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Can someone help? I want to apply for a course and it says you have to be a "senior 4 graduate". I don't know what it means - does it mean a high school graduate?

What does it mean?

If we rent out we will use a real estate agent. We are not thinking of a homestay business since you need a licence for that. One of the reasons we are keen to rent out is because you can get tax deductions for rentals - we figure it's cheaper to maintain the house as a rental rather than an...

We have the option of buying 1. a big house, 2. two smaller houses, or 3. a small house and put the rest of the money in the bank. We intend to 1. a big house - rent it out and in return, we will rent a cheaper place 2. live in one and rent the other one out 3. live in it and put the...

I became a landed PR at the start of 2011. I stayed in Canada for 3 days afterwhich I returned to my home country because I have a job there. I intend to stay in my home country until it's time to return to Canada to fulfill my PR obligations. My questions are 1. Do I need to declare myself...

Hi, we're newly landed PRs and we're looking into buying a house in Toronto. Our question is, is it possible to obtain a mortgage if we earn an overseas wage? We can put down around 40% of our price range. Thanks.

I will have my PR card when I re-enter. And I plan to enter Canada with PR card every time. Therefore, does it matter which passport I use? Or should I stick to Passport A since this is the passport I used for my initial landing? If immigration does not conduct departure check (i.e. no...

Good question and I've been wondering about this a lot also. My partner and I used the same shop to take and process the pics. Mine was accepted, my partner's was not. When we landed we asked the immigration officer whether the photos were OK. The officer said sure, no prob. 3 months later...

I have 2 passports (i.e. 2 citizenships). I initially landed in Canada on passport 'A'. I am returning next month. Since I do all my travels on passport 'B', does it matter which passport I use to enter as a PR? Or is it better to keep all the immigration stamps in the one passport (that is...