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    To move or not move now?

    do you not understand that everyone’s circumstances are unique? You even think some people are poor by choice - don’t you? You sound really thick! Are you on the forum only to annoy people? If you have nothing to contribute, why won’t you just shut up? Please don’t respond on my thread again. I...
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    To move or not move now?

    This is absolutely a huge concern for us as we have family in India, UK and USA. We have to move this summer or forget about it. Looks like we'll move!
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    To move or not move now?

    Thank you for your inputs. We have now decided to move next month. Fingers crossed!
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    To move or not move now?

    It was not a choice unfortunately. You don't know my circumstances so your comment is highly inappropriate and unhelpful.
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    To move or not move now?

    We soft-landed in May 2019 and got our PR cards. Returned to the UK, sold our house and prepared to move in Apr 2020. Then Covid happened. We are still stuck here. We have to move by May2022 to keep our PR status (2/5 yrs residency). Although I am "allowed" to enter Canada as a PR, there are...
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    What are our options? Visa for FIL

    Hi all, we are in a tricky situation. Appreciate advice re what we can do now. We have our PR cards (soft landing) but just before we moved COVID happened and we didn’t move. We live in the UK and inlaws in India. MIL passed away recently with Covid and FIL (father-in-law) came to stay with us...
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    Any concessions around residency obligations due to Covid

    Hi all, We soft landed in May 2019 with the intention of moving in May 2020. As we were just preparing to leave, Covid happened and we are still in our home country. We are thinking of moving this year but we are not sure given the current situation (One of us has health conditions) . We must...
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    Visitor visa questions

    1. My parents have Indian passports. They’ll be visiting my sister in the USA for a few months. Can they apply for Canada visitor visa from USA? We have our PR, but didn’t move yet. They want to apply after we move. 2. After the initial 6 months in Canada, Can they go to USA for 6 months and...
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    PR extension condition (2/5 years) and Covid-19

    Hi all, I was wondering if there is any relaxation to this rule given the current Covid situation? I heard job situation is pretty dire. If we don't move to Canada in the next few months, we'll be very close to not meeting the 2/5 requirement for PR extension. Appreciate thoughts on this...
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    Moving to Canada - Canadian tax on disposing foreign assets

    I have a limited company here in the UK with about CAD 100k profits in it. It is currently dormant. I will be closing the company a few months after I move to Canada. There will be no appreciation whatsoever between my moving date and company closing date. As per my understanding, I will not...
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    Renting a house before moving

    That’s crazy! Why did you have to give 6 months rent in advance???
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    Renting a house before moving

    Hi all, We are preparing to relocate to canada permanently in a few months time. I was wondering if we can rent a house before we land? My cousin is a student in Toronto, so he can go and check out the place etc. Having a home to go straight away is so convenient! we won’t have jobs when...
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    Moving furniture into Canada

    Very informative thread. Thank you