it documents the journey of a few individuals who went through the process of applying to the Canadian Residency (to become landed immigrant) and then became Canadian Citizens
If you want to live in Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand & Brazil, this site can help you with tips. They are actually an agency so if you wish you can also pay for assistance
Hi I live in Syria and I am thinking of applying to the Canadian Residency. I understand that Canadian authorities do not receive applications with couriers, but the mail system is my country is very unreliable. How can I do?
Canada is a country where all citizens are treated alike. What that means is that you may paint your application of blue, green or yellow, but you are always going to be treated like any other applicant.
If I were you I would really avoid making your application "stand out"
The Canadian government has announced that it has plans to increase the immigration rate to 1% of its current population annually will be welcomed as Canadian Landed Immigrants
Canada has about 32 million people. That means that Canada plans to accept 320,000 people every year! this is wild! they currently accept about 250,000 every year
If you really need a book on Canadian Immigration, here is a selection from Amazon.com
So, You Want To Be Canadian: All About The Most Fascinating People In The World And The Magical Place They Call Home (Paperback)
by Kerry Colburn, Rob Sorensen http://www.amazon.c...8?v=glance&n=283155
Immigrating to Canada and Finding Employment: A Do-It-Yourself Kit for Skilled Workers under the Latest Immigration Policy. A Step-by-Step Settlement & Job Search Guide - A 3 in 1 Publication, Revised Edition (Paperback)
by Tariq Nadeem http://www.amazon.c...mp;s=books&v=glance
I read the JustLended Guide for Canada but I did not found any references to the program for exotic dancers.
I am Aleksandra from Ukraine, I am 19 years old and I would like to understand the requirements and conditions in order to obtain a work visa for Canada as an exotic dancer. I speak fluent english, french and russian.
There was a recent scandal involving a senior politician in Ottawa. I think the program is in hot water now, and quite honestly, I do not know if it is still available..
Embattled minister promises changes to exotic dancer rules
Last Updated Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:05:42 EST
CBC News
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Judy Sgro, embroiled in a controversy over a residency visa awarded to a Romanian stripper, now says she plans to change the rules that exotic dancers can use to emigrate to Canada.
Under the present rules exotic dancing is classified as one of the jobs the Labour Department monitors for shortages, making it easier for people to emigrate and fill those jobs.
Immigration Minister Judy Sgro responds to questions from the opposition. (CP Photo)
But on Thursday, Sgro said it's a difficult decision, but it's about to change.
"When you talk to the women who are so desperate for a way out of [their] countries they say, 'Please keep this program because it does provide us with an opportunity – as much as we may not like it or approve of it – a chance of a better life.'"
Sgro says once the women get to Canada they often run into problems. "They don't have a lot of language skills and they're ripe for exploitation."
Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan is just as uncomfortable having exotic dancing on an immigration list. "I am certainly not happy with any immigration policy that would single out sex trade, or exotic dancers to enter this country."
The opposition is unhappy too. They have called for Sgro's resignation after she gave a Romanian exotic dancer a ministerial permit, allowing her to remain in Canada.
Also, Sgro's chief of staff, when he was an executive assistant, met with a strip club owner to review a list of women the club owner wanted to bring into the country.
Conservative MP Diane Ablonczy questions why exotic dancers are a priority when "thousands of immigrants and their families are caught in the enormous immigration backlog. They and their MPs often can't get a response from the minister."
Sgro says she is changing the system and she plans to have applications from exotic dancers looked at on a case by case basis.
She says she also wants to make sure there are support systems in place once they arrive.
Federal ethics commissioner Bernard Shapiro is conducting his own review of Sgro's decision to give the Romanian woman a ministerial permit.
It's not known when the commissioner will be finished with that investigation
These guys get paid by the hour. By ready to pay $60 to $200 per hour. It is recommended that you do some research on your own before going there, otherwise you may not get your issues resolved within your budget.
It is better to hire an actual lawyer. they get paid in the $200 but the advice they give you is the "law" and they have a pretty tough code of ethics. If you go with Mr. nobody who does not have a professional designation beware that they are "less" liable than a lawyer is.
Immigration experts are either lawyers or they are not. They do not "need" to be lawyers, however, they must at least know the immigration laws of the country you are seeking to immigrate (i.e. Canada, Australia, UK, Spain, etc.)
Said this, there are absolutely no regulations in this area, so beware... it is a jungle out there
It makes me puzzled, why is it that everybody (or 60% of them) comes to the GTA?
Aren't other cities attractive enough?
I mean, Victoria, BC is a beautiful place with a great weather year-round, Montreal is a maginficent city (scary cold)... What about the rest?
Toronto is without any doubt the most multi cultural city within Canada. It is the largest city in Canada and consequently it can absorb more people than any other city at the moment.
In a few years that may change. There are signs indicating that the services within the city of toronto will be stretched to their limits in about 8-10 years. When the quality of life starts to lower, other cities will start picking up
Also, and perhaps most important, Toronto produces the largest share of the GDP in Canada. That said, most companies in Canada have an office in Toronto where they do most of their businesses, which of course translates in more jobs than anywhere else (with the exception of the oil boom in alberta)
I have been in Toronto for 10 years. I used to live in Ottawa. I must say that the traffic is becoming worse and worse. It takes now over 1 hour and 20 minutes to get to my work and back. Something that used to take about 35 minutes. There is something wrong. I don't understand how will the city do with 150 thousand new immigrants every year. There are no new roads, the subway is basically the same it was 20 years ago.
The fed wish to increase the number of immigrants to 300,000 in 2006..yet the exsisting backlog of 700,000 still exsist!! What mechanisms they putting in place,besides cheap talk,to clear this back log? It makes little sense to me.
Its HIGHLY STRESSFUL!!!
It took me about 27 months and I finally got my papers. I was very desperate but it was just a matter of time. The backlog of residency applications is true and it will for sure take a while to fix it.
May i ask after how many months did you get your papers to go for the Medical. How long after your medical you got your final papers? Did you an interview or they just gave you your PR card?
Im very curious..Thanks in advance
I got the forms to get my fingerprints taken by the FBI (all American Citizens are required to do so when applying to the residence in Canada) four months for the application. Then it took about a year until I got the medical forms. After that it was only wait, and wait, and wait and the PR card finally came. I understand that there were some delays since Citizenship & Immigration Canada was in the process of introducing the PR card
This is an extremely important document. I would notify it to the police that the document has been lost. This will help you protect your identity from persons wishing to steal it!
"Since 1980, increasing poverty rates were evident for newcomers in all age groups, at all education levels, of all language backgrounds, and in all family types. What the rising poverty numbers tell us is that the transition is becoming more difficult for new arrivals" <-- extracted from the website!
I read the site and i agree to some extent whats being said. No immigrant should be blinded and expect a land of milk and honey. We all know that we must work twice as hard as we did if we were back home.
All the people i know who went to canada are gainfully employed and VERY happy(not to mention financially comfortable). Sure you may not always work in your respective profession,but for most of us its better than what we go through and face in our own countries ie crime,coruption,kidnappings etc.
What this site doesnt show are the many success stories and valuable contributions immigrants have made in Canada.
Its so so easy to focus on the negatives.
Half empty or half full...its up to you.
Good Luck all
I agree totally. Im an IT Professional and i really dont mind if i dont get a job in my desired profession..even if it means having a lesser job.
The people in my country live like prisoners under a wave of crime especially murders,which averages 1.3 murders a day!! For the year we've had over 192 Kidnappings.Biased and incompetent govt does nothing
All this with a population of just 1.3 million people
Welcome to my island "paradise" of Trinidad!!
I'd rather pack boxes or drive a bus and live a happy life in another country,than live here like a prisoner.
No amount of money can buy peace of mind and security!
It is interesting to see how many common viewpoints here. Nobody is an immigrant by pure choice. We have lost something in our home countries that is beyond status; it is about freedom, peace and the hope to raise your family in a place where your kids will be judged by their merits.
The "immigrants" that I know who went to live anywhere and enjoyed similar or better status than in their homeland are expatriates/executives working for a company that move because of a professional opportunity. In reality that is far from the majority.
I am very optimistic about the future. I know I lost many things by coming to Canada, however I am convinced that I would have lost far more if I had either stayed in my home country or if I had gone anywhere else. Funny that I was considering going to the USA; Now that I came to Canada I find that the decision was definitely the right one
I find it ironic that sometime some newcomers arrive with the idea that there is a red carpet waiting for them. As a newcomer to Canada or any other country of the world, you need to work hard to gain credibility within the Canadian society.
It takes time and it is painful, but if you are persistent, you will succeed!
Be patient, focused and have clear expectations. It will be hard, but it is worth it!
