HSMP Vs CANADIAN Immigration

[Bussie]

Am currently in UK under HSMP and also filled for my candadian immigration last year in Ghana before leaving Africa to UK. Is it advisable for me to leave UK for Canada, when the process pulls through.

[jes2jes]

What is your reason for leaving Ghana? Can that reason be achieved in Canada or the UK? I think you should wait for the process to pull through which I believe is between 36 -48 months the least.
You are better of establishing yourself in the UK for now which is what you have until you get any news from Canada.
My advise, visit Canada a couple of times and compare the places in all manner of factors and choose which is best.
It is a personal choice.
Before I made my application two years ago, I had visited Canada for about 4 times and it falls within my plans.
Hope this helps

[erin]

hi there! you can say a lot about each country, but the first thing that comes to my mind is: unlike canada, uk DO NOT grant you permanent residence from the day one after you step onto its ground. i didn't realize how much difference that really makes until i went to uk under hsmp program after getting my canadian pr card. more than that, when i applied for hsmp, i was very naive and didn't think about that at all.
apparently, the difference is huge. after 1 year of me being in the uk they changed the rules for getting the equivalent of permanent residence permit here for after 5 years of continuous stay in the country. that means: during those 5 years you will have to pay for your study as a non-uk resident. that also means that for those 5 years you won't get a normal mortgage rate. and that is british pounds we are talking about! and the worst part is - employers here are soooo clueless about immigration rules in their own country, you need to be an einstein sometimes to explain to your interviewer that hsmp already IS a work permit in their precious country.
Hope that helps.