Immigration
Before you go and sell the family business and start packing your bags there are some things to consider:
√ Economic conditions in many western countries that were once good locations to immigrate to have changed.
√ It is not uncommon for NRI's to overstate the wealth of the countries they have immigrated to. Some have a tendency to boast about their achievements abroad. So keep in mind that what you hear is not always true. Check facts and don't just go by hearsay.
√ Travel agents and so called immigrant consultants target people with money and try and entice them with guaranteed immigrant visas. All I can say is do your homework before you part with your money. Information that some Immigrations consultants provide is usually available free of cost by the host countries where one wishes to immigrate to.
Unless you are a professional or have special skills. The chance of finding employment overseas after immigrating are not that great.
Thousands of immigrants work in jobs that they would not dream of accepting in their home countries.
It is not uncommon to see new immigrants with masters degrees driving taxis or working on low paying jobs in the United States and Canada. Yes there are labor jobs in factories where employees are paid salaries of 30 and 40 dollars per hour, However such cases are an exception and many high paying labor jobs are gradually disappearing in North America as manufacturing is rapidly moving to countries where labor costs are low.
Statistics Canada released a study on January 30, 2007 which states that the economic situation new immigrants to Canada showed no improvement after the turn of the millennium. Despite the fact that they had much higher levels of education and many more were in the skilled immigrant class than a decade earlier.
The statistics Canada report goes on to state that nearly one in five of recent immigrants who arrived between 1992 and 2000 were in low income at least four years during their first five years in Canada.
