Coming to Canada: Student Edition

Happy new year. Welcome to 2018. It's an opportunity to make new plans, learn a new skill, etc.

I have received enquiries from different people about migrating to Canada and I have decided to share some ways you can migrate legally. Please note that I am not an immigration consultant and what I will share is publicly available information. You can find more information on Canadian immigration website - cic.gc.ca. Just use the information you need and also pass along to others.

You need GOOGLE and a lot of patience for any process to migrate to Canada. First option to migrate is to come in as a student, because you can get a post graduate work permit when you graduate depending on the length of your study. A few notes:

1. IELTS or GMAT: It depends on the admission requirements. Some schools require an applicant to write either depending on course of study, hence my advice that you need google. Information about specific courses can be found on school websites.

2. Do you need to evaluate your previous degrees or not? Again it depends on the course of study, if you have a previous diploma for example, and you want to apply for an applied degree, you may have to do an evaluation. The following websites are available for evaluation: www.wes.org/ca; or www.icascanada.ca; or www.bcit.ca/ices; or www.learn.utoronto.ca/international-professionals/comparative-education-service-ces; or www.alberta.ca/iqas-immigration.aspx.

3. Which school should I apply to? It depends on the course you want to study. As a general rule though, there are some provinces that are not highly populated and it may be easier to get admissions into schools there.

4. Funding: studying in Canada is not cheap and most people give up just because the funds are not available. Some schools give scholarships/fellowship to students with high GMAT scores. You have to do a lot of research to know which schools give funding.

Personal advice I have for people is this: go and learn a skill now while processing admissions and visa. Learn how to play musical instruments, coding, cooking, make-up etc, whatever skill you can learn, because it will give you opportunity to make extra income.

You will find a lot of information on Canadian immigration website.



My e-mail is immigrantincanada@outlook.com.

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