Cash and emotional preparation key to success for immigrants in Canada
Canada, 29th July: New immigrants coming to Canada must have cash and be ready to make sacrifices, reveals a latest Royal Bank poll.
Emotional preparedness vital to settlement in Canada--All newcomers must be emotionally prepared, if they want to settle in Canada, adds the advice from immigrants already settled in Canada.
In fact, emotional preparedness is, undoubtedly, the key to success for immigrants coming to Canada, reveals the survey involving around 58 percent of immigrants hailing from South Asia and China.
Immigrants must be mentally prepared to face financial problems awaiting them after immigrating to Canada, the poll suggests.
Hence, a minimum amount needed by them for day-to-day expenditure is around $15,000, says an immigrant from India, Ash Ghose. Ghose, armed with a degree in mechanical engineering from India, decided to come to Canada in the year 2004 and is now employed with RBC, Toronto.
When he came to Canada, he had just two suitcases and a couple of paintings with him. He admits that he started his life in Canada from a scratch and asserts the vital role of mental preparation for successful settlement in Canada.
Be ready for obstacles in a new nation—immigrants told--According to director of Multicultural Markets, RBC, Camon Mak, relocating to a new nation is a decision of lifetime and hence, one must be mentally prepared for the obstacles lying ahead.
This includes adjusting to a different culture. Most of new immigrants are prepared well for financial and physical changes coming after moving to a new nation, states Mak. However, getting connected with local community and having a support network can help a lot, he adds.
Efforts by immigrants in this regard before their arrival in Canada include doing online surveys to get a better idea about various aspects of life in Canada, reveal 47 percent of participants in the RBC poll.
Establishing contact with friends or relatives already settled in Canada and informing them of their imminent move can prove to be of great help for immigrants' successful settlement in Canada. Newcomers can get help and advice from their friends/relatives regarding Canada's way of life.
Language skills vital for integration--—Another surprise awaiting new immigrants is related to jobs in Canada. The fact is that although, immigrants do get jobs quite early, but these jobs are usually survival jobs and most of the immigrants tend to get stuck in such jobs.
Hence, in order to get the right type of jobs in Canada, new immigrants need to have appropriate language skills that are equivalent to the language skills of native Canadians.
