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    Pros and Cons of buying a Condo Town House

    - For the first item, i did mention Back-to-Back. Yes, the top rooms will have skylights. However light from all sides in these units is something of a marvel, especially since I'm in the industry *asked* to maximize units. There's no concept of Lightwells here as sq.ft is $$$. - Yes, absolutely...
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    Settle anywhere outside GTA for better life

    Ontario is pretty huge and spread out. You may get a single room condo for 1800+ in DT Toronto or a 2BR spacious apartment in in St.Catharines for 1300+. Depends on where you'll be searching for jobs, family size etc
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    Approx Hydro, Water and Internet

    Hi, generally your rental home/flat will come with utilities included (to a specific limit) so you don't have to worry about it. Let's say you do have to pay for it - its a rough combined 150-250 ball park figure for Hydro(Elec+Water+Sewerage) and Gas. Really depends on how many family members...
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    Apartment rules for a small family

    Mark, there are no legal rules on the makeup of a family renting. As Canuck78 pointed out above, however, it will depend on each Landlord or establishment renting out. This is usually to mitigate sounds/wall/carpet-surface damages by younger kids. Having said that, you shouldn't have any issues...
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    Pros and Cons of buying a Condo Town House

    Condo Townhouses can be a good option for small families or couples - especially the newer developments where Codes make sure there's enough Hard/Soft Landscape and Light distribution into the units. Pros - Condo Fees should cover landscaping, snow removal, roof/paver updates, HVAC issues &...
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    Affordable townhomes/semi detached in GTA

    You won't get something new. However, there are good properties available in places like Ajax/Guelph/St.Catharines etc The market is hot, yes, but the Golden Horseshoe is somewhat the goldilocks zone, if not the GTA proper.
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    Are all immigrants nearly 3years in GTA able to buy houses for 1million+

    No. However, if you have savings to do a downpayment, investments, good credit score, both spouses employed at least 2-3+ years in steady jobs in the local market and well documented past history of work outside Canada - it makes and facilitates things much better and smoother.
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    Citizenship Form CIT0002e - Technical Issues (and solutions)

    I'll just start this thread in order to facilitate others, who like me, might have got stumped by just filling the Form CIT0002e. These solutions worked for me - Use the Latest Version of Adobe Acrobat DC. [Adobe Acrobat Pro, Bluebeam etc will not Validate your inputs in the end]. - Issue 01 ...
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    IELTS Academic

    Did you try High School Diplomas etc - they're other viable options.
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    SIN number update

    Hello all Scenario - Landed in 2015 - Due to a weird oversight in the passport, my entire name was in the first name location - The result is that in my SIN info shows no surname - I need to update that so I don't have issues later on What I've done so far - Updated my current passport with...
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    Return Query 2

    I wanted to update the team and others who might have similar queries in the future - as a way of "File Closed" to this thread. As indicated, I followed the the rules and did not violate any dates. One of the reasons being, the local school in Canada was so proactive and registered my daughter...
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    Return Query 2

    Thank you Mats, Rob and S cy, I wont take a risk and follow your advise. I'll be cutting my kids' 3rd grade by 2 months which is why I was wondering to delay so she could finish her 3rd grade here and comfortably transfer to the Canadian system in September. However, not worth the risk. I'll...
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    Short Landing & Return Query

    Dear BS65 Thank you for replying and educating us. I appreciate your comments and they make sense. Cheers
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    Return Query 2

    Dear All This is another line of thought to my previous mail in order to allow my child to finish up her academic year before returning to Canada. Scenario - My family & I landed on April 30, 2015 & returned on May 15,2015 [15 days in Canada] - My family and I would like return to Canada at...
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    Short Landing & Return Query

    Short Landing & Return Query Dear All I'd like to thank all the people here, especially the veterans who are so informative and helpful. Kudos to you all. Scenario - My family & I landed on April 30, 2015 & returned on May 15,2015 [15 days in Canada] - We have been wrapping up since then...