kamshaft

hi,

need a bit of help,

im trying to pay my fee for the IEC and my canadian bank (novascotia) is asking for an address for the 'PIJ - AMBASSADE DU CANADA', as they are saying without that they cannot do the wire transfer, anyone have the address please?

Thanks

lenny86

hey!

still no word here i actually had one contact at ogilvy when i left, so i pestered her and got an internship, and am now working at euro. i think you will have a better chance at getting in because of the fact you arent local. blanket emails arent so bad, but definitely send in a link to your site.

DisasterPiece

Cheers, with the latter option, the online transfers, have you done it before? Is it relatively simple? I had a look but to be honest I'm not great when it comes to money and banking.

Third6

BRED Banque Populaire, 66 ave des Champs-Elysées, 75008 Paris

That's what my conditional acceptance email says anyway!

kc85

agreed... i actually handed in my notice the other day just couldn't hack that lame office shizzle nemore...especially if i have to do more of the same when i get canada lol 2weeks till i can leave feels like an eternity...

what jobs wise are people planning on doing? i would really like some career orientated stuff whilst out there...craiglisting it so far seems so so with the amount of jobs on offer etc

Mr. Numbers

I haven't done it personally but I have friends who have - they say it is actually very simple (and one of them is a true bank-a-phobe!). The one they used (Canadian Forex I think) had someone call them up to talk them through setting up the account online.

You need to be able to scan across some bank statements, passport pages etc. to cover money laundering regulations and stuff, but apart from that it all seems pretty painless. That's probably how I'll do it when I'm there. The only thing is you can't set it up in advance or anything as you need the Canadian account open first, so take a bit of cash with you as well to cover things at first.

Little Blue

Thankfully, my job is good, I'm just on a contract that ends April 20th. I work as a theatre technician so I'm hoping to go into something related to that. I've always been interested in Film/TV production too so I'll be keeping an eye out for opportunities.

But obviously I won't be too picky

VanCity

Hi All

There doesnt seem to be any pattern for the processing times with the IEC, me and my boyfriend both sent our applications in the same envelope and were received in Paris 2nd Feb, we both subsequently went through the following stages, however he received his LOI on 2 March and 2 weeks later, i have still not heard anything.

I am starting to get stressed about it now as it seems other people who applied after me are being issued their LOI within 3-4weeks.

Has anyone heard of anybody being refused at the final stage or is it only in Paris when the compliance checks are completed?

I am so confused considering our application forms were received together and progressed to all the same stages at the same time except for this last hurdle.

Any advice?

rubberduckofdeath

Don't worry about it, from experience of other areas of Canadian immigration, it's unlikely that they're done in any strict order of receipt.

mansfield250

anything to start with really, something to do with sports over the summer, would love to use my degree, criminology, but cant really see that ever being useful!

jehstr

My app was in London 3 weeks yesterday, was really hoping to get the LOI today.

The people on this forum have been receiving the Visa's on either Monday or Tuesday.. can someone tel me if this is true, or has anyone got a LOI later in the week?

Galacticos

So do you have to be holding £2000 in a UK bank account when you move over and show a statement to prove that, because whats stopping me from just emptying my account, and taking the cash with me, and paying it all into my account in canada when i open it?? I'm sure your allowed to take a certain amount of cash with you before having to declare it..... Im sure i have seen on landing cards the figure of $10,000 ??

VanCity

Hi

My form went to London over 5weeks ago now and I still ahven't heard anything, I know many people have received their LOI exactly 4weeks after it was received in London, I know of people who have received their LOI on various days, not just Monday and Tuesday

Galacticos

When i got the email from Paris, it stating that my application would take 6 weeks, and not to contact them until those 6 weeks have passed..... So my D-Day is 18th April, anything heard before then will be fantastic, hopefully i can be in Toronto by Mid May - June .... EKKKKK!!! The excitement is killing me

DCCL

when people got the conditional exceptance and it stated 6 or 8 weeks, is it from the date it was sent to london??