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I moved to Alberta from Virginia in 2011. I agree with justinline, this is a personal decision. Comparisons are hard to make, yes Canada definitely is a more peaceful and chilled out place, both at work and outside work. I do miss the hectic pace of work in US, and a constant challenge/fight...

HI, Did you guys also provided a copy of the travel ticket? I don;t want to buy it before getting the visa! any suggestions? Also did you guys not submit the entire application, online? I am planning to send forms to my parents to sign and scan them back to me , and I will submit everything...

UPDATE passport requested through email in India. :)

Hello Folks, I landed in Calgary 2 months ago, and had a mix bag of experiences so far, here is a response to the email from aine0617. 1. How is the weather there? Smiley I live in minneapolis, So no different i guess and you enjoying the winter. Well weather is kind of unpredictable, and for...

Posting it again as requested - Alright Folks, Here is a quick post about my Landing experience this weekend- AINP Candidate Landing in Canada through Buffalo. Feel free to shoot some questions, I will respond in a day or two. I drove to Buffalo and stayed overnight and presented myself in my...

Thanks guys I wasn't really good at writing long posts, but after reading cchabert's super detailed posts, (and enjoying it), I thought I should give it a try too. ;D

Landing Experience Alright Folks, Here is a quick post about my Landing experience this weekend- AINP Candidate Landing in Canada through Buffalo. Feel free to shoot some questions, I will respond in a day or two. I drove to Buffalo and stayed overnight and presented myself in my car and some...

Thanks ChaloCanada And watch your emails, so you don't miss the passport request like I did.

Alright folks, Here is my timeline. Landing - Very Soon and I am a little anxious/scared about this big move. Stamped Passport received - September 14, 2010. Passport sent - August 24 Passport Request - August 10 Passport and RPRF requested - Jun 18 (Never received the request email and...

Yes 3+ months since medical were sent. Processing started in May first week.

My online status was also updated on Sep 7 to "Decision Made", but I still have not recieved my passport, nothing in USPS tracker either. I am sure its just a day or two late, but still waiting is no fun. Grrr..

Canadatryingguy, After reading your post, I checked online and my application status has also been changed to decision made. :) Hopefully, my USPS tracker will give the good news tomorrow.

Tomorrow it will be 2 weeks since CIC had recieved my passport. Last hurdle for me:)

Lol, your post is hilarious, and i enjoyed the details, most certainly true, I have heard stories about it. Well, what can you do? Although If these people will extremely mediocre skill sets can flourish so well, I guess the jobs in IT field (eg. BA jobs) probably does not require much skills.

I think you have to mention your height and eye color either on the back of the photo or in a separate letter. Check the cic site for this.

Hey guys, I was wondering if I can still use all my credit cards from US in Canada. I am talking about online services, like buying flight tickets, or to buy phone cards, or any other non- location specific transaction like that. Also if I am ok with foreign transaction fee, can I use them...

I was also looking in to this particular issue, and during my search on CIC website, i found that it takes around 1-4 months for them to approve the visa for spouse, and children. This is much better than US process which freaking takes like 5 years. So you can apply for him/her later after you...

Qureshi, I am in the last step, I have to submit my passport. So its time for me to update my resume and shoot it all over Alberta. What line of work are you in ? Building Construction/ Constru Mgmnt or are you also in traffic /transportation? josephdadreamer and Qureshi, lets stay in touch...

Any Civil Engineers on the forum? (I see a lot of IT folks ) Especially those who are already in Alberta? I have collected some sources of information for employment opportunities, Would be glad to share and discuss with other Civil/Transportation/Traffic/Highway Engineers.