18 year old from Australia planning to move to Canada in the future

[cmoate]

Hello everyone

I'm currently in high school at the moment and I'm determined that I would like to move to Canada, I plan to go to University next year and complete a undergraduate/bachelor degree in Commerce (Accounting), later to get employment and complete a Chartered Accountant (ICAA) qualification (this takes 3 years of full time employment). I plan to specialise later on from straight accounting/auditing in the field.

Since I'm young I found that it would be best to plan now in order to avoid being disappointed, knowing that I may lose some opportunities otherwise that may arise while I'm young.

I plan during my undergraduate degree to do a study abroad to a Canadian university (preferably Toronto University), however I'm unclear about how I will go about immigration from then on.

I have looked into getting the IEC Working Holiday Visa, which lasts up to 2 years. However, I had read on another forum that those who have worked under the IEC Working Holiday Visa don't apply to the Canada Experience Class Immigration. If this doesn't work, I will have to apply under Skilled Workers program, however I have heard that in the profession I aspire to work in there is very fierce competition and it may be very hard to get a placement, and then after than an LMO.

Please, can anyone give me some advice that I can take as to working towards making immigration easier/other routes which I could take?

Thanks everyone!

 

[Leon]

If you do a working holiday visa and manage to get any type of skilled job, even as a shift manager at McDonalds, you would be able to apply for your PR after 1 year of full time skilled work.

If you study in Canada, complete a 1 year course, you could get a 1 year open post grad work permit. Better if you do a 2 year course, you could get a 3 year open work permit. This permit could also be used to get a skilled job, work for a year and then apply. Or you look into PNP immigration. Depending on the province, there are immigration classes for graduates with a job offer and possibly a certain amount of hours worked. PNP also supports skilled workers with a full time job offer from their employer.

However, it would be better that you get your PR if you can before you study because that saves you paying international tuition fees which are a lot higher than they are for PR's.

One way would be to do the working holiday visa first, try to get a skilled job and work on your immigration and then study after you have your PR. However at 18 with not much experience, it's a question what kind of skilled job you could get.

Another way, study in Canada, get your post-grad permit, try to apply as a PNP graduate or as a backup, apply under CEC after a year of skilled work. If both of those fail, you have the working holiday program as a backup. When you have used up your post-grad permit and can't get an LMO, you could apply for the working holiday to buy more time for the 1 year of skilled work.

 

[cmoate]

Thanks Leon, you have definitely shown me that my options are more open than I once thought!

At first I was unsure that people under IEC were allowed to obtain PR through CEC, however now that you clarified it to me I am relieved, that was my preferred option!

I estimate that I will have my graduate degree (3 years) at 22 if I take up my chosen course starting ~ March next year, when I turn 19 in May that year.

Also, if I get a professional position within a year in Australia, I could have 3 years work experience + a Chartered Accountant qualification from the ICAA (which I have read is the most transferable accounting qualification obtainable in Australia being part of the Global Accounting Alliance, the CICA is also members of) at age 25.

That leaves me with quite a few years to work under the IEC program and obtain PR before I turn 30. It also leaves some time to complete units of education if needed to be accredited in Canada.

Is this advisable? and is there any other posibilities going down this route? A reason I feel this could be a good route is that I will have higher chances of employment, and would have saved a substantial amount of money which I could use in the immigration process.

 

[abhijeet9k]

u certainly have age on your hand....what visa are you on in Australia? Anyways if you choose to study and then apply for PR in Canada it works in your favor to secure a good job in your opted field as Canadian education is valued more than anything to get into workforce. I have studied in India and worked in India,UK & Australia but that experience has hardly helped....maybe my 13 years of exp was fluke according to Canadian hiring authorities....In any case the earlier you apply with proper qualification the better prospects are of getting a PR and importantly secure a good job.

 

[cmoate]

Thanks abhijeet

I'm an Australian born citizen, thanks for informing me about the education part of obtaining a job and a PR. I hadn't realised it was that crucial, however now I will try my best to start studying/working in Canada as soon as I can to increase my chances of succeeding in Canadian immigration