From Working at a Bakery to Canadian Permanent Residence!

Because I wanted to build my life in Canada.
I wanted to continue the life I have now, and I couldn’t picture concretely what my life would be like after going back to Japan.

Q. Specifically, what do you like about your current life?

Maybe it’s just my current workplace, but I can express my individuality.
When I suggest something I want to do, they let me try it. I get praised a lot. Sometimes I wonder, ‘Is it okay to be this free?’, but it’s so different from my experience in Japan that I wanted to see myself go even further.

I first came on a working holiday, then asked Jinzai Canada for support with my work permit application and got a 2-year visa as a Baker. After working for 1 year on the work permit, I applied for permanent residence right away.

Six months into my working holiday, I really wanted to stay here. I didn’t want to go back to Japan like this. I went to Jinzai Canada to hear what they had to say and was told there were various requirements for applying.

One of them was full-time employment. At the time I was working 4 days a week, but the very next day my employer offered me full-time work, and I thought it was fate (laughs).

My parents let me do what I wanted, so I had no hesitation about the path to immigration, but I always miss Japan. There are times I wonder whether this path was really the right one.

Getting the work permit!! The most stressful part was until the LMO came through; I was so anxious, not knowing whether I could stay or would have to go home.

Jinzai Canada had sent all the explanatory documents to my employer, but I remember talking with my employer very nervously and very seriously to double-check things myself, looking up words in the dictionary and taking notes.

I plan to work hard in this occupation for the rest of my life, so I want to study, earn qualifications and make use of them in the future.

I want to keep taking on various challenges and continue refining my skills.

Since I was little, I’ve loved making cakes and drawing.

In Japan I had a cook’s licence (調理師免許), but I never worked with cakes, yet for some reason I really wanted to work at a bakery. When I brought my resume to Breka, I just wanted a job so badly that any position was fine, front or kitchen.

At the interview that followed, I brought homemade cookies. That’s what led to me working in the kitchen.

I think there are many ways to apply for immigration, and it will be a long process.

Which method suits you, and whether you can wait without anxiety while applying: I think asking professionals gives you a completely different sense of security! Good luck!

Breka Bakery & Cafe on Fraser
6533 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC V5X 3T4
Open 24 hours 7 days a week

Breka Bakery & Cafe Downtown
812 Bute St, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Y4
Open 24 hours 7 days a week