O Afeganistão É Aqui

Afeganistão aqui no Brasil? Como assim? Bem, descobri hoje que muito pouco nos separa do Afeganistão. Mas muito pouco mesmo. Afeganistão, país afastado no meio do nada e que só se ouve falar por causa de carros-bomba e gente morrendo no meio da rua sem razão. Alguém poderia indagar "Ah...é por causa da violência.". Violência hoje que se banalizou e já não nos espanta ou nos assusta mais.

Mas parecemos com o Afeganistão dos Talebans não por causa disso. Mas sim por causa de um episódio ocorrido na Uniban de São Bernardo do Campo, no dia 22. Vi no blog Boteco Sujo e no Vírgula News.

Aparentemente, o fato de uma universitária ter ido ao campus de minissaia, causou um mega-tumulto na população masculina. A coitada teve que ser removida do campus escoltada pela PM e sob o coro de "puta, puta". O secretário-geral (???) da universidade me sai com as seguintes pérolas:

"A aluna veio trajada de uma determinada forma e isso provocou os alunos”, declarou o secretário ao Virgula. Perguntado se a Uniban acha que isso justifica a agressão à aluna, o secretário foi contraditório. Inicialmente disse que “ela deu causa, ela deu motivos”, mas logo em seguida amenizou: “Também não era motivo para tanto alvoroço”."

O Boteco Sujo também falou com um (des)estudante da universidade que me saiu com mais essas outras pérolas:

"Uma fala do aluno com quem conversei resume o clima daquele ambiente universitário:
— Eles estavam errados em querer estuprar a mina, mas ela provocou, né, véio?
Então...Então?
— Então talvez ela merecesse."

Só faltou a PM bater na moça por desacato generalizado ao pudor físico, moral, mental e transcendental.

Então a solução para isso é: burqa para todas as mulheres. Assim elas esconderão todas as suas partes pudendas (dedinho do pé, por exemplo) a situação descrita acima nunca mais irá ocorrer. Se a estória acima tivesse ocorrido no Afeganistão, confesso que não ficaria surpreso. Mas aconteceu aqui, em São Bernardo do Campo, numa universidade.

Isso só mostra uma coisa. Esse pessoal que está nessa dita (des)universidade, formará a elite desse país (estatisticamente falando, claro) em uns 10 ou 15 anos. Ou seja, a minha geração que já estava bem longe de usufruir de algum benefício de uma sociedade mais justa, agora está mais fodida ainda. A geração dos meus filhos também. Talvez os meus netos tenham uma chance um pouco melhor......ou abandono tudo isso e recomeço minha vida num lugar onde pelo menos os meus filhos possam construir algo sem ter que se preocupar com burqas.

Education in Canada

If you are planning to migrate to Canada, then it would be wise to know about the education prospects that the country has to offer. No matter whether you are moving to Canada under a Student Visa or migrating with your family, you must clearly understand the educational facets of Canada for yourself or your kids, whom so ever is applicable.

You would be glad to know that the Canadian government offers free of charge education to every child at School level. It is highly subsidized for citizens and immigrants at post schooling levels. As an immigrant, it is essential to arrive with all the necessary documents including the previous transcripts, documents on courses studied in the home country and so on. It would be a calculating decision to consult an Immigration expert and know more on the child education benefits and other mandates associated with it.

Canadian education has always been applauded for its premium educational institutions, diverse range of courses and premium faculty. If you have kids and you are planning to enroll them in a Canadian school, ensure that your child remains away from the fear of anxiety and understands the culture of Canadian schools and classrooms in advance.

Choosing the right school forms another critical element when it comes to providing the right education to your child. You can opt for a public institution, a private educational institution or faith-based schools. For post-secondary education, the choices are available in the form of Formal training (Skills), Community College, and Universities.

Know that the schooling year in Canada commences somewhere around August and September. So make your plans accordingly.

Source: Abhinav Blog

Reflexões

O meu processo já já vai completar dois anos. Creio que no primeiro semestre de 2010 seremos chamados para os exames médicos e emissão dos vistos. Notaram a minha alegria?

A pergunta é: e depois?

O fato é que as premissas iniciais que me levaram a iniciar o processo se mantêm. O plano para chegar lá é que mudou um pouco.

A economia brasileira está melhorando a cada dia. Ainda mais com a estória de Copa do Mundo em 2014 e Olimpíadas em 2016. Tenho esperanças que em 10 anos, o Brasil será um país um pouco melhor para se morar.

Também saí do meu antigo emprego em Janeiro e logo consegui um outro muito bom onde tenho chances concretas de crescer e me desenvolver profissionalmente. Isso faz com que eu pense um pouco se realmente vale a pena parar tudo e recomeçar tudo de novo.

Mas uma coisa não me sai da cabeça. Apesar do desenvolvimento econômico, as iniciativas e investimentos em educação são absolutamente pífios. O que isso significa para mim é que teremos muito dinheiro em circulação, muitos investimentos serão feitos mas muito disso será desviado para financiar a corrupção. E não será um crescimento sustentado por um povo educado.

Outra coisa que não muda são os políticos. Eu não me sinto representado por esses que estão aí. Ou seja, cidadania é uma coisa inexistente. E isso não é algo que uma Copa do Mundo ou uma Olimpíada irão resolver.

Portanto, o negócio é ir embora mesmo.

Creio que terei ao menos 12 meses depois da emissão do visto e primeira entrada para tomar a decisão de imigrar ou não.

Nesse meio tempo, tenho planos de fazer uma viagem de reconhecimento com a família em Julho do ano que vem para preparar os espíritos para uma potencial mudança.

Dá um frio na barriga....

Alguém tem algo a compartilhar nesse sentido?

RBC Welcome Package

Dicas bancárias para newcomers no RBC Bank.

Most newcomers have one thing in common - questions.

Starting a new life in a new country is exciting and sometimes a bit overwhelming. We are here to help make it easier for you with the answers and advice to help you get started.

A New Fast-Track Canadian Permanent Residency Option

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A New Fast-Track Canadian Permanent Residency Option

Since 2001, the Yukon Territory has been the only Canadian Territory to have an immigrant Nominee Program in place. However, the Yukon now has company. On August 5, 2009, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada (CIMC) Minister Jason Kenney, along with his Territorial counterparts, announced the new Northwest Territories Nominee Program (NTNP). This fast-track Canadian immigration program will enable the Northwest Territories to fulfill their labour market and community needs by welcoming more immigrants to settle and work in its principal city, Yellowknife and other areas of the Territories.

Applicants can qualify under two employer-driven categories: the Skilled Worker stream and the Critical Impact Worker stream, or under two business categories: the Entrepreneur and the Self-Employed.

Skilled Workers- Under this stream, an individual can be nominated by a Northwest Territories employer who is unable to fill a vacancy with a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident. The applicant must have a full-time, permanent job offer in a Skilled, Professional or Managerial occupation, as defined in the National Occupation Classification (NOC).The applicant must also have the necessary education and training required for the position, be able to communicate in the language of the workplace, and be accepted by the territorial body governing their profession or trade, if applicable.

Critical Impact Workers- Like the Skilled Worker stream, an applicant under the Critical Impact Worker stream requires a permanent, full-time job offer from a Northwest Territories employer who has been unable to hire a Canadian citizen or permanent resident for the position. However, this job offer must be in a semi-skilled hospitality or service industry position. Applicants under this stream must have worked in the Northwest Territories on a Temporary Work Permit in that same position for at least six months. They must be able to communicate in the language of the workplace, and have the necessary work experience for the job.

Applicants under both the Skilled Worker and the Critical Impact Worker streams cannot be refugee claimants. It is important to note that employers who wish to nominate individuals under the NTNP must demonstrate that the remuneration and working conditions of the employment they are offering correspond to local and national standards.

Entrepreneur Business-Individuals who wish to start or purchase a new or existing Northwest Territories business can immigrate under this category. They must meet a personal net worth requirement and invest a minimum amount in their planned business. This amount varies depending on whether the planned business is located in Yellowknife or elsewhere in the Northwest Territories.

Self-Employed Business- Under this category, an applicant must demonstrate that they have a profession or occupation that has been listed as a skill shortage in the Northwest Territories. They must have the necessary education and training for this profession as well as satisfy the requirements of the territorial body that governs their occupation. Applicants must submit a detailed business plan for the business or practice, and show awareness of the social, economic and environmental conditions of the Northwest Territories.

Under both of the Business categories, applicants must be able to communicate in one of the official languages of the Northwest Territories.

Upon receiving a Nomination Certificate from the Northwest Territories, nominees must submit their application to federal immigration authorities for approval and issuance of Permanent Resident visas. However, applicants with Nomination Certificates are processed on a priority basis at the federal level, ensuring that they receive their visas as quickly as possible.

Immigration Canada

Link to the official Citzenship And Immigration Canada

600 Days

Como passam rápido......

NotCanada.com

Bem, já estou (estamos) nessa jornada a quase dois anos desde o application. Creio que no final deste ano ou no começo do ano que vem eu já devo receber o visto. Durante esse tempo, muita coisa aconteceu e mudou. Li bastante e refleti muito. Assim que receber o visto, terei um ano para tomar uma decisão que vai mudar a minha vida e da minha família.

Creio que o sonho de todos se divide basicamente em duas partes. A primeira é o de procurar uma nova vida, novas oportunidades e a chance de recomeçar do zero. A segunda parte desse sonho é o de deixar para trás frustrações da vida, um sistema social injusto que não premia o mérito, a violência, etc.

O Canadá é a opção natural para muitos pois está próximo dos EEUUAA com todas as suas facilidades, porém tem uma cultura mais européia, mais próxima da nossa. Não é tão cara e xenofóbica quanto a Europa.

Mas existe o outro lado (sempre existe) das pessoas que foram e quebraram a cara (e as economias). Todos os blogs que leio são de incentivo e quão bonito é o Canadá. Eu não quero rain in nobody's parade mas é sempre bom refletir com outros olhos, até para que possamos tomar decisões mais inteligentes. Segue um blog que achei na internets e que mostra um pouco desse outro lado.

Vamos lá, colocar a cabeça para pensar.

NotCanada.com

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Urban scrawl: An Indian gives up on life in Toronto

Urban scrawl: An Indian gives up on life in Toronto

Posted: May 25, 2009, 11:47 AM by Rob Roberts

By Natalie Alcoba, National Post

I met Prabhaker on an airport shuttle in south India, two years after he packed his bags in Toronto and moved back home.

He asked me where I was from, and when I told him he took out his own Canadian passport: "I lived there for five years with my family."

The bus broke down and we ended up sharing a taxi to the airport. It was a long way, plenty of time to get a taste of that quintessential immigrant experience -- the one Canadian embassies fail to mention when they welcome hopeful families from around the world.

Prabhaker, who has asked that his last name not be used in this story, was making a decent living in Hyderabad when he applied to come to Canada. He thought it could be a better place to raise a family. Cleaner. Less pollution.

He has a master's in international trade from the United States and, after an exhaustive selection process with the Canadian embassy that lasted three years, was sure he was headed to a place of opportunities when he moved his wife and two children to Toronto in 2001.

It did not turn out that way. He was 37. The job he got at the call centre was hardly enough to make ends meet, and he had to moonlight as a gas station attendant.

Things improved when he started working for a Canadian bank, but a salary shy of $40,000 meant he still had to hold two jobs.

The family lived in a small apartment by Queen and Lansdowne and eventually rented out part of a house in midtown.

He faced that familiar challenge -- you need Canadian experience to advance in our system, and you need someone to give you a chance. He found that employers were not so keen to hire an outsider.

He said the same would happen in India, where caste divisions continue to limit people's professional ascent. People are more comfortable with their own, he said.

"My vicious cycle of employment continued for another four years," Prabhaker told me later in an e-mail.

"I finally found myself at the dead end of the tunnel. While many Asians like me wait to take up citizenship and move south to U. S. A., due to my own personal choice and constraints I opted to return to India.

"Some live hoping that lives of their children will be of roses; I don't know how?"

A 2006 Statistics Canada study showed that about a third of Canadian immigrants return to their native country within 20 years, more than half of those within the first year of arriving. The report focused on men between the ages of 25 and 45 and found higher emigration rates among those who had been admitted to Canada as a skilled worker or under the business category.

Prabhaker told me in the cab, and then reiterated in his e-mail, that he believes the Canadian immigration system should first look at the status of immigrants who are already in big cities before opening its doors to more newcomers.

"What is the purpose of this three-year evaluation if all we end up is serving another cup of hot coffee in Tim Hortons or filling washing liquid in your neighbourhood gas station. How far does this money take an immigrant family?"

He referenced National Post editor at large Diane Francis who, in her book Immigration - The Economic Case, he said "illustrated beyond any doubt consequences of such careless immigration just to fill the quota of annual immigration policy."

Two years ago, Prabhaker reached out to his former employer in India and arranged for "more dignified" work as an international sales manager.

"The probability of making it big in Canada is the same as making it big here," he says.

Now he owns his own home in Hyderabad, gets to travel abroad for his job. His wife does not need to work. The move has been a good one.

"But, I miss things about Toronto." The Don Valley Parkway's display of brilliant colours in the fall. The Toronto Zoo. His long walks along the harbourfront, and the ferry ride to Centre Island.

He could hardly contain his excitement when on a recent business trip to the United States he spotted a Tim Hortons (although the small coffee he usually had turned into a medium because, well, that is what a small looks like in America). He was as addicted to Timmy's as he was to the Royal Canadian Air Farce; never missed a Friday episode.

"You're more Canadian than me!" I laughed in the cab. He laughed, too.

He spoke fondly of Jean Chrétien. They share a birthday.

There are less fond memories, too. Like the time he tried to buy something at Zellers, just as the cashier turned off her light and told him her aisle was closed. After he left he saw her turn the light back on and serve another customer.

But those experiences were few and far between, he said; he cherishes Canada. "No hard feelings. This is where we belong."

Correr Es Mi Destino

Mais um blog interessante para o blogroll: "Correr Es Mi Destino" da Zhu.

Acabei cruzando com o site dela.....na verdade não sei como. Navegando por aí, achei essa pérola e decidi colocar no site.

Ela é cidadã Francesa e decidiu imigrar para Quebéc. O nome dela é Juliette e não tem nada de Chinesa. Para saber mais sobre isso recomendo que entre no site.

Ela tem publicado uma série de posts relativos a dicas para imigração. Já foram 4 posts de uma série de 10 e vale a pena dar uma olhada.

Para quem está na espera aqui no Brasil, existem muitos blogs com dicas, mas vale a pena ver como outras pessoas de outros países enfrentam esse desafio.

Fora que o site é muito bem montado, com muitas informações além de dicas de imigração e muitas, mas muitas fotos mesmo.

Seguem alguns links:

The Two Immigration Myths (1/10)
Immigration: The Skilled Worker Category (2/10)
Immigration: The Sponsorship Category (3/10)
If You Immigrate To Quebec (4/10)

O resto, vocês acompanham no blog dela.

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