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[iSaidGoodDay]

Nailed it. In addition to being a place where half the population believes in populists like Trump and nutjobs like Tucker Carlson, imagine being surrounded by so much ignorance.

Personally, US is good for business, but not a good place to live.

 

[Daren2023]

Nailed it. In addition to being a place where half the population believes in populists like Trump and nutjobs like Tucker Carlson, imagine being surrounded by so much ignorance.

Yes, I forgot, TRUMP!! I would take Trudeau over Trump any day

@iSaidGoodDay yes it is good for business but I think all the chaos is going to catch up to them. Maybe it is better to say, the US WAS good for business. I think other countries, like Canada, Australia and NZ will be more prosperous in the figure, especially taking into consideration global warming. They say NZ is the best place to go to survive global warming .

 

[Windsor37]

Yes every country has "Worldwide Taxation" while you are a resident.
Canadian cities might not be organized, but have you seen Harlem in NYC and the South End in Chicago? Parts of the USA are more dangerous than war-zones.... I don't think you will find something like this in Canada

"In Chicago’s 60624 ZIP code, the homicide rate for young men is more than 1,200 for every 100,000, and it’s not the only ZIP code with numbers like this. The average annual deaths per 100,000 for American soldiers who were heavily engaged in combat numbered at 395 in Afghanistan and 330 in Iraq."

I've been to NYC, and yeah the cities don't really inspire "Quality of Life" either. Don't get me wrong, for sure the US has probably worse cities than say Vancouver or Toronto, what I'm saying is if you want to maximize that "Quality of Life" in Canada, the suburbs is the place you defnitely want to look at, and not inside the major cities. You'd want to look at the outskirts of the metropolitan areas.

 

[mandarkashikar1]

Call them up on phone. Are you inside Canada? If not consider getting options which will allow you to call ircc cheap.

Is this something that other users have faced in the past?

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

For my L1 the company said they'll get me a lawyer so you're right. But I think subzero was talking about the NIW case so you get your own lawyer.

Congrats on getting wheels turning ) Just FYI, it will take 6-8 months to get L1 approved. I have engaged lawyers as well and that's what they told me. The USA experiences major backlogs with visas.

I just came back from Houston. You will enjoy the states ) Just do your best to get GC.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Hey guys,

I received a additional document request but the PDF letter does not say which document is required. The bullet point under "we need the following document" is just blank. Also, when I look at the document center on my profile, there is no field to add any new document. The last time I had an ADR, I had an option to add a new document here. Any idea what I should do? I sent CIC a web form but I guess they don't respond to that.

Any help will be appreciated. I have been in this process for 2 years now. Thanks.

Call them OR upload a letter of explanation with the original letter being attached and saying that you have no idea what is expected out of you as there is a glitch.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/03/17/canada-extends-international-students-work-permits-for-18-months.html

Canada extends international students’ work permits for 18 months. ‘We’re seeing that the same crisis is repeating over and over,’ critics say
Under a new measure, international graduates with expired postgraduate work permit in 2022 and 2023 will be able to extend their work authorization for another 18 months.


AOR to PPR under 3 weeks, 5 year PGWP after Lambda degree, this country is a joke.

Or we need more PhD uber drivers but I'm just not aware.

What a joke of a country and system. I don't even want to say anything else.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

Most company's have tie ups with law firms and they tend work with them only. But, you can ask if they will allow you to work with other firms. Also, in my friend's case, the HR in the company kept f**king up, and one point the GC process got delayed by an year. In my brother's case, his GC process got delayed due to tax related mistake that attorney's failed to identify at early stage. Americans suck at due diligence. Their mind works one way only. Most of them don't know what multi tasking is.

That's true. Fragomen, I am looking at you.

 

[Deleted member 1083629]

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/rents-are-soaring-in-canada-as-surge-of-people-goes-undercounted

Canada’s explosive population growth from immigration is causing rents to surge in its biggest cities. And there’s another problem: The country isn’t even properly counting the number of people who need homes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents this year, and increase the annual target to half a million by 2025. But those often-cited numbers understate the pressure on the country’s limited supply of housing —because they don’t include a wave of foreign students, temporary workers and others with non-permanent visas.

So what we all suspected is finally starting to come out in the open. They don't count the number temporary residents when setting the already low new housing construction targets. Wow.

When I was talking about those issues, members here were telling me that I whine and complain. Welp, financialpost said the exact same thing. It's crazy what is happening in ON right now. If a place in Elmira costed 400K back in 2017, it costs 600K-800K now. ELMIRA!!!! It's literally a town with farms. No life, no decent restaurants.

Btw, those who are coming to CA. Don't bother with family doctor. It will take 3-4 years to get anyone in ON. 5+ if you are in Toronto. Doctors are so backed that it's almost impossible to force a family doctor to send you to a specialist for a check-up. Happened to my cousin, unfortunately. He has a lump on his back and he cannot get to a doctor to see if it's cancerous or not. The whole journey is him going to his family doctor, getting some medicine (over the counter) and coming back 1 month later to get another medicine. He ended up going to Russia to check it. Ended up being cancerous.

 

[GandiBaat]

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/rents-are-soaring-in-canada-as-surge-of-people-goes-undercounted

Canada’s explosive population growth from immigration is causing rents to surge in its biggest cities. And there’s another problem: The country isn’t even properly counting the number of people who need homes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government plans to welcome 465,000 new permanent residents this year, and increase the annual target to half a million by 2025. But those often-cited numbers understate the pressure on the country’s limited supply of housing —because they don’t include a wave of foreign students, temporary workers and others with non-permanent visas.

So what we all suspected is finally starting to come out in the open. They don't count the number temporary residents when setting the already low new housing construction targets. Wow.

Oh Canada!

They will get lots of doctors and will not let them practice.
They have massive amount of land but they will not let people build homes.

 

[Deleted member 994371]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brampton/comments/11vsoc3
Nice to see them airing their dirty laundry in public. I will always remember the hate and microaggressions I felt over there throughout my life.

I saw a similar thread for chinese as well in /r/toronto. It's good to know its not limited to my folks. Its just the way our society functions I guess.

 

[GandiBaat]

I am the opposite. I have a US GC and I am moving to Canada. As a global entrepreneur the “worldwide taxation” aspect of the US doesn’t appeal to me. Also, you don’t get anything for your taxes in the US, in Canada at least you get more benefits. The USA is too religious for my taste. And there are constant shootings. I wouldn’t feel safe sending my children to a school in the US. I enjoyed living there when I was young, very workaholic and felt bulletproof. But, now that I am just about to turn 40 I appreciate quality of life and my family more.

I think @navinball said it best.

The best thing one can do is to get remote job on US salaries. And be a resident of Canada. Perhaps live somewhere near US border to visit there every now and then.

 

[GandiBaat]

Nice to see them airing their dirty laundry in public. I will always remember the hate and microaggressions I felt over there throughout my life.

I saw a similar thread for chinese as well in /r/toronto. It's good to know its not limited to my folks. Its just the way our society functions I guess.

We, that is asians are high context societies. We define ourselves by our individual self, our families and clans and castes and religion and whatever is our context. We communicate implicitly by our context. Racism/clique-nature and closed nature will follow pretty naturally from there.

 

[aknmhb]

hi,
AOR 5 Nov 2022,
eligibility, medical, and biometrics completed
ADR including PRPF 3 Jan 2023
background verification changed from not started to in progress 20 Feb 2023
no news yet


what is this background verification? does it mean they never worked on my background check since the beginning? will it take 6 months??

 

[GandiBaat]

hi,
AOR 5 Nov 2022,
eligibility, medical, and biometrics completed
ADR including PRPF 3 Jan 2023
background verification changed from not started to in progress 20 Feb 2023
no news yet


what is this background verification? does it mean they never worked on my background check since the beginning? will it take 6 months??

Actually... yes and no. It might not take 6 months and they do not start the day you submit your app.

There is a thread by @legalfalcon on background verification. Find it.