Yes, I mean let's say I get a monthly fee waiver, but I am not even in Canada to use the bank account that often. I feel that I sort of don't take the promotion maximally..
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I am not availing the courier services for passport delivery. I will have to get it by myself from vfs center. So that's why i was confused should i go for the change of address or not.
SIN is a must, the PR card is dependent on IRCC, you must have a Canadian address on where they can ship the PR card. Other things that might interest you: getting a health card, and porting your driver's license .
1. I never did a soft landing, I landed here and that's it so can't comment on that. Nearly all banks have promotion for new comers, but be weary of the bank fees they're quite high, especially RBC which can't be waived. I suggest getting one from the big banks to get a waived annual fee in a credit card, then open in the online banks like Simplii or Tangerine to maximize the bonuses they give to new customers, they're free and no maintaining, so it's essentially free money.
2. Depends on how long, if you're looking to stay in your first province maybe 2-3 weeks then don't bother, but if you're staying like 2-3 months, it might be worth getting one. If you live in BC they have a 3 month wait period on the health card so it may not make sense to get one in BC if you're planning to switch provinces anyway. Also in BC they won't give you a health card OR a driver's license (the actual card), without a PR card unless you have another valid ID like a work permit, they just issue a temporary paper saying you have a health insurance and a driver's license. And the PR card can take quite a long time, IRCC took 10mos to ship mine. Each province has their own policies keep this in mind when you get a health card / driver's license.
You will get the fee waiver for 1 year. The idea to open an account is to have some sort of credit history when you land in Canada. Rentals need a credit history.
Depends on the rental unit, some only need a job offer letter. I got mine with no credit history, but I'm on a purpose built rental unit.
Proof of employment is pretty much standard. I had to give a employee reference letter.
TCF is pretty hard, I don't know about TEF. I personally found it tougher than DELF B2. You can crack the writing part maybe by memorizing phrases and vocabulary but for listening, reading and speaking, you do need to have a good level already.
They mess it up for the rest of us too. These days, you can't even open up anything related to India on Canadian YouTube, Twitter or Instagram without Canadians saying the most atrocious racist stuff imaginable. You work hard, you learn a new language to get your scores up and then some pendus ruin your reputation even before you land in the country.
For me I just gave a job offer and it's pretty much done. I told them I'm new to Canada, and they didn't even ask for references. I'm not sure if just specific to my landlord or it's because purpose built rentals are suppose to operate that way.
Mine is individual owner, so they asked me one. You are right, purpose built rentals don't ask for it unless someone has no job or income source.
I need guidance about how to carry funds to Canada. It is stated that if you are carrying 10k or above then you have to declare it in Canada and have to sign the declaration form. My question is my parents will be traveling with me and they will be carrying 5k and I will be carrying another 5k the rest of the POF if asked will be in my bank and I will have recent bank statements as in case the office asks for it.
Is this approach okay and at the airport I have to tell the agent that I am carrying 5k or 10k.
Is this approach okay and at the airport I have to tell the agent that I am carrying 5k or 10k.
Is the 5k on your parent yours as well? If so, then YOU are bringing in 10k regardless of whose purse it's in.
There's nothing at all to the declaration, just declare you have 10k and that's it. They won't ask you to bring out the money and count for them to see.
Hi guyssss just had a question about doing a soft landing! I’m due to fly to Toronto on Sunday (got my COPR etc). My mother will be coming with me (with an ETA, not PR). How would I ‘land’ in this situation? Normally when we’ve travelled to Canada together we’re both always had ETAs so it was a very quick procedure- so just thinking about the logistics this time around ie. will we have to be in different queues, or can she accompany me etc
Not sure about Toronto, I landed in Vancouver, but I'm assuming it's a similar setup.
> You should have different queues.
> She won't be able to accompany you, and depending on the number of immigrants landing on that day she might have a long wait.
> The officer will ask if you are coming by yourself or with someone else, be specific that your mom won't be claiming PR.
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Asking for friend, for her PR card digital photo upload, there is only one slot to add the digital copy of her photo. For the other details like receipt and studio names etc details document, how should we upload those ?
Create a single PDF with all three (digital photo, receipt and word document) ? Please let us know if anyone has done this process recently.
Asking for friend, for her PR card digital photo upload, there is only one slot to add the digital copy of her photo. For the other details like receipt and studio names etc details document, how should we upload those ?
Create a single PDF with all three (digital photo, receipt and word document) ? Please let us know if anyone has done this process recently.