Originally Posted by
B2N2
You’re missing the point by a country mile.
Nor Canada not the US are waiting for or very welcoming to ….uneducated immigrants.
If you intend to apply for some sort of work visa or residency permit you cannot apply as “pilot”.
”Pilot” is not an immigration category nor do either country have a shortage.
If you apply as “mechanical engineer” or “registered nurse” you’ll have a much better chance.
Once you’re in and a legal resident you can change to whichever.
Again, i hate to be this blunt but your only option is to emigrate outside of EASA medical territory.
Just consider for a moment what they need and not what you want.
I very much agree, indeed it’s usually more difficult than implied in your post.
Originally Posted by
B2N2
If you apply as “mechanical engineer” or “registered nurse” you’ll have a much better chance.
Particularly for the US but even for Canada, if you just apply as a British (or EU) trained nurse or even doctor or dentist even if you have years of experience, you still won’t have much of a chance (unless you’re outstanding in your field/internationally recognised). It’s not just a matter of passing extra exams, there’s a lot more education involved as well as other steps. It’s difficult, time consuming and expensive - only the most dedicated make it happen.
I assume it’s easier for some areas of engineering but even if he gets an MEng in an area that’s in demand and he gets a first from a top British uni and his course is accredited by an engineering society/body etc - he’s still pretty worthless unless he has at least a PhD but ideally work experience as an engineer.
Originally Posted by
bakerin
Good point, I am without a degree at the moment but I don't think it's worth the 4 years and ~£40,000 for a degree that at most will help with my immigration, especially since I will not use it during my stay. Hope definitely is not the strategy, I don't really understand what you mean?
You will probably need to use your degree during your stay because you will likely need a skilled job lined up to immigrate in the first place.
I do have sympathy for your POV regarding degrees, especially since most graduates of even STEM subjects don’t end up with jobs that are particularly highly skilled or utilise knowledge from their degree. Nonetheless having real in-demand skills is important and a good degree is usually (for most people but not all) the first step in acquiring them, thus making an immigration application more likely to succeed but on it’s own a STEM degree is often not enough.
If you want to move to the US, for medicine or dentistry it’s best to just do your degree in the US or Canada on a student visa and then get a job as a doctor or dentist (it’s easy to work in either country with a degree from either country but it’s very expensive and time consuming since you need an undergrad life science degree first).
I can’t speak much for other careers but it may well be easier to do a degree in the US or Canada and then try to get a job so you can stay in the country however even if that’s feasible (definitely check) I presume it’s cost prohibitive especially due to lack of student loans.