We went round the flagpole today & no problems
May 23rd 2010 | 3:20 pm
#16
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
Hi
Did you land at an office for the work permit? I think we can do it for the PR but when I looked into it I thought we had to leave the country for the TWP.
It would have been alot easier than all the driving with the kids!
Good luck woth your 'landing'
Ness
Did you land at an office for the work permit? I think we can do it for the PR but when I looked into it I thought we had to leave the country for the TWP.
It would have been alot easier than all the driving with the kids!
Good luck woth your 'landing'
Ness
May 23rd 2010 | 3:57 pm
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
The original TWP we landed at Calgary Airport and have since renewed the Work Permit. To be honest I never looked into the full details of how to land with the TWP - we just arrived in Calgary and handed over the papers!
For PR we are going to 'land' at Canada House on Jasper Ave!
This is from Wiki
"Please note that if you are already in Canada and have valid temporary resident status, you now have the option of obtaining your permanent resident status in Canada as opposed to leaving Canada and re-entering at a port of entry. Please contact CIC’s Call Centre at 1-888-242-2100 as soon as possible to arrange an appointment with the nearest Citizenship and Immigration office to your place of residence. (You cannot call this number if you are outside Canada.)"
I called the number and lost a good number of years waiting for them to answer!
However, Canada House did call me the next morning with an appointment on June 14th - can't complain so far!!
Fingers crossed.
For PR we are going to 'land' at Canada House on Jasper Ave!
This is from Wiki
"Please note that if you are already in Canada and have valid temporary resident status, you now have the option of obtaining your permanent resident status in Canada as opposed to leaving Canada and re-entering at a port of entry. Please contact CIC’s Call Centre at 1-888-242-2100 as soon as possible to arrange an appointment with the nearest Citizenship and Immigration office to your place of residence. (You cannot call this number if you are outside Canada.)"
I called the number and lost a good number of years waiting for them to answer!
However, Canada House did call me the next morning with an appointment on June 14th - can't complain so far!!
Fingers crossed.
May 23rd 2010 | 4:02 pm
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
Good luck.
I've sent you a PM re PRs.
We'll keep our fingers crossed for you.
I've sent you a PM re PRs.
We'll keep our fingers crossed for you.
May 24th 2010 | 3:20 am
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
Nikki, have you actually managed to get through on that number? We've been trying since our passports came back - a month ago! It would be so much easier to land in Lethbridge or Calgary, but at the mo we're having to plan to get to the border as we can't get anyone to answer the phone to make an appointment! 
May 24th 2010 | 1:19 pm
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
Hi Debbie
Yep - I called that number and was on hold for quite a while. They took my details and then a lady from Immigration called the next day with an appointment in June.
I intially tried from my Skype line which wouldn't work - then used my cell and it was fine.
Good Luck
Nikki
Yep - I called that number and was on hold for quite a while. They took my details and then a lady from Immigration called the next day with an appointment in June.
I intially tried from my Skype line which wouldn't work - then used my cell and it was fine.
Good Luck
Nikki
May 24th 2010 | 5:51 pm
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
We're not even getting an option to hold - just getting a message which sayd 'all lines are busy, please call back' and then getting cut off! Oh well. More than one way to skin a cat.
May 26th 2010 | 9:40 am
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Re: We went round the flagpole today & no problems
The original TWP we landed at Calgary Airport and have since renewed the Work Permit. To be honest I never looked into the full details of how to land with the TWP - we just arrived in Calgary and handed over the papers!
For PR we are going to 'land' at Canada House on Jasper Ave!
This is from Wiki
"Please note that if you are already in Canada and have valid temporary resident status, you now have the option of obtaining your permanent resident status in Canada as opposed to leaving Canada and re-entering at a port of entry. Please contact CIC’s Call Centre at 1-888-242-2100 as soon as possible to arrange an appointment with the nearest Citizenship and Immigration office to your place of residence. (You cannot call this number if you are outside Canada.)"
I called the number and lost a good number of years waiting for them to answer!
However, Canada House did call me the next morning with an appointment on June 14th - can't complain so far!!
Fingers crossed.
For PR we are going to 'land' at Canada House on Jasper Ave!
This is from Wiki
"Please note that if you are already in Canada and have valid temporary resident status, you now have the option of obtaining your permanent resident status in Canada as opposed to leaving Canada and re-entering at a port of entry. Please contact CIC’s Call Centre at 1-888-242-2100 as soon as possible to arrange an appointment with the nearest Citizenship and Immigration office to your place of residence. (You cannot call this number if you are outside Canada.)"
I called the number and lost a good number of years waiting for them to answer!
However, Canada House did call me the next morning with an appointment on June 14th - can't complain so far!!
Fingers crossed.
Sounds like they have opened it up a bit more now.
Best wishes!
Rob
