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This is just an academic question, I'm already a PR -- under the new process, does receiving an ITA mean that, providing all of the information that you put into your EE profile is demonstrably true, you'll be approved? I'm only curious; I ran my information from 5 years ago through the...

So a question: CIC is experiencing a high volume of calls right from the moment they opened, so I guess I'm not asking them. These are my questions: For 3B on the adult form: should this be N/A, or should I put down the same name as in 3A? My immigration document doesn't list my town/city...

So a question: CIC is experiencing a high volume of calls right from the moment they opened, so I guess I'm not asking them. These are my questions: For 3B on the adult form: should this be N/A, or should I put down the same name as in 3A? My immigration document doesn't list my town/city...

This is probably an overly picky point -- but how precise do we need to be on our address history? For example: My wife and I moved back to Canada on October 6th, 2012. We stayed in a hotel for a week, and moved into an apartment on October 13th, 2012. When we're filling out the residency...

My wife took the CELPIP test today -- it was an expensive nuisance, since CIC regulations now don't permit you to prove your language ability with upper-level language classes, and she had tested out at above LINC since the day she arrived -- but I just thought I would let everyone know that it...

. . . if Canada had used this EOI system 5 years ago. When I applied under FSW I had (I think) about 83 points -- just for the heck of it, I figured out my score under the new points system: 423 out of 1200, and no transparency about processing either. Maybe this new system is going to work...

Two questions about translations of passport stamps: 1) Does anyone know where I can find an official translator for Thai and Lao passport stamps? Cheap is a real advantage. 2) Am I correct that this phrase below: Provide photocopies of the biographical pages of all passports and/or travel...

I have a question: Old Age Security is calculated as a proportion of the number of years that one has lived in Canada after turning 18. For myself, that includes the following periods: 1990 - 1994: International student at U of T 2010 - present: permanent resident/soon-to-be-citizen So...

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/28/blatantly-lying-loses-family-its-citizenship-but-earns-them-a-63k-bill-from-canadian-government/ This is an interesting article -- it's an example of egregious fraud, but it also suggests that the government wants to prevent people from contesting...

Many people might know this already, but I was shocked today to find that two major changes are coming to nursing licensing in Canada. Firstly, Canada is abandoning its own nursing licensing exam (the CRNE), and is adopting the American exam in its place (the NCLEX-RN). This will happen on...

My mother-in-law and sister-in-law are visiting from Thailand for 2.5 and 1 month, respectively. When they applied for visas, they indicated that they would be buying temporary travel insurance for the duration of their visits. Now that we think about it, we'd prefer to get this insurance when...

Here is a great bit of research that confirms what I've been arguing for some time now -- that Canadians abroad are a significant resource and that they see themselves as Canadian. I've said it before and I'll say it again, but the process of immigration is more complex than just "Land in...

4 years ago my mother-in-law applied for a TRV to Canada. I looked on the embassy web site, got a list of documents that she needed, helped her prepare them, she took them to the embassy, went through them with the FS professional, explained her situation, turned them in, received her visa the...

I just thought that I'd bring up two alternative types of housing that people might find useful -- I would never have known about these, if a Canadian friend in Edmonton hadn't told me about them. I don't know what I would call the first of these -- maybe non-profit public housing? Here's...

Thanks to the new citizenship bill, I've had a couple of conversations with birth Canadians about the new requirements -- I'm absolutely flabbergasted that they actually believe immigrants should stay in Canada. Not at the level of "I think it would be a good thing if the Canadian government...

I feel apprehensive about the upcoming bill -- this isn't the government I'd want, modifying the citizenship act . . . Here's how I feel ahead of time. Could be good If they formalize and clarify the residential requirement, and establish clear mechanisms for determining how this can be...

I don't want to start another thread arguing about the actual reasons why it's tough for immigrants to get work, or the Canadian experience stuff -- this is some data (from the States, which tends to be similar to Canada in a lot of respects), about how tough it is for everyone. Take a look at...

I'm curious what the standards are for claiming refugee status -- I've met a couple of refugees from Namibia, which surprised me; I wasn't aware of anything going on there that would make people flee. I didn't want to ask them myself, I'm sure they get that question a great deal, but am curious...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/calgarys-oil-boom-threatens-to-bust-the-middle-class/article15372581/

I'm curious what people here think about two possible options for my citizenship application -- I landed in 2010 and lived in B.C. for one year, but couldn't find a professional job; then I moved to Montana and worked for 9 months, until I found a job in Edmonton (I'm a U.S. citizen). Now my...