CALGARY GROUP

[love20]

Hi fellow forumers! I want to start a thread for those who landed in Calgary and those who are planning to land there. please feel free to share your experiences especially to those who are still waiting for their visas. Thanks.

[lamhey]

Hi fellow forumers! I want to start a thread for those who landed in Calgary and those who are planning to land there. please feel free to share your experiences especially to those who are still waiting for their visas. Thanks.

Im also interested to land in Calgary in the future, pls count me in.
Im a June applicant, got 1st AOR, & will be sending the full doc. to ND VO very soon.

cheers
lamhey

[ammaartahir]

I am post June 25 applicant; have plans to land in Calgary. Count me in as well

[sau2calgary]

hi calgary is our destination. Good luck to us.

[hemel]

Hello, i am planning to land calgary as my copr port of entry calgary,AB. Can any one share house rent,job facilities, air lines from BD to calgary, education&weather etc? HEMEL

[ammaartahir]

I think we all should share our details and maintain a data; what do you say love20?

[Highlander2010]

Hi Everybody - I am a post June 26th applicant as well and providing all goes well with our visa (third time lucky!) then I would be landing in Calgary. 

[canadianwannabe]

Hi all, My family and i are planning to land in Calgary and set up in Airdrie just outside Calgary close to the airport as we have found good fully furnished rental properties here to get us started if all goes well with the visas (fingers crossed). Unfortunatley we are being delat with by Lonon CHC who are very slow we received our 2nd AOR on 5th July 2010 and have been waiting since not showing in process yet and no sign of medicals we were hoping to be gone by now so fingers crosse we will hear something before Christmas an maybe land early next year

[wxyz123]

Hi fellow forumers! I want to start a thread for those who landed in Calgary and those who are planning to land there. please feel free to share your experiences especially to those who are still waiting for their visas. Thanks.

i was plannng to land in calgary but i have heard its a bit racist out there. now i will be going to toronto as its a multicultural,big city with more job opportunities

[Arkhan]

good initiative.,.,.,., i m also in Q

[smaaar]

Hi fellow forumers! I want to start a thread for those who landed in Calgary and those who are planning to land there. please feel free to share your experiences especially to those who are still waiting for their visas. Thanks.

Thank you love20 for applt my idea and keep this group in real life.I know allot of us are post June 26th applicants and dont has much details about the life in Calgary(jobs hunt,rent houses,universities...etc).But I think we can share the little knowledge and build this thread to make bank of information about Calgary.

Have agood luck for all

smaaar

[KShahid]

Hi All,

I am also planning to land in Calgary as I have no other choice because I work in oilfield. What is your motive to goto Calgary?

[BZ Mom]

Count me in. I will be landing in Calgary this November 2010...

[mrs B]

I am sponsering my husband I am a landed immigrant myself  (25 years) both from the Netherlands,
We live in the NW of Calgary..... Expensive city, you have to make lots of money to have a decent life

For a nice condo you pay about 1100-to-1300  (downtown costs more)
for a townhome or home you pay 1300 and up

Groceries all depends on where you get them, stores like Safe-way , Sobey , Co-Op, are pretty expensive but if you look around there are lots of cheaper places, stores like china market (on 17th ave ne) has awesome prices, and there are many more like that

Restaurants, depends all on how fancy you want it, places like the keg are crazy expensive and you dont get much, we like to try out everything, and there are lots of places were my husband and I go that we can have a good meal for around twent bucks (for both)

Electricity, Gas ect all costs about the same everywere, one piece off advise though NEVER EVER SIGN A CONTRACT , no matter how good they make it sound, it will end up costing you BIG

Home phone , there is Telus and Shaw they are about the same, if you have Family overseas get the best package, we pay $47 per month and get unlimited Canada and US calling and 2000 min overseas,plus call display,call forwarding ect... all depends on what you all want.

Gas is cheaper here than in most places.

and we only pay 5 % taxes

furthermore, we find that Calgary is like its own Country, like there not even part off Canada, Yes its true there is racism here, Calgary people are a bit old fashioned, stuck in there ways, not very friendly, its very hard here to get to know people here. we have been living in the nw and no matter how you try no one ever says a word to each other here.

And the weather , YES it gets cold here, very cold ,but at least we get lots of sunshine..

All in All Calgary is ok if you like city life, but if you wont be making good money dont come here because life will be way to hard.

Hope this helps a bit, let me know if you want to know anything specific.......

[nevilraval]

Thanks Mrs B,
Very nice post really and gives good idea!!
Ma'm can you compare Calgary & Edmonton.
I am an engineer by profession and can work in prodcution,projects,as a supervisor,technician.what do u say about such job markets?!!
Hope to get more posts like this..

thanks in advance

Nevil