Hi everyone! CanadaVisa's such a great site, I wish I found this place sooner.
I'm currently at a crossroads on what I need to do to achieve PR, and I was curious what the opinions of other people would be.
I'm originally from the Philippines and took a 8-month certificate course for Game Art and Animation in Toronto. I was initially planning on using the Post Graduate Work Permit I'd receive to attain work experience towards CEC but after graduating, I learned a few things that made that option difficult to pursue.
The industry I was originally gunning for (from the numerous accounts I've heard) has a tendency to hire people en masse during periods of "crunch"/ near deadline and subsequently lay off these people once the project is over. This insecurity makes me question going for the game industry; Had I a 3-year working permit, I wouldn't hesitate but given that my work permit is only for 8 months, having a period where I could possibly have no work and no means to gain CEC work experience past my work permit is really scary.
I also have no work experience coming from my country. Right after taking my degree from my home country, I jumped to studying in Canada right away (I'm rolling my eyes at my naivety right now too haha. Hindsight is 20/20 after all) thinking it would be enough to find a job after studying.
So after being punched in the face by reality, I've been reading up on alternative methods to immigrate and it seems like the PNP program is a good method-- Specifically Alberta, from what I've heard. Due to the small population in the province and the propensity of its people to gravitate towards oil/mining-related jobs? (Is this true...?)
To my understanding, as long as you have a full-time employer willing to go through the trouble of filing your PNP for you, it's a valid method. Right now I'm considering going for these methods as from what I see, they're the only ones I kind qualify for.
a) Employer-Driven Stream - International Graduate Category: NOC C is the only one I qualify for, from what I've read. And it seems that despite the numerous occupations they've barred from being accepted through this method, the NOC C 642 (Retail salespersons) occupations aren't part of the list?
b) Employer-Driven Stream, Semi-Skilled Worker Category: This method requires that its candidates have varying years of work experience (The least I've seen is 2 years) which is a pretty large hurdle
I'm sorry. I'm aware that I came to Canada without fully researching the things I needed to do to accomplish PR status. If anyone has any suggestions though, I'd be really grateful to hear them, thanks c:
I'm currently at a crossroads on what I need to do to achieve PR, and I was curious what the opinions of other people would be.
I'm originally from the Philippines and took a 8-month certificate course for Game Art and Animation in Toronto. I was initially planning on using the Post Graduate Work Permit I'd receive to attain work experience towards CEC but after graduating, I learned a few things that made that option difficult to pursue.
The industry I was originally gunning for (from the numerous accounts I've heard) has a tendency to hire people en masse during periods of "crunch"/ near deadline and subsequently lay off these people once the project is over. This insecurity makes me question going for the game industry; Had I a 3-year working permit, I wouldn't hesitate but given that my work permit is only for 8 months, having a period where I could possibly have no work and no means to gain CEC work experience past my work permit is really scary.
I also have no work experience coming from my country. Right after taking my degree from my home country, I jumped to studying in Canada right away (I'm rolling my eyes at my naivety right now too haha. Hindsight is 20/20 after all) thinking it would be enough to find a job after studying.
So after being punched in the face by reality, I've been reading up on alternative methods to immigrate and it seems like the PNP program is a good method-- Specifically Alberta, from what I've heard. Due to the small population in the province and the propensity of its people to gravitate towards oil/mining-related jobs? (Is this true...?)
To my understanding, as long as you have a full-time employer willing to go through the trouble of filing your PNP for you, it's a valid method. Right now I'm considering going for these methods as from what I see, they're the only ones I kind qualify for.
a) Employer-Driven Stream - International Graduate Category: NOC C is the only one I qualify for, from what I've read. And it seems that despite the numerous occupations they've barred from being accepted through this method, the NOC C 642 (Retail salespersons) occupations aren't part of the list?
b) Employer-Driven Stream, Semi-Skilled Worker Category: This method requires that its candidates have varying years of work experience (The least I've seen is 2 years) which is a pretty large hurdle
I'm sorry. I'm aware that I came to Canada without fully researching the things I needed to do to accomplish PR status. If anyone has any suggestions though, I'd be really grateful to hear them, thanks c:
