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If you read that website you will see PSAC does not represent foreign service workers. So while PSAC may have something to do with CIC (as they are in Canada), they would have very little or nothing to do with CEM (which is not in Canada). I would assume that PSAC workers handle stage 1...

Ny wife wanted something Aug 18 - Aug 30. Our anniversary is Sept 1st and she doesn't want to miss it (seeing as we just missed her birthday in July). So far the best I could find was Manila to San Fransisco to Toronto. I think that was $1280 or something like that. It was PAL and AC so that...

What are the odds? It's like you are driving and every time you come to a traffic light it turns red. Well, at least you know the rest of the tests were done! Hopefully this will be the last traffic light and visa time will be soon. Then you can enjoy the fun of finding a flight. Most of...

You know, seems to me that MPs, and especially ministers make WAY more than the average Canadian. So I think their pay should be brought down. But of course don't hold your breath waiting for that one...

One should also be aware that police and fire fighters are in that range too (and depending on overtime can far exceed those scales). And before someone says there is no risk to PAFSO employees, think about embassy workers in Egypt right now, or the ones who were in Iran during the revolution...

Good wages for what? If the person is flipping burgers then yeah it is unreasonably good pay! But these are skilled positions. And of course the higher end of the pay scales are for longer service and higher level job titles. These numbers aren't unreasonable. These people aren't clerks and...

But why imply that wages are the problem? Wages have been stagnant for decades while executive pay and compensation has gone through the roof, corporate profits are at an all time high and the system guarantees that the richest in society will continue to get richer. Services are cut not...

Exactly. It's basically "let's turn Canada into India". I have a hard time understanding this concept. Someone leaves their home country to come to another country, presumably because they like the conditions in the new country better. Then as soon as they land they try turning the new...

Thanks, you've been added.

That's just it, this government doesn't care...

Many never get an AOR, so don't worry too much about that. It is the sponsorship approval that is important. According to the posted times http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp they are currently working on applications received June 25th. So you still within the...

Just got off skype with my wife. She got the visa and COPR and got the CFO stamp done. So there was no train after all. But there was something kind of interesting. They returned all the proofs and pictures that I had sent. Each trip I had done had the various receipts and proofs in...

This is our government in action! http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/26/conservative_flyers_on_disabled_initiatives_contain_fake_braille.html

They need to stamp or otherwise affix the visa into the passport.

I also need the date of your medical, your desination city, type of application (married, common-law, conjugal) and if there are any dependents on the application and if they are accompanying or not.

We are shooting for mid-August. Our fourth wedding anniversary is coming up and we don't want to miss it. Though we don't know the exact date yet. She went to get the package last night. She has a few things to do still like finish working out what she is bringing, get the CFO stamp (she did...

Congrats! I'm expecting Tagum to drop a cinder block when he gets his... :P

I don't know about the others but according to the tracking information they picked up the package from the embassy on the 23rd. But it seems they couldn't find my wife's address so it sat till she called them on Monday the 29th. So at that point the strike hadn't started yet. Maybe they did...

You can either post the information here or send it to me in a personal message and I will enter it.

I've never been in a union. But I recognize the improvements they have made to working conditions over the decades for everyone. People don't realize that many of the things they take for granted in the labour law today were originally fought for and won by unions. Generally, as long as their...