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Easiest way to start building up a credit score will be to get a prepaid / secure credit card with a low spending limit - $500 to $1000. Walk into any of the major banks and prepay $500 towards a secure card. Use the card frequently and pay off monthly in full. That should be all.

Sure. My wife got the initial passport request on 9th March and we sent the passport around 26th April (She wasn't in India before this)

We got the passport too! November 2012 applicant here. Wife got a call on monday asking if she can travel before expiry of medical. She said yes. Another call 2 hours after that asking her to come collect her passport on tuesday - yesterday. Passport collection time is 3PM at NDVO office...

Thank You! and now the great search starts for that rare cheap ticket during this extra expensive month before start of semester. Prices will go down as soon as September 5 comes around... but my hands are tied... her medical expires on 31st August. Damn! November 2012 applicant here. @...

Ok guys, something to brighten up your day. My wife just picked up her passport in person from NDVO today. She is currently on her way back from Delhi. Hang in tight fellas! :)

Good link! Another fun to read link will be of "Ronald Reagan", the US president for most of the 1980's, and how he broke the back of striking Union workers in 1981. Looks for "Reagan", "Strike", "PATCO" in Google. I do not think any more Unions dared to strike during the rest of his term! :)

Good questions. My 2 cents : 1) Toronto is NOT a province. Is not even the capital of the province that it is in - Ontario. Since you are a banker, the easiest way to explain will be that Toronto can most closely be compared to Mumbai. - Just like Mumbai, Toronto is the financial hub of...

Our Anniversary is this weekend :-(

LOL! You have got to be joking! :)

Guys, Many thanks for the constant updates. The thing about them calling in to issue visas before expiration of medical is good news. My wife is a November applicant with medicals expiring on 23rd August. Our first anniversary is going to be towards the end of July - I'm really hoping that she...

Where did she do the MBA from?

Im not able to post the link here but, it's coming from an article from Wall Street Journal. Type this in google - "Canada's Foreign Service Officers announce continued pickets and additional service withdrawals at key international locations in eleventh week of job action "

Our time line till now - Application made on : November 26, 2012 Received : November 28, 2012 Sponsorship Approval : February 24, 2013 PPR : March 9, 2013 (My wife replied to the email saying that she was in Canada on visitor visa and will be back in third week of April 2013) Passport...

Agreed on that count. Does the DMV in Ontario take the India license on it's face value? I know that DMV-NS does not do it, and you have to present supporting documents - Affidavit / Signed & stamped letter from your respective RTO in India declaring that this license is indeed genuine and...

The above is true and a good way to save some $$$. However, if you really can, it is totally worth your while spending the money to go through a proper driving school. Personally, I can say that I have been driving car since high school in India and motorcycle probably even before that...