Canada's acceptance of foreign credentials to clip the wings of red tape, bureaucracy
by Harleen Kaur - December 5, 2009
Canada, December 4: Are you a professional with sufficient experience and having a burning desire to make it big by immigrating to Canada? You need to take a pause and think twice because you might get trapped by bureaucracy and red tape to succeed in your related field in the country of Canada.
Yes, this is certainly what seems to be the truth in increasing number of immigrants from different parts of the world. The result is that a large number of professionals including doctors, engineers and even architects are left with no option but to take up the jobs of cab drivers or such other jobs for which they are overqualified.
This is not the end, for many feel so frustrated with stifling conditions they have to live in that they end up making the toughest decision of their lives, which is, going back to their native places. It is certainly a bitter truth which many foreigners, including Indians, find difficult to digest.
However, there seems to be a silver lining for the potential immigrants in the recent announcement made by the Diane Finley, Human Resources Minster and Jason Kenney, the Immigration Minister of Canada. As per the announcement, the government as well as provinces have agreed to accept academic credentials of immigrants.
Titled ‘The Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Credentials’, the new framework is an initiative to help new immigrants know about the acceptance or rejection of their academic credentials.
It will cover engineers, architects, occupational therapists, pharmacists, registered nurses and physiotherapists by 2010 year end. However, doctor and other professionals will be covered by the year 2012.
This recent step by the Canadian government comes in the wake of many countries including US and Australia having already streamlined the process of giving acceptance of degrees of foreign professionals.
Canada can not afford to stay behind other developed countries since it is already facing acute shortage of skilled labor. However, it does not want to compromise on its high standards of foreign credentials.
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