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[Timbuktu_14]

You had a 189 visa??? Why didn't you stay in Australia? I mean, wouldn't you both have eventually found employment?

Exactly! With a 189, employment would have been the least of their worries!

 

[Timbuktu_14]

I think this is a good development. Hoping we see the positive impacts of this in the coming weeks.

Brooooo! it's not lol.

 

[GandiBaat]

Interesting read. Wonder why you didn't think Aussie was a better shot?

I have zero issue with Aussies. I love Australia a lot. Two things happened with me that pushed me away from Australia.

1. My wife was reluctant to go there.
2. I and my colleague and friend, we wanted to move together. That did not happen with Australia. We both had 189 visa. He could not work out his transfer there so we decided to move to Canada as we had offers from a team here.

If either had happened, I would have been in Australia right now.

 

[Islander216]

I have zero issue with Aussies. I love Australia a lot. Two things happened with me that pushed me away from Australia.

1. My wife was reluctant to go there.
2. I and my colleague and friend, we wanted to move together. That did not happen with Australia. We both had 189 visa. He could not work out his transfer there so we decided to move to Canada as we had offers from a team here.

If either had happened, I would have been in Australia right now.

What has your experience been of both countries? All things even, where would you prefer to be?

 

[GandiBaat]

What has your experience been of both countries? All things even, where would you prefer to be?

My experience in Australia is more of a tourist. I went there for sometime to activate my visa. Loved the place. Loved its cleanliness. Loved the ocean and beach lifestyle many Australians have. I did job hunting in Australia remotely. Its hard but not impossible. Few tricks do work there. Like getting a local number and forwarding it to your phone. It helps a lot. I got 3 interviews that way. One I almost converted.

In Canada, I came with my job. So I never faced the job hunting here (touch wood). That said, jobs in tech in Canada are plentiful. With right skills, its not hard to get one. Proximity to US helps Canadian tech scene.

Life in both the countries is quite a bit easier than that in India or USA for that matter.

Immigration in Australia is a bit more organised and predictable than in Canada. Atleast it was back then. Australian immigration is more modern and has done away with a lot of deficiencies that Canadian one still has. No need for PPR or counterfoil. Most records are electronic. I mean, all the stages of my Australian 189 visa happened dot on time.

If I have to choose, I will choose Canada ... mainly because I have gotten used to it. I always loved winters and light snow and Ocean. BC has all that and more. For me, Canada is mostly BC. Though it has a steep price. That being said, Australia is NOT a distant second. Infact it is almost a very difficult to leave.

I came to Canada more because of circumstances that came up and my priority of employment over immigration.

 

[Islander216]

Okay, thanks for the input.

I thought of Australia quite a bit but i have more links in Canada, and i'm also more of a winter person, i don't really like hot weather.

Also i felt like Australia was a bit far from everywhere. Canada is obviously closer to the US and not that far from Europe.

 

[GandiBaat]

Okay, thanks for the input.

I thought of Australia quite a bit but i have more links in Canada, and i'm also more of a winter person, i don't really like hot weather.

Also i felt like Australia was a bit far from everywhere. Canada is obviously closer to the US and not that far from Europe.

If you are born in India, mostly you will hate sun. It kills. It sends dust everywhere. It makes your life miserable and you long for winters. Winters are called as healthy season in India. I always feel more alive in winters.

 

[Islander216]

And it will only get worse with global warming unfortunately.

 

[dankboi]

from immitracker

FSW- Inland CRS- 489 NOC- 2173
Principal applicant
COR- Canada
Nationality- India
VO- Ottawa
AOR- 9 July 2020
Medical Passed- 11 August 2020
PPR- 20 November 2021

 

[beyourownak]

Page 1234 of the thread.
Ircc still blaming Covid
Ircc still disregarding the backlogs

 

[Jaycejay]

Page 1234 of the thread.
Ircc still blaming Covid
Ircc still disregarding the backlogs

Backlog is getting cleared, just need more VOs to start working as well.

 

[ambee]

Is there any way to know how many economic class (especially FSW-O) PR apps does VO Ottawa have in its plate? @legalfalcon

 

[Psyoptica]

Is there any way to know how many economic class (especially FSW-O) PR apps does VO Ottawa have in its plate? @legalfalcon

32

 

[ambee]

32

Sorry, what does that mean?

 

[Psyoptica]

Sorry, what does that mean?

32 economic class PR apps on IRCCs plate