Immigrating from the Philippines

Question

Dear Moderator:
I am presently residing and working here at the Philippines. When I learned about your site I got interested to study your Live In Caregiver program but how can I go about it. My common-law husband's sister and her family is now based in Edmonton for almost two years now as Immigrants. Can she help me to sponsor the said program? If not, what the other options I can take to enroll in your program if I'm here in the Philippines? Do you have a required age? I am already 42 years old, physically and mentally fit.
Thank you and your response will be highly appreciated.
BECK

Answer 1

Dear BECK
Sorry for the delay in responding to your question. I have not been taking very good care of my forum lately but I will change that as of now.
Unfortunately, the reality is that it is very difficult to get a Visa in the Philippines allowing you to come to Canada and it turns out that there is not much I can do to help with that. I had hoped that the Embassy would be willing to issue student visas to study at my school because it is both government certified and recognized. However, in countries such as the Philippines where it is difficult to get a visa anyway, they (Canadian Embassy officials) generally have refused applications for student visas to study caregiving in Canada because they say the student is not able to prove that he/she intends to return home at the end of the study period and that is a prerequisite of having a student visa issued.
If you are able to get a visitor's visa to visit your family then it becomes possible because it is legal to study on a tourist visa for up to six months so, with care, my training program can be completed on a visitor's visa. The rest of the process flows out of that and I can help with all the steps.
Please contact me personally if you have other questions at my email address: shirley@tlc-edmonton.com