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Re: when can I apply for citizenship Hello Leon, I became PR in the month of July 2008. stayed in Canada for 15 months before leaving the country to Singapore. I returned back to Canada in July 2012 and have been staying here since then. My PR got renewed in May 2013. (Basically, after I...

Hi, Wonder whats the difference between OCI, PIO and visit visa to India? which one is better? Thanks VPS

Hi; My spouse and I are Canadian PR expecting our baby this July 2014. We want to take the baby to India in October 2014. I want to know how soon I can obtain the Passport for the newborn and what is the procedure. I could find enough information in the CIC website. Can someone provide me with...

I have an issue. My parents are in Canada in visitors visa. My sister from US took their passports to the US and the original plan was to get the passport from my sister when they visit us in July. But now that my parents wants to travel to the US. Can my sister send the passport via courier...

Hi, My in-law is diagnosed with breast cancer and had a surgery done. She now need to go through çhemotherapy. We are looking for the chemotherapy done in Canada. However, she doesn't have a visa to enter Canada? Do you think I can apply for visitor visa with the medical history that she has...

Hi, My in-law is diagnosed with breast cancer and had a surgery done. She now need to go through çhemotherapy. We are looking for the chemotherapy done in Canada. However, she doesn't have a visa to enter Canada? Do you think I can apply for visitor visa with the medical history that she has...

A question regd. eligibility. The website says "only the four (4) years preceding the date of your application are taken into account" to apply for the citizenship. Background of my stay in Canada until now... I arrived in Sept 2006, became PR in July 2008, stayed in Canada until Nov 2009, was...

Hi, Questions regd. visitor visa. Parents in Canada in visitor visa. They have the visitor visa until 2015 1) While filling the immigration form in the airport they did mention that they intend to stay in Canada for 40 days. However, we would like to extend their stay for another 3 months. How...

I did enquire to obtain entry/exit record from Singapore, unfortunately got a reply stating.. "Please allow us to clarify that information gathered during the immigration clearance process is strictly meant for ICA to carry out its function as an immigration authority. As such, we regret to...

Anyone know how long it takes to get the entry/exit records from countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia? and the best and faster way to obtain them? My current PR has already expired; applied for PR renewal and CIC is asking for the records..sad

I forgot to mention one point that the previous country where I stayed, Singapore has bar code scanning of passports (no physical stamping on passports). Would that be the reason for their asking? If tat is the reason, is it enough to send them a letter stating the same?

Does getting the entry/exit record apply to countries visited as tourist as well?? or is it the places where I spend more than 6 months. To me, it doesnt make sense to provide entry/exit of countries visited as tourist.. please advice..

Hi, This is regarding PR renewal. Had applied for the same 3 months back and got an email yesterday from CIC asking me to submit 1)Complete pages (including blank pages) of your passport/passports held in the last 5 years. Ensure all pages are clearly legible. 2)Personal immigration...

Is it ok for new immigrant to transport goods via post than shipping?

Can some one suggest me cheapest and best shipping companies internationally? Its not a huge luggage, mostly books, DVDs, some utensils etc. Dont think it will be more than 50kgs. Also appreciate if you can suggest the best way to transport such items?? Thanks VPS

As a new immigrant, how much cash can one carry to Canada? If its 10,000 permissible cash, can one bring more cash as a bank draft or is it illegal to bring cash plus bank draft? Would appreciate any reply....

Hi, NDVO is the only visa office which holds PP for a very long time, from 3 months to even upton an year. However, on an average 60-70 percentage of applications are cleared in 4 -5 months after they receive passport. They clear the applications based on the time that they would have received...

Does anyone know the best way to transfer the goods internationally? We don't have many items to ship but may have 30 kg or so extra than the allowable allowance of two 23 kg? Any suggestions would help.... Thanks

Can some one tell me procedures at the immigration counter once you land with a PR?

Hi all, Spouse got the PP with shiny visa. However one small issue in COPR. The place of issuance of PP given is wrong. It should have been singapore but shows Indiam anyone ever experienced such an issue? Any suggestns pl.... To add more, spouse had a real long travel history with 5...