Landing expenses and how to think properly?!

[drspecialist]

Dear All
We have got the visas for landing and we are a family of 4 with 5 and 9 years old children. Actually to go for a week for landing from Egypt to Canada and return in this very expensive time of the year would not be easy at all. So now?!
1) Is there is any help from any agency or whatever toward these landing expenses?
2) What are the benefits offered for newly skilled immigrants with 9& 5 years children? Do children get any benefits as other countries do?
3) What will be the consequence if I land alone (Main applicant) for the moment?
Please advice me as our visas expire within 20 days.

[ashirale]

Hi Dr.

• ALL of you need to land BEFORE your visas expire.
  Anyone from your family (including children) who does not land before the visa expiry date will need to be sponsored through a fresh sponsorship application by you from within Canada.
  The Principal Applicant (I'm assuming it's you) may land before the dependents but it cannot be the other way round....In any case all your landing dates should be within the next 20 days.
  There is no financial support for Skilled Worker applicants for 6 months. (That's what the landing funds are for). You may wish to take out a personal loan from a bank in Egypt for the purpose.

Congratulations and good luck!

[Leon]

You want Canada to pay for your travel expenses so you can land?  You can forget about that.  Everybody is on their own here.  Maybe your family or friends will give or lend you money but Canada will not.

Parents residing in Canada are entitled to Child tax benefit.  Since you are not staying this time, there is no use applying now but once you have arrived for good, you can find the application forms here: http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/goc/cctb.shtml

[drspecialist]

Thanks for your kind replies

[wilson]

Dear All
We have got the visas for landing and we are a family of 4 with 5 and 9 years old children. Actually to go for a week for landing from Egypt to Canada and return in this very expensive time of the year would not be easy at all. So now?!
1) Is there is any help from any agency or whatever toward these landing expenses?
2) What are the benefits offered for newly skilled immigrants with 9& 5 years children? Do children get any benefits as other countries do?
3) What will be the consequence if I land alone (Main applicant) for the moment?
Please advice me as our visas expire within 20 days.

Hi,

Hi Drspecialist,
If you have financial problem to meet entire family's  travel and settlement expense, I would suggest  you may alone land first  and look for suitable survival job. If you are able to save some money before the expiry of visas for your family ( before completing one year from the medical date ),you can ask your wife and kinds to land.
Landing alone will  be convenient for job hunting.   You can also look for cheap and better place for the family life. Think about  whether it would be possible for your family alone to travel later or not.