Advice from those who 'made it'
May 28th 2007, 6:18 pm
#16
throw caution to the wind
Joined: Jan 2004
Location: Paradise AB
Posts: 1,063
Re: Advice from those who 'made it'
yes our application was going through while we were in Canada. As for OH not working, we decided that if coming to Canada sooner meant that I was the only one working then thats what we would do. My husband took on everything else to compensate and I have to say he's a fantastic cook which is something we never knew!
We are in the very fortunate position of not having a mortgage so we didn't need much money to survive on (which was just as well really because my job pays a dire salary!) so we just got on with it.
Also I think it helps that we have never had his & hers money, everything we earn always goes into one pot (which I obviously spend!
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May 28th 2007, 6:32 pm
#17
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Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Calgary, South by Java Head
Posts: 504
Re: Advice from those who 'made it'
you may be able to get him some cultivation work out in BC
May 29th 2007, 12:08 pm
#19
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Joined: Aug 2005
Location: London, Ontario
Posts: 279
Re: Advice from those who 'made it'
LoL!
Just to be clear, his 'cultivation' enterprise was no grow-op, just a couple of plants he had been given and was trying to grow for personal use, hence why the police only cautioned him. They realised he wasn't a drug dealer or anything.
As an update, I called the CIC yesterday for the first time, to fish for answers about the whole police caution for an indictable offence issue. The woman did not seem to think it would automatically mean a refusal. She said the visa officer will treat the application on a case-by-case basis, they may want to know details of the incident etc. She encouraged us to apply and said that there were always other options even if we got a refusal. It gave us some hope!
Kellie
Just to be clear, his 'cultivation' enterprise was no grow-op, just a couple of plants he had been given and was trying to grow for personal use, hence why the police only cautioned him. They realised he wasn't a drug dealer or anything.
As an update, I called the CIC yesterday for the first time, to fish for answers about the whole police caution for an indictable offence issue. The woman did not seem to think it would automatically mean a refusal. She said the visa officer will treat the application on a case-by-case basis, they may want to know details of the incident etc. She encouraged us to apply and said that there were always other options even if we got a refusal. It gave us some hope!
Kellie
