‘Emotionally tired, physically burnt’: Indian-hero Canadian said that pharmacy degree-holder had to do a hotel job

An Indian -origin Canadian, Krithi Vinukonda recalled the difficulties that he had to pass from India after reaching Canada, although Canada is now his home, as he got his citizenship last year. In the first person of the CBC, Vinukonda wrote that he had studied the pharmacy in India, but was to work in hotels away from where he was living. Breaking the hard weather of Canada, he kept coming for jobs in several restaurants 20 hours a week. At the same time, she was preparing for a pharmacist equivalent examination in Canada.“Once, I also dreamed of coming to Canada. But my dreams did not include twists and turning I would experience in my journey to become Canadian,” Vinukonda wrote. After completing his pharmacy degree at Acharya Nagarjuna University in India, Vinukonda reached Toronto in a study permit in 2016, completed a healthcare administration program in 2017 and then got another certificate from publicly funded institute. “It was difficult for young, educated professionals to find a job, even with my degree – so I decided to study abroad,” he decided to study, “she wrote, explaining her decision to leave India in the first place. After obtaining a Canadian degree, he received a work permit, but had to work six days a week, with three restaurants to the shift supervisor. He explained that the hotel job, as Canadian is considered a skilled work experience, qualified him for the express entry stream of immigration and in 2021, he was invited to apply for PR. In 2024, she became a Canadian citizen. “Despite ‘distinction with first class’ in India, I was unable to pass Canadian Pharmacy Equality Examinations. I was emotionally tired and burned out of the long distance physically, which was unrelated to my studies. Although I later worked as a pharmacy assistant, I could not claim to be a pharmacist in Canada, “she wrote. “Given what I had done, I want me to listen to more realistic views than people in Canada instead of immigration counseling firms in India, stating that you can earn more money a month a month a month. I felt that I can provide a luxury lifestyle for myself and my family,” she wrote.