- Lack of financial security in the Philippines
- No financial safety net in old age
- Limited retirement benefits in old age
- I'm scared I will be a financial liability to my family in old age
- I'm afraid I will end up feeling useless, a burden and depressed in old age
- My sister/brother/parents who are in Canada want me to apply
- Wages too low in the Philippines
- Hard to find a good paying job in the Philippines
- Can't find a decent job in-line with my education in the Philippines
- To make money for my family in the Philippines
- Don't feel they can have quality life in the Philippines
- Don't want to be a financial burden on their children in old age
- Want to let their children have their own life
- Want to give their children a quality education
- Want to give their family a quality life
- Don't feel they can afford to raise a family in the Philippines
- Want to have a family they can afford to raise
- Want to be able to buy their own car/home
- Don't like the feeling they were born to take care of their parents
- Don't want their children to feel they were born to take care of them
- Tired of working overseas and not living with their family
- Afraid their parents will bankrupt them in their old age
- Feel hopeless watching relatives and friends going broke
- Feel guilty they can't afford to take care of their own family
- I love my parents but I don't want the pressure from them and relatives for money and financial support
- Want to live in a clean environment
- Want to live in a safe country
- Want to be able to take care of myself financially in old age
- Do not want to beg for financial help, I want to help myself
How about you? What are your reasons? Why do you want to immigrate to Canada?
