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If there are people on this forum who already landed as PRs in a province other than Quebec and have made a move to Quebec after landing, I'd really appreciate reading about your experience. Health card? Driver's license? Insurance? School? Children? Was it a struggle or fairly straight...

Somebody just private messaged me about this. I thought I would put the question on the forum since I can't answer confidently. A person enters Canada on a temporary resident visa and is awarded a six month stay. They submit a extension of status application near the end of that six month...

I have been seeing quite a few threads recently from disgruntled sponsors who are naturally upset that their relationship has gone bad. Without exception, they are seeking a way to retalliate by removing their spouse/former spouse's PR. Though there are clearly cases where fraud has occured...

Much to my great surprise and pleasure, CIC made a rapid decision after the completion of the X-ray which had been delayed due to Anna's pregnancy. They were so fast that I didn't even get a chance yet to send them my new family information. My daughter was born in Ottawa, Canada on July 25th...

I placed this question incorrectly in the Family forum. Its a temp visa quesiton not a family sponsorship question. Charlie has already been so kind as to give me a good answer (the answer I wanted to hear), nonetheless, I would appreciate other opinions from those of you relying on...

My wife, who will be giving birth in July, would like to invite her mother from Russia to be a part of her first granddaughter's birth. We don't yet qualify for the super visa because Anna isn't yet a PR. Instead, we would like to simply apply for the traditional temporary resident visa. Do...

No, not me or my wife. I have been getting private messages from a lady asking me for help and I don't know the right answer. Please, help her. I don't know why she isn't posting the question herself. I'm taking the initiative for her. Outland family applicant. Application submitted while...

Looking deep into the future ... after she gives birth .... after we redo the medical ... after she finally gets her PR and card, we were considering a move to other side of the river into Quebec. Living in Ottawa right now. If she already has her PR, what steps do I we need to take to move...

My wife received her AIP back in September. We also received a request to get her a new medical and get her passport updated before they could complete the PR process. Realizing that Russian passport could take a few months to receive, we delayed the medical so as to maximize its validity...

I have just noticed that I have spent over 6.25 days logged into this website. I am sure that I have spent many more hours checking the forums without being logged in. How many days/hours have the rest of you clocked?

Looking ahead into the future: Assuming that my wife lands as a PR, can I act as co-sponsor for her mother's application or do I have to wait until the 3 years is finished? I always believed that I could only sponsor one person at a time which would disqualify me from sponsoring her mother...

Have any of you going through your PR application been forced to an Ontario hospital emergency for a problem not covered by temporary medical insurance. Sadly, my wife miscarried this week. Both of us inexperienced with the miscarriage process, took her to emergency. We will likely have...

My wife is pregnant. Due Jan 19, 2012. I am very happy about this, but .... She is part way through an inland permanent residence application. A couple of problems: 1. We did her medical back in December of 2009. Due to some issues and choices, we did not submit her application until Nov...

I am currently sponsoring my wife under the family category. We are still awaiting the results of her application. Clearly, we would both like to have a couple of children together as soon as possible. Since both my wife and I would likely be employed and busy, we would likely need to hire a...

I paid a total of $775 online. I included the receipt in the in-land application. My application was returned claiming I had not submitted the application fees. What did I do wrong??? $75 Extension of status application. $150 open work permit application. $75 Sponsor application $475 perm...

Be very careful of the timelines as CIC lists on their website, if you are relying on them for status issues. We were very surprised to receive a phone call from CIC enquiring about my wife's Extension of Status application. Currently processing time is closer to 40 days for application...

I'm stunned to see in my family, particularly my mother, the ratial bias, paranoia, almost hatred that seems to exists towards my Russian wife. How have the rest of you dealt with this as you have arranged to bring you foreign spouse into Canada, and make them feel welcome here - no longer a...

Interesting. I have read on these forums that you can not get a student permit if you are waiting for the final result on an in-country permanent residence application. This actually isn't entirely true. If you have received Approval in Principle, and also receive an open work permit, you can...

It has been asked many times before, but I would appreciate opinion given our specific situation. I was previously of the misguided opinion that we would receive word early in the application process whether or not an interview is required. The fact that we aren't given word, puts a huge...

At what stage in the outland application process do you receive word as to whether or not an interview is required? Is it included with the sponsorship approval? If they decide an interview is not required, how great a risk is there that they will change their mind and still request an...