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Thanks for the reply Harju! I assume you sent the email to the visa office outside Canada that would be handling your application? I haven't been notified of the first stage approval yet, so I believe our application is still in Canada, instead of Buffalo.

Thank you tozo! That's a relief.

Hi Everyone! I'm sponsoring my common law partner for PR. We've already mailed in the application to Alberta. It was received August 8th, started processing in September. So, we're in stage 1 of an application for permanent residence from in Canada. However, soon I'll be changing employers...

Hi Everyone! I'm sponsoring my common law partner for PR. We've already mailed in the application. Everything was complete and so far, so good. However, soon I'll be changing employers. In the application, they asked for a letter of employment. Since I'm changing jobs, would I need to submit...

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated! I'm applying for permanent residency while in Canada on a working holiday visa. Does obtaining a job under a working holiday visa make it confirmation exempt from the HRSDC? My boss didn't have to apply for a Labour Market Opinion to hire me...

Thanks so much for your help everyone! And thanks pearl2010, I missed the sentence "Interview: Indicate which language you would prefer to use if you are invited for an interview." and yeah, that makes all the difference! Now that I know which list to use, I can start chipping away at all this...

Hello again! I am applying under category 2 in the federal skilled workers application. I can't apply under Canadian experience quite yet, as I've been in school for a year and working for just over a year; so I haven't met the qualifications for that quite yet. But I do check out for federal...

oooh, Sydney Nova Scotia, not Sydney Australia! That makes more sense XD

I'm just starting my application for PR, having been in Canada for 3 years on work visas from Australia. According to the CIC website, there is no local branch I submit my application to anymore (instead it goes to CIC head branch), but I do have to choose a branch to process my PR application...

I just want to confirm myself (the first post was a bit hard to understand...), that anyone applying for permanent residency has to go for the IELTS exam? According to a post in the FAQ: "If you are not from an English speaking country (such as UK, US, Australia, NZ and some parts of South...

I am currently working in Canada on an Australian working holiday visa and have been working as a web developer at a company for about 6 months now. I've been in Canada for about 2 years (I originally came here on a different visa). I would like to apply for permanent residency, but I'm a...

This website has a checklist of items you need to satisfy to apply for permanent residence as a skilled worker: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-factors.asp Having a quick flick through them you would seem to score quite high, so I would say you have a good chance.

Hi everyone I just received my official letter of confirmation from the college I applied to in Toronto (WEE!). This now means I can finally apply for my student visa, although I am confused about a few things I'm hoping you guys might know. 1) Under the requirement "Proof of financial...

Oh wow, that's great! Lucky I asked, I would never have known that. Cheers mate =)

Hi all I just got into a course in Toronto (I'm from Australia) which is due to start at the end of this year (2008) and I have a few questions: 1) If I get my visa in a month or so and my course starts in September, how soon before the course starts am I allowed to head over? Is it a certain...