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[dankboi]

Sad thing is I heard up until 2014/2015, this country was great, housing was cheap, standards were high. It is when JT came in everything went to sht...

my friend & coworker at work, bryan (43, separated) said "fker trudo said he will do 100 things if he gets elected, only did one- legalized cannabis. ima shoot that dumbassmfker" also added "canada was canada until 2014".
bryan is always bored at work. runs to his car every break to smoke weed in his car. but bryan is cool.

 

[GandiBaat]

True. Same is the case in US. Better to buy Townhouses. Individual houses are not affordable or not worth the price tag.

TH also have strata fee. Thats why I chose a duplex. But... remember one thing. The Strata fee covers a lot of structural testing and maintenance. They use the strata fee to feed into a strata account. A number of times, the entire building is repaired without a special levy.

 

[GandiBaat]

Ha ha ,I get that ,Canada I an amazing country.
The story of calgary and idiots moving from torronto and BC
Calgary's unemployment rate is sitting on 6% +.

Home affordability-really this is basic common sense if you don't have a damn job you can't afford anything unless your Dad is wealthy and ready to bank roll you.or you should be and aluminized from lambda college (Lambton lol)

Rent in calgary for a bedroom with a shared restroom is 800$ really that too the landlord picks teneants like Warren buffet picking stocks.

Companies are dropping wages because of this clowns .
One Company offered me 52 k for this skills .
Knowledge in operations
Power bi
Sql
python
DAX
Engineering degree with emphasis on statistics. i said f off .
JT is a clown ,who printed 400 billion $ in last 10 yrs ,if you think you will get a 1st world life in canada, you are an idiot,
Like me who thought when I applied for a pr .If you have a good job in your home country save yourself from this miserable country.
Forgot about bradders from lambdon college folks from a particular region ,not specifying names ,the way this guy behaves ,I have seen animals behaving better than this .so your social life will be with this guys .
Take your citizenship, it won't be worth much in the future but better to have and f off.
The gdp of Canada is supported by selling dreams ,as Mark Holte said canada owes me nothing similarly I also owe nothing that feeling is mutual.

My points
1.Keep your expectations to ground 0.
2.Buying a home is a luck a lot of factors should come together.
3.Use your common sense, you can only afford things if you have a job.Dont follow people blindly
4.You cannot work like you are in your 20s for ever that is a fact.you cannot work till death for a home.

2 circumstances I will reccomend if you are moving to canada and this is not a joke or trash talk.
1.you are sure that your quality of you life is never gonna improve for example my state in india.which is fully destroyed by commies.
2.you are facing persecution.
3.You don't want to wait for a green card and you want a better infrastructure atleast inpapers than a 3 rd world nation.

I am talking from a calgary perspective
I don't know about other places.

Canada is indeed not a great place to live if you are not having a job. It is troublesome. It has become more so after massive ongoing inflation.

Calgary has few good things going for it:
1. Not insane housing cost
2. Medical system is not as overwhelmed as BC. Toronto, is also really bad.
3. Decently large city

That being said, you will need to work out your job first. Get a remote job. One more learning is that Canadian employers are not paying decently. So... you have to get employers from US.

Take your citizenship, it won't be worth much in the future but better to have and f off.

I believe this is exaggeration. Given the condition of Europe and USA, Canada will retain a quite bit of value. If not of anything else than as a country with high amount of fresh water resources. If we talk about future, water is likely to be an important resource which is going to go scarce and Canada holds a lot of it in lakes and rivers. Its a country with decent amount of natural resources and a good skilled population. Its very likely, it will remain relevant during our and our kid's life time.

 

[Canjour90]

Hi,

Due to sponsor issues, my company could not provide me employment Visa. So i had to work there in visit visa UAE for almost one year. But my license was attached to the same pharmacy throughout.

Is it safe to mention this experience to OINP? And ircc? Since employment visa was not provided will that be an issue.?

Please advice

 

[imransyed]

Hi,

Due to sponsor issues, my company could not provide me employment Visa. So i had to work there in visit visa UAE for almost one year. But my license was attached to the same pharmacy throughout.

Is it safe to mention this experience to OINP? And ircc? Since employment visa was not provided will that be an issue.?

Please advice

Grey area.

But.. Because you were not illegally inside UAE neither did you over stay, I can with some confidence say it won't be an issue.

I'd reckon if you've left the job or the uae or are still in the uae with another company and proper sponsorship, it shouldn't matter.
IRCC verifies employment but likely not the visa or residency status unless you were there illegally and were detained, reported or deported.
Its nearly impossible to verify the previous residency status of an expat if the expat has left the country already or has switched jobs within the same country.

Again, grey area, this is my personal opinion and not legal advice but I know people who have done that without trouble.
You should have strong documents to prove your employment though, like reference letters and pay stubs or account statements.

Edit: have you given some thoughts to how will you be arranging a pcc from uae?
What's your current status in uae?

 

[RSub]

TH also have strata fee. Thats why I chose a duplex. But... remember one thing. The Strata fee covers a lot of structural testing and maintenance. They use the strata fee to feed into a strata account. A number of times, the entire building is repaired without a special levy.

Yea, I know. But its not as ridiculous as Condos.

 

[rentiercapitalism]

Got my passport and moved to the usa on TN. Will probably come back to canada close to retirement age and enjoy the peaceful suburbia. It's a no brainer for IT folks.

Glad that it worked out for you. One big disadvantage of TN visa I found is that the spouse can't work, and they'll also have to apply for a TN visa separately. That might be a problem if their occupation isn't eligible for a TN visa. I don't know how easy/difficult it is to get an L1 for them instead and if that creates problems for your TN visa in the future.

Also, for folks who bought a home here in Canada, did you sell it, or rent it out when you moved to the States?

 

[wonderbly]

Hi,

Due to sponsor issues, my company could not provide me employment Visa. So i had to work there in visit visa UAE for almost one year. But my license was attached to the same pharmacy throughout.

Is it safe to mention this experience to OINP? And ircc? Since employment visa was not provided will that be an issue.?

Please advice

I think as long as you were working legally, you shouldn't have a problem. IRCC cares about legitimately obtained and factual work experience, and not about your visa status in another country...

 

[Canjour90]

Grey area.

But.. Because you were not illegally inside UAE neither did you over stay, I can with some confidence say it won't be an issue.

I'd reckon if you've left the job or the uae or are still in the uae with another company and proper sponsorship, it shouldn't matter.
IRCC verifies employment but likely not the visa or residency status unless you were there illegally and were detained, reported or deported.
Its nearly impossible to verify the previous residency status of an expat if the expat has left the country already or has switched jobs within the same country.

Again, grey area, this is my personal opinion and not legal advice but I know people who have done that without trouble.
You should have strong documents to prove your employment though, like reference letters and pay stubs or account statements.

Edit: have you given some thoughts to how will you be arranging a pcc from uae?
What's your current status in uae?

Thanks for the reply.

Now i am working in another company in UAE having employment visa for last one and half years.
As supporting documents i have reference letter, pay slips of last three months and DHA License with that company . But the only issue is worked in Visit Visa.
I am preparing documents to submit OINP HCP.

 

[imransyed]

Thanks for the reply.

Now i am working in another company in UAE having employment visa for last one and half years.
As supporting documents i have reference letter, pay slips of last three months and DHA License with that company . But the only issue is worked in Visit Visa.
I am preparing documents to submit OINP HCP.

Should be good, UAE PCC will also not be an issue.

Good luck.

 

[travelista]

Please can anyone help with this. Single outland FSW applicant with AOR date - April 28, 2023. I just got an ADR for updated proof of funds. The letter says "please provide an updated proof of funds. You must get an official letter from your bank or Financial institution. Please state the average balance for the past six months and a written explanation for the source of funds. Also please declare if you have any debts or loans"

I don't know why they're asking so soon but I have the funds untouched in an investment account. USD10,220 (when I submitted in March it was 9,952 but it's grown due to interests) I've had it since March 2022, and so getting a new letter from the bank is easy as the funds are still there. My challenge is with the explain the source of funds part. This money is literally my life savings, money I've saved over the years that I've been earning an income (15 years). Is it OK if I state this as the source of the funds? Or do I have to get someone to give me a gift deed and submit that instead? I have been unemployed since January 2023, maybe that's why they're asking for the source of this funds. My regular bank account has had no reasonable or steady inflow since I lost my job so I can't submit that either.
PS: I was unemployed for about 3months in 2021 also and I have no debts. The funds are not in a regular bank but a financial institution (investment house fully licensed and regulated by the authorities in my country

 

[primestudio]

Looks like spending 3 years in Canada (under any open work permit) worth less than spending 2 yoe in Canada and 1 yoe abroad. As an ex student who have no prior experience before coming here, I'm very tempted to go back to home for a year. That assumes I'm unable to get any PNPs or LMIAs and I won't lose any points due to age

The point boost is 38 which is massive. I don't think the intended side effect is for applicant to go back and forth. They probably have had this in place before CRS went sky high. But with CRS in 480s-490s region, this might be a good way to get your PR.

 

[sean468]

Please can anyone help with this. Single outland FSW applicant with AOR date - April 28, 2023. I just got an ADR for updated proof of funds. The letter says "please provide an updated proof of funds. You must get an official letter from your bank or Financial institution. Please state the average balance for the past six months and a written explanation for the source of funds. Also please declare if you have any debts or loans"

I don't know why they're asking so soon but I have the funds untouched in an investment account. USD10,220 (when I submitted in March it was 9,952 but it's grown due to interests) I've had it since March 2022, and so getting a new letter from the bank is easy as the funds are still there. My challenge is with the explain the source of funds part. This money is literally my life savings, money I've saved over the years that I've been earning an income (15 years). Is it OK if I state this as the source of the funds? Or do I have to get someone to give me a gift deed and submit that instead? I have been unemployed since January 2023, maybe that's why they're asking for the source of this funds. My regular bank account has had no reasonable or steady inflow since I lost my job so I can't submit that either.
PS: I was unemployed for about 3months in 2021 also and I have no debts. The funds are not in a regular bank but a financial institution (investment house fully licensed and regulated by the authorities in my country

Only thing I could think of is that Currently, 9952 USD = 13,223.82 CAD and the minimum required is $13,757 CAD. You should definitely update your POF otherwise you risk being rejected for not meeting MEC

If its been sitting in an account for more than 6 months and the statements show that, they don't care where the money came from in the past.

 

[perseus_r]

Please can anyone help with this. Single outland FSW applicant with AOR date - April 28, 2023. I just got an ADR for updated proof of funds. The letter says "please provide an updated proof of funds. You must get an official letter from your bank or Financial institution. Please state the average balance for the past six months and a written explanation for the source of funds. Also please declare if you have any debts or loans"

I don't know why they're asking so soon but I have the funds untouched in an investment account. USD10,220 (when I submitted in March it was 9,952 but it's grown due to interests) I've had it since March 2022, and so getting a new letter from the bank is easy as the funds are still there. My challenge is with the explain the source of funds part. This money is literally my life savings, money I've saved over the years that I've been earning an income (15 years). Is it OK if I state this as the source of the funds? Or do I have to get someone to give me a gift deed and submit that instead? I have been unemployed since January 2023, maybe that's why they're asking for the source of this funds. My regular bank account has had no reasonable or steady inflow since I lost my job so I can't submit that either.
PS: I was unemployed for about 3months in 2021 also and I have no debts. The funds are not in a regular bank but a financial institution (investment house fully licensed and regulated by the authorities in my country

I would be very cautious about interpreting your investment account as your settlement fund since that money is not liquid enough for you to basically withdraw for the settlement purpose. If you have regular saving/checking account, you may consider just use that if the 6-month average is above the single applicant settlement threshold.

 

[travelista]

Only thing I could think of is that Currently, 9952 USD = 13,223.82 CAD and the minimum required is $13,757 CAD. You should definitely update your POF otherwise you risk being rejected for not meeting MEC

If its been sitting in an account for more than 6 months and the statements show that, they don't care where the money came from in the past.

The fund has now grown to 10,401.52 dollars. That covers the requirement. But the ADR specifically says "provide a written explanation for the source of funds". *phew