be that difficult really. Once she has her visa, finding a place to live and afterwards a job should't be too hard at all! The only real pain in the butt will be the paperwork processing. Good luck to her. Others wow she's leaving this last minute and is probably going to be late for classes. she'll need to show them her letter of acceptance, if she qualifies for the study visa (I have a link below) she'll be better off for the PR application if she graduates from a recognized cdn uni. as for the PR she's better off if she's lived here for a year, and speaks one or both official languages. We have a 'lovely' points system to qualify for PR. Immigrants often think this is paradise because 'we' (the collective we as in our fabulous cdn gov't) doesn't do anything to say other wise... If she has a degree she's well on her way, they may recognize some of her courses, or work experience, and fast track her into a 'bridging' type program to have her degree recognized here. the student visa info site is http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/apply... and here's a 'self assessment' tool that your friend can use to see if she'll qualify for a PR: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/ass... it calculates the points she'd need to get in. hope this helps a bit. Quebec has different rules for immigrants and sponsoring them so I suggest she read all her info before it's too late and I really hope she speaks one or both official languages... outside Quebec and northern New Brunswick french isn't as widely spoken as immigrants think it is: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/que... I am a Master's student in an immigration program... If she has not yet applied for her student's visa she probably will not get it before 1, May. If she is truly fluent in both English and French she will have no problem finding work if she (also) gets a work permit, although it may not be in the field of her degree. Many, many Montreal businesses, especially companies doing business elsewhere in North America, desperately look for bi-lingual speakers. However she should know that for emmigrating to Quebec, unlike to the rest of Canada, it is the Province of Quebec (or Nation of Quebec, according to many separatits) that makes final immigration decisions, not the Canadian Federal government. (One of my best frinds came to Montreal with family about 20 years ago. There are actually a couple of Mauritian restaurants here). |
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