Recent content by DCGelfling

Nope. Cheques from US Dollar accounts in Canada still go through the Canadian system to be cashed. Most businesses would probably put up with it because they want money and have competition, but federal student loan agencies have no such concerns. Someone on the You Need a Budget forums...

I just learned that FedLoan, the agency that is handling my US student loans, will only accept payment in US funds from a US bank. I can't even pay with a US credit card, much less a Canadian check. Cheque. (I'll get there eventually! :P ) I called BMO, and apparently their US dollar...

Landed today!!! We started out early yesterday morning, but by the time we got to Buffalo I was too sick to wait in line at the border. I changed our GPS to send us to the nearest hotel, and I spent the night in and out of the washroom. :-X :-X :-X It turned out to be around the corner from...

I am so sorry, ELOH.

The relevant question is where will you be living, I believe. Health coverage is from your 'home' province. If your husband works in Alberta but you live in Ontario, I think you have to go by Ontario's rules.

Not quite. CIC won't refuse your application if you don't have status, but if you do let your legal status lapse, the CBSA can and may have you deported, at which point an inland application gets dropped. There are ways to extend status beyond the 6 months for visitors; they gave me a visitor...

Yeah, make sure the DMP knows that you're trying to immigrate under the family class. The procedure is different for some of the other immigration types.

Probably the 29th, although possibly as early as the 27th. Unless the world ends on the 21st. :P

COPR arrived!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D Dated 12/3, so a 9-day turnaround for Canada Post and USPS.

Thanks. It just feels like they should to be able to say OHIP covers A, B, and C so that's got a 3-month wait based on Ontario residency rules, but Dental covers X, Y, and Z so those claims are covered by virtue of being the spouse of an employee. I guess that's why 'should' is such a dirty...

I know there's a 3-month waiting period after landing before I'll be covered under OHIP. My husband gets dental and vision benefits from his job, but they won't add me to those policies until I have an OHIP number. Hooray for bureaucracy, I guess. Will they tell me what my OHIP number will...

Thanks, all. Now to go back to waiting impatiently for the COPR.

I've been living in Canada as a visitor while waiting out the PR process since August. When I arrived, I brought all my clothes, books, DVDs, video games and consoles, the cat's stuff, and a whole bunch of knitting stuff. How do I handle that when I land? List it on the B4, but tell them it's...

If I got my PPR on November 3 and sent in the copies on November 5, is it more likely that my file got transferred to LA or stayed in Ottawa until the 27th?

They live near DC, so it'd be a hell of a drive. Although I did just establish that it'd be about $200 to just not leave the airport and get back on a plane, if they bring the COPR with them when they pick me up. :-\