Which Skilled Temporary Migrants Become Permanent Residents and Why?

Khoo, Siew–Ean; Hugo, Graeme; McDonald, Peter

doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00118.x

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“…The work of Balaz et al (2004) demonstrates strong links between initial temporary and eventual permanent migration, and Khoo et al (2008) look into reasons behind temporary residents' decisions to become or not become permanent residents based on a survey of skilled temporary residents in Australia. Their findings confirm Balaz and his colleagues' argument and suggest that temporary migration is linked to permanent settlement in three ways: (1) temporary migration is assumed to be a pathway to permanent migration; (2) temporary migration can facilitate permanent residence due to migrants' adaptation experiences in destination; and (3) permanent migration is a premeditated available option for the future.…”

Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

To Stay or Return: Migration Intentions of Students from People’s Republic of China in Saskatchewan, Canada

Zong

Schissel

2009

Int. Migration & Integration

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There is a growing policy concern in Canada regarding the facilitation of foreign students' transition from temporary residents to permanent residents. Interestingly, academic attention to the issue is somewhat lacking. By focusing on the Chinese undergraduate student at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, this study attempts to identify the factors which influence their migration intentions. The findings confirm the important effects of students' demographic characteristics, premove traits, Canadian experiences, parental expectations, as well as related aspiration factors. In addition, we find that female and male students are different from each other in terms of the factors that determine their intentions to stay in Canada. In light of the findings, we suggest that, in spite of gender differences, social and emotional adaptations are as critical as economic adaptation in facilitating temporary residents' intentions to stay. Furthermore, we contend that changes in immigration policy to attract foreign students to stay do motivate their immigration intention to some extent, but we also recommend that extended research needs to be done to examine the effects of most recent policy changes on foreign students' intended or actual migration.Résumé Une préoccupation en matière de politique prend de l'importance au Canada; elle porte sur la facilitation de la transition du statut des étudiants étrangers, de résidents temporaires à résidents permanents. Fait digne de remarque, cette question n'attire pas beaucoup d'attention de la part du monde académique. Cette étude tente d'identifier les facteurs qui influencent les projets de migration des étudiants asiatiques du premier cycle à la University of Saskatchewan, au Canada.Les résultats confirment le rôle important des traits démographiques des étudiants, des caractéristiques de leurs vies avant leur arrivée au Canada, de leurs expériences au Canada, des attentes de la part des parents, ainsi que des facteurs liés aux souhaits pour l'avenir. De plus, nous avons trouvé que les facteurs qui influencent le désir de rester au Canada ne sont pas les mêmes pour les étudiants que pour les étudiantes. Compte tenu des résultats, nous proposons que, malgré les différences entre les hommes et les femmes, l'adaptation sociale et émotive est aussi critique que l'adaptation économique comme facteur qui contribue à faciliter la décision des résidents temporaires de rester. Nous affirmons également que les changements apportés aux politiques en matière d'immigration pour motiver les étudiants étrangers à rester ont, dans une certaine mesure, l'impact voulu. Toutefois, nous recommandons des recherches plus poussées pour déterminer l'effet qu'ont la plupart des changements de politiques sur les intentions de migration des étudiants.

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Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

To Stay or Return: Migration Intentions of Students from People’s Republic of China in Saskatchewan, Canada

Zong

Schissel

2009

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Investments in human capital can also lead to non-economic returns (Becker 1962). Personal development, creating a professional network, gaining international experience, and better working conditions and opportunities are equally or even more important than the highest economic returns in the migration decision-making process of knowledge migrants (Guth and Gill 2008;Harvey 2011, Khoo, Hugo, andMcDonald 2008). These reasons account for the temporary rather than permanent, circular rather than unidirectional nature of high-skilled migration (Koser and Salt 1997).…”

Section: High-skilled Migration: Concepts and Definitionsmentioning

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A Life Course Approach to High-skilled Migration: Lived Experiences of Indians in the Netherlands

Kõu¹,

Wissen²,

Dijk³

et al. 2015

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This article presents a framework which applies life course approach to high-skilled migration. By using the lens of the life course, migration behaviour is viewed not only in response to labour market triggers, but also in relation to other life domains such as education, employment and household. The data presented in this article is drawn from 22 in-depth interviews and visualisations of parallel careers. The results illustrate how highly skilled Indian migrants in the Netherlands shape their life course, and highlight the parallel careers that structure their migration trajectories.Parents, spouse and social networks inform the life course decisions of these migrants through the linked lives mechanism to a large extent. Our findings challenge the notion of 'trailing wives' and suggest that, despite of gender differences in the life course patterns, the joining spouses play an active role in the family migration decisions of the highly skilled. Life course approach enables us to understand the migration process through the lives of the highly skilled and reveals how -the often culturally conditioned -life course interdependencies frame their migration decisions.

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“…For example, in Canada there are a number of schemes for the less skilled but none, except the Live-In Caregiver Programme (LCP), permit access to settlement. However, where the temporary schemes are for skilled workers there may be access to permanent status as in Australia (Khoo et al 2008). 8 In some countries, such as Australia, many of these conversions to permanent status are by students.…”

Section: Migration Regimes and Changing Trendsmentioning

confidence: 97%