a little bit about myself here:
19 yo currently on study permit. Came here from China(unfortunately the PRC) when i was 15 for high school and have been in BC ever since. Absolutely loved Canada since the first day and definitely never wanted to go back to China. For a few reasons, first i hate our dictator and communist party there, secondly theres no internet freedom at all in china*heavy censorship if you know what im talking abt), and lastly our newly imposed social credit system which only serves as a tool for the communist party to further monitor and restrict its own ppl. If i go back now i'd have no idea what to expect and how im going to adapt to the new "norm".
Anyways, I ran into a pretty frustrating situation recently. Instead of going to college I thought id pick up a trade since I don’t mind getting my hands dirty and working hard. so far its been going great as my program is about to end in April and I’ve so far had a few employers willing to hire me. Thing is, they’re relatively small companies and aren’t LMIA exempted.. Given the competitiveness of the position I feel like I might not pass the LMIA assessment. Then I looked at the trade program im taking at BCIT, and its length is only a bit over 7 months(from Sept 2020 to Apr. 21) which does not meet the requirement for a PGWP to my understanding. Been pretty stressed out about it so I thought I’d hop on this forum and looking for some answers. Should I just go ahead ask my company to get LMIA and then apply for a work permit or maybe try my luck and see if i can get a PWGP?
Again, thank y’all in advance, anything would be helpful. the human right and political situation in my home country is getting worse day by day, I’ve been honestly trying everything I could to stay away from china.
19 yo currently on study permit. Came here from China(unfortunately the PRC) when i was 15 for high school and have been in BC ever since. Absolutely loved Canada since the first day and definitely never wanted to go back to China. For a few reasons, first i hate our dictator and communist party there, secondly theres no internet freedom at all in china*heavy censorship if you know what im talking abt), and lastly our newly imposed social credit system which only serves as a tool for the communist party to further monitor and restrict its own ppl. If i go back now i'd have no idea what to expect and how im going to adapt to the new "norm".
Anyways, I ran into a pretty frustrating situation recently. Instead of going to college I thought id pick up a trade since I don’t mind getting my hands dirty and working hard. so far its been going great as my program is about to end in April and I’ve so far had a few employers willing to hire me. Thing is, they’re relatively small companies and aren’t LMIA exempted.. Given the competitiveness of the position I feel like I might not pass the LMIA assessment. Then I looked at the trade program im taking at BCIT, and its length is only a bit over 7 months(from Sept 2020 to Apr. 21) which does not meet the requirement for a PGWP to my understanding. Been pretty stressed out about it so I thought I’d hop on this forum and looking for some answers. Should I just go ahead ask my company to get LMIA and then apply for a work permit or maybe try my luck and see if i can get a PWGP?
Again, thank y’all in advance, anything would be helpful. the human right and political situation in my home country is getting worse day by day, I’ve been honestly trying everything I could to stay away from china.
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