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    Residency Obligation (RO) requirement clarification

    Thanks, Scylla, for your quick response. I do have a follow-up question. It appears to me that the Act is fairly clear and that as long as you are under contract with a Canadian business outside Canada, the requirement should be met. To me, it is at least misleading as the requirements are...
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    Residency Obligation (RO) requirement clarification

    The Canadian company existed before and still exist up to this day. What I mean by "closed" is that its affiliate, let's just call it "Subsidiary" closed. I believe it will qualify as "affiliate" is the head office owned it 100%. I wasn't hired by the head office initially. I was specifically...
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    Residency Obligation (RO) requirement clarification

    Hi, I'd like to get your opinion on a RO requirement in regards to working outside Canada. Per PR renewal guide, it states the following: "Situation 2. Employment outside Canada You may count each day you were employed outside Canada if your employment meets the following requirements: • you...
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    Are the landing funds required to be in CAD dollars?

    Or can I take it partially US dollars considering I exceed the required limit with the exchange rate? The reason I ask is that I will be leaving Canada after landing in a month or so, and would rather not pay exchange fees from US$ to CAD$ and then back again. Thanks for your input.
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    Marriage before Visa issuance

    Hi, I am wondering if anyone has been in situation when they got married before the visa was issued. I received the request for the passport to be sent, but I know that if I get married before the visa issuance, I 'll need to notify them. Does anyone know what the process is like in that case...
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    Question about Medical Location

    Anyone else know of similar cases? Appreciate you responding to this thread.
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    Question about Medical Location

    Thanks, PMM. In this case, the letter refers to London.
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    Letter of Reference for Accountant (1111)- Is this one good enough?

    It looks good, but I would make sure there are no abreviation such as PNL (or P&L) because the reader of the letter is morelikely not an accountant and may not understand what it says. In addition, use some of the key words from the official job description provided for 1111 to be more precise...
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    How many exams a US CPA needs to pass to be a Canadian CA

    The best way to find out is to go to CA's official website. They have a reciprocity rules. I believe you need to take canadian tax exam plus what's called UFE.
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    Question about Medical Location

    Hi Everyone, I have a situation and I'd like to get second opinion from people that may have had similar experience. I've lived in US but I had to apply to Moscow office due to staying illegally in US. The Moscow office sent a request for medicals with list of doctors located in former Soviet...
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    Is that possible to change the office for the interview?

    Thanks all for your responses. I definetely don't want the answer to be sugar-coated, as that may even complite it further. I guess I'll play as it goes. Thanks again for your posts!
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    Is that possible to change the office for the interview?

    PMM, thanks for your response. What makes you think they won't move to US? Do you know any specific cases?
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    Is that possible to change the office for the interview?

    Hi everyone, I am in a unique situation and would like to get your opinions, possibly from the past experiences. I am currently in US and I am supposed to submit my package to Moscow office in russia. The reason for this is that I didn't have a 1 year legal stay after I entered US. Currently...
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    AOR Received Application Reached CIC 5th August

    Same here, received Aug 5, email received today, good luck to all of you :)
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    Letter of reference without company's official seal-Pls senior suggest me

    I am providing the Letters of reference from US companies which usually don't have or use seals. I know one of my letters won't have the seal for sure, how strictly is this enforced? Has anyone had a case where they returned the application or didn't add the point because of the lack of seal?
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    PCC 90 days validity question

    Thanks PMM and all others for your input. Hopefully I don't have to go through the process again as I am hoping to get a resonse from Sydney before it.
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    PCC 90 days validity question

    I've read on this forum many times that PCC are good for 90 days, my lawyer says they are usually are good for 1 year. I don't really trust him as he has been somewhat laid back and careless. I tried to research but couldn't find any official statement on CIC website. Could anyone post a link or...
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    Who filed Aug 2009?

    Application received in NS Aug 4, DD is not cashed yet. Looks like it's consistent with other postings.
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    Employer Letter Template

    Hi, Does anyone have a template of what the Employer Letter should look like? I know the requirements are posted CIC website, but at the same time would like to take a look at the letters that were used. If you have, I'd appreciate if you post under this topic. Thanks, AD