Immigrating to Canada

Why?

"Why move to Canada when you have the USA next door?" say some of my friends.To which I answer "Why move to the USA when you have Canada next door?"

I was thinking about moving to the USA. I have wanted to live there since I was about 9 or 10. And i did live there, for 6 months in San Antonio, Texas.It was the best time of my life and I have good friends there. However, in the 4 years that I have been back in England things have changed.

For starters Bush was re-elected back to power; then there was the war with Iraq; then there was hurricane Katrina; then there are too many horror stories about health care and lots and lots of other things that I do not want to go into because I will never stop.

Yes, the USA has got a hell of a lot of opportunities. Yes you can do very well for yourself; yes you can afford big houses; yes you can go to University; yes you can have excellent (if expensive) health care; and yes, you can get all of this in Canada.

Quite frankly I just can't be bothered trying to get into the USA. As far as I see it Canada is a lot easier to get into if you have the skills they require. I can move there just being a Legal Secretary, for the USA I have to first do a Bar Conversion Course (for either New York or California), then try and get a job before I apply for immigration papers, then I have to prove to the Immigration Board that the job I have cannot be filled by any US Citizen, and that's if i want to go to New York or California. I am ruled out of at least seven states altogether as they don't accept foreign qualified lawyers, and most of the other states either require your education to be evaluated (fair enough) or to have worked as a lawyer in your home country for a number of years (3-5) (usually both of the above).

So there you go, the first (very probably not the last) of my arguments about moving to Canada over the USA.

posted by Marie17183 @ 20:00