Hi Nabila, so I moved to Canada from BD in September and also am preparing myself for the canadian banking line. First thing -
in my opinion* - you will have to have in order to apply to the banks are either an IFIC/IFC - Investment Funds in Canada or CSC credentials, you can read up on these from here: https://www.csi.ca/student/en_ca/home.xhtml. I just passed my IFC exam and am looking forward to a Financial Advisor role in the banks (entry level sales-management line, starting salary over $35k annually). Until you pass your exams, which in turn also gives you a license to deal with investment funds, you are most likely stuck with a $18k annual pathetic Teller job at best.
IFC and CSC are not incredibly difficult, if you have good hold over english comprehension/critical reasoning and strong short term memory (slight memorization) you should be able to pass them without much difficulty.
*In my opinion: when you move to canada there are going to be thousands of advisors, each providing a unique angle and take on the subject - lol, just wait till you get here. I narrowed my feedback from friends & family who have already established themselves in the banking/financial sector here and have been quite successful in moving up the ladder to director/branch manager levels. So this is per their suggestion, I am sure there could be other methods which i am unaware of.
Another personal suggestion would be for one of you to immediately enroll into a university for specialization, the government will provide you with sufficient loans, read up
https://osap.gov.on.ca/OSAPPortal, thus allowing one of the partners to sharpen their education while the other supports till the roles can be interchanged. Canadian/North American degrees are a must inorder to make progress in your career and thats the reality.
Hope this helped.
