It doesn't bother me but people will notice it and comment, that's all I am saying!

I didn't say that. You can go as far in life as opportunity and talent allow. But if you want to go to university, you'll have to first acquire the necessary secondary educational credentials. Why not do some A-levels (or whatever they're called these days) as an adult student first?

FYI - you can work on a student visa now... provided you have a certain standard of grade maintained for 6 months or more... hahhaah

I see you were a student...are you a PR now?

Nope, I am working on my Grad visa, applying for a work permit and have my PR in processing [since the beginning of time it seems]... Ive been here since 2000/2001 and have a bit of an urge to go home for a bit!

My daughter is in a similar position...she's been in T.O. for almost 5 yrs. I didn't think you could apply for PR whilst on a study visa.

Hey

I'm just on the point of finishing a one year post grad in toronto at George Brown College. All i needed to get in was a degree but they were really annoying about actually wanting all my transcripts from back to a-levels. In Ontario at least i think within the last couple of days they have changed the rules to make it easier for international students to stay as well. So if you can get into a program then it is a lot easier than applying from the uk as a skilled worker or whatever.

Goodluck

OK I'm with you now...you've finished your course and now you're working on a Grad WP. You applied for PR last year. Which uni/college did you go to?

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You have done brilliantly in the UK, because you can. Experience and aptitude count for much more there, than they do here. In Canada, any progression is based on bits of paper that give you (often pointless) credentials. You don't have Grade 12 or an equivalent for here, to be blunt. A one year business course from MB or SK is not worth the paper it is written on, without additional qualifications to supplement it.

Why don't you look at BUNAC instead? You must be young enough? Best of luck, but don't waste your hard earned money on yet another cash-cow useless course churned out by a second rate college.

What an enormous and crass generalisation. It all depends on the quality of the course you successfully study and the vocation you choose to follow.

To state that the UK is some sort of utopian, equitable holy grail where pure graft and determination will get you anywhere you want is complete tosh. We are still a highly class-driven society where your background and education prefix a large portion of daily life.

This chap simply doesn't have the educational background to follow the route he wants into Canada.

Do get back in your pram. Where did I state "the UK is some sort of utopian, equitable holy grail where pure graft and determination will get you anywhere"? I take it you are reading the same post I wrote, or are your reading skills affected by your evidently bombastic tendancies?

I think this is what benjy finds puzzling. I actually think the opposite is more true.

I suppose it depends on your line of work, and perhaps your opinion is coloured by the undeniable fact that experience in many jobs obtained prior to arriving in Canada is way undervalued.

Oh don't be such a condescending moron. If you are going to make sweeping statements that obviously infer utter drivel then keep your reductive opinions to yourself.

impute, innit?