Manila V.O. - Waiting for the Passport with the Visa

[M-jay]

m-jay!!! bilis mo a. natangap mo na passport mo? kami di pa. san ka sa Calgary?

BM - thanks sa mga PMs ha. appreciate it!

nope not yet... but nagpapa reserve na din kami, kc apat kami with my inlaws din.. May 2 ang balak kc naming alis... or baka earlier pa if maging ok ung transactions ng hubby ko doon...

 

[M-jay]

GUYS JUST WANT TO ASK, do we need na ung ating papers like birth cert. marriage contracts NBI and others be authenticated by DFA? red ribboned??? di ba other countries required un? how about in canada, ok lang bang walang authentication ung mga sa ating docs? nagpa authenticate kc ako ng lto cert sa dfa, its hard pala takes 3 hrs... and ang daming fixers sa labas na nagkukunwaring applicants din..

 

[Big Mike]

based sa mga nabasa ko kasi di na required ung mga yan pagdating sa canada. e.g. NBI eh mas need nila ung Police clearance ng canada rather than NBI clearance natin. sa birth cert, marriage cert parang di naman nirerequire ng mga agencies dun eh. kasi may SIN na tayo so most likely ung info don eh enough proof on our birthdate/age, civil status.

bm

 

[batangnangka]

GUYS JUST WANT TO ASK, do we need na ung ating papers like birth cert. marriage contracts NBI and others be authenticated by DFA? red ribboned??? di ba other countries required un? how about in canada, ok lang bang walang authentication ung mga sa ating docs? nagpa authenticate kc ako ng lto cert sa dfa, its hard pala takes 3 hrs... and ang daming fixers sa labas na nagkukunwaring applicants din..

Just bring a NSO birth certificate... Di mo kailangan for now but if your applying for citizenship na you need it specially sa mga under 18... Also yung copy nyo sa Confirmation of Permanent Residence keep it kasi need yun by the time na mag apply nang citizenship... Ito kasi requirements ngayon for citizenship...

also dalhin nyo mga copy nyo sa car insurance para may discount kayo sa car insurance dito the more years the better...

More info on my blog regarding to papers na dapat dalhin sa canada...

http://kabayansacanada.blogspot.com

 

[Big Mike]

Guys ako naman turn to ask hehe..

Kailangan bang one-way ticket lang ang bilhin kahit babalik din after two weeks? Halos lahat ng travel agencies kasi sbi dapat one way lang bilhin namin kasi baka daw maquestion sa immigration kung may return ticket.

BM

 

[batangnangka]

Guys ako naman turn to ask hehe..

Kailangan bang one-way ticket lang ang bilhin kahit babalik din after two weeks? Halos lahat ng travel agencies kasi sbi dapat one way lang bilhin namin kasi baka daw maquestion sa immigration kung may return ticket.

BM

Yup! baka sa airport palang ma deny kayo sa immigration officer. Bili nalang kayo ticket pag dating nyo dito para safe...

-JFK

 

[Big Mike]

sure ka dyan? kasi may kaibigan ako na two way ticket din siya and sa p2c di naman daw issue or problem ung two-way ticket eh.

wala din naman sinabi sa letter ng cem on anything about sa prohibition against coming back to the philippines its just the maintaining PR status which is 2/5 stay sa canada

bm

 

[batangnangka]

sure ka dyan? kasi may kaibigan ako na two way ticket din siya and sa p2c di naman daw issue or problem ung two-way ticket eh.

wala din naman sinabi sa letter ng cem on anything about sa prohibition against coming back to the philippines its just the maintaining PR status which is 2/5 stay sa canada

bm

di ako sure dyan... but kung may friend ka tas ok yung sa kanila cguro ok lang sa immigration officer...

-JFK

 

[rslcanada]

sure ka dyan? kasi may kaibigan ako na two way ticket din siya and sa p2c di naman daw issue or problem ung two-way ticket eh.

wala din naman sinabi sa letter ng cem on anything about sa prohibition against coming back to the philippines its just the maintaining PR status which is 2/5 stay sa canada

bm

ok lang Big Mike roundtrip...i did that.... u dont need to present the 2nd trip ticket & they dont care if u got one. mas cheaper kung roundtrip ticket ang bibilin mo. i just stayed in Canada for 2wks & be back after a yr.

 

[rslcanada]

Guys ako naman turn to ask hehe..

Kailangan bang one-way ticket lang ang bilhin kahit babalik din after two weeks? Halos lahat ng travel agencies kasi sbi dapat one way lang bilhin namin kasi baka daw maquestion sa immigration kung may return ticket.

BM

funny nman yan travel agencies... how will the I.O know that you got the return ticket?!? unless you will present it & say..."hey, im going back to my country after a short stay in Canada". u dont need to mention that you are going out of Canada after a few mos stay.... & they will not even ask about it. if u mention it they might not let you apply for the PR card & rather do it when you come back & will stay permanently. so less talk less mistake...just answer what they are asking..... in my case, after 8-12wks i got my PR card delivered to my friend's address in Canada & asked my friend to send it to me via express delivery.

hope it helps BM.... goodluck!

 

[Big Mike]

ok lang Big Mike roundtrip...i did that.... u dont need to present the 2nd trip ticket & they dont care if u got one. mas cheaper kung roundtrip ticket ang bibilin mo. i just stayed in Canada for 2wks & be back after a yr.

thanks RLScanada. you're right its a lot cheaper tlaga even with the first time immigrant discount ganun pa din like.. one way e 1034USD then ung return eh 1760 which is 880 one-way each.

actually, i think they're (travel agencies) referring to Temp workers or caregivers kasi they intend to work at a given time tlaga which in most cases eh at the time they went sa canada.

thanks again.

bm

 

[jabba_83]

GUYS JUST WANT TO ASK, do we need na ung ating papers like birth cert. marriage contracts NBI and others be authenticated by DFA? red ribboned??? di ba other countries required un? how about in canada, ok lang bang walang authentication ung mga sa ating docs? nagpa authenticate kc ako ng lto cert sa dfa, its hard pala takes 3 hrs... and ang daming fixers sa labas na nagkukunwaring applicants din..

@ M-JAY how much yung LTO international drivers license?

 

[batangnangka]

@ M-JAY how much yung LTO international drivers license?

In our case di na kami kumuha nang International drivers license, we only ask for a certificate from LTO na we had a good driving status and no accident... Pag dating namin dito sa vancouver we went to ICBC para mag upgrade sa license ko... I have a Pro license sa pinas, ang binigay ko lang sa clerk was my Pro drivers license with the certificate then after I took the knowledge test, it took me 6 road tests bago ako naka pasa for a Class 5 drivers license which is equivalent sa Pro sa pinas...

Check my blog since its base from my own experience at very helpful for new immigrants...

http://kabayansacanada.blogspot.com

check ICBC also...

http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/moving-dl/other_most

more guide from ICBC...

http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/driving-experience

 

[ickodothy]

In our case di na kami kumuha nang International drivers license, we only ask for a certificate from LTO na we had a good driving status and no accident... Pag dating namin dito sa vancouver we went to ICBC para mag upgrade sa license ko... I have a Pro license sa pinas, ang binigay ko lang sa clerk was my Pro drivers license with the certificate then after I took the knowledge test, it took me 6 road tests bago ako naka pasa for a Class 5 drivers license which is equivalent sa Pro sa pinas...

Check my blog since its base from my own experience at very helpful for new immigrants...

http://kabayansacanada.blogspot.com

check ICBC also...

http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/moving-dl/other_most

more guide from ICBC...

http://www.icbc.com/driver-licensing/moving-bc/driving-experience

thanks for the info...but what if you only acquired a DL for less than a year? i just got my DL aug2011. do i still need to get a certificate from LTO? would they still consider the months? because I'm quite confused whether I'm going to get a certificate or not.. ??? ??? ???

 

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[size=10pt]Labour shortage becoming ‘desperate'[/size]

An increasingly “desperate” labour shortage is the main obstacle keeping companies from becoming more competitive.

An aging work force and growing demand for specialized skills means that hundreds of thousands of jobs are going begging despite stubbornly high unemployment, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce concludes in a report being released Wednesday.

The expected shortfall over the next decade or so includes 163,000 construction jobs, 130,000 oil workers, 60,000 nurses, 37,000 truckers, 22,000 hotel workers and 10,000 skilled steel tradespeople.

“Canada is developing a desperate labour shortage and resolving it is key to the continued success of Canadian businesses and the economy,” according to the report, Top 10 Barriers to Competitiveness.

The chamber said businesses must work closely with the federal and provincial governments to tap “underutilized” potential workers, including older workers, youth, natives, the disabled and new immigrants.

“We have to have a real sense of urgency. We're trying to sound an alarm,” Perrin Beatty, chief executive of the chamber, said in an interview.

Most Canadians are “blissfully unaware” that their future prosperity is being put at risk by emerging economic challenges, from inside and outside the country, Mr. Beatty argued.

He pointed out that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to China this week is a powerful reminder that faster-moving trade rivals are rapidly moving up the economic “value chain.” He said Canada must “up its game” to keep pace.

“A lot of things we take for granted are at risk,” Mr. Beatty said.

The labour shortage is the most severe of 10 barriers facing businesses, which include discriminatory employment-insurance benefits across the country, a complex tax system that is laden with exemptions and too dependent on income and corporate taxes, lingering barriers to trade within Canada, and vague and overly restrictive foreign-investment rules.

A key challenge is to help workers laid off from shrinking industries, such as manufacturing, find work in fast-growing sectors.

That's the reason the biotech industry is launching an online skills-transfer tool this week designed to help factory workers identify expertise that could be useful to new employers. Many traditional manufacturing skills are desperately needed in biotech, including those of equipment installers and operators and monitoring and control technicians, according to BioTalent Canada, an Ottawa-based non-profit group that developed the Web resource.

“Unemployed workers simply do not know this,” said Rob Henderson, executive director of BioTalent Canada.

Immigrants are another vast pool of potential workers. They make up a fifth of the labour force and all of its recent growth. But language barriers, mismatches of skills and problems converting foreign credentials is forcing too many of them into low-paying unskilled work or unemployment, concludes a report issued this week by Toronto-Dominion Bank.

Raising the employment rate for immigrants to the same level as native-born Canadians would mean 370,000 more people working, according to TD. And if immigrants were paid the same as non-immigrants, the boost to the economy would equal $30-billion, or 2 per cent of the gross domestic product.

“Canada would gain a major competitive advantage if this country were recognized around the world as one where all migrants are successful in being able to practise their own trade and raise their standard of living,” the TD said.

Solving the dilemma is “integral to the long-term prosperity of Canada's economy,” the bank said. Better targeting of immigrants with the skills Canada needs, along with improved language training and better recognition of foreign credentials would help to close the gap, according to TD.

Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/growth/labour-shortage-becoming-desperate/article2330196/