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    Ordering goods online from the US

    Hi, I want to buy a new camera, and have found the one I want is $100-$150 cheaper on US websites than in Canada. However, I'm worried about all the possible import taxes and customs charges that may apply. I've tried to make sense of it all, but I still can't work out if it's cheaper overall...
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    Cell phone networks

    Wow, I wonder how people afford to keep cell phones here! I just came form living in Finland (so my folks are used to calling abroad) and the landline has become virtually obsolete because cell phones are so convenient and cheap. I think i will get a skype phone number and voicemail, that looks...
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    Cell phone networks

    Hi, I've just moved to Alberta form the UK, and am having a little trouble understanding the cell phone system and finding the right network and plan for me! In the UK, it's free to receive all calls, whether local or from abroad, as long as you are in the UK when you take the call. I'm ideally...
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    How do I fill in an open work permit application?

    Thanks, I should get my study permit within the next four weeks (fingers crossed) so then we were thinking to attempt to apply for his work permit. If his permit gets refused at this try, could he try again at POE, or is that out of the question?
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    How do I fill in an open work permit application?

    Firstly thanks for replying. It's not the common-law union form that's the main problem, it's the actual work permit form (although I do have a problem in that we don't have a joint rent/property/bank account etc., all we have to prove we live together is the same address on bank statements...
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    How do I fill in an open work permit application?

    Ok, can someone please tell me what's wrong with my request? It's just whenever I lok online all I see is 'You can apply for and open work permit IF you fulful thisandthis' but there's never a HOW you apply. If no-one has the patience to type a reply can someone at least provide a link where I...
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    How do I fill in an open work permit application?

    Hi. I will soon be travelling to Edmonton on a phd 4-year study permit, and wish to bring my Common-law partner with me. However, we had only lived together 10 months when I applied for my permit, but will have lived together for 12 by the time I leave for Canada, so we were advised that he...