Canadian Eh !
Mar 5th 2010, 1:38 am
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Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Mar 5th 2010, 9:23 am
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Mar 5th 2010, 12:05 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Mark
Mar 5th 2010, 5:03 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Congratulations and welcome to Canada ..... eh!!
My son's trip through Immigration / Customs at Toronto on the 26th (after 4 hours diversion to Ottawa) couldn't have been more different from yours - very friendly and spent 10 minutes discussing different beers!
Sorry to hear your's wasn't so good.
My son's trip through Immigration / Customs at Toronto on the 26th (after 4 hours diversion to Ottawa) couldn't have been more different from yours - very friendly and spent 10 minutes discussing different beers!
Sorry to hear your's wasn't so good.
Mar 5th 2010, 5:24 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Fantastic
Good luck with your new life eh?
lol
Stef
Good luck with your new life eh?
lol
Stef
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Mar 5th 2010, 6:03 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Big congrats on your Landing its time for a
Mar 5th 2010, 7:04 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Pleased your welcome wasn't to bad
Good luck with all the million and one things you have to do now, enjoy and keep us posted
Mar 5th 2010, 7:32 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
good to hear it went well & good luck with the next stage of life over there!
Mar 5th 2010, 7:40 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Can't wait to be following in your shoes eh!!! I will have a drink on the 17th April in Calgary and toast you and your family and also Joinerboy and his family, who is landing in April too. Hope everything works out well.
Lorraine
Mar 6th 2010, 10:29 am
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Congratulations Jimsan! We are landing in May at Toronto....so thanks for your excellent post!
Good luck in your future and hope you are successful with your interview!!
All the best - enjoy
Good luck in your future and hope you are successful with your interview!!
All the best - enjoy
Mar 6th 2010, 11:25 am
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Glad to hear that the application proess is at an end for you and that landing went pretty smoothly. Good luck with your new life. 
Mar 6th 2010, 2:43 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
Mar 7th 2010, 7:30 pm
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Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi to all of my friends that replied, and thanks for all your kind wishes.
Markbev, I'll let you know what's going on, where we end up will depend on where we get employment - sooner the better ! We'll have a meet up in August.
The weather is superb - lovely warm sunny days and cold frosty nights.
Coffeepot, I hope you get some god news soon - we're very familiar with the agony of waiting for ages.
Duck n Joinerboy it won't be long until you're here - roll on eh ?
As busy as we've been here it's nothing compared to our last 3 months in England. It was just bedlam and very stressful, from getting PPR to jetting off to Canada. So it's nice to catch our breath a bit before we start working again.
It definitely helped that we'd already done a reccie trip last year - so we knew what to expect ! I would say that anyone looking to emigrate, will find a reccie trip really beneficial.
Take care, and push on for what you want in life !
Jimsan.
Markbev, I'll let you know what's going on, where we end up will depend on where we get employment - sooner the better ! We'll have a meet up in August.
The weather is superb - lovely warm sunny days and cold frosty nights.
Coffeepot, I hope you get some god news soon - we're very familiar with the agony of waiting for ages.
Duck n Joinerboy it won't be long until you're here - roll on eh ?
As busy as we've been here it's nothing compared to our last 3 months in England. It was just bedlam and very stressful, from getting PPR to jetting off to Canada. So it's nice to catch our breath a bit before we start working again.
It definitely helped that we'd already done a reccie trip last year - so we knew what to expect ! I would say that anyone looking to emigrate, will find a reccie trip really beneficial.
Take care, and push on for what you want in life !
Jimsan.
Mar 8th 2010, 11:45 am
#14
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Location: Bradford - Yorkshire
Posts: 85
Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi,
So glad you landed and all is going well. Me and my boyfreind are putting our forms in in April and hope it won't take a lifetime! We're planning on Toronto as we were hooked after out visit last year.
Hope your working / settled soon
Loraine
So glad you landed and all is going well. Me and my boyfreind are putting our forms in in April and hope it won't take a lifetime! We're planning on Toronto as we were hooked after out visit last year.
Hope your working / settled soon
Loraine
Mar 8th 2010, 1:12 pm
#15
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 163
Re: Canadian Eh !
Hi all, hope you're all in good health and I hope all your lives are going great.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
We landed in Toronto on Sunday Feb 21st - after a 2 and a half hour delay at Manchester !
After declaring our intention to activate our visas we were called through to the immigration section.
Short interview and a few forms to fill in with an IO who was nice but just going through the motions. He did ask for proof of funds - which I'd already given him with our papers.
Picked up some info from some ladies as we walked out of the immigration section.
We then went to Customs and they directed us to another area, as I'd declared we were landing and had goods to follow.
Long queue, and most of the IOs here were really sour faced and trying to look threatening. Which I think is really pathetic when you consider all us immigrants have already been through hell just to get to this stage.
One couple from Turkey (that's a guess) were really getting put through the mill and had every item pulled out of their luggage - I felt pretty sorry for them.
Our turn (gulp) - me ready to blast off if the guy dared to upset my wife !
But after an initial bit of snotty behaviour, our guy was fine.
Just copied our list of goods to follow and asked what we had in our cases.
Didn't look inside them - but I had tried to be very polite and delicate with him.
Everyone said welcome to Canada - which is so great to here after the bloody wait we've had.
Taxi into Toronto, then out for a Chinese and a few bevs to celebrate.
Apart from one night's snow, the weather has been brilliant.
We're really enjoying our new life.
Had an interview on Tuesday that went well - fingers crossed eh !
For anyone that's thinking of coming to Canada or has already applied - go for it ! It is a fantastic country !
Thanks to all of you that have helped us, and listened to my moaning !
Good luck all !
Hang in there, good things come to good people !
Canadian eeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhh !
Jimsan.
I am sure it won't be long before we are in your place, going through the dredded "landing procedure".
It seems for most people a job is the big worry and I must admit despite being a year away from moving, it has been causing me some bother.
Well done and good luck both in your move and securing a job