Congrats and thanks for sharingPosted this in March after looking at how bad the rental market really was(and giving out my personal info for rental felt so dumb): https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/newcomer-pr-mortgage-questions.791545/
Bought my home yesterday. I landed here earlier this month for context. I posted most of what I had planned in that thread and it worked just as I thought it would. Feel free to browse what I did. I also feel happy to receive DMs from other immigrants who read my posts and were able to buy their homes post-landing too.
Some realizations:
1. for all the crash talk, there are a LOT of people with millions of dollars in cash who take any investment opportunity they can - the market is highly likely to not crash(can do down, but won't crash) as these people can easily wait out 5 years of tough market. Non-investors would crack first.
2. you'll always be forced on "investment opportunities", "keeping low equity", "flipping", etc and other lifestyle bs. There's money to be made there for sure, but it is something that deeply damages the market for some many others that there's a moral decision that one needs to make.
3. buying cheap = peace of mind. RE investments are not everything - it is purely lazy, unintelligent money that screws up our own fellow residents who one day would want to be able to buy a home to start their families.
4. if you are buying in a market like Calgary, be prepared to lose $30k-60k in future if you move out of the city due to job loss or in-search of better opportunities.
Yes I can, I called them in June, July and Aug. Then after seeing the laziness and incompetence of the employees and broken system and processes I simply got fed up . I only order GCMS notes, my wife calls them but no progress still though. GCMS I try to order once monthly and timing is such that CBSA notes and IRCC notes have 2 weeks of each other.Wait are you in Canada right now? If so , you could just call IRCC yourself. I did, took me almost a year before my PR card arrived, and I was constantly calling them to follow up.
Anyone knows a reliable transcript service in India for WES ECA ?I'm quite surprised the college did not take the admission fee first and then claim the letter was fake. Must appreciate their integrity.
Considerable number of transcript scammers on this forum. If anyone suggests anything here, do look into their posting history to make sure you aren't trusting a scammer.Anyone knows a reliable transcript service in India for WES ECA ?
Thankx.I appreciate the honesty.Considerable number of transcript scammers on this forum. If anyone suggests anything here, do look into their posting history to make sure you aren't trusting a scammer.
Do Lambdas use false transcripts and cheat IRCC?Considerable number of transcript scammers on this forum. If anyone suggests anything here, do look into their posting history to make sure you aren't trusting a scammer.
I'd like to say it should be hard to do so. But then, who knows!Do Lambdas use false transcripts and cheat IRCC?
I start to wonder why is this called "lambda"? It sounds like a covid variant. Maybe we have alpha, beta, delta, and omicron as well?Do Lambdas use false transcripts and cheat IRCC?
Lamby's documents are as real as Kim's buttDo Lambdas use false transcripts and cheat IRCC?
It refers to international students that attend colleges like "Lambton college". It seems to be a running joke in this thread. Just goes to show how much of an echo chamber this thread has becomeI start to wonder why is this called "lambda"? It sounds like a covid variant. Maybe we have alpha, beta, delta, and omicron as well?
There is a new college. It's called Alpha College. @navinball teaches thereIt refers to international students that attend colleges like "Lambton college". It seems to be a running joke in this thread. Just goes to show how much of an echo chamber this thread has become
Public service career salary bands are crazy in Canada. I had a choice to pursue either public career path (Canada) which meant I'd be limited to Canada or pursue private F100 experience (w lower pay). I chose the latter with hopes I can transfer to US one day. May be a huge mistake, will let you know in 10 years lolCanada is ridiculous they needed a Auditor General to land up with a massive team and wine and dine with all the big boy/gals of IRCC and now release a report they are inefficient. I who get paid lot less, much lower in the food chain knew this and have been telling this for months now.
https://www.cicnews.com/2023/10/breaking-canadas-auditor-general-releases-a-report-on-irccs-permanent-residence-backlogs-1040410.html#gs.777jnk