How sad it's to know that what you have done in your life is completely worthless. You spend all your time investing in things you can't use to make your living better. Destiny's game is harsh with people like me. Now I will tell my story.
I was born in a Low-middle class family. I am the oldest of 4. I recently got 41 years of age. I have spent a lot of time preparing myself to be a great professional in my career. Always making things happen, Always looking to get better, Always in line with the code! I once told a friend of mine that I could make a lot of money here in my home town. That I didn't have the need to move to another town or even a new country to make money!
Time passed and I didn't see the need to migrate. Everything seemed to get worse every year (Actually it still is). With hard times everyday, I was looking for a better chance to make the money I needed to cover my family's needs. I am Now working more than 12 hours a day in 2 jobs. making less than 1,500.00 USD a month and spending more than that on food and health. I have a professional wife that is an independent worker. She is a dentist, and, as dentists know nothing about business, the work lacks business strategies to make more money.
I have a bigger problem now! I am over qualified for my country. I specialized in IT Audit,I recently graded as a Master in IT Audit and Security, I hold a CISA Certification and a CRISC certification too. I took COBIT 4.1 and 5 foundations tests. Have more than 15 Years of IT Experience. But what is this for? I have an undervalued job, there is no place to work with my qualifications. They all say the same: "Your profile is bigger than what we need". I decided to try and migrate to Canada 1 year ago.
It was October 2016 (just turned 40) when I started to fill the information to the express entry pool. I spent like 1,000.00 USD preparing all papers I needed to fill my profile. I didn't get the points I needed to enter the pool. Except for a Job and Age. After you get 35 years of age you start loosing points in your profile! I have received the bad News: "Profile Ineligible" I thought it was a mistake and tried again, and again... the same answer.
I truly believed that I Could get a chance in Canada with my "background"**. Not True Boy! to work in Canada I have to be there, I can't be hired from abroad! "...we got impressed with your resume! ...But You don't have a work permit and we can't provide it for you ..." or "...no sponsorship available" those are the answers I get every time I try to get a Job in USA or CANADA when I use to receive an answer!
I have moved grounds and heaven to get a chance to put my productivity at the hands of a company that could explode my potential. I have changed all negative cultural behaviors I possessed to be aligned to the Canadian experience. I learned english to prepare for when "I needed to live abroad" and what for? my over-qualifications are worthless in Canada, in the USA and in My country because in here i am feared, and there I am nothing.
One day I heard a priest say: "when God Sends you a cross, it is a cross. You won't see good life if God wants a cross for you!..." MEN! He was true! I have to carry my cross from now on... I decided today to move forward and keep the path God wants me to have. I will spend the rest of my live in an underpaid job stretching the money for it to last until next paycheck, making magic tricks to give my kid an expensive and poor education and praying for the health of my wife and my kids. I will have to go back and live the way god's will is presenting me. know that there is something good at the end of the road.
