Hello everyone, I am formerly from Mumbai/Bombay, now living in South Africa.

I am a Gujju from Bombay and my hubby is a South Indian (4th/5th generation) from South Africa. He is an aeronautical engineer and I am an insurance claims adjuster. No kids..yet!

My husband and I have applied for permanent residency at CHC Pretoria - South Africa, have to wait until 3 years.

Have already started checking out Canada and the lifestyle there over the net extensively.. and I must say, it is heart warming to see so many fellow first generation Indians in Canada and such an active community there.

Keep it up fellow desi

Just want to say hi to all, and please share any wisdom you have collected on the path to immigration and keep in touch!!!

Hi from Toronto!

Lots of wisdom (and sometimes the opposite ) shared on the forum, you'll just have to sift through it to get to the "facts". Obviously lots and often conflicting opinions on Canada from members. Personally, I'm on the "yay" side and the emergence of summer in Toronto recently makes it so much easier .


I'm curious though, how's life in SA for desis? What's the split like, are there a lot of 2nd or 3rd gen desis? How about the influx of new immigrants from desh?

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