Adrianna TanMar 22

Canadian immigration appears less evil to me but also a heck lot more incompetent and confusing to deal with

(I’ve actually never figured out how to get a work visa to Canada and I’ve figured it out for most countries. Like even the How to Apply page is.. vague. And I’m a native English speaker with international immigration experience. I think you’re supposed to use an agent, most of the time, but I refuse. Anyway, that’s not on the cards anymore and I would die in the cold)

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/03/21/bc-uk-midwife-work-permit-denied-english-test/

U.K. midwife facing deportation from B.C. after work permit denied over English test

A Victoria-based midwife and her patients have been left in the lurch over a problem with paperwork.

CityNews Vancouver
Show threadLiminal witch 🧙‍♀️ Sarah

@skinnylatte @GreenSkyOverMe at the same time, if my father was able to naturalise there, it can't be that hard.

On the other hand Quebec gave hard time a French woman over writing one chapter of her PhD thesis in English, declaring that her French is not at the adequate level.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/quebec-overturns-decision-to-deny-french-woman-immigration-documents-over-language-issue/

Quebec overturns decision to deny French woman immigration documents over language issue

The Quebec government has overturned a decision to deny a French woman her Quebec immigration documents because a chapter of her PhD thesis was written in English.

CTVNews
Mar 22 at 6:09pmWeb
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22

@xgebi @GreenSkyOverMe maybe it was easier in the past?

Most of my friends have recent experiences of being completely dicked around

Show threadLiminal witch 🧙‍♀️ SarahMar 22
@skinnylatte @GreenSkyOverMe He naturalised after the start of pandemic, so not too long ago
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
@xgebi @GreenSkyOverMe could be different if you’re already a PR. It seems very difficult to enter from the outside now even as a tourist
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Mar 22
@skinnylatte Is a PR a work permit?
Show threadLiminal witch 🧙‍♀️ SarahMar 22
@GreenSkyOverMe @skinnylatte sort of, it's permanent residency.
Show threadGreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Mar 22
@xgebi thx!
Show threadJohn QMar 22

@skinnylatte @xgebi @GreenSkyOverMe Historically it was fairly easy to land some kind of status. Not straightforward, but easy. Recently, starting around 2017 or so, it started to become extremely easy.

But as of last year, resulting from some severe political backlash, it very suddenly became very difficult. It is so badly run that even getting rejected is a fraught process, it is a huge mess right now.