Recent content by mashi

For gov't health care, it is not a "marriage" that entitles you to coverage. It is residency. Once you are a legal resident in the province, you have to wait 90 days before you are eligible for provincial health care. Doesn't matter if you are a temporary foreign worker on a work permit and no...

Thanks mitamata. Lots more info there for me. REALLY appreciate it!!! Guess I'd better start applying for jobs that I have no intention of getting, so that I can get some rejection letters <rolling eyes>. If you pop back on here, to save the hassle of a new thread, what is your thought on...

Queen's has a very good housing office on campus that provides up to date rental listings in the area. They most likely provide listings online as well (when I was a student they weren't, but that was 10 years ago!) You're best to go onto the Queen's website and look for info there. HTH

Hahah, hilarious...I must have asked the official stupidest question ever!! Thanks for answering without laughing at me!!

Sorry, - there's not a thread I could find that explains all of the acronyms people use? Only one I am confused on is in someone's sig where they list the dates of their "joruney" through CIC, they say "PPR" and the next one is "PP" So "PP" has been requested (the R?) but what exactly is PP...

Hello all, newbie here. LOTS of questions. My husband and I have been through the PR process when he sponsored me to the UK and it was so simple compared to this! Backgd: * I left Canada in 2002 to travel for a year, met my husband and have lived abroad since * Travelled until 2006, got...