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Dear Amit, We landed and settled in GTA area. It was shocking to see so many people from India here. Brampton is like mini-Punjab. You can get things here which are hard to get in India as well :). The strategy I used was simple ;;; focus initial weeks in getting settled - documentation, apply...

:) Optimist very good observation. You are right about the confusion over increased limits as there are already thousands doing odd jobs here. One thing to note is the economy is driven by immigrants to a big extent here. They move in, bring money, buy houses, cars, stuff, pay taxes (even if it...

Thanks Santosh, job opportunities are there - it takes few weeks of rigorous efforts to get some calls. I am sure you will do fine on landing here. IT jobs are not as many as we have in US but still it's not that difficult to get it if you have skillset in kind of applications you have exp in...

:) :) ok great, most welcome, anyway it is quite like usa here.. atleast some infrastructure.

Hi friends, It's been some time since my last status update. Good to see that lot of friends are going to soon join us in Canada. It is beautiful now a days here, with intermittent snow fall and festival mood. We can say that we are now almost fully settled with both having regular jobs...

Dear Lordhelp, just curious, why would you want to move when you are already in US?

Hi friends, It's been some time since my last status update. Good to see that lot of friends are going to soon join us in Canada. It is beautiful now a days here, with intermittent snow fall and festival mood. We can say that we are now almost fully settled with both having regular jobs...

Thanks rawdah.

Dear obryan20, all the best for your journey for PR. I am sure you'd get is sooner as there is big quota for 2014. When I look at the spreadsheet for 2013 and see it all painted in yellow - it makes me so happy that almost all got through except for few in waiting (btw, was just looking at the...

To answer other part of your question, no I did not have anyone's reference and there was no question of canadian experience (mainly due to my line of work, as IT or software code and process is kind of same globally)

Thanks obryan20, PSN8586. There are good openings in banks and businesses for accounting, however you might face the challenge of someone's reference. Most of such jobs are through reference. So, in such cases (mostly), you'd need to make good network of locals/friends who are in similar...

Friends, got my first job. Initial weeks we were not even applying as we had planned to get settled with license and all first. After I started applying online (and did not sweat on it at all - just applied to say 15-20 openings on indeed.ca for few days), it took no more than 2 weeks of...

Very true, it is not easy to get things done in freezing weather. We also landed in early May and temperatures were pretty low. That kind of made us stay mostly inside. Now the things are so nice, the temperatures are in 20s and one can move around to get things done. Initially you do need to...

Thanks. Yeah, I had also not anticipated that we will get full G license so quickly. Actually, locals help here a lot. One brother suggested that though I might have years of driving experience it is better to get just one lesson. So, I followed that and got one driving lesson for couple of...

Another piece of info for guys preparing to land; please get some photographs from back home (needed for PR card - two, as per the specifications - 35x45mm). We got it clicked here and it is $16 for two small photographs, so paid like $48 for 3 of us !!

Dear friends, few have asked for mobile company details here..posting for all.. There are basically 2 major carriers, who provide infrastructure to all other companies - BELL, ROGER Following companies ride on BELL infra 1. Telus 2. Virgin Mobile 3. Bell 4. Koodo (low cost carrier) The...

My Landing Experience: Guys, been bit caught up in post-landing activities, though would like to share the landing experience for others who seek such info. Before we start let me tell all my friends who are in process of getting visa - IT IS WORTH ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND PAIN - REALLY AMAZING...

Thanks; from Mumbai to Toronto.

Does goods to follow means the items that you will bring in your next visit? Like if you are planning to return from Canada after six months of landing and bring in some goods? Or does it mean the goods that you booked in cargo to be followed in few days? Experts, please help

Dear Friends, Does anyone know how can I use the option of "Goods to Follow" for the items I want to get to Canada but are over and above my baggage quota now. As must have happened with many, we are finding out that if we pack out stuff, it will be like 10 bags now and we can carry only 6. One...