Living in poor countries can be depressing and hopeless. This situation is made more difficult when one’s parents are illiterate and are not able to answer basic questions like, “How do I become an economic migrant?”
I grew up poor, I grew up ill but I grew up strong because I knew how to get the information I needed and wanted. You too can make it to a rich country if you try hard enough and for long enough.
This article is a useful starting point for all young children who want to migrate for economic reasons. To begin with you need to start learning English, French or Spanish. These languages will help you get jobs. Once you have a job in one of the rich countries, your employer will help you get a visa. Without language skills you will not be able to get a job and no one will sponsor you.
For most jobs you will also need a University Education. Mathematics, Physics, chemistry and Biology will help you get a job easily. In addition to getting a job you will need to register with the professional body in the country in which you are intending to work. If you are a Nurse you will need to Register with the Board of Nurses, if you are a teacher you will need to Register with the Teacher Registering Authority. If you are a Doctor you will need to register with the Medical Board.
Since you are going to be new in a new place, it is likely that you will make more mistakes that your colleague who has trained in the country in which you are working. So it is a good idea to join a union and have professional liability insurance even if you do not need it. The reason for this is that because your pronunciation, language skills are not as good as your colleagues, you are more likely to be discriminated against.
Professional qualifications will allow you to emigrate very easily. For example there is a big demand for Nurses, Teachers, Doctors and Engineers in most of the Western World. The new field of information technology is proving to be a great success story for new immigrants from India. This opportunity is also available for immigrants from China. Remember, you must be having above average qualifications, be willing to work hard and be willing to make social and cultural adjustments or else the economic success will not mean much because you will be just as miserable as you were when you were in your native country.
Happiness is not just economic prosperity. Happiness is the product of a number of environmental, social and cultural factors combining to create a unique mixture which brings about wellness and contentedness in an individual.
In conclusion, I must state that immigration is not a difficult process if you have the language skills, the professional qualifications and are in good health. If you do not satisfy these conditions then you need to start working on them. The sooner you start the sooner you will get there.
All the legal information is available easily from the web, the employer and the diplomatic mission of the country where you want to go and work. You may even want to write to them using the traditional letter, envelope and stamp method. This method of communication is fast becoming antiquated because it is expensive, slow and tedious.
Do not pay any money to any agent to help you migrate illegally. Most of the times you will lose your hard earned money and be worse off than you were at the start of the process. It is not a worthwhile risk. It is a big risk where there is no payoff. So do not lose your or your parents hard earned money.
Good Luck with your ambition.
