Hi all, My Wife and I have applied for a SW visa 18 months ago, to settle in Burlington Ontario.

I'm a national newspaper printer and also a qualified motor mechanic, my wife works for a major bank HQ in Canary wharf.

I know in the information on the Canada embassy site it can take upto 48 months to complete, is that interview, medical through to acceptence (SP).??

We have applied ourselves (not through an agency)

Would it take all of 48 months or can it be sooner.

Thanks for takin time out to read a newbie thread.

Ok what ya drinkin at ther virtual bar..drinks on me

Thankyou Toddy

Hi Toddy welcome to BE lots of help and info on here,

OH worked at Canary Wharf for big bank until last year, now back in city,

Have you thought about going down the job route as you both have skills, is your wife IT,
we are going down that route, we don't want to wait for 5 years poss for SW visa and should get it fast tracked, either way we will be living over there,
have a look at the Wiki threads at the top really helpful

good luck sue

Cheers Sue...i have been looking, testing the water so to speak, but my Wife wants to start afresh there, she is in investigations....and dont want to go down the banking route....(dont blame her...LOL)

Hi Toddy theres still your skills, what does your wife have in mind ?
if you don't mind me asking

cheers sue

Idealy in the long run we want to open our own deli/bar, smoked meats, lunch etc.

Hay ho Toddy small world hay you won't find any slipper clutches on here. And the language is a tad more civil. Deli bar mums the word your secret is safeall the best mate meet you at Lydd soon.

Slinger

Hey mate....stalked me down
I do like this forum.....see you on the Orange side

Sorry mate I think I've got a I thing for you

Loads of wooden spoons on here to

Mrs Slinger aka arris has got a load of info from here

Ive seen the user name Arris on here hmmm ??

Make sence now..I doubled posted ....rookie mistake LOL

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Hi Toddy,

Welcome to BE - a wealth of info & some laughs too (not quite the same as KTM )

Arris (Mrs S.

Toddy,

If you haven't yet than please read the wiki

This wiki and everything in it. Once you have you still have questions but at least you know a fair bit more than you did when you started and none of the oldies here have to sit and think "oh, here we go again".

Cheers for that, but still sussing the forum out.

Thanks for the advice

Hope you are reading the stickies in the top of each board. That will help speed up the sussing out of the forum.

:-)

I'm walking at the mo..LOL but any advise is more than welcome...

Wapping is cool!