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  1. lawrence2007

    Anyone one moving to Mississauga or residing at Mississauga

    By saying that you will be moving to Mississauga, its obvious that you have decided in favour of this city and you are not seeking anything to help you decide. What information do you need at this stage? Can you be more specific about what you need to know like housing, schooling, transit, jobs...
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    York University Bridging program for new immigrants

    The Bridging Program at York University is now recruiting Business (Accounting, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Public Administration) and HR candidates for Summer 2016. This is for Business and HR only. Next IT intake is anticipated for 2017* PROGRAM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS To qualify for...
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    ONTARIO/TV

    All you need to do is buy an indoor antenna from walmart and thats it.
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    Is it a good way to open a USD account in Canada and transfer the money in USD?

    For opening student account, you will need to show a student id to demonstrate your eligibility. Also, I am not sure if they waive the charges for receiving international transfers into your account for students. Most banks in Canada charge a fixed monthly fee for maintaining your bank...
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    Is it a good way to open a USD account in Canada and transfer the money in USD?

    @Slowwokan When you file your first income tax return, you disclose your assets (over CAD100,000) outside Canada prior to becoming PR. This disclosure lets you transfer your prior savings to Canada at any time without paying any taxes. Whatever you transfer before filing your first return is...
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    Is it a good way to open a USD account in Canada and transfer the money in USD?

    It seems to me that you are working with the following assumption: “The rate being charged by your bank in Turkey for converting from USD to CAD is worse than the rate you will be charged by a Canadian bank/foreign exchange office.” To some extent you are correct in your assumption that foreign...
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Congratulations. This is exactly what was needed. It is called the extract of driving experience. In Arabic it is called ‘Naqal Bayanat’. Present an English translation in Canada while applying for driving license.
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    Seniors, Experts & Strugglers, Opinion needed for Accouting Feild.

    I am not sure what you mean by you having to acquire one year work experience in Canada before commencing CPA. I am not aware of any such requirement by CPA. Similarly, I do not understand the connection between your accounting degree being recognised by CPA Australia not having any issues in...
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    Address of Payee

    The first address (in Gatineau) is correct. The dorchester street address is for CIO Nova Scotia.
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Hi, Unfortunately, 11 year old PCC is not acceptable to CIC. According to PCC instructions, it must be a fresh PCC issued within last three months. The other option left to your friend is to ask for waiver of PCC as he no longer lives in that country. He might need to provide copy of last UAE...
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Brother, I am advising you to do only what I had done myself. Even though I said this earlier between the lines, but repeating again that I obtained the PCC based on my Embassy request letter and it was accepted by the visa office.
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    moving from middle east

    I am not sure what you mean by monthly income for family of three. If you are asking for living expenses, then the minimum should be around CAD3,000 monthly including apartment rent, utilities, transportation and groceries. And this is a bare basic cost of living with no luxuries included. As...
  13. lawrence2007

    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Dear fazal_81, CHC London uses regular post office services (also called snail mail for obvious reasons :)) for sending ordinary documents. They give your letter to Royal Mail UK which takes its good time and then ships the letter to Saudi Post (Bareed Saudi) which again takes its good time and...
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    @Whynot I think you have done the correct thing by giving your name and company name along with company p.o. box number. Does your company have a central mail room in their office where they sort all the mail after collecting it from the post office box for distribution to the respective...
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    PNP PROCESS TIME IN ABU DHABI OFFICE

    Friend, I can imagine how happy you will be now!!!
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    COPY or Photocopy of the PNP certificate

    @kambohs No worries. I also submitted a photo copy of my PNP certificate as I was not sure from the checklist whether we have to submit original (I.e. with COPY stamped on it) or photocopy. The photocopy was accepted by CIC. Cheers.
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Sorry to know that you are facing problems in getting PCC from Pakistan. You should apply through embassy as this is the only option other than going to Pakistan personally. Also as a last resort, yu can submit copies of embassy receipts for fee etc to LVO showing that you have made all the...
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Technically, yes they can confirm whether the Dr has been encashed or not but will they give this information to you when you ask for it is another question given the generally poor customer service in Saudi banks. Do not worry you will get an acknoledgemet from cic in a few weeks. Cheers
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    Opening a new account will take time. It would be better to take help from a friend who has account in NCB, RIYAD BANK or SAMBA etc. He can obtain the draft from his account and you can send that to CIC.
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    Saudi Arabia based Applicant

    All the banks issue the DD in CAD. Check with the bank branch where you have your account. It should not be a problem. :) For CAD DD, the amount should be in your account.