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  1. TheHal

    Urgent Processing essential work

    Sticky one... I'm working in Healthcare peripherally, and it involves frequent border crossings. I'm from an ESTA eligible country, but need a I-94W every 3 months and it's time consuming and difficult to do. Can I ask for urgent processing for this reason? I'm probably looking at no, but it...
  2. TheHal

    Proof of days in country for application

    Hi, been a while, got my PR in 2011, and just been too busy doing other things, but now I will be putting in my application. I have WELL over the required days, I have approximately 70 days outside the country in the past 5 years, my calculator app shows 53, but I am unsure if i'm missing a...
  3. TheHal

    Soon applying for Citizenship, new passport...

    So I got a new passport in January, and the embassy kept my old one, with my IMM 1000 in it... And I am unsure where my COPR is. I have moved (within Canada) 3 times since I got my PR in 2011, and may have put it somewhere "smart". I have a few absences, but I meet the requirement of time...
  4. TheHal

    Opinion on Language proof/back taxes

    Hi folks, Time to get back on the forums/boards and start another application!! 1. Anyway, on my actual application I am trying to avoid spending money on another test, and since I am a certified English examiner for Transport Canada (for aviation English (ALPT)), is there ANY chance they...
  5. TheHal

    Passport request and Implied status question

    Nope, not gotten it yet (as of starting this thread anyways). Sooo, my question is, could I start my new job on 'Implied status' when I receive the PPR? as in, mail in the passport to the office, then start my new job, THEN cross the border when I finally receive the passport back?? Any of you...
  6. TheHal

    Appendix "C" medical

    On appendix "C" the medical for to be brought with to the doctor. 3. Visa office** that will be processing the file : In that section I should put London, being as I am from Norway, HOWEVER, I have ticked the box, to send it to the office closest to where I live, which is Buffalo, which one do...
  7. TheHal

    Filling in the receipt...

    So I finally paid my fee, now I need to fill in the information on the receipt. It asks for a client number, do I use the one from my work permit?? or do I not put anything there?? Cheers Hal.
  8. TheHal

    Ordering Receipts from CIC

    Sooo... I need to pay my first part of the fee, or actually TWO fees... Do I need to order 2 separate receipts?? or do I just order one, and then write an explanation? the fees is the Sponsor fee and the applicant fee, for a total of $550. Cheers H.
  9. TheHal

    Anybody have a sample of declaration of status from friends?

    As in a letter declaring that we are together and that our relationship is true? As is required in the checklist: "And atleast two statutory declarations from individuals with personal knowledge of your relationship supporting your claim that the relationship is genuine and continuing." Just...
  10. TheHal

    Thread for October 2010 Applicants

    Hi, I am Harald, and I am an applicant... "HI Harald..." Ok more seriously tho, seen the September thread, and thought I'd throw in an Ocotber one! Applications not yet been sent, but we are in the final stages, just waiting for the gold-danged FBI paper, and some other stuff like rental...
  11. TheHal

    Silly question really...

    So in my package, is it ok to use double printed pages, ie print on both sides of a piece of paper?? I have adobe acrobat and it allows me to fill and save all my papers, and I thought it'd be a great idea to 'save some trees' by using double sided printing, would this create a problem, or am I...
  12. TheHal

    INLAND and IMM 0008

    See a lot of people writing about the background declaration, however it is not mentioned in the document checklist, so I still need to include it?? I went through the application package yesterday, and found that the family class is actually LESS in depth than the CEC that I was initially...
  13. TheHal

    Statutory decleration of common law union

    Hi there, So gotten some other information taken care of, now I'm looking to get this done. Who do we go see to get it validated?? I got forms from the bak, that states we have had accounts together for more than 2 years, and I can prove we have lived together for more than 3 years, so now I...
  14. TheHal

    Spousal information on the actual application...

    Soo, the conundrum, I phoned the callcenter and asked, and they said I do NOT need to add my commonlaw wife on the application since she was born and raised in Canada. (from Canadian parents) Anyway, since she IS canadian I can 'neglect' to put her on the application, but I have a feeling that...
  15. TheHal

    Another work permit if LMO comes through

    Seen the change in regs that is impending. I have been in Canada since 2002 on various work permits, and this new rule has me worried. My intentions now (actually on advice from CBP while getting my last one) is to apply for a CEC PR. I believe I meet all the requirements. Anyways, I have an...
  16. TheHal

    CEC versus Spousal Sponsorship??

    Seen another thread on it, however my question is a tad different... I qualify under many streams, from Europe, and have been in Canada under work permits since 2002, and I have finally started gathering most of the documents for my PR. Anyway, my future spouse was considering 'sponsoring' me...
  17. TheHal

    Applying for PR, Canadian spouse

    So, I'm a dude from Europe, been living and working in Canada for almost 9 years now, under various work permits. (Should definitively qualify, eh??) Anyway, Come in under group B I believe, but enough about that. My question is this, I have all my papers filled out, and pretty much ready to...