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  1. despacito2017

    March 2022 - citizenship applications

    Location: Toronto Physical Days: 1,100 Method: Online Applicants: Single Application sent: March 20, 2022 Delivered: March 20, 2022 AOR: April 19, 2022 In Progress: April 25, 2022 BG Verification Completed: October 24, 2022 Test Invite: November 3, 2022 (Window: Nov 11- Dec 1) Haven't received...
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    Personal Experience

    The best action you can possibly take while you are simultaneously applying for jobs is to "upgrade" your skills. Take a local course, even if its a subject you have decades of experience in. It might sound silly, but even having the most basic local certificate from an educational institution a...
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    Foreigner buying property in Alberta

    If you are an HSBC Premier client in your home country, they will open an account for you anywhere in the world (including Canada)
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    Has anyone here gone through an admissibility hearing?

    This is a classic example of a large bureaucracy. Nothing will probably happen until one day someone decides to act on it as the matter lands on their desk for clearing old backlogged cases.
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    Please help me to get admission in York University or University of Toronto

    You can visit the university website for details.
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    Apartment renting without credit/income

    Many of the corporate owned properties (often known as REITS) have special programs for new immigrants. You will need to call them as they don’t list it on their websites to avoid creating an impression that they have looser leasing standards for immigrants. They are more likely to accept a...
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    Qualify for CERB?

    Try contacting one of the free tax clinics in your province. Many people who can't get through to the CRA have been helped over the phone by these https://apps.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/oecv/external/prot/cli_srch_01_ld.action
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    UK Citizen with Permanent Residency in Canada - left Canada end of 2019 to return to UK - need tax help please!

    As there could be double taxation treaty matters at play and Canadian and UK tax years are very different, you might want to hire the services for an international tax consultant such as BDO, PWC, etc If you are in London, there are plenty of smaller tax consultants who are also proficient in...
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    Short-to-long term housing question

    You can get an account at USPS which will give you a real street address as opposed to a PO BOX https://www.theupsstore.ca/services/mailboxes/ Alternatively, you can contact business centres in the town you plan to live in as they may have packages where they hold and/or forward your mail to...
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    Expired PR card need SIN Card

    It seems some people chose to purposely not meet Permanent Residence obligations due to a number of inexcusable reasons and are now abusing the humanitarian criteria to get back into Canada. All these years and people purposely didn't obtain SIN numbers to dodge Canadian taxes and now expect...
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    Anybody from UAE who got G license in Ontario

    You will not be able to go directly to full G. You will have to get a G2 first then wait the necessary time period. https://www.ontario.ca/page/exchange-out-province-drivers-licence
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    Housing arrangements for senior newcomers

    While there will always be the rare exception, this is not a realistic option for most people. I am sure there is at least 1 person who lives in Detroit for the cheap housing and comes over to Canada to work on a daily basis, it’s just not feasible for the masses.
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    From USA to Canada..Need help

    A valid passport or travel document is a requirement. There is no way to bypass this requirement.
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    Help please

    Just be aware that the government takes into consideration the notion of internal asylum. The request may be rejected if the person can move to another portion of the territory of their home country and be safe. India is a massive country with 200+ million Muslims, therefore you would have to...
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    Soft Landing Questions

    The PR card should suffice
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    departure order

    Because they gave you a departure order.
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    Amount of money stated_Express Entry

    That’s perfectly fine. Should you be selected for an in person interview or an immigration officer at landing ask you for proof of funds, they will only compare it to the IRCC guidelines.
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    Amount of money stated_Express Entry

    You just need to make sure you have enough to cover the IRCC requested amounts listed in the below website. Leave that amount untouched (don’t dip below it) https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/proof-funds.html “The funds...
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    PRTQ vs Sponsorship

    As a PR card holder via the Federal Express Entry route, you would be entitled under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to move about anywhere in Canada. Filter Spain as a nationality on the below website and you can see the avg speed for applicants from Spain for various streams...
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    PRTQ vs Sponsorship

    Have you looked at the federal express entry route? https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html A friend of mine from Spain got it in less than 60 days, once you get your PR card in Canada you are free to move anywhere including...