Thank you, Anshul.
I found the post very pessimistic and demotivating. My husband is in IT. However, the city we will live in depends on the school I join. I have applied to schools in Ontario, British Columbia, Montreal and Nova Scotia. My subject is Statistics.
Thanks again.
Best regards,
Abhirupa
I second what @avj said. To add my 2 cents Canada unlike the US was a place that people only moved to with a PR and not work visa’s. Often people coming in on PR (Before Express Entry) got their PR due to family ties and not job market requirements. This created a situation where some PRs found their education or skill sets lacking in terms of the demands of North American employers. In turn this lead to the stories of I studied Physics in India but here I drive a cab or I was a graduate but here I have no jobs.
The US has the same issues when it comes to family based GC’s the reason we don’t hear about it as much is probably due to the large numbers of H1Bs who have found a lot of success. With Express Entry and GTS the government is trying to change this and prioritize those who can hit the ground running.
I have over the last 6 month met many people of various backgrounds and a few different nationalities who have got their PR and are in the process of moving. This includes people in Finance, Marketing, Tech and Education most all of them have setup interviews without too much trouble and a few have received multiple offers. The biggest issue many had was that the salaries were much lower than some places in the US. But that is separate discussion.
Statistics is a great field and is a path way to very high paying jobs in Machine Learning, Data Science and Deep Learning. I worked with many smart people from the Indian Statistical Institute who are now heading some serious Data Science teams in Silicon Valley. A friend of mine with a statistics background is part of the data science team at Ecobee a successful Toronto based startup thats competing with Google Nest.
Thank you, , for elaborating.
Best regards,
Abhirupa
We got our fingerprints done yesterday from Fedex. However, I see in the posts that the FBI clearance is valid for only a year. Do we need this clearance for student visa or open work permit? I have not seen it mentioned in the list of documents required for student visa but not sure about the work permit. Also, approximately how long does it take to get it from FBI? Can the finger prints be saved for later?
Thank you,
Abhirupa
Yes you will need police clearances for the open work permit. The FBI process is now pretty quick they just launched the electronic version.
Ohhh that is great!!!
Thank you for updating.
This is big help. Thanks again.