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    Car insurance for newcomers in BC

    In my experience, when I arrived in BC I had in hand a record of my driving history in the USA which ICBC considered immediately. Insurance costs also depend on your age. In my case I paid roughly $50 per month for full insurance including comp/collision for a restored classic car. So this idea...
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    Same time frame and circumstances when my wife received her new card at the end of July. Conclusion: fill out the forms correctly with residency obligations easily proved and the service is fast.
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    Tax situation - opinion needed

    Everything else being hypothetically equal, an Internet forum is a bad place for advice on complex tax issues. A CPA with the proper qualifications could turn out way cheaper in the long run.
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    My wife applied online for her new card on July 26 and received it in the mail Aug 10. We found the online portal to be glitchy and were constantly frustrated when trying to check the status of the application. In the end it didn't matter since she received he new card with such fast service.
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    We are aware of this fact, I assure you.
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    If you mean how many days of residency, my wife has completed about 1300 days here in Canada.
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    Blindingly fast PR card renewal! Application submitted July 26, my wife's card received in mail today. Although weirdly in her account the status still says "submitted"with the View button grayed out. Well, not to worry lol
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    This was good advice. My wife's application dated July 26 finally today shows as "submitted" in her online account.
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    PR card renewal status Rejection - You have not provided us with a valid Primary Identity Document- please review Guide IMM5445

    Thank you, depenabill, for your useful analysis above. One thing I've noticed during the years I have followed people's immigration journeys (off and on) through this web site, is that a small but significant number of people seem to be looking for ways to circumvent their non-eligibility for...
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    PR card renewal status Rejection - You have not provided us with a valid Primary Identity Document- please review Guide IMM5445

    That is a weird request. The guide does not say you have to submit the pages of your passport. Especially since, in this day and age, few countries actually stamp passports. For example my wife and I have made 5 trips out of Canada since she got PR and the only stamp she received in her...
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    The application status button doesn't seem to be any better. I called IRCC and asked them if it was normal that the status does not even show as submitted, and the answer the agent gave me was, "I don't have an answer for this question."
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    PR Card Renewal Online 2024

    What is the "inspect tool"? A Google Search provides no clues. I know there is an "application status" button. Is this the same thing? Also, my wife submitted her PR renewal online a week ago but the application status feature still says: "We were not able to identify you using the information...
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    FIXED! Problem with online portal to renew residency

    My wife is trying to submit her application to renew her PR via the online portal. All is good, except... the application form will not save her answers to the questions regarding immigration History and therefore she cannot submit the package online. When she hits the back button those answers...
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    Leaving Canada Temporarily while spouse's PR (outland) is in progress Sponser being PR and sponsorship eligibility is Approved

    The experience described above speaks to randomness of the process, not to its stated procedures and protocols. As always, buyer beware :)
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    Home ties for Visitor Visa

    Include proof of your income and current bank statement. When I acquired a visitor visa for my mother in law I didn't even bother to submit her bank statement since she has no money. I did, however, submit the deed to her apartment along with proof of her miserable monthly retirement check. Was...
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    Travel History

    No, stamps in a passport are not always sufficient. Both me (the sponsor) and my wife had to provide official government immigration documents that attested to our entries and exists from the country where we had been living before she was approved for PR.
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    How long after submitting application to taking language test

    Many thanks! Sometimes it is difficult to read the bureaucratic language ... my wife is in Level 4 LINC so she should finish before she applies.
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    How long after submitting application to taking language test

    Thank you. Is there a link that shows this?
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    How long after submitting application to taking language test

    Thank you. The question is on behalf of my wife. She does not have the necessary proofs and will need to study for the English test, which is why I am wondering about the time between submitting the application and being asked to take the test.