Hi,

My parents left Canada in 2008, since they could not settle well and returned to Dubai. From Dubai now we are back in India, I am pursuing my graduation in fine arts in Delhi and want to pursue masters in Canada.

Now, my questions are:

1) When applying for student visa will my expired PR status be a roadblock?
2) After coming over to Canada, and spending 2 years can I renew my PR?


Frankly when my parents moved back I didn't have much say.

Please advice

Sunjoy

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Originally posted by sunjoyp

1) When applying for student visa will my expired PR status be a roadblock?

Sunjoy

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Originally posted by sunjoyp

Hi,

My parents left Canada in 2008, since they could not settle well and returned to Dubai. From Dubai now we are back in India, I am pursuing my graduation in fine arts in Delhi and want to pursue masters in Canada.

Now, my questions are:

1) When applying for student visa will my expired PR status be a roadblock?
2) After coming over to Canada, and spending 2 years can I renew my PR?


Frankly when my parents moved back I didn't have much say.

Please advice

Sunjoy

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Thanks for the information, my father thinks that its better to live in India since he can provide an independent house to me to own. And pursue my passion in fine arts, foreign trips will come the way once I am good in my field.

As per him, Canadian struggle takes a toll and quite often people work in fields of not their choosing. Also, now with knowledge available on internet the world has become smaller and it does not make sense to immigrate but rather one should visit different places to add value to self.

I am confused, I see around me people wanting to immigrate. Can you guide me how much is it worth moving to Canada?

It will be unfair of me to provide you with my guidance, without knowing you, your family, the aims and goals plus the life style that you want to follow and how much of an effort that you already have put into it and where are you now amidst all of these achievements! It will all go by the wayside if you are a top notch student who has scored all 'A's and hold a Bachelors, which you do.

My views in life have been always a positive and I guide others with a forward look and to aim high and do your best and achieve a very successful career and a life path. When I take you also along that line I see no hurdles for you there. Having been educated in various locations and trying to complete the top end of it here in Canada takes you out on to a limb with no basic knowledge of the country with no childhood friends nor do you have a base of operation to fall back onto.

At this age, if you are one that is going to lead, then you are already a leader and success comes to those who can lead. Others will follow you to find out more and will pick your brains to get ideas.

Now to the nitty gritty..: How to settle here in Canada. It will take some time, so take your own time in getting your Masters there in India and work in a good post for a Good Year and then Immigrate into Canada. When you get selected by the Government of Canada, you know that there are ample jobs and good scope for you here at that time. I know that you are in your low 20's now and so have ample time to determine what you want to do and things will surely change and so will be your outlook too together with it. You will not have any pressure for you to get out of India now or later. If the desire is still to migrate, then you have the best education and experience to go with it. You can enter as an Immigrant and do your Doctors in any field of your choice, Economics, Actuarial or Human Resources or in Communications and settle down in a very high post and enjoy good 35 years of service and retire comfortably with a lot of financial stability at that time.

Do not dispense valuable resources at this juncture, if you can achieve the same end results down the road for a fraction of that sum and in you leisure. But do keep in touch with the local events and websites like this one too. That will help.

Good Luck.

FH.

EDIT.: I will not let you Immigrate here without proper Education, Experience or Vocational Guidance, plus a job to enter into or several openings to choose from. That is a total package and sound security to rely upon. You have my word on it.

http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=136582
https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/search_occupation_allnoc.do
http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/wage-outlook_search-eng.do?reportOption=outlook
EXAMPLE.. : http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/LMI_report_bynoc.do?noc=0016&reportOption=outlook
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Originally posted by sunjoyp

Thanks for the information, my father thinks that its better to live in India since he can provide an independent house to me to own. And pursue my passion in fine arts, foreign trips will come the way once I am good in my field.

As per him, Canadian struggle takes a toll and quite often people work in fields of not their choosing. Also, now with knowledge available on internet the world has become smaller and it does not make sense to immigrate but rather one should visit different places to add value to self.

I am confused, I see around me people wanting to immigrate. Can you guide me how much is it worth moving to Canada?

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You left Canada in 2008.. I am assuming you must have come 2-3 years prior, say 2005 ...well there was internet before that and very much at that time.. wonder why your dad did not feel that the world was a smaller place then. I don't think internet and migration are related in anyway.

Your coming over to Canada will be a struggle from grounds up. You will have to build things up, unlike in India where you have a head start through your parents.

Success anywhere will depend on what skills you have to offer and what's the demand for those skills in that market. Please make a realistic analysis here if you don't want to end up in jobs of not your choosing.

Having your own independent house is a very big start you have anywhere in the world !!!

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Fido.

Thank you Fido and FH, I really appreciate your inputs.

This helps me now focus on next steps, which will be to do my best in Fine arts in India. Complete my masters and from there I will figure my future path.

Just out of curiosity, last week I was at a immigration place and they showed a pile of applications for student visa. All of them going for community college in Canada, from what I gathered professional colleges with decent ranking in India is lot better than these community colleges. Not sure, what these guys are trying to escape.

@Fido: Around 2005 internet speeds were not that good in India, now with Kindle for which I have my aunts USA card added gives me ability to purchase more range of books even the ones not available in India. That is what my father meant by shrinking of the world.

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Originally posted by sunjoyp

Thanks for the information, my father thinks that its better to live in India since he can provide an independent house to me to own. And pursue my passion in fine arts, foreign trips will come the way once I am good in my field.

As per him, Canadian struggle takes a toll and quite often people work in fields of not their choosing. Also, now with knowledge available on internet the world has become smaller and it does not make sense to immigrate but rather one should visit different places to add value to self.

I am confused, I see around me people wanting to immigrate. Can you guide me how much is it worth moving to Canada?

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