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The immigrant packages don't always work that way. See Scotiabank StartRight and TD New to Canada. They both give up to a $5000 credit limit without locking funds.

Do you have a source on that? If they stop accepting all other proof of status for PRs, then that would be just as ridiculous. Especially right after eTA was developed to cover validity concerns - ideally, that should be expanded to all travelers instead. A small $7 "cost recovery" charge isn't...

Simply because other countries do the same does not automatically mean it makes sense at all, let alone for Canada in particular. Canada already has systems in place for identity verification and I see no logical reason to introduce this change other than a money grab. What purpose does a...

I would not be surprised if CIC does just make everyone wait it out. After all, that's exactly what they did when CP went on strike 5 years ago: Please note that the estimated application processing times in Canada available on the website may be longer than expected given the interruption in...

Technically yes, but in CIC documentation we always see "spouse" and "common-law or conjugal partner" separately. There might be a problem if the sponsor selected "Spouse" under "Relationship to principal applicant". In the letter it probably doesn't matter, and if questioned you can just...

Okay, that's a bit of a stretch. Here's what refugees get for free: Liberals' waiving of travel costs for Syrian refugees created 2-tier system Health care for refugees from Syria–About the Interim Federal Health Program The first one covers the travel and medical costs of becoming refugees -...

Flx, where did you find that anyone was reassigned from other VOs? In the notice I only see "additional dedicated staff joined..." Wow, tone it down a bit. Regarding people who are desperate, you will find no disagreement. Sunset's statements were based on the belief that many of these people...

You have outlands who can work but not live together, and inlands who can live together but not work. I'm sure at least everyone can agree that both situations are terrible. Which is worse is a matter of opinion. Both getting the same treatment should be the target of course, but if they focused...

Divide that by about 4, because we are only looking at the Mississauga office which only takes family class applications.

I'm not sure, but I think "received" and AOR from CIC's perspective are one and the same, and they aren't necessarily tracking the initial sitting-and-waiting stage. So the 43-day SA time might represent 63 days of actual waiting. Notice those addresses are all post office boxes, by the way. I...

I actually got this email response a few weeks ago: "Please be advised that immigration services are now provided at all Canadian ports of entry. The CBSA is currently in the process of updating its Web site." I was asking them about the list of offices providing immigration services...

Yes, all family sponsorship.

Of course literally speaking this does mean something, but I don't know what, exactly. Much of it does seem truly meaningless as it's simply reiterating what is already known. We've been hearing about the $25 million to reduce processing time since at least January, and the 2016 Immigration...

flx, unfortunately that government had also made the same comments about priorities, as had the previous liberal minister before them. I think the problem is deeper than differences between conservatives and liberals. Even CIC themselves have always preached the importance of family...

I think HabfaninBC meant the same thing: "Family sponsorship - Outland or Spouse sponsorship IF done inland." But he thought "family sponsorship" did not include spouses.

On credit karma I see both scores and reports for TransUnion and Equifax. You don't get the raw original reports, but as far as I can tell all the information is accessible on the site.

Some other options: http://www.vantagescore.com/free These all give automatic updates, and probably present the information in a more user-friendly way than the direct source. I've only tried credit karma, but it works without a VPN.

Not quadrupled. Maybe you misread... it increased by 14,000, not from 14,000. So from 48,000 to 62,000. I don't think anyone can answer that. The notice is very vague, not enough numbers to really determine the effects. I find it hard to understand what they're saying in regard to applications...

I'm pretty sure it's April 1 2015 - March 31 2016 (government fiscal year).

Since this extra spending was part of the liberal platform all along, I would expect that it would be included in the "plan" by now. Especially considering that statement to CBC was in March and this page says it was last modified in April. I completely agree. Unfortunately, in government...