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As someone posted above, Canada has a similar requirement but with a much higher reporting threshold (C$100,000). I think the point is additional "leverage" in cases where they suspect tax evasion or money laundering, but have no proof: in those cases, they can get you just for not reporting...

CEC eligibility is based on experience up to the date of the application. After that, it doesn't matter what you do. You can quit your job the day after you apply, if you want. (Assuming you don't have an evil employer who refuses to verify the reference letter because they're mad at you for...

The requirement is T4 and NoA for the most recent year, not the last two years. That's right. You don't have to submit a job offer letter, contract, or LMO—just a reference letter from the employer. As long as the reference letter matches the evidence from the T4 and NoA, you're fine.

Not a dumb question at all, they don't really publicize it. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/index.asp http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/requests-atip.asp Qorax also has a post with good info, though it's aimed at applicants living outside Canada...

I don't know anything about UK certificates, but this is CIC's page about them: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/europe/united-kingdom.asp

I should add that my CAIPS file had a lot of information because I ordered it near the end of the process (I actually got my passport request the day after the file came back). If you're around the AOR stage there probably won't be much there. However, it can still be useful. If I had ordered...

You can order your CAIPS file, which has your file's current status and everything the staff at the VO are entering about your case. Here's a brief condensed excerpt from mine: This is part of the header summarizing the case: "RCMP PRINT/PI" = RCMP fingerprints for "PI" (principal...

Police certificates are mandatory for all countries you've lived in for 6+ months since turning 18, except Canada. CIC runs an RCMP "name check" on you, and if that comes up empty they probably won't ask for an RCMP certificate. ("Probably", because there are people who swear their name is so...

See my post in: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/reference-letter-for-previous-ta-experience-and-roe-t81672.0.html. Original T4 vs. copy of T4 is no problem. Include the copy, but also include a note with the application, explaining what you just explained here...

Honestly, I wouldn't believe the checklist. It changes often, even when the regulations haven't changed. It implies you're supposed to put the documents in the order of the checklist, even though Buffalo has a page somewhere telling you to put them in a different order, which suggests the...

The name thing shouldn't be an issue, except that it increases the odds of one of your names getting a "hit" in police databases. In that case they'll ask for an RCMP clearance. (They asked me, because I have the same name as someone who robbed a store in New Brunswick.)

Assuming it's full-time work (at least 37.5 hours/week), you're OK—you'd have 2 years work experience even if you had been unemployed instead of on vacation.

Background/security checks are the most mysterious aspect of processing. If you included a UK police certificate with your application, I don't think it would be a huge problem. (Or even if you didn't. I moved from Canada to Germany and didn't submit a German police cert because, at that time...

I know how the process works because of my experience and, more importantly, the experiences of many other people on forums like this one. Keep in mind that enough people (myself included) have ordered their CAIPS files that we aren't just seeing the process from the outside. We know when our...

Either is fine, but I would print double-sided if it's convenient. Imagine you have to process and file huge stacks of applications. Would you want them to be thinner, or thicker? And it makes it a little easier for whoever gets to push the mail cart around the Buffalo consulate...

You are also worried now, or you are (not) too worried? That shouldn't delay the process. I did my medicals in Paris and they were in the system 2 weeks later. CIC wants to know where you live. If they find out that you've been living in the UK but you never told them, that could cause...

If you have the medical forms, they're not going to resend them. Go ahead and do them. Not quite. The old process was, you wait to be "assessed" (the VO checks your work experience, etc.), then the VO tells you to do medicals, then the VO waits for you to do medicals, then you wait for the...

1) I don't know, but if you live in Canada, I would do medicals ASAP, "in advance". More info at the link below. 2) Possibly 2-5 months after you do your medicals. 3) Based on the past year or so, I'd say yes. Or tied with LA for the honour...

You'll fill it in when you land. Don't worry about it now. If they didn't want it empty, they would tell you to complete it...

Then you land, and then you're a Canadian permanent resident. Becoming a citizen (which lets you vote, get a Canadian passport, and keep your status if you're out of Canada for a long time) takes another few years... For the faster visa offices (Buffalo and Detroit), assuming no need for...