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I will be landing in a few weeks and will also have to come back home to Europe before the PR card arrives. It's terrifiying. What if they just decide that, because you were away for a few weeks or months, you're no longer eligible to remain in Canada? Hell...

Indeed :) Good to read something positive once in a while :)))

:))) Thanks Leon. Well, I'l just throw them my Gold visa cards to the face then :)) Sorry if I'm repeating these questions. Just found another topic regarding this issue.

I've been looking for apartments to rent in the Toronto area. I will be arriving in Canada in a few weeks time, as a landed immigrant. Will it be tough to get an apartment through a rental agency, if all your credit history is in Europe and you don't have friends or family in Canada to use as...

Thanks for the interest Leon - I've read your messages and you're a great help to the forum. Actually, I can't delay my landing any longer (I've been doing it for the past months). The visa expires on the 15h November, so I'll have to be there by then. I suppose I'll ask someone there. I only...

I hope you've managed to find out about that by now... Regarding processing times... In Europe/North Africa, which goes through the Canadian Embassy in Paris, it takes around 4 years for you to get an answer from them! From that time, things can be fast. In my case, it took more six to seven...

Same thing happened to me years ago, so I sympathise with your situation. In my case, I had to reapply all over again and wait years to get the same visa. I wish you good luck mate, whatever your decision.

Oh, weird things happen! I applied for a PR status as a skilled immigrant in 1996, and got my visa in 1997. I landed in Canada, planned to stay there, but had to return home to Lisbon due to family matters. Circumstances in life changed, I was not able to return for an entire year. In those...

Hello guys! Nice forum, and nice people. I'm also moving to Canada in a few weeks time, from Lisbon, Portugal. I'm in my 30's, worried sick about how's life going to be (getting a job, a place to stay, leave family behind, etc). I thought it would be a fantastic experience, full of things to...