I wish I would have sold my car before leaving the US too. Mine is worth around $4000 CAD, a 2006 Kia Rio. The RIV was $195, daytime running lights cost me $250 or so and after doing the safety inspection, I found out I had to replace all the brakes too, $1165! And then, of course, Ontario charged me $160 to register the car. Lucky for me, I passed the emissions test. I'm pretty sure installing the daytime running lights broke my car. I have to do some weird trick to get them to shut off after I turn off the car. It took them a week to figure out how to even do it.ChellyCat said:
We're common-law and my timeline is to the left there. << I don't think it makes much difference on timelines between being married and being common-law. Now that we have all this PR stuff situated though, we are planning a wedding for this summer!spinning_sponsor said:
It's a huge relief, though I still have a lot of work to do to get back to a normal life again after this whole process. I'm trying to find someone who will hire someone with only nursing experience and no nursing license. It's tough! Currently trying for PSW and medical secretary jobs. We'll see how it goes.
I would have thought so too but I could have sworn I heard that they have an entirely separate department for the Syrian refugees (even separate from other refugees).TJ_TO said:
I can't help but wonder if you were scammed? It's awful convenient that they did a safety inspection and your brakes just happened to not pass. It's a 2006, how could the brakes be that messed up, just the pads?Panamai said:
I hear you. I'm so stressed out. If things go wrong with my application I'll be devastated. I panic constantly over it. All I can do is basically distract myself since I'm living here on visitor extensions so I cannot work to occupy my mind (other than housework!) Once the application is out of our hands it feels sort of like you're just helpless. It's true I guess, we sort of are. So we can only try to distract ourselves since ti's out of our hands at this point in the process anyway. Wish you luck and I hope you get a DM soon. 8 months is still in the normal range so at least that's something good.CharisseyB said:Congrats to all who for the COPR’s and DM’s this week! Certainly not the case for me! My husband’s application is 8 months in and still has not been approved. I am so frustrated. My health is in bad shape right now because of this, I get major panic attacks and piled up with bills. What I do not understand is that it’s supposed to be an easy application. My husband is an American and no hang ups whatsoever. sigh. this is just so insane!!!!
Yup, there was a lot of crap wrong with my car too that needed fixing (don't ask me what, I don't speak Car language xD) and it was just such a big expense. I'm actually still sweating bullets over here, my abstract has yet to come in the mail from Florida which I need to get my Ontario license and then get plates, insurance, etc. The problem is that my safety and emissions and RIV stuff all expires around/on Christmas day. So I'm literally running out of time or else I have to do everything over again. I actually woke up in the dead of night yesterday and couldn't fall back asleep because I'm having such anxiety about it. Horrible.Panamai said:
Is it because the administrator of the spreadsheet locked it to prevent it from being spoiled?
Have you ordered GCMS notes to see where your file is, its really case by case scenario. I have seen some straightforward us applicants get approved in 3 months to over a year, it seems that they sometimes process files out of order as well. In my case it took over 9 months to see DM. Think happy thoughts, most of the time your file is sitting in a pile collecting dust, when they open your file the process generally moves very quickly possibly less than 4 weeks for a DM.CharisseyB said:Congrats to all who for the COPR’s and DM’s this week! Certainly not the case for me! My husband’s application is 8 months in and still has not been approved. I am so frustrated. My health is in bad shape right now because of this, I get major panic attacks and piled up with bills. What I do not understand is that it’s supposed to be an easy application. My husband is an American and no hang ups whatsoever. sigh. this is just so insane!!!!
