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Thanks bluesky19. Just to clarify, we intend to enter Canada and spend a week or so in Alberta and then return to USA. I am not sure whether this one week stay would be viewed as initiation of my settlement or just taking care of landing formalities. Even if I manage to get the PR card mailed to...

Hello All, My wife and I just got the permanent residency visa and COPR documents from CPC-Ottawa and they have given us the beginning of May as deadline to land in Canada. We plan to initially go to Canada and take care of the landing formalities and then later immigrate but still not decided...

I have been nominated for immigration to Canada by Alberta province. However long back I had applied for immigration and my application was approved but could not immigrate within the 3 year in 5 year allowable period. I have already taken steps to relinquish my previous status so that I can...

BACKGROUND: My PR card has expired and have not met the 2 out of 5 years residency requirement (stayed only few days in Canada in 5 years and was mainly in US). I could not immigrate due to work related reasons and also got married later, so my wife's employment and sponsorship also needed to be...

I am planning to send fingerprint cards for both my spouse and me with cahiers check for $36 ($18x2) in one package. Would this be OK? While mailing the fingerprint cards to FBI after taking fingerprints on them should I also include self-addressed envelope? In the FBI form under the "return...

Thank you Leon. You are a great help.

Thank you welcomehome for your post on relinquishing process. I am also in similar situation and lost my PR status, but now i intend to apply again and need to relinquish my previous PR status. Which consulate did you go to relinquish? Did they keep your old PR card? Also, based on your post it...

Leon, i did as you suggested. i contacted many consulates and got various responses. One of the response also suggested me to apply for a travel document but said that there is no established way of relinquishing PR status. I got my provincial nomination recently and am in the process of...

I had applied for AINP in mid-2009. After applying in 2009 my status changed from h1 (2.5 years on 1st H1) to h4 and now back to h1 just a few months back. There is no change to my NOC in both the H1's and my NOC falls in the Alberta occupation shortage list. Just a little confused on the...

Hello Leon. Thank you.

Thank you once again Leon, your advise is great. Do you have an estimate on how long it take to process a travel document application? Do you think it would OK if I wait and apply for travel document once PNP says that I am nominated and transfering file to CIC? I feel reluctant to close the...

Hello Leon, Thank you for the detailed explanation. Even lawyers used to tell me that if I cannot meet the 2 year in 5 year stay requirement I need to reapply. No one told me anything about revoking previous PR status before reapplying. I just came to know of this fact that I am considered PR...

I was granted permanent residency to Canada in 2004. However I could not maintain my PR status as I could not stay in Canada for 2 years in 5 year period because of work and personal reasons that may not meet humanitarian grounds. My Permanent Residency card expired on during end of 2010. Now...

I applied for my AINP immigration in 2009 under the H1-B category as a skilled applicant. I had more than 1 year work experience then. While AINP application in process, i got layoff in 2010 and had to change my status to h4. Again I managed to get a job in same skilled category as what i...

Congratulations thebestpt. Really great to know that you applied in October'09 and got file number and document request. It is encouraging to rest of us too, although I applied in Mid-2009 and still not received file number. If you don't mind can you share your NOC?

Hello emceemouli. Did you apply in Aug08 or Aug 09 to AINP? I have applied to AINP Aug' 09 but no file number so far. AINP looks very unpredictable and slow too, you can read comments by people who are frustrated with the AINP process in many forums. AINP just closed all IT skills without...

Hello albertaorbust, Do you mean that CIC found out that the person had applied couple of years earlier? Because AINP approved it anyways.

I had a friend you gave his friend's address to receive PR card. The friend forwarded the PR Card mail to him when he was outside Canada. The point is try to find someone who can mail you your card. That will save you airfare too.

I became a PR of Canada end of 2005 (while I was single) but could NOT move into Canada to maintain my 2 out of 5 year stay period (though my PR card expires end of 2010). Now I am married and we want to apply again for immigration to Canada under the Alberta H1B program. If nominated by...

Hello calgary_bound, I also applied in July, 2009 and still awaiting file#. I just got one standard e-mail from AINP acknowledging reception of my application and saying it may take 12 years for some applications to be processed. But no file number. Even I am curious...