Talk:Indo-Canadians
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[edit] Indian Immigration Question
There are many Indians in India, who want to immigrate to North America. To get to Canada and United States, they need to apply for immigration and pay some fees and then buy expensive airplane tickets. Indian rupee(INR) dollar is worthed very low compare to the Canadian dollar and American dollar.
Are the Indians who can pay for the immigration fees and airplane tickets to come to Canada and U.S, are rich? Is buying an airplane ticket to North America for a middle-class Indian in India like an average Canadian buying a new BMW or Mercedes in Canada? 72.140.11.75 (talk) 00:05, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- According to Standard of living in India, "In 2006, the per capita PPP-adjusted GDP for India was US$6,737." I don't know how disparity of wealth in India would affect this, but if your flight costs $1500, you're going to have trouble bringing over your family on an average annual wage of $6,737.
- "Applicants generally must provide evidence of sufficient funds for the family to travel and settle in Canada as measured against the current annual Low Income Cut-Off (LICO) published by Statistics Canada. A sum of $14,280 would satisfy LICO requirements for a family comprising of the applicant, spouse and one child. Such evidence may be furnished immediately prior to visa issuance. "
- By my reading, you need to have a job lined up in Canada, or you need to have a significant amount of assets to immigrate, flight and immigration fees aside. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 01:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
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- The cost of the an airplane ticket from India to Canada or the U.S. is way more than $1500 CDN. Don't forget that India is half a world away from North America. It would make sense that only rich Indian immigrants can come to Canada. 72.140.11.75 (talk) 02:29, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Way more than $1500 for a one way flight? You need a better travel agent. =) - TheMightyQuill (talk) 03:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
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- According to the 2008 CIA Factbook, the GDP - per capita (PPP) for India is $2,700. Other sources say it is little more than $3000. A middle-class Indian can't afford to buy an airplane ticket to North America, right? 72.140.11.75 (talk) 00:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Well, obviously some of them can. You sounds like you're trying to win a bet or something. As far as I know, the income distribution isn't like North America, where the majority of people are middle class. There are a lot of people in India (like maybe a third of the population) earning a dollar or two a day, so for the average income is 6,737 (or the GDP per capita is $3000), there are people making a lot more than that. In other words, when they say "average" here, they don't mean "most common income" but total income divided by population. Maybe someone at Standard of living in India knows more about the average salary of a middle-class Indian. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 02:57, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- According to the 2008 CIA Factbook, the GDP - per capita (PPP) for India is $2,700. Other sources say it is little more than $3000. A middle-class Indian can't afford to buy an airplane ticket to North America, right? 72.140.11.75 (talk) 00:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] what happen to the previous discussion?
Hey, there were other discussion like the Indo-Canadian history on this talk page before. What happened to them and who deleted them? Sonic99 (talk) 01:30, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
- You're right. It looks like it got left behind at Talk:Canadians of Indian descent during a botched move. Anyone know how to fix this? - TheMightyQuill (talk) 13:22, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
