Seeking Guidance on immigration to Canada

[Rohan hiwale]

Hello to all the nurses here at allnurses.com & a big thank you to administrators for organizational efforts & platform.

My story goes as I am a graduate nurse working in India & aspiring to migrate to Canada.

My process I guess, as is, is in very baby stages as I am yet to receive my passport & I have not sit IELTS exam yet.

I essentially have started homeworking my way to migration procedures & also have acquainted myself with terms like Express Entry Program, Educational Credentials Assessment (WES only), due fees at different stages, Medical Examinations etc.

In short I've a glimpse of PR process for Canada, the information for which I've primarily collected through various blogs over internet, app quora, PDF files on govt. Canada official website.

Coming to my current queries here,

1) What process I essentially need to undergo to assimilate my professional training of Nursing (B.Sc.Nursing) in India to that of Canadian Nursing Credential (Which I believe is RN or Whatsoever)?

2)What province I should be looking at if i am expecting possibly best available salary, low taxes & govt. Duties & comparably affordable living & if I plan to migrate my wife (who happens to be a nurse too) along with a 2 years old son later? (Primary motives here are permanently settling in Canada as full time working nurses for me & my wife)

3)What kind of salary should I expect for being a "New" Nurse in canada & how does it change with service duration?

4)As of now I've not shortlisted on any & many of potential requirements, mandates, changes I will have to undergo, current prospect of nursing practice in Canada & pays(Out of Lack of knowledge,too,again)--- so anyone helping me anyway, minute or vital relating to any step of the whole procedure is a highly appreciated from my side.

I'm sorry for such a huge trouble I am causing,

Looking up for due & needed help.

Thank you.

[Fiona59]

Pick a province. Do some research. Every one is different, even the climate.

Taxes? Different in every province. Some low, some high. The low tax provinces, tax you in other ways aka User Fees. You pay to access every public service, libraries, expensive swimming pools, pay for garbage pick up. My low tax province costs me $3K a year in fees than my Mum's high tax province.

Nursing jobs are mainly publicly funded. If the government decides no wage increase for three years, there you go. If the government decides to cut staffing levels, last in, first out.

[Rohan hiwale]

Thank you very much for facts.

Apart from rest, if comparably better salary package & affordable housing are two prime requirements one seeks to fulfill then personally which province would you recommend as per current financial flows ??

[Fiona59]

Affordable housing depends on the city you live in rather than the province. My house in Edmonton is worth roughly $400K, in Vancouver or Toronto, I'd be looking at over $1.3 million.

Unlike the UK, Canadian hospitals don't pay you more to live in expensive areas. I know a lot of people who are house rich and have no disposable income after taxes, mortgage, utilities, insurance, gasoline and car payments.

I would never have chosen to live in my province, but my husband's employer moved him here. I know that we would never live in Quebec due to the language laws.