Whizzing to Whitby
 

Hi all.

I have made a couple of posts, but we have not really 'introduced' ourselves as such so here goes.

I am a Brit, my wife is a Canuck, we live in Germany and got married in Canada 3 years ago.
We were on holiday in Jan this year in Toronto visiting friends & relatives and we ended up unexpectedly buying an off-plan house in Whitby.

We spent the year so far not really getting our arses into gear with the VISA stuff and are finally within a few days of being able to send off the application. It actually does feel a bit exciting that it's nearly done. We will be doing a family class sponsorship through the London UK office.

We have already started cancelling bills & services here, resigned from our current jobs and we will be moving to Canada on Dec 8th. We will be staying with a friend in Newmarket until our house is finished being built next summer.

We are hoping that my PR will come through before the end of the year, allowing me to start work in January assuming I find a job by then :)

All very nervewracking about the timing, but getting close to the day of sending off my PR application has made me feel less nervey about it. So much so that I felt a need to share our situation and introduce ourselves properly on the forum :)

Hello Canada!

Tom...

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Hi Tom

Welcome to BE.;)
It must be exciting to be so near to making the move now.:D
Wishing you smooth landings and best of luck with your newest adventure.
Do check out the Wikki and past threads for all sorts of info you might find useful in your preparations for a new life in Canada.

Rob.

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Another one coming to Whitby, welcome. :)

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Cool :) Thought I should put Whitby in the intro so that we can start working out the Whitby posse!

Can't wait!

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Where abouts in Germany do you live?

We lived in Munich for a while, but don't really talk about that, very bad experience. :blink: OH also worked in Hamburg for 2 years while I stayed in the UK.

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We are in Munich!
And I have loooved it here up until the moment were we bought a house in Canada. Now we just can't wait to get out...

I have been here 7 years, the wife has been here 4. I went through the normal homesickness a bit in the first year but that is long gone. So now I am really looking forward to a new country and back to speaking a decent language. well, kinda :)
And owning a house!
And motorised water sports
And skidoos
And a garden!
and and and and and :thumbsup:

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:lol: I take it you don't have any kids then. ;)

Small world, we lived in a very very very small village called Unering in Seifeld. (think that's how you spell it).

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Nope, not yet... Soon to follow our new house though I am sure :)

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So only a couple of us in Whitby then?

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evening tom and welcome :D

i was born in ajax, so not far from whitby!! however, it looks more likely we'll be moving to the north or west of TO when we go

i'm sponsoring my OH through the family class (common-law) and am geting near to having everything together ready to send off hopefully within the next month

good luck with everything :D

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I know a few people from here that are in the Pickering/Ajax/Whitby area.

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Hello Tom and another Welcome to BE...I love your car;)

Looking forward to you whizzing around the forum:rofl:

Alison

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Oh don't, I miss my car :-( Had to sell it last year :cry_smile:

But I will be whizzing around. One of my specialties is organizing go-kart events so keep on the lookout in the GTA next year ;)

Thanks for all the welcomes everyone.

Oh and we just made our application payment online and have our IMM 5401. Definately on track for sending on the 18th. Looks like my sig is gonna be correct :thumbup:

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I was in Whitby yesterday with my son, we had a mission to get on a train (he's not yet 5!) and get doughnuts. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

I only say that because I don't drive and it was nerve racking, being the only pedestrians on that short walk from the train station to that "food" complex.

There must be nice places there, but one couldn't survive without a car without going crazy I fear.

Sorry Whitby, I don't mean to offend, I was scared!!

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So what exactly was it you were scared of, crossing the road?