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Your interview letter will give you instructions re children - my letter said that I should not bring children less than 18 years old to the interview unless there is nobody else who can take care of them.

Do not put Quebec because CIC website clearly says that FSW is for everybody except those wishing to reside in Quebec. Let it be Alberta - the fact that you are currently in Quebec does not mean that you do not intend to eventually reside in Alberta. Half of my colleagues in my company in...

The value of university education is declining everywhere. The employment rate for DEP holders (secondary professional diploma) is 100% here, but university graduates are begging for jobs for years before getting a position. I wish you do not have to renew your certificates.

Never got anything in RUS in one month using conventional way ;D When I was applying, police certificates were valid for 12 months overall, but when they got the file certificates should not be older than 3 months. Did they change the rule? If yes, it will be a real nightmare now - to update...

Hi Ievgen, congrats on collecting your federal application so fast! How did you manage to do that? I had to collect RUS police certificate as I did my BA there. Guess what? They told me to wait 6 months. At the end I found a fast-track channel. I guess no need to detail it - you will understand ;D

The difference is that when people were going to Gulag, they did not have rosy dreams of a brilliant future. In my case, when I arrived here I knew very well I will have great difficulties in finding a good job. Because I do not believe in a free labor market. I only believe in bribes and...

What exactly interests you? You will pass your landing procedures in Montreal. Please allow for sufficient connection because Montreal is a busy point of entry and there are always queues there.

If adopted, This law will apply only to government workers at the job, for example, public school teachers. Any organization that is not financed by government will not be subject to this law. Yes, Quebec is not as multi cultural as non-landed immigrants dream in their dreams.

It is a 2 1/2, it has a separate kitchen with corridor and a separate room.

Welcome, proreo :D

I find exaggerated the last sentence. After 6 months of fruitless job hunting in my field, I am still working in call centre and half of my team has IT degrees from Quebec universities. And we are all fully fluent in French. I can understand that my British PhD is nothing in the eyes of Canadian...

Did you get COPR? The cover letter of my COPR had section about split landing of family members

There was one in the past maintained by Osama but then he disappeared.

American bank is fine, I had British bank statements but the officer did not check them anyway, he just believed what I said

No there is no point breakdown. It just acknowledges the receipt of your application and says they will communicate later. It also gives your file number

I transferred my savings bank-to-bank and did not pay any tax. You will pay tax on any interest earned though.

Yes I am back in Montreal, back to call centre job and applying to economist jobs from time to time. Don't know for how long my patience will last ;D

There is no tax on transfer itself, but when you will be filling out tax declarations in december 2013 (assuming you will reside here) for your previous year you will have to include all your income earned, including money earned outside Canada. Your tax will be calculated based on that...

Since you already have canadian bank account, the best way to transfer funds is direct bank transfer. Helps avoid some administrative costs and the need to file declarations when you export/import cash and monetary instruments. There is no obligation to mention funds to follow at the time of...