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[sbali]

My landlord is of Indian descent. He immigrated to Canada in the late 90s. Wonderful gentleman. Him and his family have treated me like a family member. Never once did I face any of the bad things that I have seen people write about online. Whenever I needed anything done (getting a leak fixed or some other minor things), they always got it done instantly. Seeing any one of them (the landlord, his wife, his son, his daughter) at any time is always such a pleasure because they greet me with a warm smile and we chew the fat for a bit. Trust me, it makes a world of difference to have a nice landlord.

He had advertised his place on Kijiji and I contacted him directly the first time. I didn't have to deal with a realtor.

Attithi devo bhava

Atithi is Guest
Devo is God
Bhava is same

Every Guest is like God is the way of our life, culture and belief.

Proud to be an Indian

 

[milanbhangu]

PNP application paper based
Applied - Aug 13, 2020
AOR - Feb 23, 2021
ADR and PCC - Aug 8, 2022
Remedical - Nov 22, 2022
Medical passed - Dec 1, 2022
Awaiting ppr ????
Anyone guess how much time will it take more.

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

Thanks for the tips @GandiBaat @imransyed @RSub @MajorGrom

I haven't moved yet (moving in april) and job hunting is going like trash so far. Zero responses. "Not enough experience" for entry level roles and no eligible for internships because I'm not in university. This year is probably going to be very very rough.

I can provide US landlord references, but they're from 3-4 years ago, and not Canadian (obviously).

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

Mushy, let me tell you about what I did, and I landed in Toronto late December, one of the colder months. I wanted to keep it super thrifty but not painfully cheap like getting a bed in a hostel/house with @navinball like LLs.

For the first week, I booked the cheapest room on booking.com, for about I wanna say 70cad a night. This was important due to Jetlag and stuff. Then I got onto kijiji, started looking for rooms in the city and checked a few of them out by travelling in a bus (very very slow), I was not successful in finding a room so I spoke to the manager of the property I was in and he offered a cash deal of 55 a night. And this was a massive bedroom, size of some living rooms with a shared bathroom.

Then on Kijiji I came across some owners who instead of letting their rooms out long term, were doing it short term on day to day basis. I visited a Chinese guy's place, it was 30 a night for a private room and 35 or for a private room with private bathroom. And owner lived in the house so all that came with a functional kitchen and laundry machines. Just wanted 2-3 days worth of rent upfront and I was good to go.

My tip to you is come without family at first. Second, TTC. Third, only have airline luggage worth of stuff with you. I was mentally prepared to move a few times because finding that homely place can and probably will take time.

I'll keep this in mind, thanks. I remember you said you got a job before moving right?

 

[Rohit Chhabra]

Hey guys, this is applicable to all those who've cleared TEF/TCF or have a decent level of French.. Destination Canada (a federal govt orgn) is organising a virtual job fair in a couple of weeks for IT and hospitality sectors.

https://destinationcanadajobforumemploi2023.vfairs.com/fr

@mushymush, this might be a good starting point for finding employment..

I haven't moved yet (moving in april) and job hunting is going like trash so far. Zero responses. "Not enough experience" for entry level roles and no eligible for internships because I'm not in university. This year is probably going to be very very rough.

 

[GandiBaat]

@mushymush

 

[cansha]

My landlord is of Indian descent. He immigrated to Canada in the late 90s. Wonderful gentleman. Him and his family have treated me like a family member. Never once did I face any of the bad things that I have seen people write about online. Whenever I needed anything done (getting a leak fixed or some other minor things), they always got it done instantly. Seeing any one of them (the landlord, his wife, his son, his daughter) at any time is always such a pleasure because they greet me with a warm smile and we chew the fat for a bit. Trust me, it makes a world of difference to have a nice landlord.

He had advertised his place on Kijiji and I contacted him directly the first time. I didn't have to deal with a realtor.

Fantastic and really good to read a positive experience for a change.

 

[cansha]

Thanks for the tips @GandiBaat @imransyed @RSub @MajorGrom

I haven't moved yet (moving in april) and job hunting is going like trash so far. Zero responses. "Not enough experience" for entry level roles and no eligible for internships because I'm not in university. This year is probably going to be very very rough.

I can provide US landlord references, but they're from 3-4 years ago, and not Canadian (obviously).

When are you applying do you give your location as Canada? Do you have virtual Canada number on CV?

If your location and phone number is from USA, sometimes recruiters may not call back.

 

[ilikesnow]

PPR

 

[ilikesnow]

PPR

 

[wonderbly]

Ah, crap. We got a strong smell of onions in our pantry. Trying to figure out what to do as I don't think management will go for changing the shelving. Repainting possibly, but not the whole changing deal.

Try odor trapping fresheners. I found a few at Canadian Tire that worked for our garage (previous owner's brother had a full kitchen going in garage ). There are different types of the odour trappers - thick scented papers and scented pearls in a tub are the ones I used.

I also heard that stanless steel traps onion/garlic smells, not sure how true that is .

 

[wonderbly]

PPR

congratulations!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

@mushymush

idk what the hell Lloydminster is, but do they have jobs? xD

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

When are you applying do you give your location as Canada? Do you have virtual Canada number on CV?

If your location and phone number is from USA, sometimes recruiters may not call back.

Yeah, my location is Canada on the resume. regarding phone numbers, i don't have a virtual Canadian number (VOIPs are banned here I believe). but I usually just lie and add a +1 in front of my number to hopefully trick recruiters lol. Do Canadian recruiters actaully call? In all my years living in the US, I have only ever communicated via email or zoom/teams.

Oh and my resume also mentions that I'm a permanent resident, not sure if that's good or bad

 

[Deleted member 1006777]

Hey guys, this is applicable to all those who've cleared TEF/TCF or have a decent level of French.. Destination Canada (a federal govt orgn) is organising a virtual job fair in a couple of weeks for IT and hospitality sectors.

https://destinationcanadajobforumemploi2023.vfairs.com/fr

@mushymush, this might be a good starting point for finding employment..

Thanks for sharing this. I'll take a look, but I seriously doubt I'll take the time to translate my resume into french. Screw that. Happy to advertise french skills, but if the focus of the job is french, I'm not really interested.