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We soft-landed in May 2019 and got our PR cards. Returned to the UK, sold our house and prepared to move in Apr 2020. Then Covid happened. We are still stuck here. We have to move by May2022 to keep our PR status (2/5 yrs residency). Although I am "allowed" to enter Canada as a PR, there are...

Hi all, we are in a tricky situation. Appreciate advice re what we can do now. We have our PR cards (soft landing) but just before we moved COVID happened and we didn’t move. We live in the UK and inlaws in India. MIL passed away recently with Covid and FIL (father-in-law) came to stay with us...

Hi all, We soft landed in May 2019 with the intention of moving in May 2020. As we were just preparing to leave, Covid happened and we are still in our home country. We are thinking of moving this year but we are not sure given the current situation (One of us has health conditions) . We must...

1. My parents have Indian passports. They’ll be visiting my sister in the USA for a few months. Can they apply for Canada visitor visa from USA? We have our PR, but didn’t move yet. They want to apply after we move. 2. After the initial 6 months in Canada, Can they go to USA for 6 months and...

Hi all, I was wondering if there is any relaxation to this rule given the current Covid situation? I heard job situation is pretty dire. If we don't move to Canada in the next few months, we'll be very close to not meeting the 2/5 requirement for PR extension. Appreciate thoughts on this...

I have a limited company here in the UK with about CAD 100k profits in it. It is currently dormant. I will be closing the company a few months after I move to Canada. There will be no appreciation whatsoever between my moving date and company closing date. As per my understanding, I will not...

Hi all, We are preparing to relocate to canada permanently in a few months time. I was wondering if we can rent a house before we land? My cousin is a student in Toronto, so he can go and check out the place etc. Having a home to go straight away is so convenient! we won’t have jobs when...

Hello everyone, We have started preparing for the move next spring/summer. All very exciting but extremely worried about finding a job esp with all the negativity around not having "Canadian experience" I'm starting this thread to gather strategies that worked for others. What is it that I...

Hi all, We landed in May 2019 and have our PR cards. We had to return to the UK to sell our house, liquidate investments etc in preparation for the move. Our initial plan was to move in May 2020, but due to Brexit we are struggling to sell our house (and investment properties). I was...

Hi all, We will be landing later this month. Please can anyone tell me if its ok to take a normal travel insurance to cover us for the 1 week we'll be there? Thanks!

Hi all, Between Kelowna BC and Waterloo ON, what is best for IT jobs? My husband and I Data/ Business analysis experience and we are planning to settle in a smaller town/city.

Hi all, we will be soft-landing next month. We plan to fly into Toronto Pearson airport and head to Waterloo straight. 1. Can we apply for our PR cards in Waterloo or do we have to be in Toronto for that? 2. My husband received a health surveillance form. I understand we need to contact a...

Hi, Did anyone recently get COPR from London(UK)? Please can you tell me how long it took? Thanks

Hi all, Got my PPR this morning. I'm soo relieved the wait is finally over !! I am a British citizen, so I will just need an ETA to go to Canada. The email says: For citizens using MyCIC AND from a country that is exempt from obtaining a visa to Canada – Please mail/courier only your...

hi all, Did any of you see “due date” on your GCMS notes? Did you get your PPR around that date ?? I’m finishing 6 months on Monday. Security yet to begin. Cic agent said (on 29/1) that I can call them back if I don’t see any movement by 1st week of March. Could that be my “due date”...

Everyone who got PPR, did you get a ghost update before PPR? If yes, how many days before ? Please can you share info? Ghost update date: PPR Date: Visa Office: Thanks :)

Deeply frustrated :( My application didn’t move an inch in the last 1-2 months. They aren’t doing security. Why? I saw this “security not started” thing in so many posts, even with June and July AORs. If you had this issue and eventually got your PPR, please can you tell me how long after...

Eligibility is met and criminality passed. However security has not started. Is there any merit in ordering GCMS notes? I understand they don't give out much info about security anyway? My AOR is 04-Aug

Hi, If your application is at Ottawa VO, pls can you give me some info? It can help me broadly picture what’s happening. I’m Aug 4 AOR, still waiting. I called CIC and was told my eligibility is met, criminality pass and security not started. Your AOR: Current Status : PPR date: Thanks...

Will the whole family get rejected? My husband is the main applicant. I have work experience, but we didn't claim points for it. So I said "no" in the work experience section and declared everything in the LOE. Hope they wont reject me for that. I've been a freelancer for years, it would have...