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basmalahh said:
AAAAAAANDDDD FiNally..FINALLY...All the praise be to ALLAH, alhamdolEllah.. :D

FINALLy...
The long waited passports with the (non-maple leaf) visas & COPRs.. + immunization papers for the kids...

I would like to thank you all for your support & information.. I would like to specifically thank pippin, nashe, an74, Tasnim, ammar, cam, engy, ramiraafat & pakmate for their support.. & Ketevan, Indira & Wayne for the spreadsheets along my course (forgive me if I forgot anyone)..

This forum has been such a blessing..thank you guys..

I will keep you all in my prayers (especially who are still waiting) & will try to stay in touch..

:) :)Congratulations :) :)

Alf Mabrook, Allah Barik Fee!

All is well that ends well!!!

Best of luck for ur life and do pray for us....

Cheers,

Nashe
 
nashe_31 said:
:) :)Congratulations :) :)

Alf Mabrook, Allah Barik Fee!

All is well that ends well!!!

Best of luck for ur life and do pray for us....

Cheers,

Nashe

Sure Nashe.. Will be making a special prayer for your family & inshAllah you will be soon with us in Canada :D
 
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Still, Toronto has its positives as well as negatives versus calgary..
for e.g.: Toronto is a big versatile city, more immigrants thus easier to blend, but more free, a bit higher rents, better weather, more activities, nearer to america..etc
Calgary, less people, more conservative life style, colder weather, better job opportunities especially for doctors & engineers, less rent, more outdoors.. etc :)

You will have to choose what suits you more..

Also, I am more in favour of settling for once.. In my opinion: I think that if I have already made up my mind to settle in Canada & build a life there, that staying somewhere else is wasting time.. because I would be wasting valuable "building" time building somewhere else..
I know that might not suit everyone, but that's how I see it..



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thanks basmalah for the info,by the way.....u know any sites to look for flats to rent in calgary.
 
basmalahh said:
AAAAAAANDDDD FiNally..FINALLY...All the praise be to ALLAH, alhamdolEllah.. :D

FINALLy...
The long waited passports with the (non-maple leaf) visas & COPRs.. + immunization papers for the kids...

I would like to thank you all for your support & information.. I would like to specifically thank pippin, nashe, an74, Tasnim, ammar, cam, engy, ramiraafat & pakmate for their support.. & Ketevan, Indira & Wayne for the spreadsheets along my course (forgive me if I forgot anyone)..

This forum has been such a blessing..thank you guys..

I will keep you all in my prayers (especially who are still waiting) & will try to stay in touch..
Mashallah congrats for the gr8 news ... How long did it take you to recieve your visa ?? Where did you send your passports ( London /Islamabad ) ?? Did you recieve the visas on Sunday morning ??? Cuz here in Pakistan there are no saterday or Sunday deliveries , any way wish you and your family all the best in settling in Canada :) .
 
basmalahh said:
AAAAAAANDDDD FiNally..FINALLY...All the praise be to ALLAH, alhamdolEllah.. :D

FINALLy...
The long waited passports with the (non-maple leaf) visas & COPRs.. + immunization papers for the kids...

I would like to thank you all for your support & information.. I would like to specifically thank pippin, nashe, an74, Tasnim, ammar, cam, engy, ramiraafat & pakmate for their support.. & Ketevan, Indira & Wayne for the spreadsheets along my course (forgive me if I forgot anyone)..

This forum has been such a blessing..thank you guys..

I will keep you all in my prayers (especially who are still waiting) & will try to stay in touch..

many many congratulations :) :) :) :)
wish you good luck and pray for us to get PPR soon
 
basmalahh said:
Sure Nashe.. Will be making a special prayer for your family & inshAllah you will be soon with us in Canada :D

In Sha Allah!

Thanks... :D
 
Hi Basmalahh

I have booked my ticket and In Sha Allah will be landing in 2nd week of May . For the hotels , try booking.com and hopefully you will find a good one ....If you want to look for some apartment or houses for rent , please log onto www.rentfaster.ca

Please kkep in touch as we both will be landing in May 2013 .

Thanks

Tasnim


basmalahh said:
I will be landing in May as well inshAllah.. :) have you already booked?

I am still looking at the hotels to be in the first days till I find a permenant home..
Do you know of a good hotel?

I am also checking flights now.. I was waiting for the passports to start moving.. :)
 
ramzy2277 said:
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thanks basmalah for the info,by the way.....u know any sites to look for flats to rent in calgary.

Ramzy

Please try www.rentfaster.ca for calgary renting .

Thanks
 
ramzy2277 said:
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thanks basmalah for the info,by the way.....u know any sites to look for flats to rent in calgary.

I found the site Tasnim gave you quite useful.. & there are several other sites as well, such as: homerent.com, kijiji.com, craigslist.com
but I would recommend that you wouldn't pay anything until you see it in person first.

Goodluck dear & wish me luck..

An architect said:
Mashallah congrats for the gr8 news ... How long did it take you to recieve your visa ?? Where did you send your passports ( London /Islamabad ) ?? Did you recieve the visas on Sunday morning ??? Cuz here in Pakistan there are no saterday or Sunday deliveries , any way wish you and your family all the best in settling in Canada :) .

If you mean how long did the process take since we first applied.. That would be 2 years & 3 months.. While if you mean how long did it take us to recieve the visa since our passports were delivered to "London Visa Office", well, it took the visa office a month to stamp it & another month for it to reach us through mail!

Yeah, It reached our district's post office on a sunday morning, which isn't an off day here in Egypt. Our weekend here is on Fridays & Saturdays..

Thank you for the lovely wishes, may you & your family have the same.. :)


Tawakal said:
many many congratulations :) :) :) :)
wish you good luck and pray for us to get PPR soon

I already did a special prayer now, for you & for Nashe.. I really wish you get it very soon..

Tasnim said:
Hi Basmalahh

I have booked my ticket and In Sha Allah will be landing in 2nd week of May . For the hotels , try booking.com and hopefully you will find a good one ....If you want to look for some apartment or houses for rent , please log onto www.rentfaster.ca

Please kkep in touch as we both will be landing in May 2013 .

Thanks

Tasnim

Thank you Tasnim, the renting site was useful.. I did log to Booking & found a couple of good possibilities :)
Yes, we should stay in touch & exchange experiences.. :)
 
Tasnim said:
You have made a good decision to settle in Calgary...I am also looking to land in Calgary...I will be landing in May this year...what are you landing Basmalahh....Wish you all the best...

Thanks
visit the following links, it may help:

http://canadianimmigrant.ca/guides/moving-to-canada/moving-to-canada-cost-of-living-in-major-cities

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?country=Canada
 
Just received a call from my wife and Mom....
TCS has delivered the passport at my home today 14th February, 2013... With visa and corp... Al- hamdolilah... what a fantastic journey it was on this forum, started on March 2011.Very help full and great support from all of you... Advice wishes and prays will always be remembering... just need prays for future in Canada from all of you...
Thanks again.
 
kalimorian said:
Just received a call from my wife and Mom....
TCS has delivered the passport at my home today 14th February, 2013... With visa and corp... Al- hamdolilah... what a fantastic journey it was on this forum, started on March 2011.Very help full and great support from all of you... Advice wishes and prays will always be remembering... just need prays for future in Canada from all of you...
Thanks again.

Congrats
 
kalimorian said:
Just received a call from my wife and Mom....
TCS has delivered the passport at my home today 14th February, 2013... With visa and corp... Al- hamdolilah... what a fantastic journey it was on this forum, started on March 2011.Very help full and great support from all of you... Advice wishes and prays will always be remembering... just need prays for future in Canada from all of you...
Thanks again.

Congratulations.. :) :)
 
nashe_31 said:
Congratulations.. :) :)
thanks Nashe... any news from your side?