Is it so tough for a skilled visa category immigrant?

[ithestroller]

Hi friends,
From past few days I am trying to find more and more details about immigration to Canada.The first thing that comes to anybody's mind is about the opportunities he is offered by the land or country the individual is migrating to.I too tried to find the same by googling with phrases like Canada immigration forums,jobs etc .

During this process I came across various sites on the topic and they all have few things in common.

Why almost all the discussion forums have negative or very downgraded reviews for the skilled visa category migrants looking for a suitable job as per his qualifications and not sum other side jobs?

Is it true that a person that enters canada with this category has to go through lot of pains and hardships as it is very tough to find a skilled job?

Does the qualifications the person hold are not considered valid in Canada and he has to get Canadian degrees to get a job?

What are the other difficulties that a person can come across if he is looking for a skilled job?


Most welcome to add your own comments on this issue.


Rgrds,
ithestroller.

 

[Leon]

Imagine this situation. A foreigner comes to your country and applies for a job. Maybe he does not speak the language very well. The employers in your country have never heard of his degrees or his university even though he has a paper stating he has good qualifications. They have also never heard of the companies he has worked for even though he might have good references. Do you think he might have a hard time getting a job? That maybe he will have to apply for more jobs before he gets one? That maybe he will have to start in a lower position at a lower wage to prove himself?

Add to this, he's in a profession where he needs to get licensed. He comes to an employer in your country and says he's an engineer but he isn't licensed to work as an engineer in your country. Obviously the employer can not hire him as an engineer. If he is going to hire him, he will have to hire him as an assistant and oversee his work, obviously not at an engineers wage.

For an immigrant, unless you are really lucky or your profession is very much in demand, there will probably be a point where you have to prove yourself and earn a reputation. You normally will not walk into a same level job that you left in old country. You will have to earn one.

If you are very unlucky, you might even end up in a situation where your exact profession does not even exist in Canada and you will need to shift careers and retrain or you could have licensing issues so severe it would be less painful for you to re-train than to get back into your field of work.

This is all something you have to investigate before you spend money and time on immigration. If you have a relatively good life in old country and you do not believe you will have good opportunities in Canada, then of course you don't go.