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Same thing happened to me recently. I also landed in May.

I already landed in Montreal and went back.

I carried maybe $130 in cash and bank statements for my landing.

I applied for a SIN with an American address. They don't actually send you a card. They'll print you your "SIN Card" on the spot.

I did. IN fact, I just landed 2 months ago in Montreal. Though, I am currently living in the uS.

This question is situation dependent. In your case, it looks like you have a good situation and would stay in India (if I were making a decision). However, I'd go with Canada for the average case scenario.

This is correct. I recently landed in Montreal, and I exclusively used my Chase card which doesn't charge a foreign transaction fee while I was there. The exchange rate I got was only 1/2 of a penny worse than the market price.

When crossing the border from Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario; you would actually have to travel SOUTH.

Just an anecdote.... I had a friend who graduated from the US in Management Information Systems. In the US (as you may already know), you are eligible for one year (at the time) of Optional Practical Training (OPT) after graduating. In the one year of OPT, he could not find a job in the US...

At the moment you are saving around $9000 per year. How easy is it to save $9000 per year in Canada? What salary would be required to save that much in Toronto?

I used a Canada Post XpressPost USA label.

They received my passport on March 12. They activated my self addressed envelope on March 26. I believe I got my passport back on March 28. However, the last part is dependent on what type of postage you/they used to send back the passport. So, I'll say 2 weeks from receipt to return as far...

I work in the US at the moment. We have a contractor who is based in Vancouver. When he comes to our site, you couldn't tell he wasn't an American. That is until he starts saying the words oot and aboot :D

I'm giving my address after my landing. That way, I'm already a Landed Immigrant.

I don't think they want immigrants for their money. Immigrants without jobs are a drag to the economy. $2 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to the $280 billion federal budget. And that's not including provincial budgets. Canadian healthcare alone costs almost $6,000 per person. Any...

Yes...I knew the unemployment rates were bogus, but I thought the labor participation rate would have increased a little bit more (only 0.5% in 4 years). Also, speaking of statistical shenanigans, in the 90s (1990-1999), the number of people that dropped out of the labor force went from 63,324...

Do you mean we haven't added jobs since the economy bottomed out in 2008 or that the job growth has not kept up with population growth? If the former, that is incorrect. If the latter, you are correct which would still support your assertion that it's harder/as hard to find a job now...

More and more people are using these job sites to look for jobs than in years past, so it may seem there are more applicants. However, it could also mean that less people are using offline methods to apply for jobs. Not sure how useful this is. What did they major in? Too many people in the...

A good barometer of whether or not the US economy is improving/declining for skilled immigrants is the amount of H-1B filings. This year there were over 230,000 applicants for 85,000 allocated spots by April 7 (Filing starts on April 1). This means that everyone who got a job will not be able...

Whether your statement is true or not, I'm not sure. However, this isn't unprecedented in North America. Miami wouldn't have grown to the city it is today if it weren't for drug money. But...Miami had one of the highest crime rates in America while drug money was being funneled there. I...