The category of Farm Owners/Operators of the Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program is meant for those foreign nationals who hold experience in farming, along have sufficient fund to make investment in a farming operation or purchase a firm in the province of Saskatchewan. This category also includes a stream called Young Farmer which facilitates international young farmers and families to establish their lives and farming operations in Saskatchewan.

Below are few of the eligibility criteria for the Farm Owners/Operators category:

• Applicants must have a net worth of 500,000 Canadian Dollars.
• Applicants must supply signed agreement confirming the purchase a farm operation or land to start a new operation.
• Applicants must deposit a refundable good faith cash of 75,000 Canadian Dollars.
• Applicants must visit Saskatchewan for minimum of five working days and meet with an SINP representative.
• Applicants must make the visit within 2-3 years period before signing an agreement to purchase an operation.
• Applicants must provide documentation, including educational qualifications; experience; training; financial documents from their previous businesses.
• Applicants must also demonstrate that they have proper knowledge of farm operations.

For more information about the Farm Owners/Operators category of the SINP, contact an Immigration and visa Consultant!

In order to able to be eligible for this stream, applicants must possess a written declaration from a family member or a close relative who lives in Manitoba. Besides, the applicants must also meet the following criteria:

• The minimum age limit of the applicant must be 21 and maximum being 49.
• The applicant must possess at least 1 year of post-secondary degree. Else he/she should have a training program, thereafter obtained a diploma/degree/ certificate.
• The applicant must possess 2 years of minimum work experience over the recent 5 years.
• The applicant must possess proficiency in language skills so that he/she could be employed in Manitoba.

Apart, applicants are also needed to demonstrate the following in order to be able apply for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program Family Support which falls under the Priority Assessment Stream:

• An applicant must have a close relative or family member who is well settled and a resident of the province of Manitoba. Also, the relative must be able/willing support the applicant’s settlement in Manitoba.
• The applicant must fulfill the minimum prerequisites, such as age, work experience, education, and language skills.
• The applicant can convince the MPNP about his/her intention, as well as ability to settle in the province through-
  His/her connection to the province, such as the relative’s settlement assistance.
  Any license or certificate that supports his/her training/work experience in the occupation that he/she intending to take up in Manitoba.
  Minimum funds he/she has to support settlement in Manitoba.

For more information on the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, contact an Immigration and visa consultant!

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The industry of “Travel and Leisure” is a vast industry. Applicants who are linked with the industry and are intending to make a mark in Quebec have excellent options to have a successful career in the province.

The options are many! Be it occupations available in Amusement Parks, Bands, Orchestras or Media industry, Bowling Centers, Hotels and Motels, Fitness Centers or Sports Club, Tour Operators, Travel Agencies, or no matter what, the industry is decked with unlimited options to chose from!

As the industry is vast, plenty of small and big jobs are available for you, depending upon your qualification, experience and interest level.

For instance, those linked with the profession of Travel and Ticketing can make it big in Quebec, knowing that there are ace travel agencies like Voyages Solange Goulet Inc and Cruise Holidays Of Quebec Inc.

Some of the companies linked with Travel and Leisure are Parc Montmigny; Boul-O-Drome; Distribution Galaxie; and Enterprises Mc Do Inc, Les; to name a few. The options are endless, so it is impossible to mark all the firms here. For more details on the same, contact www.abhinav.com and know your chances of making a successful career in Quebec.

Overseas entrepreneurs are eligible to immigrate to any city in British Columbia under any of the categories of the BC PNP’s Business Immigration. The Business Immigration has three categories-

1. Business Skills;
2. Regional Business; and
3. Strategic Projects.

Following are the requirements set by the Provincial Nominee Program of British Columbia for the applicants who wish to apply for immigration under the Regional Business:

• An applicant must invest personally a minimum amount of $200,000 (Canadian dollar) in order to set up the qualified business anywhere in British Columbia, but outside of the Metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Abbotsford.
• The applicant must own one-third of the business’ equity.
• The applicant must possess minimum net worth of $400,000 (Canadian dollar).
• The applicant must have plans to generate at least one new job for a Canadian citizen/PR.
• The applicant must possess the skills and necessary experience required to operate a commercially practicable business in British Columbia.
• The applicant must participate in the daily management of the business.
• The applicant must sign an agreement of performance with the Canadian province.
• The applicant must also come into agreement with the province for an agreement of deposit. However, this is applicable when an applicant wishes for immediate nomination to be PR in Canada.

It should also be kept in mind that applications can also be refused under certain circumstances, such as:

• If an applicant has an asylum claim in Canada that is still unresolved.
• If he/she is in Canada unlawfully.
• If he/she faces deportation order in Canada
• If he/she is being prohibited from entering Canada

To know more, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

The nominee applicants who wish to apply under Business Skills category of the BC PNP Business Immigration are needed to meet the following requirements:

• They must have a workable business proposal.
• They must make a personal investment of at least $400,000 (Canadian Dollar) to establish an eligible business in British Columbia.
• They must also have plans to create at least three new jobs in the business for Canadian citizens/permanent residents.
• They must have at least one-third of the business’ equity.
• They must provide active and on-going participation in the day to day management and direction of the proposed business.
• They must possess at least $800,000 (Canadian Dollar) of personal net worth.
• They must demonstrate that they have the required skills, experience, all other abilities, as well as an active on-going role in the management of the business.
• They must come into an agreement regarding performance with British Columbia.
• In case, if applicants are a fast-track nomination through the BC PNP, they must also come into a deposit agreement with the province. If one opts for this option to obtain PR in British Columbia, he/she needs to deposit a refundable amount of CAD $125,000.

Applications for Business Skills category under the BC PNP Business Immigration can get refused in certain circumstances. A few of them are:

• If the applicants face a unresolved asylum claim in Canada.
• If applicants are in Canada unlawfully.
• If applicants are facing deportation order in Canada.
• If applicants are facing ban from entering Canada.

There are other obligations attached to the Business Skills category. To know more about the scheme, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

After seeing the pathetic performance of Indian Test team in the ongoing India-Sri Lanka Test Series, I can only shout out to myself: Where are the bowlers.”? I mean look at the piles and piles of runs which the Sri Lankan batsmen are making constantly and Indian bowlers are only looking like players of any school team who have left no stone unturned in giving liberties, one after the other, to the Sri Lankan batsmen.

Is this what we call Number One Test Team in the world? A team which allows the opposition to make 600+ runs in so many innings; gets follow-on and manages to save its nose in the second test match by drawing the result by a narrow margin! And mind you, the third test match is not at all looking very promising as well as the performance of Indian bowlers are concerned (Although Pragyan Ojha is looking promising).

The overall performance of the Indian bowlers in the series so far has made the whole experience of viewing this series extremely disappointing! Injuries to ace bowlers Sreesanth as well as Zaheer Khan have only cleared this view that the current bowling squad is nothing without them! The experience and killer instinct which they bring on the field is what is lacking in the ongoing test series! As a result – the Indians are hardly getting any wickets!

It is clearly visible through the body language of the bowlers succeeded by Ishant Sharma that they not only lack self confidence and experience, but their own belief over their abilities has lost somewhere in the mud! The spin squad has some experience when we talk about Bhajji and Pragyan Ojha, but I am not able to understand as to why these individuals are looking like bowling machines more than the real spin kings?

Somewhere or the other, I would blame the BCCI for this situation in which the current Indian team has landed into the condition! Blame it on the power-centric tactics, or the politics to choose players from one’s state or the extremely tiring schedule which leaves these cricketers with no choice but to succumb themselves to injuries and more injuries!

It’s high time, Dhoni’s men learn to calm themselves and come down from the high – a high which has been created after tagging them as Number 1 team!

Under the Business Immigrants Stream, The British Columbia Nominee Program allows foreign entrepreneurs with experience who intend to invest in a BC business and participate in actively in the management of the business to immigrate and later become permanent residents of Canada. The BC PNP nominates individuals, first, who have the capabilities to settle themselves in the province; and secondly, they should be actively  managing a business which will benefit the province’s economy. The stream has three categories-

1. Business skills
2. Regional Business and
3. Strategic Projects

All three categories have different requirements that the BC PNP expects applicants to meet those in respect of the applicant’s personal finance; the amount of investment; region within British Columbia, as well as the number of local workers in the proposed business. Alongside, the applicants must also meet the following criteria under each category:

• The proposed business’ main objective should be profit earning from active income that comes from the supply of the business’ services and products.

• The proposed business should be contributing to the economy of the British Columbia through either of the following:
  • Boosting the exports of its services or products;
  • Increasing various activities like value-added manufacturing or processing;
  • Boosting technology commercialization
  • Boosting its research and development
  • Implementing advanced approaches to traditional businesses;
  • Providing services to an unlikely regional market; or
  • Serving British Columbia with technology and skills

To know more about the BC PNP Business Immigrants Stream, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

ANZSCO is the list of occupation which is in high demand in Australia. Registered Nurse (Critical and Emergency) is one of the occupations present on the list, hence those qualifying for the same have a great chance of exploring various job opportunities which the land of Kangaroos have to offer. The occupation is present on both Schedule 3 and Schedule 4, which means that the applicant can apply in either of the two, provided he qualifies for the same.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• The tasks include providing nursing care to the patients who are critically ill and those who have unstable conditions after undergoing a surgery or injury.
• In addition, the tasks include taking care of patients who are in their acute phase of illness
• The applicant needs to integrate new technologies in the overall treatment of the patient, which may include intensive care units and other retrieval services, to name a few.
• Registration or licensing is required.

Qualification

• Bachelor Degree or higher qualification is the minimum qualification needed for the same.
• Some employers may ask for at least five years of relevant experience to substitute for the formal qualification required.
• Some firms ask for relevant experience and/or on-job-training in addition to the formal qualification.

Mail at ajay@abhinav.com and know more about your chances of qualifying for the occupation.

Australia is one of the prosperous nations in the world which invites many foreign skilled migrant to come and work in the nation. The main reason behind this being that the nation is short of skilled labor in certain occupations. To cater to this, the Government of Australia has come about with the ANZSCO list which caters to all the occupations which are in-demand for foreign professionals.

The ANZSCO list contains two lists known as Schedule 3 and Schedule 4. For any foreigner to live and work in Australia, he has to ensure that his profession falls in either of the two categories. For those applicants with occupations falling in Schedule 3 have to apply through the General Skilled Migrant program. Here, the applicant has to score a minimum of 120 points. The Schedule 4 occupations have to be applied for via the Sponsored (State Nomination/Blood Relation) or under Regional Programs with 100 points. Since the occupation of Geotechnical Engineer falls in both Schedule 3 and Schedule 4, the applicant has an option to apply for immigration through any of the programs.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Deciding on the methods for construction, standards pertaining to quality and the materials, outlining and interpretation of specifications, plans, drawings and procedures.
• Estimating the costs by examining the architectural and engineering drawings and specifications which would be tools for the budgetary controls.
• Collecting samples of soil and rock from different depths and testing them for strength and compressibility and other factors which tend to impact the behavior of soil and rock.
• Analyzing the pattern for the present and the future travel flow considering the increase in population and the change in needs.
• Studying the static and dynamic loads in structural systems.

Apart from the above, there are additional responsibilities which the professional would be expected to perform.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or higher education.
• In some cases, both qualification as well as relevant experience is required to qualify for the same.
• On the job training might be required in specific cases.

If you are a geotechnical engineer intending to immigrate to Australia for better opportunities, write to us at ajay@abhinav.com to know more on the same.

Ever imagined what the world would be like without our favorite chocolates and ice creams? Or how it would have been if life continued to be the way it was when humans first stepped on Earth? Quite an intriguing thought! This is especially true for all the boom babies who have always known and lived life in warmth and comfort.

It is commonly said that a generation gap walks in every decade but now this process is much faster with change seeping in every five years. This is definitely a form of evolution…with one instance being the youth changing their gadgets like clothes, the disposable income rising and so on.

Evolution is commonly defined as the change in the traits that are inherited from the ancestors in a given population inhabited in an environment. This term is commonly defined genetically. However, there is another aspect attached to evolution which we experience in our daily life. Social Evolution or rather the Sociocultural Evolution can define the above aspect more clearly. This is largely affected by the development of automation and technology which has eased our lives over centuries.

Being a young working professional in my twenties, it would be too early for me to say that I have witnessed the phenomena of evolution. Yet there are aspects which I noticed which in a way can be considered as a part of the evolution which would soon come about. While reading an article I came across a statement made by Suneet Singh Tuli (CEO, Datawind) who said that to bring 30 million landline phones in India took about 100 years. Whereas, 600 million mobile phones were introduced just in a span of 10 years! Now, how about imagining India with the same number of computers with an Internet connection?

Coming back to reality, India has less than ten million computers with an Internet connection. Since it took only 10 years to bring about a revolution in the use of communication devices, this should be much faster. This would only be possible if the products and services are made available at a very affordable price which could be catered to by the masses.

Here, it is important to look at the larger picture aiming at a long term perspective rather than the initial profits and gains. For this to happen, the product manufacturers as well as the service providers need to have that vision where India becomes one of the leading players in the global market when it comes to Internet.

Now let’s say that they see an India connected throughout but how to go about making this a reality? Poverty is one of the major evils which are not something that can be removed in a day or two. So, people cannot afford a brand new PC at regular prices and pay extra bucks for an Internet subscription. More so, keeping the urban masses aside, there might be hardly a handful who would be computer literate. This clearly means educating the masses which should be involved in the business model prior to its implementation.

On the other hand, the masses that we are talking about are not someone accustomed to the urban way of living and accepting things. These people have been following their age old customs and traditions for centuries together. So, change is not something which is common here. Thus, the first and most important hurdle is to convince these people to let urbanites enter their villages and teach. Gaining their trust is vital for them to take time to attend lessons being conducted by those who believe in development.

At the same time, the focus has to be “Local and not Global”. After all, what use would be the knowledge of stocks and shares in a place which survives on agriculture and other cottage industries? It is important to remember that it is a big step for these people to accept change and let technology walk into their lives. So, it is not at the grass root level but rather at a cognizant level that change is being brought about. In other words, it is the evolution of mind, thoughts and perspectives which is the main objective here.

Once the rural masses learn to embrace technology, providing them with the same is another issue of concern. Here, providing them with low cost computer systems and enabling these systems with free internet services would definitely strike gold to make a start. Not to forget, it is the “Aam Aadmi” that we are talking about!

If looked into the past, the reason behind the success of mobile phones was low cost devices with cheaper services which enhanced connectivity through out the nation. So, whether or not chocolates or ice creams continue to exist in our lives, sociocultural evolution is something which would take place thanks to this advent of technology. Because time changes everything!