3 Years in Canada: HONEST Review By a PR in Canada

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What to expect from first 3 years as a Permanent Resident in Canada? Anna shares 3 lessons she learned after immigration to Canada, sharing a personal life story on the way from PR to citizenship, and getting a job, making friends and building a life as a newcomer to Canada.
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@philipg6463 Жыл бұрын

3 years!! you are just a baby in your adopted country, wait till you have been 40 years. That is how long I have been in my adoptive country and sometimes I still feel like an alien. It does get better and easier ..slowly year after year. I am sure you are going to make it well in Canada, your enthusiasm shows and I do wish you well and good luck.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@xeray6032 Жыл бұрын

Adaptation. Natural selection is not about having devices that are smarter than you are. I really love this video. It is relevant to immigrating anywhere. It is relevant to any change in one's life situation. I am sure you would be a success anywhere you go. It's about having the right attitude and taking responsibility for your choices. You are someone I would love to have as a friend, and I hope wherever you go people respect your mind.

@otechman Жыл бұрын

Binge-watched a bunch of your videos tonight, and found myself sometimes nodding and talking to myself, or smiling and tearing up. Been here for 7 months and grateful to be able to sustain myself, but can't stop comparing myself to others and overthinking things. Your experience helped put things in perspective. Thank you for what you're doing 🤗

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching🧡🥲

@Gloryboyquan 6 ай бұрын

have u found job bro

@vitakuvakina4686 8 ай бұрын

This one resonates a lot with me ))) Thank you for sharing. I just made a comment about being open-minded on one of your other videos, and mentality too ))) Sounds like I'm on the right track ))

@georgiasouza2219 Жыл бұрын

Excelent video! Great insights!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

glad you liked them!

@deviniciusgg Жыл бұрын

Really well done video, thank you!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it !

@omonigbehinoyinkansola4194 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video will keep researching to make my movement a better life

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! All the best to you in your research!

@coolheeling Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Thank you for sharing your amazing personal experiences 👍

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@maycon2611 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing :)

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@sergey.pavlov Жыл бұрын

Way to go, Anna! Your achievements inspire others :)

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching 😊

@shehabalhawary3638 Жыл бұрын

This video helps me and a lot, thank you 🌹

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Shehab

@CupofTeague Жыл бұрын

This was a really nice reminder, I'm going to be moving to Ontario in March from the UK, definitely helped ease some of my anxieties hearing it from someone who has been there and done it!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! You got this - all the best with your move. March is a good month to move - it starts getting warmer and sunnier and the real estate market is not as hot, so easier to rent a place

@Future.Canadians Жыл бұрын

Well summarized

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@srv_lenny Жыл бұрын

That was a great video!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@ThisisYulia Жыл бұрын

I love the new editing style 😻 way to go Anna!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰🥰🥰thank you

@gammyalade9896 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video 🙏🏾

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

@emreinsel2271 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video..thank you 👏👏

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@momshieconsdailyhabits6323 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing ..by giving knowledge about Cabada

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🙌

@mcbenckosfx5846 Жыл бұрын

You covered a lot of things. Why am I seeing less that 30k subscribers. You deserve at least 250k and more. Good work done. Thanks for informations

@soldienglish714 Жыл бұрын

this video is very informative thanks a lot 🙏

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@countroshculla Жыл бұрын

You lovely ladies always make interesting content. Thank you for sharing about your personal story.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching ❤️

@justlikepaper1827 8 ай бұрын

Same feeling when we got the advice that we were accepted as PRs. ❤❤❤ God is good. ❤❤❤

@MakeThatChange 8 ай бұрын

💕❤️💕

@teejaylecapois9741 Жыл бұрын

Congrats 👍 you will go far

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

❤️thank you

@AbeFadgo Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

@dec4rt Жыл бұрын

i pushed the "Like" button since the beginning when i realized the new methode you are using of filming scenes interacting with what you are saying! BRAVO! and thanks for sharing your experience ! it's helpful and motivational in the same time

@alesyakornetskaya8436 Жыл бұрын

Agree! Great job Anna! Keep it up - so much more good stuff ahead for you guys)))

@dec4rt Жыл бұрын

@@alesyakornetskaya8436 do you have professional IG?

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It's not easy sharing personal stuff, so thank you for your words and thank you for watching 😊

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Alesya ❤️ your support means a lot

@user-bw9hb7ei8p Жыл бұрын

As a student who is waiting for admission from some Canadian Universities, your video is helpful! Thank you!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@minnaxue9894 Жыл бұрын

I can really resonate with lesson #2 and it's true that the longer you stay outside of your home country the wider the gap is with your own friends and families.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

It’s sad to see, but that’s just how it is 😞

@Tswift63 Жыл бұрын

Wow..what a brave lady..New country new life ALONE..during a pandemic ..AND..look at you !! You excelled..you can rock anything..I'm impressed..what a star ..Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦

@rachaelmaina9534 Жыл бұрын

Thaaank you Anna

@KeroŞero Жыл бұрын

In 5 days I'll be moving to Canada to do a 1 year postgraduate program in digital marketing and I gotta say that, even though I haven't really started my journey yet, I can really relate to the first lesson. Especially the "fear" part. 😄 I've researched, and continue to research, everything I can think of but I'm still plenty nervous. Above all, for the process of finding a job (obligatory to do so for my 3rd semester). I'm 24 years old and have little to no professional experience in my own country; let alone in an entirely different country like Canada but I will do my best and take the initiative as much as I can in terms of doing research, being open minded, putting myself out there, ect... Lastly I want to say, the reason why I came across your channel in the first place was beceause I was doing research. This is perhaps the only channel that I've subbed to that focuses on making videos about Canada & immigration because every video is always very grounded and very informative + with a lot of effort put into it. I can see myself still enjoying the content you guys put out even years from now. So, I wish you more success and thank you for the good work!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kero! What an exciting journey is in front of you! Wishing you all the best and keep your head up😊

@artax-rx9mb Жыл бұрын

nicely done😃

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@allinengineering8168 Жыл бұрын

the summary is that every country is beautiful and every place is enjoyable it all depends on you how you want to live your life.

@davidontiverosflores3511 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for these words! It’s a great advice

@dipakkuchhadiya9333 Жыл бұрын

I like it 👌🏻

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

❤️thank you

@vinodrana5388 Жыл бұрын

God bless you 🎉❤

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@danyal_s 8 ай бұрын

I don't comment on KZfaq videos often, but wow did this really resonate with me lol. I'm reaching my second year of PR soon and I'm in that phase where I moved away from the city life, and now I want to go back to it because going for events and making friends is difficult elsewhere! 😂 Thank you for this.

@MakeThatChange 8 ай бұрын

Glad you could resonate with that! I've realized that moving away from the city is ideal when you have a spouse/partner and stable friendships you can keep in touch with even if you're a bit further away. The city is still the best place to live your best young life and meet new people.

@adsonmettler Жыл бұрын

Hey Anna, what a great experience! Thank you for sharing. I am just now in the same shoes you were once ago. I am in my preparation to apply to a college in Canada for my post-degree and I am wondering how I can get ready for the challenges I will find in Canada, with the plus of taking my wife and my daughter with me to be there for two years. For me was a relief listening to your words, indeed I have to get open to continue changing and that is it, then just dive in and do the next step one at a time. Thanks!

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Best of luck Adson!🍀

@endoucheeray7018 11 ай бұрын

Call me a typical Bob of being the stereotype of newcomer with PR, and Anna You mindset 3 years ago was exactly same as mine now, feeling trapped and “homeland foreign”, over-romantic imagination of automatic merging into the western world, etc. Yet the reality in Canada will give me a hard lesson from, well, job hunting, high educational background usually means high expectation but followed by depression. Thanks for all your advice and encouragement for my future here, I am gonna attend the job application courses, study for getting a license, be active and always open to learn.

@MakeThatChange 11 ай бұрын

Best of luck to you and take care 🍀

@engineeringkings Жыл бұрын

Nice

@BerezhnyiOleg 5 ай бұрын

Thanks

@MakeThatChange 5 ай бұрын

Welcome!

@John_Noble Жыл бұрын

3 years 3 lessons - you study with a good pace)

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

😉

@casebeth Жыл бұрын

We are very similar in the planning. I am hyper prepared while my partner is like 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ During our 3 years in Finland I felt the disconnect that you described with friends back home . I found those who did understand were those who had also lived abroad. I love your advice to have goals AFTER you move. As Always thx for the excellent info. Does your channel have a Patreon?

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Hey Casey, we are currently working on it, thanks for asking 😊

@kanikamaheshwari9732 Жыл бұрын

U have no idea (I knw u do😜 as an immigrant urself) as to how useful these kind of videos are to the newbies ❤..

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that 🤗

@Perseus5 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! I wish it was more simple for people to move from one country to another without having to struggle to try to get a visa or something. I hope one day I can call it home.

@valeria-militiamessalina5672 Жыл бұрын

That would be invasion not immigration. Ask Ukraine what they think about it.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

We hope so too, Angel

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

It would have been funny, if it wasn't so sad, Valeria-Militia

@massoudzahedi Жыл бұрын

You are just gorgeous 😍

@annokenwa2651 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Thank you so much for sharing your amazing experience. First time subscriber am looking forward coming to Canada true the Temporary work visa with Relocated Ltd. Please what is your thoughts on that

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Hi Ann! Best of luck in your endeavours! Make sure you're confident working with third party company, especially if they are not licenced immigration consultants, but more like job search counsellors. Read your contract before signing. And note that no one can guarantee 100% success. Best of luck and thank you for watching our videos!

@K_mich88 10 ай бұрын

😅 when you mentioned "don't get stuck in a job for years..." oh man... i've been in the same company for 12 year!! Stuck in the comfort zone and feeling too protected by the company's excellent welfare. But when I make the move back to Canada, I'll take that leap out of my comfort zone and apply for a job that my husband believes I'm capable in doing well but I doubt myself because I've never done it as a profession before. Or else I'll always wonder to myself what I could have achieved if I did pursue it.

@MakeThatChange 10 ай бұрын

You’ve got this! What’s the worst that’s gonna happen? You can already do the job you’ve been doing for 12 years. If all else fails you can always come back to doing the old thing. BUT imagine all the possibilities of the new thing/job!

@eloquentia7207 Жыл бұрын

Congrats Anna! You are a success story. And, yes, russian female spies in movies are always beautiful. That's why immigration officers might had suspected you 😁

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😉

@thewholeworld9202 Жыл бұрын

Hi, which camera you are using? Thanks :)

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

We are using Sony a7c

@thewholeworld9202 Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange Wow, cool 👍

@fallingbaby Жыл бұрын

What advice do have for those who don't have degrees ?

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

There are 100s of immigration programs that exist, many don’t require a degree. I recommend you explore various programs on Canada.ca and find one that suits you best!

@titoronoh6966 Жыл бұрын

I am flowing with your story Anna..Question though..Did you move to Canada through a job offer because I thought so at first because I noticed you got a job offer after a month? I like your parting shot

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Hi! I moved through Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program

@titoronoh6966 Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange That's lovely..Still waiting for my visa

@Sketchingotaku Жыл бұрын

Hey hey you’re not look like a spy 😉 keep telling more stories 🌹

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🤗🤗thank you

@calmpeace9726 Жыл бұрын

You are a hot spy, I am sure that officer had the same thought at that time.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🙈🙈🙃

@MikeyArch Жыл бұрын

I'm going move to Calgary next month from Uganda and I feel excited for it but I'm curious is there any job's opportunity for those have certificate in electronics technician or any other jobs

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

You can check job postings on LinkedIn and indeed.ca

@MikeyArch Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange Okay thanks

@olegiov3691 Жыл бұрын

Здравствуйте, у вас очень приятный канал и красивый Английский.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

спасибо :)

@vasanthchezhian6633 11 ай бұрын

I say you are the best example that Russian girls are humble, inteligent, beauty 😊

@momshieconsdailyhabits6323 Жыл бұрын

Question ..Where is good to live in Russia or Canada

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Canada

@smitamehta9523 Жыл бұрын

I was looking up for New Arrival Services , but these services are for immigrants coming from Ukraine . is there any other website for new arrivals in Canada from asian countries?

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

These services are for all newcomers with PR or work permit regardless of the country of origin www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/newcomers.html

@vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv34 Жыл бұрын

👏🇧🇷

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

@vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv34 Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange linda você💗

@londonjuniormg Жыл бұрын

Katarina Rostova (black list ) 🙄🙄😊😊. Jokes apart..your work is inspire. thanks for sharing and good luck as well.

@mathewagoi5596 Жыл бұрын

Yes you like a spy 😊

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🕵️‍♀️

@bappabakshi3186 11 ай бұрын

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@MakeThatChange 11 ай бұрын

💕

@jimmyjimmy1038 Жыл бұрын

What's your first job in Canada ?

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Mechanical Designer in oil and gas industry

@israelok1789 Жыл бұрын

🤔Just a question chicks Why Canada and not somewhere else? What about Portugal, Spain or Australia ?🤨

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

We should probably make a video to answer this question to the fullest😊

@israelok1789 Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange Great idea, At the end I admire the courage you both have had to move from Russia to Canada...👏👍

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

🙏thank you. All the best to you in your journey as well!

@shadimurwi7170 Жыл бұрын

Culkin

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@shadimurwi7170 Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange niagara falls

@youtubeexpert388 Жыл бұрын

You are from Newzealand?

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Not quite, a little more North ;)

@youtubeexpert388 Жыл бұрын

@@MakeThatChange but you behave like man you ascent the way you talking your style

@John_Noble Жыл бұрын

would you teach me english on italki? 😀

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

What’s italki?

@John_Noble Жыл бұрын

a platform for teachers and language learners where they can sell and buy lessons conducting online via the Internet

@John_Noble Жыл бұрын

мне кажется у тебя хороший уровень английского и ты могла бы поделиться своим опытом as far as the price is not height)

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

ah interesting! thank you - we will look into this!

@allinengineering8168 Жыл бұрын

no comparison with Russian beauty!!!!

@keereal1 Жыл бұрын

Salaries in Russia actually are way better than in Canada, especially if you work in IT sector in a city like Moscow. And along with rent prices in cities like Vancouver or Toronto that makes Canada unattractive at least financially.

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

What about rent prices in Moscow? Not the outskirts 😉 Plus, moscow is not representative of the whole Russia, we all know that. And not everybody works in IT sector. Anna is a petroleum engineer and she's not from Moscow. But you're not wrong, to your point salaries in Moscow could be better from the taxes perspective😊

@youtubeexpert388 Жыл бұрын

You like man

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@RickyBobby42069 Жыл бұрын

Yeah you kind of look like a spy

@MakeThatChange Жыл бұрын

😇😇😇

@xeray6032 Жыл бұрын

You must be an engineer. You have engineer brain. Over-build. Having left Canada what astounds me is how NOTHING is "free" to help immigrants. I usually feel like a bank account being raped for NO services render. I don't mind paying if the people do anything, but someone doing part of the job and expecting pay ... or else. It gets old. This vlog is not about moving to Canada (except the free stuff 🤣), it's about moving anywhere. I didn't find my first move halfway around the world scary (pre computer age) I found it FUN!!! I had no idea what I was leaving and you take yourself with you everywhere you go. You have only your own background to "interpret" life until you have more experiences. I like watching your vlog. It doesn't make me want to return "home", but it's nice to see another immigrant who takes responsibility for her choices. Immigration is not a baby-sitting service. You get out of life what you put into it.