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    Super visa insurance with near regular Canadian healthcare benefits

    Hi all, We are in Alberta applying for Super Visa for my Chinese mother in law, and we are trying to understand the insurance offerings out there. My wife would like to have something better than just emergency medical coverage, like chiropractor, prescription, yearly check up and maybe access...
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    Applying for new visa while in Canada on current visa? Canadian offices in China not issuing new visas

    My Chinese mother in law is in Canada now and she cannot fly home due to covid, her visa expires end april. We are considering applying for an extension but she would prefer to get a new visa so she could go home to china once things ease up and know that she can come back. Standard is to apply...
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    Do you still want to immigrate to Canada? EMAIL whats next?

    Hi all, I can see that many have received the by now famous "Do you still want to immigrate to Canada" email. I was curious to hear if anyone who has received this email and replied have heard anything afterwards? And if yes how long from your reply to the follow up mail from the authorities...
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    Alternative/Dispensation to 12 month income when sponsoring sister

    Hi all I am a Danish national living in Denmark with my Chinese wife. As she is an only Child we have to consider moving back to China when her parents get older. However my wifes uncle lives in Canada, and has no other relatives, which means he could sponsor his sister (my mother-in-law...)...
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    Length of stays on 10 year visa

    Hi there, We will be immigrating to Canada this year, and hope to have my mother in law spend an extended period with us as we have a baby girl. My question is, with a 10 year visa (Chinese citizen) where she is allowed to stay max 6 months at a time, is she allowed to stay for 6 months, then...
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    Re issue of expired CoPR applied from EU?

    Hi there, we applied from Denmark, got our documents in March last year and they expired in June. We havent heard anything since October, have now raised a web form 2 days ago with the Ottawa office waiting to hear back. Anyone applied from EU and gone through London, UK office wanna share...
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    Expired CoPR issued after March 18th 2020 share your status here

    Hi all, So we received our CoPR on March 22nd and was therefore unable to travel to Canada during the early days of the pandemic. To complicate matters our CoPR expired 3rd June (because of medical exam) and we had a baby girl on July 25th. On July 26th I wrote the IRCC to tell them that my...
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    Medical Examination for whole family or only newborn child when adding dependant?

    Dear all, My wife and I had a medical examination from June 2019 which expired in June 2020 since we were unable to travel between the issuance of our COPR Visa in end March as the borders were closed. My wife gave birth July 25th and I contacted the authorities to add my daughter as a...
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    POPR received 30th March, expired 6th June, writing London office for instructions no answer. Anyone else?

    our POPR expired (due to medical being from 6th june 2019) and since my daughter gave birth here in Denmark, I was told to write once my daughter was born. Wrote them 2 weeks ago, no answer, so I raised a webform yesterday, waiting to see what happens. Anyone else in the same boat? I have a...
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    RECO License for Ontario and job opportunities?

    Hi there, I am from Denmark, and previously helped expats in China look for apartments 10 years ago. I am thinking of getting back into real estate and wanted to hear if anyone have experience to share? I am fine starting from scratch and working my way up, we are fortunate to have generous...
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    How fast can I register a company after landing as PR?

    My wife and I intend to do our landing in Toronto in June (depending on the Corona virus situation) and will then go back to Denmark for the birth of our daughter in early August, before moving permanently to Canada around October/November 2020. I have a job ready for me when we settle there...
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    COPR issued after 18th March. Landing before 3rd June, wife due 8th August

    Hi all, We have just received the good news from the IRCC in London, that my wife and I have been issued our COPR. So far so good. Now since Canada is closed for all COPR issued after 18th March we are hoping for the borders to open before 3rd June (our medical was from 3rd June 2019...). I...
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    Newly landed - Finding a Condo without credit score or job

    Hi there, I am looking at 2 bedroom apartments in the Core of Toronto for 1 year leases, and I see a lot of listings where landlords want to see payslips or credit score. As newly landed from Denmark, what can I do to help my chances of a landlord accepting me as a tenant? Off the top of my...
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    Private insurance for 3 months after landing - Husband, wife and newborn - Toronto, Ontario

    Hi all, My wife is due to give birth in August and we are planning to move to Canada a few months after. I am looking at some different companies for the insurance the first 3 months before we get the OHIP. Is there any providers that you can recommend, and is there any special reason to...
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    EU and Chinese citizen, need to provide both passports for permanent residence visa?

    Hi all! After applying in September 8th 2019 we finally got the request for passports for the permanent residence! It is very clear that if you dont need a visa to travel to Canada you dont need to provide your passport. However as my wife is Chinese (meaning she needs a visa) and I am an EU...
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    Further proof needed - Funds to support your establishment in Canada on arrival

    Hi there, I have just received a letter from IRCC, where they are not sure that I have the sufficient funds to establish myself in Canada. Long story short I need my bank to make a new document since they included my mothers account (to which I had a power of attorney at the time) which has an...
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    Sponsorship of child fra country where visa is not needed for entry

    We are now on track to have our invitation to become Permanent Residents in March. We are therefore considering moving to Canada in May to live with my wifes uncle until we receive the permanent residence card. If we then were to go to Denmark for the birth in August, am I then correct in...
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    Pregnancy due August, PPR expected in March

    Hi all I have been reading this post and figured it could do wirh a refresh : https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/adding-a-child-after-ppr.572655/page-2 We are expecting to get our PPR in March but now we are also expecting a child in august, so one option...
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    Quebec Healthcare without waiting for certain countries

    Dear all My wife and I are planning to move to Montreal in 2020 as Permanent Residents. I have seen that ordinarily there is a 3 month waiting period for newcomers, except if you are from a short list of countries with which Quebec have an agreement...
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    Pregnant Newcomer Quebec Pregnancy Healthcare without waiting period?

    Dear all, My wife and I have applied for PR for Quebec and are hoping to relocate around March 2020. We have found out this month that my wife is pregnant and although we are overjoyed it does (potentially) change the planning for our move to Canada. As I see it, although Canada has a 3...