Canada epic fail.
As many of you heard I wanted to go to Canada to live. To immigrate. And it’s been a long awaited move that I was ready to make. About 10 years in theh biz, things have been kinda OK, worked out some clients, relations, more or less steady work, and figured if I come I’d get a job and be making my 50-60k a year for average living.
Long before that, I was born in USSR era, I desperately wanted to go to USA, but you can imagine that was impossible. Once USSR was broken I managed to make my first step onto USA land when I was 26. That was probably the most exciting thing I have known to that date.
Been to USA many time since that time, blindly loved the country, flew to the states right after WTC collapsed and was wondering streets of lower Manhattan feeling it all….
Long story short, you can understand that for 10 year I have more relatives in USA then here in my country, and if it was aparty I would of invited US/Canada?UK based fellas not my local.
So, when I actually decided to apply for Canada, it appeared that I missed 10 days terms when they invented new rules, so it made me still eligible to apply but no guarantees were given at all cus new rules meant no established procedures and longer waiting period.
So I have applied as a Web Designer, attached a ton of real ref letters, samples and shit, been waiting for them to respond…. for almost 2 years. Then suddenly they issued a new rule with 37 NOC occupations where they had everything but Web Designers. That was not in demand so they excluded and that made me near non eligible to apply.
Lawyers ( Candian, $1,5k paid in fees ) suggested to take an alternative route applying as a System Manager. I figured that if I turn papers here and there it might be something near that thing, at least i decided to proceed and applied. I tried one respectful company in Canada to help it and they tried preapring me a job offer but failed by several reasons, one of them was lack of given time to process the offer.
And jsut recently I have received the negative, they declined me. Know why? They told me I’m certainly a effing cool webdesigner but certainly not a System Manager, they made their point I have applied as a web designer and then suddenly changed my application to System Manager too. That last thing shocked me, cus my lawyers did NOT tell they applied and sent my docs out as a Web Designer, i assume they should’ve know I would fail if i apply as System Manager instantly, just wanted their money I guess.
In short Canada wants welders, coocks, nurses, ass wipers of certain type that should speak English near perfect ( pass IELTS test for 6,5 ) – mine in 7.5 – out of 9. Have higher educaton, realtives in Canada, job offer preferably. Or Canada wants Top Managers that could lead their economy to the new horizons. Both are definitely not what Ukraine has to offer as of welders and nurses here don’t give a shit about English at all, and Managers here are mostly bribe specialists.
So, that is leaving me a little frustrated honestly.
So, assume, I’m still looking for a job offer in Canada as a web designer / project manager, just a job offer to go to work, no immigration papers needed.