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Migration and Moving to Canada and North America
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Immigration
The
best place to start your research on immigration to
Canada is the Canadian Government official site
for immigration
Citizenship and Immigration Canada: Canada’s official
source of immigration and citizenship information.
We would urge you to spend considerable time researching
basic information on immigration, life in Canada, kinds
of visas etc on the portal before contacting attorneys,
consultants and others.
In
this section of GaramChai.com, you will find links of
interest to immigrants, prospective immigrants and those
interested in immigration reform.. Please do not hesitate
to point out any inaccuracies that you might notice.
Geographically,
large and can absorb a lot more immigrants comfortably
than most other nations that welcome immigrants. The
annual intake of immigrants in Canada is around 200,000,
with a vast ethnic diversity, a fact that is especially
attractive to individuals looking to be a part of a
multi-ethnic, multi-cultural society. Among the top
ten countries where immigrants to Canada originated
include China, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Iran, S. Korea, Poland and Russia.
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Canada Immigration Links:
Interesting
articles on Immigration:
Special
Feature: Immigrants from India [Govt. of Canada]:
Over the past two decades, India has been
ranked within the top three source countries of immigrants to Canada and British Columbia. It was even the top source for B.C. for
many years during the early 1980s. During the period 1980-2000, there were more than 77,000 Indian immigrants who landed in B.C.,
representing 12 per cent of all immigrant landings in the province. Although the majority of recent immigrants to the province
were from Asia, immigrants from India collectively exhibited some unique social-demographic characteristics when compared
to those who came from other Asian countries.
Rise
in Indian immigration applications to Canada
- Canada is losing its appeal for Chinese immigrants,
while the number of newcomers from India is on the rise.
India
poised to overtake China as top source of immigrants
- Canada's racial face is about to change as immigration
from China slides while newcomers from India increase,
internal documents obtained by Vancouver immigration
lawyer Richard Kurland suggest.
South Asian Population Doubles In GTA
(Source WeeklyVoice) Without a doubt, the South Asian
population in the census metropolitan area of Toronto
has quite an impact on life in this region. And
within the coming years, this impact is set to grow
even stronger.
Canada
"Desperate" For More Immigrants
-Canada is projected to accept 255,000 new immigrants
next year as compared to around 236,000 last year.
Canada:
Immigration Alert:
Handling Immigration Problems At The Port Of Entry
Useful tips to new immigrants - I
am a newly landed immigrant and had many questions before
I landed into Canada and was finding it difficult to
get all answers in one place and so thought of writing
it down for other newcomers based on my own very current
real experience in Canada. (Originally published in
Canadian Desi)
Immigration Support:
South Asian Welcome Centre Inc.: Located at 30 Intermodal Dr. Unit 201, Brampton, Ontario, L6T 5K1. Tel: 905-790-0676 Fax: 905-790-8586 or Email: sawcentre@bellnet.ca
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays 9 am to 4 pm with some evening hours available. They provide culturally sensitive counselling in areas such as Parenting, family Counselling, Children’s issues, Young Peoples issues, Senior’s issues, Domestic Abuse, Anger Management, Abusive Behaviour, Substance Abuse and sexual assault issues. On staff they have two counselors with doctorates, one in Psychology and one in Sociology plus another counselor with much experience.
Staff is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, English and can find translators if needed in other South Asian languages.
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