This is Part 1 of Unsettling, a series from CBC Calgary on the complexities surrounding immigration in Canada.
For three years, Jyoti has been trying to immigrate to Calgary from her home in the city of Gurgaon, just outside New Delhi, India.
Her brother once went to school in Canada and she has family, her mom’s cousin, in Calgary.
“It looks beautiful, it’s serene, the life is good, you get good jobs,” Jyoti said.
“There’s not a lot of hassle about everything. So that’s been an image in my mind as well.”
CBC News is not using Jyoti’s last name because she is worried
