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  1. Siouxie

    Opening a bank account without address proof ?

    Scotia bank Newcomers account: https://startright.scotiabank.com/newcomers.html
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    PR card in Hamilton IRCC office

    You will need to make an appointment - there should be a phone number on the letter you received... PR card issue is one of the services that you can get an interview for - https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices/canada-appointment-only.html :)
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    International teachers + criminal checks=DISASTER- Advice please!

    If you read the CIC police checks section here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp it has information on how to obtain them. CHINA Non-Resident Requests You can obtain a police certificate from the local Public Security Bureau by asking someone to act on...
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    Death benefit/Baby bonus?

    The "death benefit" is payable to the surviving spouse 1. What are Canada Pension Plan survivor benefits? Canada Pension Plan survivor benefits are paid to a deceased contributor's estate, surviving spouse or common-law partner and dependent children. There are three types of benefits. The...
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    Linc classes after AIP

    According to the "official" LINC site, she is entitled to do the LINC once AIP is received. I would suggest either going to the office (or sending an email) and show them. (Hamilton)...
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    Linc classes after AIP

    http://www.cce.hwdsb.on.ca/Home/ForeignLanguagePrograms/LINCLanguageInstructionforNewcomerstoCanada/tabid/61/Default.aspx Has the addresses and criteria for LINC in Hamilton. http://www.lincclic.ca/en/assessmentCentres.html :)
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    Staying in Canada while applying outland from the US

    If you are unable to complete the application prior to coming to Canada I would suggest that you pay the application fee's and have the receipt with you - that way you can prove that you intend to submit the application. :)
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    Anyone had somebody else move the 'list of goods to follow'?

    Have you already landed and become a PR? Did you get your "goods to follow" list stamped at customs?
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    Canada to allow skilled immigrants without degrees or IELTS

    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2011/2011-02-17.asp It's a consultation... Government of Canada consults on immigrant skilled worker program Ottawa, February 17, 2011 — Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is proposing changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Program to...
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    Simple first steps - help needed

    Ok... Not being divorced is not an impediment. Your sponsor can still sponsor you even if they are not divorced, providing you have both been separated from your spouses for a period of at least a year. You would come to Canada as a visitor and then put in an application to extend your...
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    Could anyone please help us?

    Hello! I don't believe you would qualify for a conjugal application as there are no immigration reasons as to why your fiance (to be) can't come to the UK. If you read the following websites, you will see that your fiance can apply to come to and then remain in the UK. This would give you the...
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    Must you be accompanied by your sponsor upon landing?

    You can also phone CIC and book an appointment at your local CIC office to "land" - in which case your sponsor could come with you. (The details should be on the letter that was sent with your passport with visa in). :D
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    Dependent Children age for Parent Sponsorship

    It is locked in from the day CIC receive the application
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    Baby in Canada on TRP - now what is the next step to get PR?

    IP5 is for humanitarian applications within Canada: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/ip/ip05-eng.pdf It gives detailed information on the procedure.
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    Other people have no idea what we go through

    I can really relate to this thread! I, too, am from the UK and married to a Canadian. My inland application took 5 years (yes, you read it right... five years) to process from start to finish. It seemed like every week someone would ask me if I was a "Canadian Citizen yet" - this is what most...
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    So close, and now this... please please please help

    Wow, what a mess! After reading your post I had a look at the Samoa Marriage Act (http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/mo1961138/index.html) and then the Birth, Death, Marriage Registration Act (http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/num_act/bdamra2002383/) and the marriage should have been...
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    So close, and now this... please please please help

    If he was "married" in Australia, the 1961 Marriage Act http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2010C00189/Html/Text#param33 states: 23B Grounds on which marriages are void (1) A marriage to which this Division applies that takes place after the commencement of section 13 of the...
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    Couple questions due to an emergency...

    Republic of Korea citizens do not require a visa. Citizens of North Korea do. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
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    Little Evidence

    We married 20 months after meeting - my husband had been adamant he would never marry again (after a failed 1st marriage) and told everyone that for years, in fact he hadn't dated anyone for longer than 2 weeks in 15 years! He got teased but in amongst that teasing were happy congratulations...