Quite an interesting read. Definitely worrisome, a couple of posts were. I am a PR Visa aspirant in the FSWP.
"But it is very difficult to apply for a job outside of Canada, without a PR card."
My question is, do the chances improve once we get our PR Visa? I don't want to quit my current job and fly to Canada without a job offer.
Do we get ample opportunities once we have our PR?
Please let me know. Getting a PR in itself is quite expensive from where I live.
Thanks in advance.
The challenge is persuading any employer from outside the country that an individual has skills that they are willing to wait for regardless whether they have PR approval or not.
Until someone actually completes a landing they are not formally a PR hence the reluctance of employers to make offers until an individual is actually in the country and ready to take up a position that someone already here could fill.
Unfortunately there is no easy solution and emigrating is a big risk/challenge whichever way anyone looks at it. For some people it works and everything slots into place for others, quite a few others I expect, the move does not work out, dreams are shattered and they return home.
Many approach this challenge by doing a short landing to complete the PR process and then spend couple weeks networking around a few companies they may have introduced themselves to from their home country beforehand given at least this shows firm intent to actually emigrate.
In the end I guess the real question for anyone might be why did I apply to emigrate in the first place ? As said for many the reality of such a big decision only hits home when they arrive and maybe find that Canada has a lot of the same issues as home just a different place.