If you are planning to move to Canada during the Pandemic and are not sure whether you should be making this big move at this moment, then here are some key factors that you need to consider.
The most important one is the fact that is it even allowed for you to be moving to Canada right now. If your Designated Learning Institute (DLI) is not included in the list that you will find on the website – Canada.ca, you cannot travel to Canada to study at this time. If you try to travel to Canada when your DLI is not included, you may not be allowed to board your flight or you may be turned away at the port of entry.
Another factor in moving to Canada that you should consider would be finding part-time jobs which would not be easy in a pandemic as everything is closed except for essential services and even if your DLI is in the essential list, please keep in mind the fact that you might not end up getting a part-time job.
Moving away from home is hard as it is and on top of that if low and behold your test for COVID-19 comes to positive at any point. I know a friend who moved to Canada a couple of months back and his test was negative after he quarantined but a few days later, he started to feel sick. Once he took the test again, it was positive, and he had no place to quarantine. Thankfully, if you can’t quarantine on your own, the government takes care of it for you and you can let the officials know that you need a place to quarantine and they take you to a hotel and the stay of quarantine is paid for. Having said that, this whole experience is just not worth having.
Now comes the part of taking online classes in India which I really do not see the point of. Yes, you would be saving your money of GIC and the expense of living abroad but you would also be gaining no experience and still be paying very heavy tuition fees that too for studies that you can easily access online for free.
For me personally, the whole idea of studying abroad is the experience of it all. I would recommend waiting till we have the vaccine to move abroad to study, but you can do what feels right to you! Make sure to go through all the information online that you can find on the website Canada.ca about making this move and then take your decision.
