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What's costing you $300? Visitor extension is only $100, isn't it?

If someone wanted to show the impact of the liberals, it would of course make sense to compare numbers from when they were in office to numbers from when they weren't. The overall average over both time periods wouldn't be very meaningful information. This actually would work very well. By...

They used to have a separate category for non-spousal family class that would be available June 9. Both deadlines are being skipped.

Re: question about returning citizens It does say that returning residents are exempt. Read very carefully: This is prohibiting the importation of mattresses, with two exceptions listed as (a) or (b). The (a) exception includes former residents, and the (b) exception includes mattresses...

Married without kids and no complex history, and have been waiting almost 10 months now.

Apparently in this case the modifications (running lights) were already taken care of, but Canadian Tire wants to fail it because of a broken tie rod. In fact I don't think they can even fail the RIV inspection based on that, since it doesn't fall under anything on the RIV inspection checklist...

First of all there is no rule that modifications or repairs must be done by the inspection center, so Canadian Tire has no right to hold you hostage... you can have it fixed somewhere else and take it back for inspection. If they won't play nice, it might be worth a trip to a better inspection...

I think the only issue with Sunset was that the Canadian's name was on the title of a US car. You can change this to be in just the American's name, and anything else of US origin should easily qualify as the American settler's effects even if you share it. Anything of Canadian origin can belong...

We also learned like you that it's not the same experience at the Toronto airport. But I guess you can't blame someone for having a terrible attitude when they have to get up every morning and work at the Toronto airport.

Aside from the sentence you highlighted, at least everything else I said applies whether there is an application in process or not, or whether you are married/common-law or not. It is helpful to have a VR. I've noticed the prevailing advice on this forum seems to be hide as much information as...

I don't agree that not being issued a visitor record is the most ideal situation. For one thing, not all of them are shorter - it's common for someone with an application in process to receive a year-long VR, which is certainly preferable to the default 6 months. While receiving one does...

Well, the rules depend on where you are a resident... http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/consol5/consol5/96318_01 So once you are a permanent resident, the period allowed for not having a BC driver's license changes from 6 months to 90 days, and the period for not having the car...

A large random portion should have roughly the same stats as overall. You could say the group that visits this forum isn't random enough, and I might agree with you if this site was more obscure... but this is literally the second or third Google result for Canadian immigration searches. There's...

But supposedly, the new processing time information is sorted by country of residence, not visa office, so the fact that the Ottawa office processes other countries should NOT be a factor. This is telling us that 80% of US applicants are processed in 15 months or less, meaning 20% take at least...

Here's the second paragraph: For many services, instead of asking about your nearest visa office, you are now asked for your country of residence. This provides you with a more accurate processing time. For other services, you may see a single processing time, no matter where you live. This is...

Or even if something is received, but it's not perfect. I've just had my case delayed for 3 months (and counting) because of this nonsense. Background check was requested in January, and they received it within a week, but we didn't hear anything back until March, when they informed us they...

I'm waiting since July 27.

The IRS has never lumped TFSAs as anything specific. The only time they even mention TFSAs is in the FBAR guide as a general example of a "Financial Account". According to US Treasury Regulations, a TFSA is not a trust. Canadian mutual funds should be avoided in most cases, but a regular TFSA is...

I know the revision only applied to RRSPs (and RRIFs) and I didn't mean to imply otherwise. I meant the assumption that the original rules applied to all registered accounts in the first place was invalid. They were specifically referring to retirement savings all along. The reason you won't...

I think you're referring to the old rules for RRSP reporting (which have been eliminated) that many assumed also applied to other registered savings. I don't know about RESPs, but for TFSAs at least, there is no reason it should. The forms in question relate to "foreign trusts", and a TFSA...