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New schedule A and police certificate as well as confirmation our previous common law relationships had ended.

App Received: 11th Feb 2020 Sponsor Approval: 26th Feb 2020 Medical & Biometrics completed: 9th March 2020 Medical Passed: 12th March 2020 File Transfer to LVO: 21st January 2021 AOR 2: 22nd April 2021 ADR Requests: 11th June ‘21 & 26th July ‘21 Pre Arrival: 25th September 2021 DM: 22nd October...

Hi, A quick question: I will land and become a PR on the 21st December. I will be paid (to my UK bank account) salary from my UK job, that I will have just left, on the 23rd. I will have no Canadian income until January. Do I need to declare this and file taxes for the 2021 tax year?

Hi, I will be landing in Canada on the 21st December and have been lucky enough to be able to transfer with my existing employer. For the new role I have to complete some forms before starting work and one of those is the TD1 Personal Tax Credits Return for 2021. I won’t actually be starting in...

Thanks so much as always for your valuable insight!

Hi all, I intend to apply in person for a SIN as soon as possible after landing as I have work lined up that I will be hoping to start within a couple of weeks of arrival. However I have just read in a wiki on another site that you need to wait 48 hours after landing to apply. I can’t find this...

COPR received 12th November 2021! Thank you so much to everyone on this forum for their help and support during this process, can’t wait to start my new life together with my partner in Canada!

I just had to send a scan of the biometric page of my passport as I’m from a visa waiver country (UK citizen).

Thanks! Quarantine won’t be an issue as I’m fully vaccinated and thus exempt, in fact I visited just over a month ago and flew into Montreal then and there was no issue.

Hi all, Hopefully getting towards the end of my immigration journey at last but I was hoping someone would be able to clarify or alleviate concerns about something: Our city of destination that will be printed on the COPR will be Ottawa, which was our intention way back in the beginning of...

Should be these specifications: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/pr-card/apply-renew-replace/photo.html

Normally positive DM is followed up with the passport request, although the timeline between the two seems to vary.

PPR 23rd October 2021

Finally DM on ECAS today. App Received: 11th Feb 2020 Sponsor Approval: 26th Feb 2020 Medical & Biometrics completed: 9th March 2020 Medical Passed: 12th March 2020 File Transfer to LVO: 21st January 2021 AOR 2: 22nd April 2021 ADR Requests: 11th June ‘21 & 26th July ‘21 Pre Arrival: 25th...

Finally DM on ECAS today. App Received: 11th Feb 2020 Sponsor Approval: 26th Feb 2020 Medical & Biometrics completed: 9th March 2020 Medical Passed: 12th March 2020 File Transfer to LVO: 21st January 2021 AOR 2: 22nd April 2021 ADR Requests: 11th June ‘21 & 26th July ‘21 Pre Arrival: 25th...