Hi Rasha,
I can see from yr timeline that they just requested yr passport Aug 4 which is nont bad at all & believe me ISA u ll get it by this coming week max.
Regarding Canada, that's realllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy a question that required alot of answersss
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Look to make it simple for you guys, Canada is amazing, beautiful, clean, descent and you will enjoy it ISA very much & u will be amazed by alot of stuff here like the schools, studies, governmet...etc, but at the end u have to remember that it's not heaven, and this is the major problem that lots of people do, is when they come to Canada they think that they r going to heaven and then they get shocked after that.
Wat I want to say is that you will have to thank GOD for living in Canada for sure but at the same time you will have to work reallyyyyyy hard if you wanna be successful in this country, caz if u didnt u ll find yourself living a life style that u have never imagined.
I dunno wat yr plans are but talking about myself I have a B. Com degree and almost 4 years of experience in a multinational company (vodafone egypt) and when I came here after 2 months of hard work looking for a job the only 1 that I found is a cashier in a coffe shop.
And then after a while I realized that the only way to be successful in this country is to study and when I say study I mean to study 7aga mo7tarama, ya3ny high standerd like the universities, masters, PHD, designations, these are the things that is really valuable here in canada, dont waste your time studying in a community college or these types of studies, lama teego hena hate3rafo el far2
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So wat I want to say is that Canada is great but u ll have to work hard, if you are a doc. they will ask you to do an equivelant, if you are a dentist, pharmacict they will ask u so, if you are an accountant you will have to study one of the designations (CGA, CMA, ...etc)
Otherwise they will not recognize u and you will end up working as a taxi driver or a cashier, here in Canada wat the employers really care about is to have a Canadian experience and to have some sort of study in a Canadian Institution.
Some other issues u have to be aware of and this is really important, awel lama hateego ISA tab3an u will need to rent a place so be prepared enoko tekono 3arfeen 7ad fe canada so he can be you guarantor (damen ya3ny), because landlords here require the tenants to be working a fulltime job so they can guarantee that they can pay the rent w haytlobo el pay slips beta3et el shoghl w kol da, fa tab3an ento mesh hayb2a ma3ako el 7agat dee awel lama tro7o fa the only solution enoko tekono 3arfeen 7ad 3ashan ydmanko so this is how u can rent a place.
The other thing here in canada that my wife and I were shocked when we first came is that in order to buy any service that is paid monthly they will ask you to check you credit history, eh ba2a keset el credit history dee? I will try to explain briefly, here in canada when u obtain a credit card you start using it ok, then after a while u will start to have a credit history which means if you pay your bills before the due date so that means yr credit history is good, if you had some problem with some bills before that will affect yr credit history and so on, so my advice to you is that the first thing that you do when you come to canada isa is to go to the bank, open a bank account and get a credit card, tab3an el bank will ask u to pay a deposite because u r still new immigrants and it varies from bank to another, some will ask u for 600 may be more, fe 7aga kaman hatsahel 3aleko w da byb2a option 7elw gedan lel new immigrants, when u come isa google 7aga esmaha (capitalone) dol betala3o credit cards bas shorothom ashal keteer men el banks el tanya, ya3ny they will ask u for $300 deposite only.
Nefsy 2a2oloko kol 7aga wen2eloko kol khebrety 3ashan matetbahdeloosh bas mesh 3aref if I am missing something else or not?!!!
please if you have any questions just ask me & I ll be glad to help you guys.
I am sorry eny tawelt fel answer bas nefsy 2a2oloko kol el a3rafo 3ashan matetbahdeloosh, bas believe me life here is amazing even if it's hard bas atleast u ll be rewarded 3ala 2ad ma hatet3abo hena 3ala 2ad mahat3eesho merta7een.
aa I remembered another thing, regarding how much u will be paying monthly? actually it depends where r you going guys, some cities are more expensive than others, for example: I came to Ottawa ok, I pay like 760 for rent and thas include heat, hot water and hydro(el kahraba ya3ny), 350 to 400 for grocery, internet telephone and tv cable is like 130$, mobile around 100$, transportaion 170$, im talking about me and my wife so this is for 2 persons, of course if you have children you will pay more.
El rokhsa, 1 of the most important things here, if any 1 of you guys drives in Egypt just bring you egyptian liscence with you and when you come look for the egyptian embassy or consulate close to you & go ask them to translate your egyptian liscence and give you the letter that declares you already have adriving history in Egypt( they already know that stuff) this will cost you 41$, and then go to the closest Ministry of transportation office (you can google it when u come) and then go buy the traffic rules book, it's also available on thier website for free (ana 3an nafsy zakerto online because it is so easy) here is the link http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/ , but this is only for ontario, if you r heading anywhere else just google the right one for you, after you finish studying the book go directly to the MTO office again and ask them to do the written test, u will pay the fees and do it write away (i paid 150$ for both written and road tests) then if you passed they, give them your letter from the embassy and yr egyptian liscence & they will book you an apointment to do your road test and then get you liscence ISA.
Anyway, im so sorry eny tawel 3aleko, bas begad de ma3lomat mohema gedan mesh hatla2o 7ad y2olhalko lama teego, w 3ashan twafaro wa2t, ana 2a3at shohoor to know all that stuff, w mesh 3ayzko to7abato men kalamy plz, canada wallahy gameela & u will love it sooooooooooo muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, bas im trying to be realistic ma3ako 3ashan matetsedmoosh men 7agat makontoosh te3rafooha.
If you have any questions plz ask, w bel tawfee2 ISA
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Mohamed
