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I'd like to invite all the young poor bastards to have a look at Canada. We have a great immigration policy for young people looking for a new home!

Svip 10y ago
I couldn't get a job in Canada, because your immigration policy required a bachelor's degree. That was even if I had a job offered to me before seeking a visa. I think Canadian immigration policy is a bit over hyped for being 'great'. Trudeau took a lot of great PR with getting some Syrian refugees, but getting into Canada is still hard. Just easier in comparison to your neighbour to the south.
- mstade 10y ago
  Really? A friend of mind lived a few years in Canada, and to my knowledge he doesn't have a bachelor's degree. (In fact, we both dropped out at about the same time.) He did have a job before going there, which was apparently helpful, but as far as I understand it the whole process was pretty smooth. Nothing beats the EU though. Live in one country working a job on Friday, move to another over the weekend and start a new job on Monday – I've done literally this multiple times now. This alone is reason to stay in, as far as I'm concerned. The UK leaving is incredibly sad. :o(
  - Svip 10y ago
    To be fair, the company said they've tried hiring people without bachelor's degrees in the past, and it hadn't worked out. So I actually never got as far as to apply for a visa. But I check out the point systems the Canadian visa system has, and it turns out that I could get without a bachelor's degree, but only if I aced the language test. Apparently, without the degree, you have to get the highest points available from the language test. See this for more details: http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-skilled-worker-immigration.html http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-skilled-worker-immigratio... (Also, I think they changed the immigration policy a few years ago, so your friend may have been able to get in before they changed it.)
gkya 10y ago
From what I read here in the last month or two, I'd rather not have the Canadian and American borders be the ones that I'd often have to use. Many horror stories, even from native citizens.

Svip 10y ago

I couldn't get a job in Canada, because your immigration policy required a bachelor's degree. That was even if I had a job offered to me before seeking a visa. I think Canadian immigration policy is a bit over hyped for being 'great'. Trudeau took a lot of great PR with getting some Syrian refugees, but getting into Canada is still hard. Just easier in comparison to your neighbour to the south.

mstade 10y ago
Really? A friend of mind lived a few years in Canada, and to my knowledge he doesn't have a bachelor's degree. (In fact, we both dropped out at about the same time.) He did have a job before going there, which was apparently helpful, but as far as I understand it the whole process was pretty smooth. Nothing beats the EU though. Live in one country working a job on Friday, move to another over the weekend and start a new job on Monday – I've done literally this multiple times now. This alone is reason to stay in, as far as I'm concerned. The UK leaving is incredibly sad. :o(
- Svip 10y ago
  To be fair, the company said they've tried hiring people without bachelor's degrees in the past, and it hadn't worked out. So I actually never got as far as to apply for a visa. But I check out the point systems the Canadian visa system has, and it turns out that I could get without a bachelor's degree, but only if I aced the language test. Apparently, without the degree, you have to get the highest points available from the language test. See this for more details: http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-skilled-worker-immigration.html http://www.canadavisa.com/canadian-skilled-worker-immigratio... (Also, I think they changed the immigration policy a few years ago, so your friend may have been able to get in before they changed it.)

gkya 10y ago

From what I read here in the last month or two, I'd rather not have the Canadian and American borders be the ones that I'd often have to use. Many horror stories, even from native citizens.