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    Finding remote work in English while in Québec

    My wife immigrated to Québec from the US to come live with me, but she's been having a really hard time finding work due to her limited French. Covid caused tons of disruptions with her possibilty to learn French (canceled classes, missed classes, etc...). We tried looking for remote jobs from...
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    US citizen, first year filling taxes as PR in Canada

    Are there any tools we could use to help us fill out her taxes? Or would we have to go through CPA firms?
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    US citizen, first year filling taxes as PR in Canada

    Hi, I am a Canadian citizen and have only ever had to fill out Canadian and Québec taxes. However, my wife (US citizen, Canadian PR) landed in August 2021. She worked in the US until she moved up to Canada. After landing, she started French classes and has been receving a scholarship from the...
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    Border Crossing and Quarantine

    My wife (US citizen) should be receiving her PRTD soon, she has already received her 2 Covid-19 vaccine doses. Will she have to go through a 14 day quarantine since it isn't required for vaccinated Canadian residents anymore? If so, would it be better for her to cross into Canada directly in...
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    Received email - "Subject: Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa" - link is dead, address is out of date

    We finally managed to get the information from the VAC people. Because of Covid-19, they require you to send all the documents by their recognized courier service. To do so, you need to follow the steps on this page: https://www.vfsglobal.ca/Canada/USA/how_to_apply.html# In the "SUBMIT...
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    Received email - "Subject: Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa" - link is dead, address is out of date

    They aren't directly managed by ICC, but it is the website given directly by them.
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    Received email - "Subject: Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa" - link is dead, address is out of date

    ICC had no clue about the fees from the visa office since it's not directly managed by them. When my wife tried to contact the visa office by phone they told her they are not authorized to talk about permanent residence applications and referred her back to ICC. The email itself said to use...
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    Received email - "Subject: Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa" - link is dead, address is out of date

    We managed to get into contact with ICC this morning and they gave us the correct address: Canada Visa Application Centre 145 WEST 45th street, 4th floor New York, NY 10036 They also said that as a US citizen (visa exempt country) you do not need to send your passport. You only need to send...
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    Received email - "Subject: Ready for Visa / Prêt pour Visa" - link is dead, address is out of date

    My wife received the same email this morning and she is a US citizen. We tried contacting Immigration Canada for some clarification but their phone queue has been full all day.
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    Is CSQ needed when crossing the border?

    I'm a citizen of Quebec, Canada and my wife is American (still living in the US). We applied for my wife to come live in Quebec through the Family Class Sponsorship Application (Spouse). We followed all of the steps and were required to get her a CSQ. Once it was accepted, we were told it was...