Don’t make the mistake of migrating to Canada, it’s a fool’s paradise – Newseastwest: Indian diaspora, Bollywood
2014/10/20 4 Comments
A bad experience, not unique. But balanced against better opportunities for one’s children is likely the calculation of many:
My advice to people who are itching to migrate to Canada to give a better future to their children is this: Think hard before you take any decision and don’t fool yourself by painting a rosy picture in your head. You may end up working in factories, call centers, security agencies, Tim Horton’s or packing factories. You will lose your savings. Your will lose your morale and self-esteem. Tensions will destroy your marital and family life. Finally, if you are lucky enough, you may get an entry-level job and then pay someone else’s mortgage while living in their basement as you dream of buying your own little nest.
And buying your little nest in a hurry with your saved money could be your worst mistake, for God forbid if you are laid off, as it happened to my dear friend, who will pay the mortgage? Your house dream will collapse and you will be buried under it.
And if you do get a job – which most probably you won’t enjoy doing, but you will do it anyways to survive and pay the mortgage – you will end up wasting the prime of your life paying back the mortgage. It is not worth it, believe me.
Our struggle for survival continues to this day. We don’t know when we will wind up this fruitless venture and head back to India. This is the story of many immigrants to Canada.
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Everybody is not in same boat, few people did struggle with their education n experience, but improved over time getting adequate education/schooling/work experience. Keep trying. There are many kinds! So everybody’s story is different. You cannot generalize it.
Please do your research before coming if you are immigrating in FSW/CIC category, don’t just go by job category for example IT, specific skill set in IT is in demand, if you have that you can get the job with your existing experience n education without going to school or upgrading that. I am from Calgary, I know many people of have good jobs in IT, Oil n Gas with existing experience from other country, many also work in very senior positions. In original article author has commented – “No one has entered a profession with their existing university qualifications and previous experience from a different country into an enviable post.” – This is not right, there are many factor that influence getting job, the above comment by Author is not valid for all scenarios, even in Toronto, there many IT guys doing pretty well.
Absolutely right, different people have different experiences according to their educational background, some have suffered as mentioned by the previous writer but many have been prosporous
Thanks for your contribution.
Well, here is my drawn conclusion,….
01. Canada is not a place for your highly specialized professional skill such as scientists or researcher or designers of all sort or architects, that you proud of. All will down into drain as odd jobs are there waiting for you once you landed. Specialization only required to fill up your immigration application and give you 5 mins fame until the very first day you wake up in Canada.
Canada job market is not dynamic enough to absorb flight load imported specialists unless you are odd job specialist or better term Jack of trade that you do nightclub bouncer at night, day time consultancy, weekend social worker ….
02. Yes “Not everybody in the boat, or Not every stories is the same…”
The chances of failure rate is so high over 50%. when i said failure means you still struggle to find jobs, relying on saving partly covered by odd job wages and so on. That sort of stressful and struggle family life due to difficulty finding a professional job in your field with no guarantee of ending. Do you think you willing to put up with it and does it worth trying. It may improve over time, as you slowly find better job, but does it worth it ?
Well, worth it if you are single, or married couple without children, and might not choose to have children for long time as your financial income doesn’t seem improved much while you already in your mid 30s or early 40s. By then you probably may not able to have children after several of year continue struggle.
or Yes, worth it if you are semi retired with more than sufficient saving to fund yourself.
Yes worth it, if you have money to start your own business.
DON’T – if you are established family back in your home country. You will regret and lost your dignity after those experience.
Sometimes greener pastures are not really that green at all and it may look bright green from distance under the sun until you come closer. Therefore Canada Dream may not necessary a duplication of American Dream for those who wish to live in west.