bartM

Hey applicant whatever, Andrew answered your initial mail right on spot without being offensive or rude and you pulled on the whole barrage of insults and obscenities (juding by this you must be a brother of mj23).

Andrew is a well-respected member of this forum and helped countless individuals with their problems. You are no one, little man, and your low-life status is clearly demonstrated by your swearing and bad English.

Azam Ali

WOW!! Only got a GC and started talking like true arrogant American!!

Well done baby.. you paid for service you got, and it is stupid on your part to ask for refund..

ABW

Amen, brother...
I would trade my US citizenship with Canada Permanent resident status ANYDAY [If I could] to whoever wants refund on his/her Canada Permanent resident status.
Speaking from experience, the grass is greener north of 49 Parallel after 09/11/2001 AD.

anona?

About fees, check out this CIC website, this will answer your questions about application and landing fees' refund. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/before-2.html

I just don't know what you've been through in Canada but please, don't bad-mouthed or say anything nasty because in one way or another, Canada has contributed something to what you are right now. Surely, the experiences and patience that you've had during your PR application process had contributed or made you "what-you-are" today. Right or wrong, I am entitled to my own opinion so don't take it against me.

ChicagoJer

Applicant,

Why did you ever apply for Canadian permanent residency if you never intended to use it??? I can understand that family emergencies sometimes arise that may prevent you from physically moving to Canada- i.e. your mother and/or father became ill and needed extended care, etc- but that is clearly not the case here.

Also, why have you insulted Canada in your posts ? Even if you found a higher paying job in the States, is money the ultimate source of happiness in life ?

GOBLIN

Why the hell are people criticising Applicant just cos he/ she wants to move to the US from Canada and give up his/her Canadian PR. It's his/her own life and he/she has every right to go live wherever he/she chooses to live. Why do people have a problem with that? Just not fair!
Maybe applicant wants to settle there for better career prospects or family reasons, so what's wrong with that? It's his/her life after all! All of you are also planning to move to Canada leaving your country of origin for the very same reasons(greener pastures, better life, relatives etc) how would you feel if you were criticised for it? Not doing anything illegal.
I don't support anyone bad mouthing any of the above mentioned countries but if you cannot offer him/her useful advice then refrain from making irresponsible comments about someone's personal life and also prompting others to do the same.
(just my opinion-not to be taken personally)

Andrew Miller

You obviously didn't read the original post. Read it again please.

GOBLIN

Applicant
Don't expect CiC to return your fees though. The fees were paid for processing the application and granting the PR. Not fair to expect a refund.

GOBLIN

I already have Andrew.
Also there's nothing really that can be done about the 'safety net' applicants. It's sort of a trend amongst the US h1-b holders and others to also use the Canadian PR as back up incase the Green Cards don't materialise. Maybe CIC should have some provisions to discourage the practice if it has a negative effect.

khvganesh

The fact that you chose to reply to the OP's question despite that people have already answered, that tells that everyone has a right to answer in their own style as long as they do not use foul language, of course as the OP did in his replies.
Now coming to your style of tackling a problem. We know that the 'safety net' applicants do not really intend to live in Canada. Then why do they apply?? Why do you think there is nothing really that can be done about it. Why do you say that the system/CIC should solve it on its own? How can you expect that when we know that systems can not automatically solve the problems. Solutions to problems however big they are, start with people, people like you and me. So start opposing it as most the respondents to OP did. Remember, either you can be part of the problem (here, using the safety net) or part of the solution. I proudly want to be part of the solution whether it benefits me or not.

Ashok

What about persons working more than 183 days offshore ( Such as Offshore oil fields/Platform outside Canada) , receiving Salary from companies outside Canada such as SHELL or Exxon Mobil

ashok

Andrew Miller

You can start your own thread when asking question out of topic of the existing thread.

See here:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tax/nonresi...sidency-e.html

Ashok

Thanks for the link and suggetion

ashok

Ashok

In case CIC is following a Quota system , I dont think such applicants delay genuine applicants.


Just as Airlines make overbooking (assuming some no shows), CIC should also clear more PR's especially from Bufallo , assuming some will be staying back as soon as they get GC.

Mr Andrew I can show you , your own comments , wherein you have said it is quota system AND it is not a question of shortage of staff in the VISA post.

It looks Canada is facing another sort of Dilemma. Each year they loose well educated , Canada trained / Canadian experienced young talent to US, in return they try to get Engineers / Doctors / Pilots from other countries lacking Canada experience. If it goes on, than Canada is working as a SIEVE for US. This will affect Canadian Economy as well as Global competitiveness in the long run.

Selling Energy ( Oil & Hydro to US ) thus having a strong CDN$ is not a long term solution / vision.

bartM

It's a bit off-topic but the fact is that both Canada and the US are producing too few quality graduates for their needs and both countries need to import brains from other countries. Even if some Canadians move to the US, the dent is pretty small I would say. As for the Canadian experience, that is a real problem - I would say some of the causes are higher market regulation and higher influence of the unions in Canada than in the US. Again, it's the trade-off thing.