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Dear Bryanna, thank you so much for your response. It mostly did correspond to what I already knew but I wanted to follow up on this: It's not surprising that your mom was granted just 6 months. She has made her intentions pretty clear that she wants to be coming and going on a long-term...

Hi to all, I have read through the thread and I just want to check if the following is correct before posting my dilemma: - Parent/Grandparent Supervisa CANNOT be applied for WITHIN Canada - it has to be done from outside. Can the application be done from any country or just the country of...

Dear All, As a recent landed immigrant I am in the process of buying a Condo - the agent is looking for two pieces of ID and insists one of them be the SIN - is this standard practice? I can't find anywhere online that SIN is requested during real estate purchases. Any help? Best

Thanks a lot - although it seems pretty limited to the NGO sector as government jobs in IR, Foreign Relations or Development are only available to citizens (because they require clearances). Do drop a line here if you find anything out.

Anyone with any Social Sciences backgrounds to post their experiences when transitioning?

Dear All, I was recently sponsored for a Canadian PR by my Canadian spouse and we are beginning to operationalize our plan to move there. I have more than a decade of work experience in international think tanks and multinational organizations (OSCE, UN etc.). I have worked on conflict...

Thanks a lot for your input. My wife was already a Canadian citizen when we met but I applied for PR only 8 years later after our daughter was born as we wanted to raise her in Canada. We have no ties to the country we are (property etc.) and plan to establish such ties in Canada now that my PR...

Hi, Since I have raised the same issue a couple of posts back, what happens if both spouses are working outside Canada? My Canadian wife and I both live in the same city but work for different int'l organizations -how would their inquiries be satisfied in such matters? I find it quite confusing...

Thanks for your responses. We definitely plan on moving to Canada and for our daughter to begin schooling there as she is also a citizen but we want to ensure that we both secure decent jobs (much easier for my wife obviously) and don't rush into a cycle of random jobs necessary just to pay the...

Thanks - we definitely plan on living in Canada and our daughter starting school there when she's bigger but given all the problems people on these boards have had in finding adequate work etc. we want to utilize the 'accompany Canadian citizen' provision to make a slow and thorough transition...

Got it, thanks a lot. Hopefully things like bills etc. will suffice. I've just read that they are not allowed to inquire about who accompanied who and why but only that we were living together so hopefully that makes it much more straightforward.

Thanks a lot. What would constitute proof? Same address in another country or are they looking for things like dated photo's? Or is it enough to have proof of spouse working in a different country? Is it something I can inform CBSO or CIC immediately upon landing? Thanks again.

Is there a different forum perhaps where landing in Canada is discussed? Please do let me know if I am on the wrong board. Thanks in advance

Dear All, My spouse is a Canadian has sponsored me for PR and we have just received an email requesting my passport. We also have a baby who is a Canadian citizen. I was wondering whether me staying with my wife outside of Canada (we work for different international organizations in the same...

Dear All, As I wait for my passport to be stamped, I have a few questions I would appreciate some help with if possible. Our visa process has taken us a bit off guard as it happened much quicker than anticipated so our plans are now all over the place. Landing: My spouse and baby are Canadian...

VAC offers the simplest way of doing it (Couriers can be a hassle as you need to get them to communicate with the embassy with Vienna which is notoriously difficult) and I'd probably do the same if it wasn't for the fact that I have to be in Vienna on other business next month. I've heard that...

Fantastic, thank you so much. We have no address in Canada bar for those of family/friends as both my Canadian wife and Canadian baby daughter have been with me outside Canada. This actually brings me to another question - it says that PR is maintained by spending 2 years in a 5 years period...

Hi, I have noticed that many people on the forum applied for their PR cards upon landing in Canada before leaving the country and having their friends/relatives send them over. I was however wondering - is it possible to apply for the PR card once your passport is stamped (i.e. once you're...

Hi, I've tried on several other topics but havent really received too many responses so I may just as well try here: Does anyone have any experience in submitting/picking up their passports in person (for PR stamping?), especially at the Vienna office? The email offers only mailing options and...

Thanks a lot - haven't really found too many topics about in-person submission/collection so hopefully someone else will also pitch up with their story of doing it. Would be much simpler if the embassy itself was easier to contact and enquire about such matters. Hopefully verna will be able to...