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Non-routine is more about applications with certain details that invoke suspicion. Frequent overseas travel, being unable to prove your employment or physical presence, potential criminality, and so on. Failing the test should not stretch your application timeline to 36 months. Failing the test...

Do you have credit card statements showing expenses in Canada? And are you short on days or do you just make it? Because if you have given yourself about 10 days of buffer on the required physical presence, credit card statements showing *regular* expenses in Canada during the said period should...

I can confirm I'm on the same boat. Which means we were probably in the same room and actually saw each other. Too bad, we could have had a coffee together ;) So to answer other people asking, yes, I believe pretty much every Victoria applicant without anything particularly "interesting" about...

So are you a citizen already sunny girl? I sure hope so. On a similar note, I just passed my test with 20/20 at the Expo Boulevard office. The place was packed. There was citizenship in the air.. And a hefty bit of rain ;D The test was probably the easiest test I've ever encountered since...

Refrain from disclosing the redundant details of your legal trouble other than what directly affects your application (whether or not you were arrested, or if it was considered a felony, and so on) on a public message board to make sure some self-assured people who think they know everything...

I was pretty much on the same boat until a couple of days ago, and I recently got an e-mail asking me if I want to opt in to take my citizenship test in Vancouver, which is the closest city to me with a local CIC office. I haven't heard back from them any further with the actual test invite, but...

A `property with 2+ bedrooms, near downtown and max cost $950/month` is simply out of question. Finding something like that is less likely than Turkey and Greece uniting to become one single country! :P Actually it`s almost impossible even if you meant US Dollars or Euros. I suggest you try a...

Vancouver is fairly spread out, since its suburbs are often addressed as Vancouver too. The 1400 figure is quite realistic, but you could find something cheaper if you stay out of the downtown core. Burnaby is a little cheaper, and still quite accessible. Surrey is considerably cheaper, bit too...

That depends on the province. In the most typical case scenario, you`ll have to go through multiple phases. I can tell you how it works in BC, but some details may shift across provinces, especially Quebec. Initially you`ll have to pass a written exam on basic driving rules and such. It`s a...

Pozhaluista... But I have to give you yet another warning here. The friend in question is a pretty young girl who worked as a hotel manager in Novosibirsk. Maybe not a particularly exciting woman for Russian standards, but compared to Canadian girls she's very attractive. And in spite of all...

Same here as well. The July date is slightly off, but close enough. Care to share where you have applied from, ss2015 and sunny88? Could it be Victoria BC or another location not served locally by CIC by any chance? Because I`m thinking the wait may have to do with the lack of scheduled regional...

BC is the best place to live in Canada IF warmer weather is all you care about. In any other case, stay away. Jobs are very scarce outside the service industry, and those service industry jobs often do not pay well. The relatively pleasant parts of BC (Vancouver and Victoria) are very expensive...

If you want to avoid winter weather conditions that remind you of the Russian winter, Vancouver is better for you. If you don`t mind the cold at all, Toronto it is. Finding a proper job is hard to impossible everywhere in Canada right now, but I`m not sure whether Toronto or Vancouver is worse...

Make sure to declare it upon entry AND exit if you`re carrying anything close to $10000 CAD. Or simply stay below 9500, especially if the hard currency you`re carrying is not CAD and exchange rates may come into play. I learned it the hard way. I had $13500 CAD on me in multiple currencies...

What does your brother do exactly? If he can help you get a job and stuff, it *might* be worth it. But in any other case, it`ll be *very* hard to find employment that is even remotely comparable to what you are used to at home. In fact that day may never come. All those Indian (and non-Indian...