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Forget Canada then, start an immigration process to the US. No reason to waste the Canadian government's time or taxpayer money if your intentions are not to stay. There's plenty of people who actually want to come to Canada to permanently reside here. I'll even help you out with a major...

Still awaiting my first cheque... Got any more theories, Alex Jones?

Actually, we all lose when a Pakistani or Indian doctor comes to Canada and rather than diagnosing and prescribing medication if needed, they instead recommend some spiritual yoga crap on Youtube that has nothing to do with medicine nor science at all. This very thing happened to me more than...

It took me a minute of skimming a search to find that post. Funny, I work in the oil/gas industry too in Calgary, and we're hiring more people. Having lived in California all but a small handful of years of my life, Socal weather is nice, but there's a reason why they constantly live under...

His post history says Calgary. I don't meet many people in Calgary like him, but I do find an old post of his rather ironic: So either this person is a troll, or probably bi-polar and goes through these instant oatmeal "love"/"hate" episodes. Anyhow, logical suggestion is to spend some time...

I sponsored an ex of mine from Greece, the US immigration system is not complicated. For a K1, K3, and IR-CR1 one did not need a lawyer to fill out the paperwork. Much like sponsoring a spouse form here, it was simple. There are loopholes, which you might confuse for being "complicated". Having...

Canada as a whole is pretty good with universities. Burlington is a city between the GTA and Hamilton so while there is a bit of industry there it's also kind of a bedroom community for the aforementioned areas -- hence why traffic is so bad on the QEW/403 heading to and from those areas during...

As an American, when I hear that there are simply more opportunities in the US, the first thing that comes to mind is they should be immediately dismissed or laughed at. The US is a nation that lives on debt and credit -- credit used for job creation is attained extremely easily, no lesson was...

Assuming your stuff is still behind, just declare it all on Goods to Follow. I would confirm with the company you're riding with they'd actually wait -- there's a difference between the wait in going through the border for visiting/returning versus immigrant services like landing. I'm more...

If what you want is hands on experience, take a drive through Edmonton and Calgary (and their suburbs), and stop by some of the other smaller towns like Medicine Hat, Red Deer, Lethbridge, if possible. Until you get experience and/or education in Canada, barring luck and perseverance, your...

There really isn't a great place for IT jobs in Canada, part of that is, like the USA, they've exported much of their IT sector. Secondly, the foreign experience/education thing will make it harder on you, so I would first suggest getting local training/education as well as start getting your...

Hound them and make them give you something that shows the date your license was first/originally issued. That's what Drivetest cares about. Your driving record (i.e. accidents/infractions) is extremely easy to get, but in cases like this it's not what they (Drivetest) are asking for.. and it...

Depends on the care you're talking about. Some offices might take cash payments (especially if you tell them your situation -- even better if it's an office family members with OHIP coverage go to), if it's just a checkup with an OB you require. If you need to go to the hospital, or need any...

The vast majority of people are just fine, which is why once overcoming the immigration hurdles, they tend to stop posting.

I've traveled for a total of maybe two or three weeks, might be another week or two by the time the end of 2014 comes along since I should be visiting California again. Anyhow, I'll likely be playing it safe and just do like 1100+ PR days (~ November/December next year). Thank you for the...

So you used time before PR and were RQ'd?

The only type of proof I was told I could have to show presence before PR was a stamp on passport, or some type of immigrant document, which I never had/needed regarding my initial visitor status from April to September 2011. Is there some other type?

Good evening fellow Canadavisa members. I will get to the point rather quickly. I entered Canada as a visitor in April 2011 and proceeded to file for a PR with my wife who was sponsoring me. Upon my entrance I had no stamp or physical proof of entry, my US passport was simply scanned. The...

Hilarious thing, Alberta is seen elsewhere, in stereotypical fashion, as a province of conservative hicks/rednecks, and likely hate immigrants, yet have far more openness to different things and are more a melting pot (not only in a social context but more importantly, in a business context)...

The difference is enormous. I went from Ontario, to people who don't like my American education and experience and in most cases refuse to recognize it, to Alberta where they practically salivate over it. It makes getting a supplementary degree at SAIT that much more appealing. Of course, I...