dany125 said:
Thank you to all,
I have all my qualifications related to Audit (CIA, CISA, CFE, B.Com) which have been removed from the occupations classification codes. I like the advice from Mr. Badar to go for CFA and then apply to have long term perspective. But I feel, it will take me 3-Years to complete CFA, then further 2.5 Years in processing. Its very time taking...
My consultant is asking for 7,000 USD for issuing me PNP from Saskatchewan Province (SINP). If he fails in obtaining , I would get my refund, which is not big amount in terms of full payment of 20,000/- USD. In case, if he does not return, sure I can avoid the loss of further payment. The consultant is registered with ICCRC and have offices in CANADA.
What should I decide...either to go for the initial payment of 7000 to get PNP or should I consider other countries like Australia or from European Union??
Hi Dany,
I have been reading your posts and i had few questions and few suggestions:
1- Firstly, could you please share the
name of the agency of your consultant? Let me double check it with the Canadian Immigration what is the status of this agency.
2- You have mentioned your degrees and experience in your previous posts - and you have asked if its a good idea to go to Canada or some other country. To be honest i'm not an expert in global immigration, but i just know that the Saskatchewan province (where you are planning to go) does not have as great jobs as Ontario or Alberta province have. Simply because,
all the headoffices are either in Ontario or in Alberta. Though yes, Sask. has more jobs, but the jobs are lower skill jobs. $30-$45,000k per year only (pre-tax). Now this is
not a general rule. And i have no intention to discourage you or give any false information. There may be more jobs in your profession. So my sincere suggestion would be to please log on few job websites and search yourself for job titles relevant to you in the province of Sask. You can check on:
- www.linked.com or
- www.workopolis.com or
- www.careerbuilder.com or
- There is also a
Canadian government website http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/home-eng.do - You can do
job search there, you can
research the prospect of your career, in each province, you can see
average salary in your profession. Its pretty good. Please spend some time on it and i'm sure it will answer a lot of your questions.
I'm sure there would be other sites, but i only know these sites. This will help you to know that once you reach Canada, Sask. - what kind of career prospects you will have in Sask. If you are a family guy, it can become tough. And your Riyal savings will quickly start to vanish as you convert into dollars. Buying car, renting house, heating bills, etc...lots of expenses. So do your research and it will tell you now if Sask. is the place to go or Australia.
3- If your consultant is taking money in stages and has promised to refund in case the application fails in first stage. Then by all means, go ahead. But please, make sure and ask direct questions to your consultant how he will refund the money. Is there a contract that he will sign? Is that contract on plain paper, or an official letter head. What are the conditions written for refund? Make sure you confirm those before handing your hard earned $7,000. Do you have any personal friend who has worked with this consultant? Pls don't believe on, friend of a friend of a friend story.
4- Lastly, just one point regarding EU, since you have asked where should one go. EU's economic situation is pretty tight already. I'm not aware of their immigration programs, so i cannot comment on those. But employment situation throughout EU is pretty worse. Secondly, the treatment towards visible minorities (like Asians, Middle Easterners, etc) is pretty bad as compared to Saskatchewan. Canada is still pretty much better, even better than Australia in terms of racism issues. That i can confirm.
Friends, if i have posted any wrong information, pls do let me know - so that i can correct it. And Dany, pls keep us posted with your progess.
Wish you the very best.
