I Love Canada!
Mar 7th 2009, 10:14 pm
#17
No time for muppets!
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: Alliston, ON
Posts: 585
Re: I Love Canada!
I love Canada too!
Mar 7th 2009, 10:19 pm
#18
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jul 2004
Location: Victoria, BC Canada
Posts: 61,698
Mar 7th 2009, 10:38 pm
#19
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 386
Re: I Love Canada!
Me 3 ...........
Mar 7th 2009, 10:41 pm
#20
Logical & Hot Stuff
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Ontario's Armpit
Posts: 19,815
Re: I Love Canada!
Group hug...
Mar 7th 2009, 11:11 pm
#21
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,054
Re: I Love Canada!
In my instance (law enforcement) wages are way higher in Canada than OZ even if you compare dollar to dollar. I would have been losing like 20,000 plus dollars a year.
Statistically speaking, wages are higher and cost of living lower in Canada. This may have little bearing on an individual's personal circumstances, however.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_household_income
Mar 8th 2009, 7:03 pm
#23
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 35,082
Re: I Love Canada!
I can't read the deleted comment that isn't there anymore; is it really worth getting yourself worked up over? Can you allow for the fact that you aren't aware of everything that goes on behind the scenes?
Can you get in touch with Rule 14?
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Mar 8th 2009, 7:27 pm
#24
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 35,082
Re: I Love Canada!
I watched a US TV programme recently called Homeland Security. Reality TV, not really my bag as most of such stuff is staged. A US Immigration told a British woman trying to get in that her Visa only allowed her to knock on the door and request entry. Having one does not guarantee entry. The woman was denied entry and returned to UK.
Yes we were also hauled over the coals because we didn't return our visa after going over to the States on vacation. Because it lasts for three months the border guards don't remove it in case you want to go back again. When the three months were up we had to drive down to the border to hand it in. Because we live within driving distance from the border this wasn't too bad so I asked what happens if you live further north in BC. They said that you can return it to customs and immigration at any international airport. Until it is returned, you are regarded as being an illegal immigrant in the US.
A few people referred to the I-94W card you get at the border (or entry) as a "visa".. just wanted to clarify in case it is helpful to you later on.. UK citizens generally enter the US as visitors under the Visa Waiver Program which by definition means there is no visa.
The card, which you should make sure to turn in, is an I-94W. If you forget to turn it in at the border on your return to Canada, there is a place you can mail it in, with evidence of being outside the US.
Details on the VWP, ESTA and returning I-94s is available at www.travel.state.gov
