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This afternoon I will be posting the news of our TRV. Passports were couriered out to us yesterday so we are waiting for a knock on the door anytime now. Once we know that we can proceed accordingly. If denied, we will start the PR process in Hong Kong. Once we submit the applications am I...

Hi again iarblue, First let me apologize for accidentally hitting the "poor' button (darn crappy mouse!). I pressed the good button right after so I hope that fixed it. Your answer takes a lot of pressure off, I do not feel uncertain about supporting my family but I do wonder what the...

I am Canadian by birth and have been living in China for over 4 years. Next month I will return to Canada to re-establish myself at home. This will be kind of a 'clean-slate' re-start, as we have only modest savings, as well as a pension fund accumulated before I left. Here is the question...

G3, I am a newbie here but I can say with some confidence that the term Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) is the replacement term for a visitor visa. In fact, a TRV can be for a visitor, a student, or a worker. This I picked up from reading the endless mass of documents on the CIC site. I...

Hey Tigg, Congratulations on your impending child! I am not an expert in this, I'm a newbie as a matter of fact, but I'm pretty sure that if you and your partner are congugal, or have been seeing each other for awhile, and particularly as you are having a child together, you can likely file...

I was asking myself the very same question as we were applying for my wife and step daughter. Never did find out but I figured since we will stay with family most of the time, I budgeted CDN1500 per month for the 3 of us to live and do stuff. There will likely be a little left over to take...

Hi folks, This may seem like a silly question, but I just checked the status of our TRVs online and the status changed, but it's a little vauge (to me only, I'm sure). It now says, "Your Passport has been sent to Operation Center from Canadian Embassy/Consulate". Nothing stated directly as to...

Hi Ian, I am not familiar with the CIC part of all this as I have not experienced police checks for my wife (yet). There is an American company who I am sure has an office in Toronto called FADV. I am not certain if they work with individuals or just companies, but they do 3rd party...

I hope one day we can be inlanders too. We are going to submit my wifes TRV app tomorrow, then we head home for me to find work again... it all goes well we will apply toward the end of the summer.

Thank you lands, we are still pouring over every word in every document tonight. Keep wondering if I am doing the right thing, or even doing the wrong thing the right way! It's going to be a long couple of weeks! I guess we will call it a night, have a glass of wine and hit the pillow...

Thanks for your continued interest CW, and yes, if this is successful I will publish the final invitation and other support documents we have attained from work and school. We are taking the bus to Guangzhou in the morning tomorrow to submit the apps, and if it goes like last year, should have...

Hi iarblue, This is precicely the way we are going to proceed, within the letter of immigration law. And we are revising all of our documents and letters to communicate that clearly. You may have missed it in previous posts, but since we live in Guangdong province, and Hellens ID is Zhuhai...

Awesome Lands... got the email from my sis and hope to have from my brothers by morning! We have also re-written the letters from Hellens work and Kellys school to emphasise "visit" within the text. I've said before, but will say it again... this forum (and those within) is incredible! Never...

Hi Lands, Based on what I have seen in other threads I don't doubt what you are saying. Today I am going to call both Guangzhou and Beijing and talk more about this issue. I believe that in our particular situation at this time, we cannot apply for PR as we are not financially set up in...

monster is pretty good, but don't forget to check eluta.ca as well. It's a wicked job board and under-rated I think.

With feedback here and additional input from other sites I have revised my invitation.... I know these are long and boring reads, but I would appreciate knowing if we are heading down a better, clearer path... Thanks! Also note that things like addresses and ID numbers have been removed from...

Yes Canadian Woman, the job and school issue are what's freaking me out this time, but we do have substantial positives such as the visa last year. Hellen owns her apartment here (outright, no mortgage) and has the ability to get another job here without difficulty. We talked to the school...

Check this out. Go to page 7.... http://www.cic.gc.ca/english//resources/manuals/op/op11-eng.pdf Thanks for making this thread, it has been very helpful!

A few weeks ago the plan was to go in and get a letter from the school and the employer stating they were in good standing and going to return. We would then go get the TRV, then Hellen would give notice at work and school. Just thinking about this had the hair on the back of my neck standing...

We live in mainland China, and when I saw that Beijing handled 20% of their cases in 2 months (for PR) I got all excited... then I read on.... Since we live in Guangdong province our case would be handled by Hong Kong. Their fasted turn-around according to the site is 8 months! Just try and...