woofwoof

Maybe so.........but if I drank nearly $500 worth of beer it all might seem to make a bit more sense to me.....

Jingle

Thanks for posting BritishVixen - we don't land until 24 May 2006.... great news! Karma sent for making my night!

J

britishvixen21

LOL my pleasure! Tell you what woof woof il give you half and well both drink to see if it makes more sense, two drunks are better than one right??

Diabolo

I am getting a refund. Planning on requesting it soon. But the process confuses me a little. Hope someone can clarify.

Note : I paid my fees to Buffalo NY

Description says
If you paid the Right of Permanent Residence Fee in another country before 12:00 a.m. EDT on May 3, 2006, and you have not yet received a visa, you can request a refund from the CIC mission where you paid the fee. If you do not request a refund, you will receive one when your visa is issued.

But the request form says , send it to Ottawa .

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resid-fee/rprf-form.pdf

Where should I send the request to ??

woofwoof

Right.........Have you ever seen a drunk on his own try to have a conversation with someone sober. I have when my mates took various pictures of me doing it :scared:

britishvixen21

I was t-total for 2 years and was usually the sober one its very funny to tell the person the next day what tehy said hehehe

I much prefer being the drunk.

woofwoof

Therefore keep your refund and waste it on getting p*ssed. . Consider it free beer from the Canadian government........ .

Lionel_in_Ontario

Great news, thanks for posting!

The money will sure come in handy since I can't work and they're not rushing with my tax refund!

didik

Sydney CIC website has put this new fee on its website. Please check link below.

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/asia/au...mm_fees-en.asp

traceyparker1

I have a question regarding the refund of the permanent residence fee. We actually "landed" in October 2005, stayed in Toronto for three days, and then returned to the US. We actually moved to Canada (Vancouver) permanently on October 17th, 2006. Are we entitled to a refund or does the actual "landing" make us automatic residents? I originally thought it did, but when we arrived in Vancouver three weeks ago, the customs officer told us that we weren't returning residents as we hadn't spent enough time in Canada...anyone?

Tracey

Andrew Miller

You landed before RPRF was reduced, so refund doesn't apply to you.

If customs officer told you that you are not returning residents then it had absolutely nothing to do with PR status. You must have likely tried to claim something within returning resident custom exemption (just guessing).

traceyparker1

Thanks, Andrew! I thought as much but no harm in double checking...you're right about the customs exemption. The poor guy didn't know what to do about our goods to follow list - he initially wanted to mark it as a returning resident but then figured that we weren't as we hadn't spent more than 3 days in Canada. In the end, he just waved us through and all was well! Thanks again!

Tracey