Immigration Forum / Canada / August 2006

You need to apply for Canada Permanent Residence status. Based
on your marriage, you should be able to apply under spousal
category in Family Class. You can read the information here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/out.html

The process should take several months.

Also check this forum:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canadian_immigration/

In fact you cannot just apply for Canadian citizenship. You need
to be PR first.

Check out www.canadaimmigrants.com/forum.asp

You don't want to make a decision without hearing both sides of story.

August 3 - 2006

I totally disagree with you.
There is lot of racism here. Some foreign degrees which are recognized
like mine also don't get jobs. My experience in Germany, US etc was not
counted. Also they show racism in a subtle way, not open way, that is
even more dangerous. You are probably from a country like that of mine
where people show emotions directly but here it is different.

Immigrants come with point system meaning they are valued in Canada,
otherwise they should fail in the point system. But they do not get job.
Highly educated people are jobless, either they say no Canadian
experience or say over qualified. The local whites after graduation get
job and they would become senior to someone like me who will find it
difficult to get even though I am much much more qualified.

You say people should not complaint living here, we never thought the
government would cheat us, so if they want us here and can cheat us, we
can find fault with them and stay here. In fact I am not willing to stay
and compromise and planning to go back.

I do not see any bright future here. Also I would like to say that if
immigrants are not treated well, they will have no love for this country
and will identify with the country they came from and will not really
merge with the society here. It would create a dangerous society with
divisions among people and it is not good for the country's progress. So
my advice would be that the government should not invite people on
immigration under point system saying that they are welcome. They should
state what jobs say the 100000 educated people have been doing, say like
1000 doctors that immigrated in 2006 are driving taxis(500), cleaning
garbage(300), doing telesales(200) and so on.

If they tell the truth and then we come, then it is our fault but now it
is their fault and they have cheated enormous number of immigrants and
these immigrants for sure will not be able to merge with the society and
will always feel isolated which is dangerous and I would suggest the
government view this seriously and not allow any more immigration as per
point system but try providing jobs to those here.

Also I read an article saying blood donors are few here. How will
immigrants feel like donating to people here when the government treats
immigrants as alien. Unless they give us positions we deserve they
cannot get something back from us.
Dev. Ontario.

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