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  1. andrew-brit

    Fully remote worker in Alberta, reporting to B.C. based company

    Hello. I am starting a new job in 2 weeks. I am a resident of Alberta and the office I am reporting to is in Vancouver, B.C. I am filling in my onboarding forms including the payroll forms TD1 federal and TD1 BC - however I believe I should be filling in the Alberta form, not the BC one. BC...
  2. andrew-brit

    Part time contractor curious about where to include that income in tax return

    Hello tax experts. I worked as a FTE for the same company (Company A) from September 2016 - October 2020. I started work as a FTE in November 2020 (Company B). Company A wanted to keep me around while they filled in the void I left haha, so I signed a contract for approx 20 hours per week for...
  3. andrew-brit

    Questions regarding inland sponsorship

    My brother-in-law is married to a South Korean citizen and they applied for PR via the inland route in January 2017. They both live in Canada together. I am quite knowledgeable on the outland process as I was sponsored by my wife via outland, but not so much on the inland process. They have...
  4. andrew-brit

    Hungary citizen visiting Canada on Hungary passport

    A friend of mine plans on flying to Montreal in September 2016. She has lived in the UK for 5+ years but is not a UK citizen. I checked http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas-all.asp#visa and Hungary is not on the list of countries which need a visa to visit, so am I right in thinking my...
  5. andrew-brit

    Calgary meetup on November 20th!

    Hi everyone, I am arranging a Calgary meetup for those on this forum who live in Calgary or nearby. Would you be interested in attending a Calgary meetup on November 20th? Location and time: Bottlescrew Bills (10th ave and 1st Street SW) at 6pm on Friday November 20th. Please let me know if...
  6. andrew-brit

    Moving back to the UK to wait until I receive PR - what to do regarding address?

    Background: UK citizen married to a dual nationality Canadian/Brit Currently living in Calgary, Canada with my wife Applied for outland spousal sponsorship in September 2014. 250 days and counting since application received Moving back to the UK this weekend for work, sibling's wedding and...
  7. andrew-brit

    Calgary meetup on May 8th!

    Hi everyone, I am arranging a Calgary meetup for those on this forum who live in Calgary or nearby. Would you be interested in attending a Calgary meetup on May 8th? Location and time: Bottlescrew Bills (10th ave and 1st Street SW) at 6pm on Friday May 8th. Please let me know if you can...
  8. andrew-brit

    Medical results have been received on ECAS

    Happy Holidays everyone. I checked ECAS today and it finally says "Medical results have been received.", 56 days after receiving sponsor approval. I am being processed in London so I am not sure if this update was entered into the system before they closed for Christmas or not but I am happy...
  9. andrew-brit

    Sponsor and applicant address are different in ECAS

    We applied outland. We live together in Calgary. When we sign in to ECAS with my spouse's details the address reads 123 - 456 7 Ave SW (123 is apartment, 456 is building number on 7th ave) However when we sign in to ECAS with applicant details the address is 123 456 7 Ave SW Obviously not...
  10. andrew-brit

    Apply for Alberta Healthcare - form asks for spouse info but she is Canadian?

    I am in Alberta as a visitor and recently found out I can apply for Alberta Healthcare Insurance. Link: http://www.health.alberta.ca/AHCIP/how-to-register.html I am filling in the form and it asks for my marital status. I choose spouse and a new page is generated asking for information about...
  11. andrew-brit

    Does anyone know the e-mail address/web page for contacting London visa office?

    Our application was sent to London for Stage 2 processing. In our sponsor approval letter it gives a web address: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/united_kingdomroyaume_uni/visas/contact_visa_contactez.aspx However that address is incorrect, it gives me a 404. I wanted to e-mail London to...
  12. andrew-brit

    London applicant, waiting for ECAS to show medical results received

    My application was received in mid September, I received sponsor approval on October 31st. When I check ECAS for the PR application it only states when they received my application. There is no mention of my medical results being received. I am wondering if other applicants who applied around...
  13. andrew-brit

    Should ECAS show Medicals Received for the applicant?

    I know ECAS is not 100% reliable, but I was wondering if I (the applicant) should see "Medicals received" when I check ECAS? I did my medical on August 26th, the system was down so the doctor sent the results on August 30th and my application got to Mississauga on September 18th. I received...
  14. andrew-brit

    FYI Stage 1 processing applications received on August 28th 2014

    See http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp
  15. andrew-brit

    When can I use ECAS?

    I only applied last week but I see a lot of people mentioning ECAS to check their application status. Background: My spouse has a UCI number from when she became a citizen years ago, and I have a UCI number from when I applied to IEC in 2011. At which point can we use ECAS? Cheers, Andrew
  16. andrew-brit

    Viewing signature from delivery at Mississauga

    Hello. I sent my outland application to Mississauga on Wednesday 17th and it shows as arrived yesterday however there is no signature. I have seen other posts saying that "Shelley" or other names signed for the package but mine says "Signatory Name: unavailable" I would like this piece of...
  17. andrew-brit

    Visitor visa extension - Schedule 1?

    I am in the process of preparing my visitor visa extension application. I did it back in June, but today there is an optional document for a Schedule 1 (IMM5257B). It is titled Application for Temporary Resident Visa. My question is I have already completed IMM5708 - Application to change...
  18. andrew-brit

    Completed 2 years of IEC, now waiting for LMO from employer

    Bit of a long story but here goes. I am British. In June 2011 I moved to Canada on the IEC (http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/united_kingdom-royaume_uni/experience_canada_experience/) program. I began working for my employer that month. It was not pre-arranged, I went for several interviews...
  19. andrew-brit

    Can you get an Option C Printout from CRA Online?

    Hello. I have some questions about the Option C Printout. For the most recent tax year, 2013, we have a paper version of the Notice of Assessment. We called CRA and were told that we could get an Option C Printout off of the CRA website. When we log in online to CRA we can access a printer...
  20. andrew-brit

    Sending application to courier address

    Hello all. I am days away from sending my PR application in and have some questions. I am sending the application from within Canada. I would like to send it by private courier, so I know to send it to the 2 Robert Speck Parkway address. Does Canada Post offer a courier service? I am unsure...