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Long story short, I moved completely to Canada on April 5th, 2024 and need to register my business with the CRA to start collecting GST. There's the business registration online thing and the first thing it asks is for your SIN. I enter that and then get this error message: "Error—ERR.210 We...

I'm self employed in the UK and got an SE PR visa for Canada. In the UK you don't have to "register" any differently as a sole trader if you add extra words after your name (and the equivalent of GST comes into effect at around earnings of 60K) so things are quite different in Canada. In...

if i was shipping a mixing desk then i'd defo expect to be paying duty on that sucker! thanks for the clarification. i feel a bit more relaxed about getting these bits in with me now.

Much obliged, thank you. I did think it was more about industrial tools and big ticket items that are work related. I'm bringing in some audio connectors/converters, a zoom recorder, an airport express, 5 port network switch and a streamdeck. I can't imagine that they'd be too arsed about that...

Howdy chaps and chappettes. I'm finally moving to Toronto on April 5th and I'm compiling my goods accompanying list (it will be very short. The goods to follow list is a blank sheet of paper! ) and, as I was perusing various sources for information on how best to comile this list I saw mention...

Howdy chaps and chapettes. Been a while since I posted but I'm finally moving on April 5th so tying up loose ends and gathering the last bits of information I'm going to need. I'm landing in Toront and I know that OHIP no longer has a waiting period, you can apply and get it almost immediately...

Should be fairly soon then, i applied in late 2019 and got the nod in FEB 22 so 2 and bit years seems reasonable based on their interest in processing self employed apps.

That is a very good question, not sure I can answer it though. The whole process took so long that I simply stopped focusing on the time taken/time left and just got on with my life in the meantime. Occassional messages and emails would come out the blue which was always a nice, "oh, yeah...

Just wondering if anyone on here works in live events or corporate AV? It's my industry and I was hoping to pick someone's brains about how it works in CA... Hope to hear from someone...

This is not normal. An AOR is the visa application intake office saying they've received your application. It shouldn't take a year for them to say, "Thank you, the mailman came the other day and we've got your application". You need to chase this up as soon as possible, it may have been...

PR Card received. Now I just need to sell or trash all my stuff and book a flight!

Everything is finalised for me now. My PR card is winging it's way to me via a friend in Alberta (you need a Canadian address to receive it first). The covid farce definitely slowed everything down for everyone across all immigration streams as far as I could tell. I would definitely contact...

Their decision on your COPR is made before you arrive, yes. If your circumstances change in a major way and you're granted COPR based on previous circumstances and they discover the change and you've not mentioned it then they can refuse you COPR or revoke it and bar you from admission to Canada...

It was a combination of things; most importantly my brother lives out there and is in a medical facility and I want to be on the same continent as him so I can be there for him. Went over there back in 04 for his wedding, really loved the people, the environment and the pace of life. The UK has...

Definitely update them with any changes to your situation or circumstances, if you rock up to the border in a different job or married to someone completely different they will not be very happy...