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user-inactivated  ·  3071 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Russia’s State Duma just approved some of the most repressive laws in post-Soviet history

    the weather is nice: you'll feel right at home ;)

Heh.

I wish it was that simple: pack my things and go.

If I were, though... How would I stay? Seems like I should prove my worth to the country - personal skills or having relatives in - to stay, should I not? That's what the visa description for the US've been telling me all along.





elizabeth  ·  3071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Canada works with a point system when you apply for immigration. Age, kids, language, education, profession all play a role in the process. A little easier if you know some basic French, because Quebec really values french-speaking immigrants and gives a lot of points for that. It's a lengthy process for proper immigration but getting a school visa or something like that is easier.

user-inactivated  ·  3071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for elaborating.

By "school visa" you mean the one that allows one to get education, including higher education, right?

raisin  ·  3071 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not elizabeth, but that's the visa I had when I moved to Canada from Russia a few years back. Went through middle/high school with it before getting my PR and citizenship. Looking at this website, it seems like the student visa also extends to university/post-secondary education, although be warned, you'd have to pay two to three times as much compared to someone with their permanent residence/citizenship documents (for my program that would mean around $20 000-25 000 versus the $8000 I'm paying right now).

user-inactivated  ·  3070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the info. I'll keep the costs in mind when considering things.