hi obron thanks for keeping our page alive. once i get any update i will surely paste. on another note, getting thru immigration after receiving COPR was fairly smooth. there were no harasments the border security officers were nice to a fault. i was not asked to show anything except the COPR and who i was going to stay with if any. it took me about 5min to be processed thru and this happened this january. so for everyone nursing anxiety over the canadian border crossing relax. financially i was not bouyant when i landed and that was my concern, i had only $2500 on me. yet i survived, now i hold 3 diff jobs have my own accomodation, all within 4 months. my soft landing was my uncle who gave me the proper orientation and was up and running within a week. any way for most of you guys that should not be a problem cos your spouse just like me has gone ahead of you to make the transitiion easy.