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Dear Leon, Thank you very much for your quick and concise advice! Now I can move in there safely with PR card and IMM5292. Thank you. Tak

Hello, I landed in Toronto before (2009), but needed to leave later although I did back and forth some occasions. However, now I am finally able to go back, this time Ottawa. I would like to apply for OHIP. I have my permanent residence card, national health insurance card, driver license...

Hello, I have landed in Canada this week. The timeline is as follows. Landed in: Toronto, October 27th, 2009 It took me 1 hour to get out from the airport by doing all, including passport control, PR card, custom clearance, pick-up luggage. Actually it took me more at the Miami International...

Can you please help me very quick? I don't have an address when I am landing in Toronto so that I am going to use my friend's house, where is in Brampton, the suburban of Toronto, for PR and SIN card to be mailed. Can I apply SIN card in Service Canada Centre in Toronto? I mean Service Canada...

After looking for the banks which can issue travelers checks, I have found that no bank in Ecuador, where I currently live, issue traveler checks. So, the alternative options left are: cash or bank drafts. I don't have a bank account in Canada. Here are my questions. Is it wise to take the...

Thank you for the information. I will bring the fund in USD. One more question, if I take bank drafts with me, can I change them to the CAD cash at any bank, or do I need to have already an account in a bank to do so? Sorry, I don't know the basic banking system, and am not completely sure if...

Based on your discussions, I don't need to prepare all the fund in CAD, do I? I am having a difficulty to get CAD in my country. Also I have a problem to get travelers cheque. I am now thinking to take bank draft (cheques payable to myself), cash, recent bank statements, etc. but in USD. Is...

So, I guess I need to first see a job to be covered for the dental. In the meantime I will look for the private insurance. Thank you!

Hello PMM, You are right. Although my medical was done more than 1 year ago, the Buffalo office gave me the extension for the visa expiration date. I submitted my passport to the office in the middle of August 2009. It got back to me in the second week of September 2009. The visa expiry date...

Umm, let's see what they say. I am sending my passport to Buffalo this week. In case retaking the medical, the passport return might take longer than 15 business days, or my passport may not be back to me until submitting the medical??? I probably need my passport within a few months for the...

Thank you, Leon, 3-6 months periods are really good afvice for me. I will look around private insurances including dental options till I get covered by the government or job. Thanks.

Thank you very much for the information. However, my medical exam was done long way back more than 1 year ago, and now I am sending my passport to the Buffalo office. Is there possibility that my immigrant visa be denied or I retake the medical exam? Or just so many cases are piled up there and...

I am on the visa stamping process in Buffalo, NY. I would like to know how many days the visa stamp on the passport usually has before the expiry date. Thank you for your advice!

I have heard that the health insurance in Canada does not include dental work. I am wearing dental braces now and would like to know if it would be better to finish the dental braces work before landing in Canada, or keep them and look for dentists in Canada later. Thank you for your advice!