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I thought I will just continue with this thread since we are all from Singapore. I was told by some people that you could buy car even with an international driving permit but at a higher insurance premium. Does anyone has any experience in that? Also where does one go for to get all the...

Can I buy a car with an international driving license? I am from Singapore, no direct conversion to BC license according to rule.

Thanks, Tran, mediajunkie, I have gone thorugh webiste of the mobile phone providers like bell, rogers, telus etc and got the impression that I have to use the phone sold by the providers. I was hoping those of you who have been there might enlighten. If I could use my own existing phone, it...

Would you open a HSBC account from here or is it better to do from Singapore there? Any advise? I am planning to do my landing to vancouver this December and am thinking of buying a prepaid phone card for use soon after landing. Does anyone know if I can use my exiting phone here (say an...

This question is about CPF money. If you take transfer your CPF money some years later after you have settled in Canada, is the money transferred subjected to tax?

I just got my PR visa and plan to do a recce trip to Vancouver in December for two weeks and use that time to get my Social Insurance Number. One question in the SIN application asks: Are you currently residing in Canada? If I am only there for two weeks, do I say yes or no?

You said I am allowed to use my singapore license for six months? I assume you mean I don't even need to get a international driving license? If I planned to land for two weeks and return 8 months later, my singapore license will not be valid then (8 months later)?

Hi, Mediajunkie, I really appreciate your help on the license query. I actually have a US license (tested there) some 15 years ago at illinois. But that expired 5 years later (Year 2000). Could I use that expired illinois license to convert to the Ontario license? I still have a valid...

Can you guys get your singapore driving license converted easily when you land? How?

If I as the principal applicant land now in October 2009 but my son as the dependent lands half a year later in March 2010, does his PR residency requirement of 2 out of 5 years starts ticking when he lands (Mar 2010) or when I land (Oct 2009)?

The personal net worth form requires the applicant to provide information on: - Funds to accompany - Assets to be transferred later If I don't declare the assets to be transferred later in the form (quites a hassle), will the assets be taxable if I do the transferred later?

If I underdeclare, would the undeclare money be taxable if I transfer them to Canada later?

Singapore office does ask for personal net worth statement. I am just not sure if I will be guilty of underdeclare if I don't tell all.

Isn't net worth means all that you have? Am I not underdeclare if I don't tell them all that I have?

If I have a $100,000 fixed deposit, is it enough to declare just that or must I also declare everything I have?