The Influence of Immigration Consultancy Firms on Chinese Immigration to Calgary

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Byron
dc.contributor.authorKang, Erli
dc.contributor.committeememberTretter, Eliot
dc.contributor.committeememberTam, Chui-Ling
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-22T21:20:19Z
dc.date.available2016-08-22T21:20:19Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThis research examined how immigration consultancy firms (ICFs) affect immigrants’ settlement process and, why potential immigrants rely on ICFs to deal their immigration application. Data for this research were collected in Calgary through semi-structured interviews and analysis of secondary data. This research explored two main findings. Firstly, this research revealed that ICFs partially influenced potential immigrants’ selection of landing cities in Canada, with the selective information they provided to potential immigrants. Furthermore, ICFs influence secondary migration from other Canadian cities to Calgary. Secondly, ICFs broke the chain of migration networks changing the model of immigration from one that builds and expands social networks to one that breaks and replaces them. This research also analyzed the situation and political background surrounding the rise of ICFs. This exploration demonstrated that private immigration companies gradually replaces the role of social networks in immigration and their negative results such as fraud and secondary migration.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKang, E. (2016). The Influence of Immigration Consultancy Firms on Chinese Immigration to Calgary (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28210en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28210
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/3204
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectEthnic and Racial Studies
dc.subject.classificationImmigration Consultancy Firmsen_US
dc.subject.classificationImmigrationen_US
dc.titleThe Influence of Immigration Consultancy Firms on Chinese Immigration to Calgary
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineGeography
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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