what would you do?
 

I moved to canada in 2009 when i was 11 and now I'm 17. ill be graduating in june and i want to go to college here but that would mean the soonest i can move back to the uk would be in 2019. should i go to college in canada and move back to england in 4 years time or go back after i graduate?

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What is you motivation for going back?

Do you plan on staying permanently?

If you're staying long term/ permanently then a degree from a British university might be more acceptable, slightly.

You would be classed as an international student in the UK, so it would be expensive, perhaps more expensive than studying Canada. ..... Would you have to factor in the cost of flights to Canada for the holidays if you were studying in the UK?

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I want to move back permanently. The colleges in the uk don't have the program that i want to do but i don't know if i did it here if it would count for anything in the uk.

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If there's no program for it in the UK, is there any demand for it, or would be ignored/misunderstood? :unsure:

In your answer you have backed in to my thoughts on why you should study in the UK - the courses are necessarily more "relevant" to the UK job market.

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So you think i should move back and see what there is there?

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How about going to college in Canada, and doing a junior year abroad, either in the UK or some other country? Have you already been accepted at a college, or do you already have a shortlist of colleges you are interested in?

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i either want to go to Comosun college for criminal justice or Sheridan college for public and private investigation. my grades aren't good enough to go to university.

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I doubt whether the qualifications you'd get at either of these colleges would be of any use to you in the UK.

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You are 17. If you returned to the UK now how would you support yourself?

Are you intending to go to college in the UK, where would you live and on what resources?

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i would be going back in july 2016. i have a part time job now so i could save up until then. my entire family lives in england id always have somewhere to go and i know for a fact my grandparents would want me to stay with them. i haven't decided yet if i want o go to college in canada or the uk yet, as i don't know if college diplomas here count for anything in the uk.

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Not much, if your plan is to settle in the UK permanently then British qualifications would be preferable.

There are financial investigator/ criminal analyst type jobs in the UK, and therefore there must be some sort of diploma qualifications that train people for such jobs. ..... I did find this information however which seems to indicate that careers are available as direct entry into the police force at age 18.

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Is it hard to become a Police Officer in the Uk?

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I think you have to be resident for 3 years and either a citizen or eligible for citizenship.

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As you may be aware or not, that moving back to the UK to start college on your immediate return, [mentioned above] you will be classed as an international student for college fees (as oppose to a local UK resident student), for the reason that you haven't lived in the UK for three years prior to an application to a post secondary program.

On the actual moving back to the UK say next year, have you discussed all of this with your parents & if so, what are they saying about your wanting to do this, in terms of support, finance, safety, suggestions etc?

Then on the basis its a 'go do it', has your extended family in the UK given you their approval for you to move in with them?

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You have to be resident for 3 years before you qualify as a "domestic student".