Being An Immigrant Essay

It is a common saying that after birth and marriage, immigration is the most important decision of life and is undoubtedly a life changing decision. The immigrant is not only required to leave their own country and its culture but is also distanced from their society and friends. They land in a country with a completely different culture, society and often find themselves into a religious minority.

Communication becomes a major issue as the primary language of the migrants, both written and spoken, is usually at variance with the language that is used in this foreign land. Making new friends and adjustment to new social environment and its etiquette thereby becomes a challenging task for some of them. However, visa requirement nowadays ensure that the applicants seeking migration must be fluent in English, which is the most widely used language in the world. This allows them to intermingle easily in a distant land and understand their culture in a better way.

During my long practice as an immigration consultant, most of my clients have often been worried over one issue, i.e., how fast will they get a job? The simple answer is that you must not bother much about how fast you will get a job but how fast they can acquaint themselves with the cultural and social change around them. However, to get a good job the migrants need to upgrade their professional and educational qualifications, in line with the requirements of the Local labour market conditions.

Everything requires effort and time and that includes understanding and speaking the local language as also the social and work place etiquette. Many times weather conditions – either too cold or too hot – are extreme and opposite of the migrant’s homeland. Adjusting to these weather conditions can be a major problem for a handful of migrants, though most people do adjust to them within a few