rajkamalmohanram said:
(Re)Posted back in November 2009 by qorax - I am re-posting it now so that today's applicants can read and learn from Josh. This would serve as a dose of inspiration/morale boost to anyone reading it.
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http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/joshs-post-a-must-read-for-all-applicants-t29510.0.html;msg171957#msg171957
Here goes -
Author: josh
Hear is my story... take the time to read it, if nothing you might at least save a few pennies and a couple of sleepless nights.
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Always remember there will be totally unexpected things that will come up ( my wife's pregnancy for example ) and make sure you have put away some money for emergencies, however little, something is better than nothing.
Only get a permanent family home when you and your wife are working, in your respective line of work and the get your kids. Things would have been a lot easier if I had done it this way rather than the way I adopted.
THE SATISFACTION YOU GET AND THE WAY YOUR SELF CONFIDENCE IS BOOSTED WILL BE WORTH ALL THE EFFORT. ONCE YOU HAVE SETTLED IN YOU WILL HAVE VERY FEW AND JUST MUNDANE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT, LIFE IN CANADA WILL SEEM VERY ENJOYABLE THEN.
Please feel free to ask me any questions that may crop up, I wish this was helpful and God bless you all.
Ps: I have reformatted it to look a bit better. The contents are untouched.
Yes, I read this one during nomination days. Great inspiration for us.
That's the reason why I love this forum. It has helped many individuals to learn a lot and make informed decisions before setting foot in Canada as permanent resident. More I dig in the old threads, more I get to know about the struggles of previous applicants and now successful PRians.
No matter what you do now, you need to be prepared before landing in Canada. You have to mentally(and physically) prepared for facing a completely new world. Let me tell you something here, I have never been outside India and therefore I will never know how to react when you see most of English-speaking (or maybe French-speaking) individuals around you. We may communicate in our mother tongue in our home country (and most of us might be using English/French in their offices or daily life), but some nuances that you know in your mother tongues can't be easily expressed in the English/French language. Some us will struggle in our daily communication when we first reach Canada and it's OK to struggle at starting as you and your family are adapting with a new culture and new country. But I would tell everyone, please do not live in a shell once you reach there. Reach out to the people outside of your ethnicity. Try new things that you have not tried before. It is completely OK that the things or the way the things that work in your home country, may never work in the same way in Canada. Adapt yourself to your community and surroundings and country.
I may be sounding foolish here, but if you have applied with your wife and kids, I will prefer them to be with me on my journey to Canada(I told you, sounding foolish here to you). They are your pillars of strength, they will support you when you will feel down. They will be your shoulder when you want to cry. They will always be working with you. I understand that life is hard (and will be hard) when you are in a new country. But without them at my side, I will not be able to enjoy the humid summers of Ontario, inches of snow in winters, and my daily life. I do not know what holds in future when I reach Canada, but I can not imagine my future in Canada without them (Sounding foolish and philosophical again). This is completely my perspective.
Get prepared to be impacted in the following aspects of your life when you land as PRian in Canada: Job, security, house, finance, health, and of course your and your loved ones' life.