Recent content by Eric Parker

1. Review your CV, Canadianize it. I have canadianized everything in my life since moving. I have had 3 experts in resumes look over my resume/CV and they are literally scratching their heads over the fact that I have not got one interview under my belt. Could it be my age?? I am almost 50...

I have been a PR since December. I started looking for work in January and have yet to been called for an interview...even for a job at McDonalds. I have asked several why my resume was rejected, and most tell me that they are not allowed to go into specifics and that I should just live with...

They are getting faster now...I landed on Dec 18thand recieved my card 45 days later.

Recived my PR card today, one week after it was sent from Sydney, NS. It took 45 days from when I landed (Dec 18th) to when they sent it (Feb 1st) It took a week to get cross country to Alberta when I now *premanently* reside :) In other matters....I went to a Service Canada center in Red...

What is the current wait for PR cards among the posters here these days? I am at 25 days and counting now...

Well....today I now sit. Waiting for my connecting flight to Calgary after a sucessful landing at Vancouver International Airport. When I got off the plane at YVR, and after a long walk, I was sent to a special door just for new immigrants. There I was directed to a nice lady who looked over my...

Listen up everyone... Per the Air canada Website (If you look at several pages)... If you purchased your ticket before December 2nd and travel before January 19th, You will be under the old 2 baggage allowance. Otherwise, you will be only allowed 1 bag and will be charged 30 CAD for the 2nd...

I am the person Leon is taliking about...but their have been some good developments. 1. I was approved for Permanent Residency and will land in 2 days. Since I visited and came back (many times) with no problems since the flag, I had no problems getting approved. The CIC call the flag an...

My day of landing will be at YVR (Vancouver Airport) on Dec 18th. Everything is about ready to go: Passport with the Visa inside COPR - to be signed in front of an officer at Vancouver 2 copies of lists of goods (with me at the time of landing and goods to fllow) Casheirs check and some CAD...

Now that I will have my PR by the end of the year...now comes a new topic.... My nephew is currently 13 years old. He is a US citizen (State of Massachusetts). He wants to come and visit me in Canada for a summer stay (2 or 3 months) in the future before his 18th birthday. He will be traveling...

I am planning to Land at Vancouver Airport on Dec 18th. My question with my money is that I know that I will have to declare a casheirs check (in USD) of over $10,000. I also will have on my person a small amount of CAD coins and currency that I saved from a previous trip to Canada in August. Do...

The olympics probably won't slow applications, but it will be crowded at any land border from Washington State - already they are predicting (in the neighboring State of Oregon - Interstate Highway 5 in particular) a lot more traffic than usual for February. the airport - YVR....they already...

The question for me is: Since I will have goods to follow, will they examine my luggage with my stuff I have at the time I land, and will they inspect the boxes when I move the goods to follow months later when I cross with those boxes at a land border? And, if they do inspect my luggage I have...

Lets put it this way... If you plan on flying...do it before the Olympics are in full swing, especially if you are planning on going to Vancouver, Edmonton, or Calgary (I know this first hand...getting a flight in February into, out of, or across Western Canada is a little difficult right now)...

Does anyone know.... I will be landing in December. I know that I will be getting a PR card afterwards and will be getting forms for an S.I.N. Do I need to have my PR card and the S.I.N. together with me "In hand" before I can apply for any jobs? I do know that I need the PR card for me to...