Should I study abroad or immigrate first?

Many parents will have misunderstandings when choosing to immigrate or study abroad. Next, two specific cases will be used to answer your confusion.

Case 1:

Ms. Liu wants to immigrate to Australia for her 27-year-old son, who is studying for a master's degree in Australia. Her son completed high school and college in the United States 89 years ago. When he graduated, he found that it was difficult to apply for skilled immigration, so he went to Australia to further his studies. However, because his academic performance was average, it was impossible to pass the skilled immigration application. So now Ms. Liu wants to see if she can bring her children with her by immigrating by herself.

It is understood that her husband has been running a large enterprise for more than 30 years and meets the basic requirements for 188 investment immigration. Unfortunately, since November 19, 2016, Australia has introduced a new adopter policy that restricts children older than 23 years from applying for immigration with their parents.

Case 2:

Mr. Zhang once consulted on investment immigration. His company was in the category of business genius at that time. The company itself was in pretty good condition, but it was opposed by his son. The reason is that his son feels that he can rely on his own skills to immigrate and stay in Australia.

But in the first half of 2016, Mr. Zhang approached the agency again and told about the tortuous process. It turned out that his son found out in 2014 that he could not become a skilled immigrant and did not pass the IELTS test, so he sought opportunities for employer sponsorship. As a result, I was deceived by a local immigration agent and spent 1 million Australian dollars to buy a house in Queensland. As a result, I lost money when buying the house, and even half of the employer's guarantee was cancelled.

At the beginning of 2016, his son applied to study abroad for a master's degree in Australia, and then decided to stay in Australia. He wanted Mr. Zhang to apply for an Australian green card for him, but at this time, Mr. Zhang’s company had been sold and he could only apply for the 188C major investor category for his children alone (an investment of 5 million Australian dollars is equivalent to 26 million yuan to purchase Australian local risk financial products for 4 years).

From the above two cases, we can easily see that the main problem is that neither family made a long-term plan when their children went abroad, and they listened too much to the children's own ideas. Therefore, as a parent, when you decide to send your child abroad, you should think about various possibilities in the future. If your conditions and abilities permit, pave a way for your child in advance so that he and his family can Take control of the future in advance. If the above two parents had planned earlier, the result would not be what it is now.

How should we plan at this stage?

First of all, if students want to stay in the United States, they must be good enough. The United States is a place where global elites gather, even if the domestic focus is Kids in high school don’t necessarily have a competitive edge either. Generally speaking, only those students majoring in computer science, mathematics, etc. from top universities will have employers willing to give you a job offer.

Secondly, students must apply for OPT (similar to an internship visa) before graduation. The OPT visa stipulates that they must find a job within three months. If they cannot find a job within three months, they will be required to apply for a job upon expiration. Leave the United States.

Then, during the OPT period, only a small number of employers are willing to hire and are willing to help students sponsor H1-B work visas;

Finally, students need to be very lucky, because There are strict quotas for the issuance of work visas in the United States, and whether you can get one depends on luck.

In reality, not many international students can find jobs abroad. Many large companies will clearly indicate that they only recruit local students when recruiting in schools. The same situation applies to those who want to immigrate to the UK, Germany or Australia to study abroad. Students who have really studied abroad will know that all of them returned to China in 1996. If you want to obtain status through studying abroad, you must have excellent academic performance and ability. Among the remaining people, 2 of them are children whose parents had planned early and already have immigration status.

In this case, you can only decide on the direction of immigration as early as possible and plan the path before your children study abroad. This can effectively prevent your children and you from taking detours and losing time and cost.