Ever wondered how ordinary individuals make it out of their home countries to destinations like the USA, UK, Germany, Australia, and even Canada? This article is for all those persons who have heard stories of how their friends, relatives, and other persons managed to make it out of any developing or third world country to pursue a brighter future overseas. Well this is how the story goes

  1. Envisioning your move. First, you need to have a strong desire to get out of wherever you by activating your thoughts, feelings, plans, and implement your move. They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. So, you have been sitting and thinking about this move. You are on the right track and you need to explore and expand your idea by doing some research on where you would like to travel to and focus on it no matter how long it takes.
  2. Planning your move. This involves beginning to think of how you will raise funds to make your move. As usual step one is easy. However, when it comes to the second step, many kill the idea even before they can try to draft out a plan and budget. Here the principle is no pain no gain. You need to remember that everyone’s’ story is unique and different. If your friends, family, or others made it out of Africa, Asia, or whatever countries to these promising destinations easily; you must work within your own means and ability to achieve your goal.
  3. Decide on your destination. Canada has many advantages that will favor and support your move. If you chose to come to Canada as a student, you do not need to prove funds for your full education, all you need is to have the first year’s fees, accommodation, and pocket money. Choose a university that fits your pocket. It can be as low as $15,000 to as much as over $50,000 for the first year’s fees including accommodation. Get on a serious task of researching the internet and you will find Universities as cheap as Memorial University in New Founder land to expensive ones such as the University of British Columbia in BC. An average individual will sit down and wonder how to raise that amount. Well, what is the hurry? If you are in your 20’s or 30’s, begin to work towards saving for your goal. If it will take you 10 years to save, just add that to your current age. Canada admits any kind of student as long as you can prove the basic requirements. Even students of over 35 to 55 years join colleges in many cities within Canada. The secret is to make the move and get the wheels rolling.
  4. Raising funds. Many of us who want to move out simply do not have the money. Now listen, before you kill your dream, give it a chance. As mentioned above, if you are still young and have no one to sponsor you, begin to get jobs back home and work towards saving for your future goal. You might have no sponsorship and I am talking from experience. It may also be a story of watching relatives, friends, schoolmates leave your home grounds and go to the USA, UK, and Australia, etc. However, from an early age, you need to begin putting away any amount of small savings and within the span of time, you will realize the increment of your funds. Invest in some small side businesses, selling handbags, laptops, shoes, and suits from a local market and later upgraded to imported ones if possible. I begun by selling routers, IT gadgets, and did networking LANS and WANS for clients, and put in all the effort to build my savings. eventually, after almost a decade, I was ready to make my move.
  5. Reach out and make contact. There comes a time when you begin to feel relatively ready to want to move to Canada or your chosen destination. At this point, you can begin to write to educational institutions and get a feel of what the costs will entail for you to be admitted and eventually join. If your educational institution is expensive when you arrive, you can always scale down to a cheaper college. There may be study permit rules to follow when it comes to Canada, UK, US, and Australia. Getting to know how to complete your course will come down to you being in the country first and then see what options are available for you to attain and complete the educational goal. When choosing where to study, you might be interested in a country that supports you in various ways and helps you to eventually obtain a work permit, a permanent residency, and citizenship. If going to school is not part of your idea of coming to Canada, you can explore various other options that are available on the Canadian government website; cic.gc.ca. I will limit my discussion to using educational means for this article. 
  6. Financial portfolios. It is always best to have more money saved in savings accounts, investing in mutual funds, and building societies. These are funds you can declare to the embassy using financial statements that can prove that you not only have the required funds, but you also have funds in various investment portfolios. Having assets like a plot of land, valuable machinery like a vehicle and buildings will also an advantage as this can be sold to raise funds for your purposed education and you may want to submit a copy of ownership of these assets and their estimated value when making your application. The embassy of Canada does not require applicants to appear in person like some of the other popular study destinations. Therefore your final full application will be submitted via your account on the government website http://www.cic.gc.ca which gives you less nervousness of appearing in person.
  7. Support from family. Do not disregard your close family members who may own some property and have some savings in their personal accounts. Your parents can help to support your financial statement by pledging their home or land title deeds. They can also pledge their bank statements and other investments towards your university fees to assist you in getting the student visa. This does not mean that you will drain them of their hard work. If it helps to have support from family and even relatives and friends through a fund-raising campaign, you have to push the wheels and get your dream rolling. Once you came to Canada, you will find many student jobs that most often help to soften the burden of accommodation and pocket money that students initially get from their budgets.
  8. Future destination benefits. Everyone who wants to move abroad has various goals as to why they make such choices. It could be that you want the move to benefit your family at large. Perhaps you do want an environment where you can quickly capitalize on gaining more revenue than you would have attained if you were back home, in a shorter period. Whatever the reasons everyone has, you need to determine the advantages that your destination may bestow upon you directly and indirectly. Canada to mention a few offers chances for persons to later resettle permanently through various immigration channels as mentioned above like PR and citizenship. All working individuals in Canada get tax returns yearly, after filing them. Canada, unlike some countries, gives all children born within its borders automatic citizenship and their parents can stay on to take care without any stigmatization. Job wages may differ from one profession to another; however, everyone has a chance to chose which job occupation they want to take up that interests them. You need not work as a banker if a social worker’s job pays you more. Interest rates from lending institutions are pretty low and one can be a mere janitor, security guard, or cleaner, yet with stable employment and income, you can own a home through a mortgage or drive a fancy car on low pre-payments rates.

Conclusion. 

Intentionally this article is aimed at encouraging any persons who want to make a move abroad but feel stuck about how to get the will going. You must realize that even your mindset is a vessel full of energy and when you use it to focus on getting what you want, the fact is you eventually release a positive force levitating you towards your goals. Do not give up on any dream no matter how far-fetched it seems. If you believe in God’s leverage, you plan by seeking his counsel.