I will graduate at 2008 with a Doctoral degree, will it affects my immigrate to Canada? Now they asked when I will graduate, what should I say? Thanks for any replying.

If you are going to be finishing your Phd in 4.5yrs time, why are you applying now? If you've decided to apply now, i guess you better tell them when you are going to be graduating then. Were you thinking of telling them something else?

Thank you, Mickj,
If they approve my application, I really want to immigrate to Canada first and quit this doctoral program, should I tell them? It will affect my application? Thank you very much.

I see...so you are looking to gain some "brownie points" for the Phd thing, and once you get PR, then you dump it? Am i right in thinking you have a 1st degree, or even a master's, why not just use those instead?

They might want to know how you intend to finish you doctorate, if you are not going to be there.

Hi,
I don't need this brownie points. My education point is enough already. I just want to find a job in Canada. I don't know why they asked me again cause I gave my I-20 to them already. Thanks.

What? Why? If you undertook to study a "doctoral" course then surely you want to become a doctor? Or is this a doctorate? And not a medical doctor? Why would you want to quit this course? And what sort of job will you be hoping to get? Surely becoming a doctor is a vocation, not as a means of a quickie way in through the back door? If this is a doctorate then I fully understand that you are hoping for a back door entrance. And if so, why don't you just do it by the book like the rest of us?

I can understand why someone may not wish to complete a doctoral course. In my case I signed on for a PhD course after graduating for want of anything else to do, and it wasnt really for me. Much as I enjoyed it I realised that I didnt want a career in academia or doing research fairly early on, and pursued other oportunities when they came up, without ever writing up.

I've no idea how abandoning a doctoral course will affect immigration though, The only advice I would give is to be straight with CIC if they ask about it. If you dont need the points that is fine, but be aware that you have to have a certain amount of full time work experience as well as enough points to qualify as a "Skilled worker", a good academic record is not enough on its own.

Iain