Guitaret wrote
- Are you sure about the Canadian government still accepting the 1500LL/USD rate?
- Where do I start the online process (any link)? Because every time I want to apply, I end up with an assessment form telling me I am not eligible.
Thank you
I am pretty sure about the 1500 LL to usd thing because I asked the guys that got their immigration approved after the crisis(and applied after) and they told me that is what they submitted. The only site to trust is canada.ca it is the government website and in it you apply, I will post to you the direct link though because it is a rather large and very confusing website
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html
Sign up with cgkey.
Every year above 30 years old loses you points. I made it in 2017 with a score of 438 which is a low score. Before you assume that it was easier back then (it was not) scores were in the 500s and they were only taking 1000 applicants a month(vs around 6000 a month last year) and I made it because they suddenly ramped up the number of people they take and it caused a shock downward on the score. I had seen the 2015 and 2016 scores and I assumed it was impossible for me to get in, but I did the work anyway, and when the score came down I was ready with a profile, had I missed it I might never have made it.
So my advice, make the profile, do your end. You never know. As for the money thing, money is relative man. I did not lose any money in Lebanon (I was so pissed off from the system that I took my money with me out of hate, and it paid off) but here is the thing, my salary in Lebanon for the first few years was under 1500 usd a month, it topped out at 2000$ but that was including paying parking in Beirut, and including the humiliation of driving to work, and including many shit. In Canada, I am starting out with 3000 usd, after I get my citizenship I might land a job in Dubai or whatever for like 12000 a month. Would it then matter if I kept or lost that 1000 a month? keep climbing up.
10 years in software development are not for nothing, you probably have a lot of experience and that is worth a lot.
Guitaret wrote
am afraid of wasting another few years just to end up being in the same state of mind but somewhere fancier.
This actually happened to me in 2019, I got super depressed, I felt just as miserable as I was in Lebanon even though I was in Canada. And personal note, I saw a psychologist in Canada he said I have everyday trauma from living a really stressful life in Lebanon, and we worked through all the work bullying, school bullying, shitty parenting where my parents treated me as a tool to brag about to other parents without caring what I wanted etc... etc.. and now I feel much better. I know it may not apply to you, I might be the worst case that I needed help, the point is. There is a solution to everything. I know the feeling of hopelessness and frustration and anger. I felt them in Lebanon for a long time, I was more frustrated that I was the only it seemed pre 2019 feeling them. And your brain makes it seem like you won't feel anything better ever again but it doesn't have to happen like that, it can get better, you just need to put in the effort.