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Thank you so much for the lovely words! It's been a strange rollercoaster ride of emotions that I will be so happy to step off of (hopefully soon!!!) :)

Thanks everyone for all the well wishes! We mailed our application in the day they went on strike :( (I can't even remember now what day that was) Application Received - June 20 Started Processing - July 10 Received AIP - February 17 Police check - sent with app Meds - February 11 (we thought...

We finally received AIP today!!!! :D However, I am totally taken aback in that they asked for fingerprints to be done. I’m not sure why – hubby has only ever lived in the UK and has a clean criminal history (we also have a very very straightforward application). Meds and police check have...

I'm not sure if Alberta is the same as Ontario ... but here you do not need to prove any kind of residency to exchange your licence like-for-like. Two pieces of ID, a vision test (at their office), and your US licence (as long as it is currently valid on the day you are exchanging it!!). I'd...

ps - ignore what the previous poster said about RIV regardless, RIV only determines if you need to have the paper work inspected and stamped (as I said about Canadian Tire) - some older vehicles are exempt from this, and therefore get their two stamps at the border crossing instead. There are...

I worked at a licence bureau in Ontario for 4 years, and had run into this question a lot. Unfortunately it isn't an easy thing. Technically if you are living in Canada as a perm resident, you are not allowed to drive a car you have registered in another province/state/country. If you want to...

Hi Tony, This is the exact job my father has in Canada. He got into it in a bit of a round-about way. He started working as a dispatcher (answering 911 calls), then onto computer work within the police station, and then trained as a Forensic Identification Officer only when a position became...