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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    At the current response rate for our stream, it might take about a little over 2 months to get a response from CIC. Until then, it is a better idea to forget that once you filed an app. Regarding 852: if you start reading last one month's posts here, you will find the updated figure as of the...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I guess one's dependent, who is also included in the PR application, would be eligible for domestic fee, after getting PER. Isn't that the case?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I've no idea about acceptability of watermark. It is really weird for a graduate office not to have a stamp!! may be talk to a different front-desk guy at a different time. If every effort fails, then at the minimum you can have the letter in a closed envelope and signed on the back flap - like...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    It appears unrealistic to me to organize such a combined letter kind of thing. I guess emailing would be a better option.
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Contact the Minister e-Mail You may send comments to the Honourable Jason Kenney at Minister@cic.gc.ca.
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I'm not quite sure about the original purpose of introducing this PhD stream.... But if it was to attract/retain Canadian trained graduate students at home, then how on earth this slow processing is serving that purpose? If Canada is to compete/progress in research, then there has to be some...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I guess PhD stream has got very less priority in CIC's processing ... :/
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    1) Normally universities have deadlines to opt-out of UHIP. If you can present OHIP card to them before deadline, you should get refund of the remaining months' fees. 2) There is no harm in getting OHIP for your husband. Later on you can decide which one to use. 3) Your babay, as a Canadian...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Dani1982: I feel sorry for the troubles you went through. Filing a single application is too much work, applying for second time could be a mental torture.... I was not specific in my previous question. Could you please tell me if an applicant can know application status (via ecas) before...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hi Dani1982: Congratulations to you. What is your ecas status now? And what was your status before Sept 17?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Dear Members, Did anyone of you send application to the 47-49 Dorchester Street, Sydney, address? I used XPressPost and sent my application to that address. Canadapost website is showing my package status 'Out for delivery' since Aug 20. After repeated inquiries, all they can inform me is my...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Thank you guys. I neither have driver's licence nor provincial ID. I called service Ontario only to know that it takes about 4-6 weeks to get provincial photo ID. Is there anyone in this forum who used Canadian SIN card? or even got PER without submitting National Identity Document?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hello guys, I have a question about National ID. Does anyone know if it is mandatory? I am from Bangladesh, and do not have any national ID with me. Worst thing is I can not get one while I am abroad. What Canadian ID can be used in lieu of National ID?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Seems like the PhD stream stays same as it was before. Any thoughts on MI5 guys?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I hope they fix glitches in the attestation template. My full-name does not fit inside their template... hence it shows as cropped in the output. Further, they want Graduate office to sign on it, but when an applicant puts in his/her department name in it, the template automatically generates...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hi TyrusX, Thanks for your reply. My point was - I'll get 14K in the form of scholarship+TA+RA over the next 1 year for my living. If I can manage supporting documents for this claim from my university, will it serve as an alternative to the bank balance?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hello People, Congratulations to all who have got PER and MED requests. I have a question regarding the settlement fund. I am planning to apply with my spouse, so it would be 14K for me. Is it okay to show my scholarship+TA+RA as settlement fund? Is there anyone who have done so? Regards.