A simple question but hard to answer. It all depends upon your perspective and under what situation you are moving from. i.e. if you are running for life escaping a "drone attack", this can be fulfilling and viewed as paradise; but if taking high risk of leaving off a well settled/senior/stable/govt. job or selling off properties/business then a very good judgement may go wrong.Albert1900 said:
I was in Dubai for 9 years and decided to land in Canada as PR. I can say that my first year, i struggled a lot from tax, salary and finding a job, its a totally adjustment and I almost surrender he he he But now I am Ok and I love CanadaAlbert1900 said:
Same feelings my friend I was in UAE for 11 years no taxes, sophisticated life with wealth , many place to spend time, but I didn't have time for my family and you don't have freedom of speech ! as you have to be carful what you say otherwise you will be departed if you criticize the system there but the people there were very nice and approachablehoping_canadian said:I was in Dubai for 9 years and decided to land in Canada as PR. I can say that my first year, i struggled a lot from tax, salary and finding a job, its a totally adjustment and I almost surrender he he he But now I am Ok and I love Canada
. We felt immensely happy and blessed when we received the PR card.It is a matter of expectations, if one plans to live the remainder of his life in a country and does not do the basic homework to inquire about what to expect.. then it is not Canada's fault if they get disappointed from setting high expectations upfront.. I met with lot of such cases, and most of them returned back to where they came from in a year..Albert1900 said:
Your experience is similar to mine. Just curious are you still holding the US PR or have you given up on it. Is there any benefits vs the Canadian PR and did you get US citizenship. I have also lived for quite a few years in the US. It is really cheap there, but you get use to the Canadian way after sometime.ingegarcia said:We love it!
I worked in US for 9 years. I applied for green card and waited for a very long time (probably more than 6 years) so we applied for Canadian PR and got it in just 1 year
Finding a job outside of Canada was difficult even while working in US but I managed to get one so my wife and I moved to Canada. My wife struggled to get a job because in Canada you need to have Canadian experience. She enrolled in some volunteer job and got a job later.
The first few months we struggled with higher taxes and, higher food prices and cost living but health care turned out to be great for us and the service is similar to US. After a while we stopped comparing prices with US and life became a lot easier.
In general customer service is a little bit worse than US but still good. And Canada is a great and very peaceful place to live and raise family. Spectacular during summer and liveable in Winter. I ice-skate in winter and ride a bicycle all the year around (yes also in winter). I still need to try sky and other winter sports.
It is a multicultural society so you find less resistance from Canadian and other cultures and you can blend easily. Most people are welcoming and polite.
BTW houses are expensive but when you look at the interest rate and monthly payments it seems to be lower than US somehow.
SinghLovCan said:
All the answers are very important....so I repeat : don't worry about the difference that it makes in my life, if you don't like the question just don't answer than.newtone said:
