iforti

You dont need a letter of invitation... the letter of invitation is the letter sent from MPNP which u were accepted for EV.

iforti

For all that intend to do the EV... this is my experience...

1. As you land in Winnipeg go straight and see housing opportunities.. meet with realtor.... u need at least one of them and go with him to see prices of houses, rents and neighbourhoods.

2. You need to go to grocery stores, compare prices of food products, clothes etc.

3. Go to schools/ day cares for children.

4. You need to check Autopac, for changing the driver's license, buying a car etc.... go to auto shops and see the prices of cars.

5. Go and see bank opportunities, possibly open an account in banks, you need a birth certificate, it means a lot for immigration officer.

6. See libraries, leisure and what u do in a free time.

7. Talk to some possible employers, at least 4 of them and collect business cards, application for employment etc.

8. At the end Its mandatory to make a budget dividing Expenses and Incomes with total of how much you earn and how much you spend for you and your wife.... including moving expenses....

9. As Speedoflight (in case u haven't heard of him, hes a member here too) said... u need to take a notebook- not the laptop and a pen, to write everything you see and do there.

10. Dont sleep, just run, run, run and get that Invitation.

11. Good luck

fols

Thank you for the concise info,i am printing this out at the moment. lol. How did you get the employer contacts you met,any insight on this please?

fols

Hi Dwight,

Did you present ticket booking while applying for your TRV,i am applying to London office.
Many Thanks

iforti

You go and see employers, dont be shy, meet them, talk to them about the possibility of your employment to them... And in the end, you ask about the business card which they all are ready to give you... Collect as much ad you can... the more the better... I've had around 20 of them... Its too much but was better for me...

Successful4ever

Am not sure if its required, but when i made my application from London office, i did reservation on KLM which i used to support my application. though i did not pay for the ticket till after i received my visa.

Successful4ever

For those who have applied for the nomination after EV waiting nomination certificate, Does any know if you can call to find out the status of your application?

htar

I think, they can consider your call if you passed 120 days waiting, otherwise there will be a routine reply.

dwight-van-man

Hi, can't help I'm afraid. I'm in the UK which is in the visa waiver program so I don't need a TRV...

htar

I received my LOA on 29 Sep. 2013, anybody knows What is the timeline for the VO to request the medical?

christmasoompa

isn't that a timeline spreadsheet in your signature? So aren't you better placed than anybody else to know the average timescales?!

htar

Dear Sir,
The spreadsheet is an opened sheet for everybody to add his timeline, and it is not accurate, it is a personal diligence. if I am sure I wouldn't ask.
This is an invitation for colleagues to add themselves accurately and specially the latest ones.

fols

Thanks for the info,would work on this.

iforti

Bro
Put this LOA date in spreadsheet cause there is another date that u provided, right ?.

htar

iforti
I mentioned the LOA wrong, I mean my AOR of CIC on 29 August same as spread sheet.