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Definitely. A studio or a 1-bedroom apartment somewhere in the east will run you anywhere from $400-800 depending on the neighborhood and apartment. kijiji.ca is a great place to start if you haven't been looking. If you need suggestions on neighborhoods I'm happy to help. Electricity usually...

I assumed it would be like this. As long as you have A passport, acceptable as a form of identification, then they can look you up in the computer and all is well. The article discussing it on CIC website that has been referenced a few times so far would probably be more applicable if you had NO...

Also, I just noticed the rewards you were mentioning… CapitalOne just launched a killer rewards MasterCard with Costco up here, if you're into that kind of thing.

If you maintain a residential address at all in the USA then you can update the address to that and they're none the wiser. I know several people here that use their parents' address as the billing address on the account, and use a PO Box in Champlain or Plattsburgh (upstate New York, 45 min...

The processing time for someone residing outside of Canada is much, much shorter than one already in Canada. To take advantage of this, you will want to apply "Outland" which means you should fill out the forms with her information in India, and answer that you do not live together.

I'm a March 2015 applicant and mine is In Process at CPC-O. :/

It depends on how you are traveling. If you are traveling commercially (air, bus, etc) then you will need a travel document. I THINK your passport (from anywhere) is acceptable as identification, and they will be able to see your PR landing in the computer, and that the card was issued. You may...

Depending on the class your PR was issued under, CSQ can be pretty easy. If you are family-class sponsored, it's just a paper you sign that says you want to integrate into a French society. In any case, if you speak French, then a CSQ is just waiting to take a language evaluation, and then...

Apartments are plentiful, generally speaking. If you have a tight budget it might be hard to find something big enough that you can afford, but if you've got a decent budget. Jobs, I can't really tell you… I still work in the USA. :) Cost of living is decent. Dairy and meat are more expensive...

Not necessarily. I have a Delta SkyMiles American Express that I use for just about everything up here. It carries no foreign transaction fee, and has a better exchange rate than RBC. Generally it beats them by about 3% and it's usually fractions of a penny lower than market. If you're looking...

Shouldn't be any taxes, but you need to be prepared to tell them where all the money came from and have some proof. If they suspect it is proceeds of crime they can seize all of it and not return it, but as long as you declare it up-front and are not trying to conceal any they usually don't have...

This. This is why I said the things that I said… I did almost exactly that. Rolled up to the border, said I'd just gotten married, came up to stay with my in-laws for a few months, and had a lot of stuff with me. 4 hours later I was driving back to Watertown, NY with a bawling wife because I...

This plan sounds good to me. :) They may want to assess duty/tax on anything you bring with you, but I don't think it's a problem since your wife can import it all.

If she sets up a change of address with Canada Post, they will forward it. Also, CIC will receive a copy of it directly from the MIDI so you don't need to send it to them yourself.

Huh. Maybe my marriage worked against me, then, or maybe I just got a douchebag of an immigration officer, but I presented this as my plan to an immigration officer and he told me I couldn't do that. ANYWAY, carry on.

How is he going to reside with you in Canada for 12 months? He would need a work/study permit for the time he spends… A standard visitor visa won't cut it. The max any US Citizen can stay in Canada at one time is 6 months, unless there's a pretty good reason otherwise, and an even better reason...

Certificat de sélection du Québec. Québec has their own little agreement with Canada that they get a say in who can immigrate to Québec. For family sponsorship, etc, they really can't do anything except make you sign a little agreement that says, in effect, "I'm coming to live in Québec and I...

Mine won't be that fast, as they are waiting for my CSQ. I was being kinda lazy about applying for it since the wait time is forecasted to be so long… I was really surprised to get an email requesting it. Since I just BARELY applied for it (they haven't even hit my credit card yet) it'll be...

If I'm not mistaken DanSlh, MIDI also sends a copy of your CSQ directly to CIC for processing. EDIT: Just checked... from the Sponsor's Guide:

How long does eCAS usually say "In Process?" Mine just changed and I didn't expect it to for at least a couple of months given the 16 month wait time for Ottawa. My impression was that it only once someone started looking at it that it changed to "In Process" from "Application Received" and that...