Express Entry applicants from Brazil, connect here!

[Alexand]

Get Pre-arrival help before arriving in Canada and arrive prepared. These services are free ( payed by the Canadian government) Hence the list on IRCC website. Check them out at
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/before-services.asp

For general help you can check out http://nextstopcanada.ca/ . It is the only general settlement service for people who are not in Canada yet and you will find it at the end of the IRCC list I just provided for you. But Check the list. See what will be best for you.

Best of luck!

 

[gpfjl]

hey everybody

We received ITA two weeks ago and we are almost finished gathering all the documents. The only problem is that we have accounts with 3 different banks and there is no way we can create a PDF file under 4MB for upload. The problem is the 6-months-bank-statements, they take too much space!

Any ideas?

Thanks!

@nonnemacher: Try using https://smallpdf.com. Depending on the size of your file, it can help.

 

[nonnemacher]

@nonnemacher: Try using https://smallpdf.com. Depending on the size of your file, it can help.

Thanks, I`ll give a try!

 

[Skywalker_RT]

Well, my fellow Brazilians and future Canadians, looks like I'm one of the next victims of our dear SPVO. Just got nominated by Nova Scotia!

I hope all those delays have something to do with the increasing number of study permits that they're probably having to deal lately. Hopefully, the situation shall normalize now, as classes have already started.

 

[dhvs]

I got SINP EE nomination last month! That's great news, and I have until Oct 21 to either accept or reject my nomination. I didn't decide it yet. However, I already have CRS 475, with a (low) possibility of getting ITA next Wednesday (my only chance before that deadline). If I don't get an ITA next Wednesday, there are only two options left:

- To accept SK nomination, getting 600 points on the following draw and settling down in the province (with less chances of employment for my husband, who works with Digital Marketing / Journalism here in Brazil);
- To reject SK nomination and wait for ITA with my 475 points. In this case, we would aim at higher employment possibilities (mostly) for my husband in B.C. or Ontario. But it is too risky, given that upcoming changes in EE may put FSW in disadvantage (with CEC people earning extra points for Canadian education). We could lose it all.

What would you do?
Does anybody know if there is a way to request extra time to accept/reject nomination from SK?

Thanks everybody!

 

[maribui]

I got SINP EE nomination last month! That's great news, and I have until Oct 21 to either accept or reject my nomination. I didn't decide it yet. However, I already have CRS 475, with a (low) possibility of getting ITA next Wednesday (my only chance before that deadline). If I don't get an ITA next Wednesday, there are only two options left:

- To accept SK nomination, getting 600 points on the following draw and settling down in the province (with less chances of employment for my husband, who works with Digital Marketing / Journalism here in Brazil);
- To reject SK nomination and wait for ITA with my 475 points. In this case, we would aim at higher employment possibilities (mostly) for my husband in B.C. or Ontario. But it is too risky, given that upcoming changes in EE may put FSW in disadvantage (with CEC people earning extra points for Canadian education). We could lose it all.

What would you do?
Does anybody know if there is a way to request extra time to accept/reject nomination from SK?

Thanks everybody!

Olá! Parabéns pela Nomination! Eu aceitaria sem piscar! Não sabemos que mudanças vem por aí. Além do mais, você precisa ficar apenas 3 anos na província, se não me engano, certo? Se eu fosse você eu tentaria a vida lá. Se não estiver legal pra vocês, após esse período obrigatório, vocês se mudam. Ao menos, já estarão lá como residentes permanentes. Eu não perderia a chance... Boa sorte!

 

[edilsonjr]

Username lbrambilla gpfjl vfonte ajanoni edilsonjr lpera nonnemacher

AOR 20/jan 20/fev 14/mar 17/mar 29/mar 05/abr -

Category PNP PNP FSW PNP PNP PNP PNP

Province Saskatchewan Nova Scotia - Saskatchewan Ontario Ontario Nova Scotia

In/Outland Outland Outland Outland Outland Outland Outland Inland

BG Status - - - - Not Needed - -

Added myself there...

And a suggestion as well - BG Status. Can you add yours?

 

[edilsonjr]

Parabéns a todos com Nomination!!

Nos vemos no Canada em breve!!

 

[ajanoni]

Username	AOR	Category	Province	Inland/Outland	BG Status
lbrambilla	20/jan	PNP	Saskatchewan	Outland	-
gpfjl	20/fev	PNP	Nova Scotia	Outland	-
vfonte	14/mar	FSW		Outland	-
ajanoni	17/mar	PNP	Saskatchewan	Outland	Not Needed
edilsonjr	29/mar	PNP	Ontario		Not Needed
lpera	05/abr	PNP	Ontario		-
nonnemacher	-	PNP	Nova Scotia	Inland	-

 

[edilsonjr]

Username	AOR	Category	Province	Inland/Outland	BG Status
lbrambilla	20/jan	PNP	Saskatchewan	Outland	-
gpfjl	20/fev	PNP	Nova Scotia	Outland	-
vfonte	14/mar	FSW		Outland	-
ajanoni	17/mar	PNP	Saskatchewan	Outland	Not Needed
edilsonjr	29/mar	PNP	Ontario	Outland	Not Needed
lpera	05/abr	PNP	Ontario		-
nonnemacher	-	PNP	Nova Scotia	Inland	-

 

[vfonte]

Username	AOR	Category	Province	Inland/Outland	BG Status
lbrambilla	20/jan	PNP	Saskatchewan	Outland	-
gpfjl	20/fev	PNP	Nova Scotia	Outland	-
vfonte	14/mar	FSW		Outland	In Progress
ajanoni	17/mar	PNP	Saskatchewan	Outland	Not Needed
edilsonjr	29/mar	PNP	Ontario	Outland	Not Needed
lpera	05/abr	PNP	Ontario		-
nonnemacher	-	PNP	Nova Scotia	Inland	-

 

[edilsonjr]

was anybody able to contact Sao Paulo VO sucessfully?

 

[ThiagoSCF]

Did anyone here send multiple passports to the Sao Paulo consulate (spouse, kids)?

I am curious if the cvac provide one single tracking number for all passports or if they provide one for each passport.

 

[gpfjl]

I tried this morning, but with no success. More than 40 minutes on hold. Gave up.

was anybody able to contact Sao Paulo VO sucessfully?

 

[vfonte]

Same here. No one answers, either by phone or email. As I've said before, it's like a fortress. It's so hard to communicate with them.