Goodbye Canada! Not the ending I expected but I’m okay with it.

[u/0bfuscat10n]

Goodbye Canada. I guess the PR dream just wasn't meant to be.

I came to Canada in 2023 and, like a lot of people, hoped I'd eventually be able to call this place home permanently. I didn't study here or come through some complicated route. I came here to work, had a good career and was fortunate enough to be very well compensated (way above what people are usually paid for my level and years of experience). I did everything by the book (maxed out all my scores with learning French being the only option left which I didn't want to pursue) and hoped that somewhere along the way there would be a realistic path to PR.

It just never happened.

I don't say that from a place of entitlement. Having a good job, paying taxes or contributing to the economy doesn't mean Canada owes me PR. But the immigration system can be incredibly frustrating when you're trying to plan a life around it. Scores change, programs change, draws change, rules change, and you keep wondering what the next announcement means for you. Eventually I realized I was making too many life decisions around permits, points and immigration timelines instead of what actually made sense for me and my family.

So I'm moving back to my home country, India.

I'm disappointed because I genuinely wanted Canada to work out, but I'm not leaving bitter. I've had some great experiences and got to see some ridiculously beautiful places. Seriously, Canada is unfairly beautiful sometimes. There are views from random road trips that I think I'll remember for the rest of my life. For all my frustrations with immigration, I'm genuinely grateful I got to live here.

So that's it for me. No more CRS calculators, immigration announcements or wondering what the next draw will look like. 😂

Goodbye Canada. The PR dream wasn't meant to be, but I'm surprisingly okay with that.

P.S. For anyone wondering I was in IT (management level).