hi, what i dont understand is why the process of emigrating to canada is so difficult and long if there is such a shortage of skilled workers? especially when there is plenty of folk willing to uproute and move tomorrow. all thoughts and comments welcome

Often discussed here...

But in my opinion

The ones they’re really desperate for will be rapidly imported via a work visa and then PR if they want it sorted out by their companies lawyer..

The rest filled in from a surplus work pool provided by the skilled worker route..

Also you can consider that there is a shortage of workers to fill the desired final state the government see the country in(in the next few years)… some of those jobs have yet to be created as they’re still importing the investors too…..

Canada has unemployment ranging from 5% to 15% depending on province… and an education system that comparable to the UK…

Think hard about the information, Canada is importing skills just like any other nation mainly due to falling birth rates and a desire to be competitive in the long run, not because we have an employment crisis… the only thing Canada is really short of is doctors… and doctors that will work in the remote (non city) areas especially..

But its not any doctor is short of. They are short of Canadian Trained doctors.

http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.p...40702163651492 for example

A couple of thoughts.

The time taken is due to the number of people in the que. Currently 245,000 or thereabouts given status each year across a large number of satelite offices around the world as well as within Canada. Each case is from what I can see checked thorougly and it takes time. You can walk into Canada (hols) at the drop of a hat like in the UK but to stay seems a much more difficult process unless you go through the correct channels. You can't walk there, you can't go by road or train from the UK so you are forced to follow the rules and regs unlike entering the UK - hence why Immigration is always high on the political agenda in Europe. People movement is a little easier in Europe recognising that peoples from North America can also move around!

The risk is do you leave the fourth richest country in the world to go and work in a country that has currently a lower GDP per capita? Do you see your environment and future possibilities in a better light? Are you leaving a well paid position to join the que to getting work in a foreign country?

To me its not about now - its about the future and I do not have a clue where that will head as no one has but emigrating is about a gut feeling you have and the desire to go with it.

What if it was easy. Would you be as committed to staying in Canada as you fall at the first hurdle if it only took a few weeks to emigrate? Perhaps its deliberately a long winded exercise to see that A) you must be committed to wait for so long for PR and B) you must have had time enough to consider the outcome.

A work permit (which I did not consider as I have grown up family) seems the better option in hindsight. You get there quicker, you can judge if its for you without waiting for 18 months or so and while on Visa you can apply for PR.