Canadian Immigration and ACCA, CIMA, CFA or CMA

[Savak]

Hey Toronto boy. Yep my MBA from IBA is over now. I hope you do remember me informing you about my plans to come to Canada by Jan 2011 as i am immigrating here.

I have done some research and i came across one useful website.
http//www.guidetorulingtheworld.ca/Path/Path3_0.aspx

This basically applies to the province of Ontario and in the highest probability i am going to be based in that area.

These are their steps for becoming a CA in Canada, Ontario

1) GET A 4-YEAR, 120 CREDIT-HOUR UNIVERSITY DEGREE

2) COMPLETE A CA Accredited University Program or 17 specific courses known as the "51 credit-hour requirement"

3) GET 3 YEARS OF PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH A CA TRAINING OFFICE.

4) TAKE THE ICAO PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM

5) WRITE AND PASS THE UNIFORM EVALUATION (UFE)

Like i said, i already have a 4 year BBA under my belt and a 2 year MBA from IBA so i think the first requirement is more or less covered.

I have to somehow fulfill the second requirement. I was looking at the various CA Accredited University Program and the university has mentioned the following universities

1) University of Waterloo (Macc)

2) University of Toronto St. George (Master of Management and Professional Accounting (MMPA) Co-op offered & Bachelor of Commerce with Accounting specialization (CA Stream))

3) Wilfrid Laurier University (Honours Bachelor of Business Administration Co-op offered, Honours Bachelor of Economics and Accounting Co-op offered)

4) Brock University (Bachelor of Accounting (BAcc), Option A Co-op offered)

5) Queen's University (Bachelor of Commerce plus Advanced Accounting Program)

6) Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario

7) Schulich School of Business, York University

I am mostly aiming for master's program as they at most will take me 2 years to complete as opposed to a bachelors which will take me 4 years. GMAT has to be given.

As far as the minimum 17 courses are concerned here they are

1) Financial accounting
(introductory, intermediate and advanced) 15 credit hours

2) Cost and Management accounting 6 credit hours

3) Advanced Accounting Elective 3 credit hours

4) Auditing 9 credit hours

5) Taxation 6 credit hours

6) Business Information Systems 3 credit hours

7) Finance/Financial management 3 credit hours

8) Economics 3 credit hours

9) Law 3 credit hours

Total 51 credit hours

I am pretty sure i have done some of these courses during the course of my BBA and MBA in IBA, so i am just wondering will i get any exemptions from any universities i apply to for my masters? I have already emailed the various universities in questions and none of them have bothered to respond to me.

Anyways, any comments from you will be welcome.