Originally Posted by Gaz67 (Post 8460233)

Well after taking medicals today.... we are pleased they were easy and done very quickly indeed :thumbsup:

We arrived in Altrincham a tad later than planned but still half an hour before medicals were due!!

"Our Sat Nav (BINATONE) dont buy a (BINATONE) .... it has not taken us to the right place in the 2 years we have had it ... it was an xmas present off the inlaws and will not be accompanying us to Canada... its going to BINLAND :eek:"


Anyways after not drinking coffee for 24 hours and just water (LOTS) and Oj i was cold turkey'n LOTS ...

We parked at the med centre and walked down to the town 5 mins walk to some good shops and some good places to eat for future note!!

Me and daughter decided we needed the Loo at this point and goin in the public toilets I had the biggest and longest Pee i have ever had... apparently so did daughter :eek:

The medical centre was easy to find once in the town, the staff were nice and the doctor was lovely... well mine and the daughters who went in together was great... Tina went to "Mrs Hitler" with the Baby :blink:

The medical was quick we went in around 11.40pm and we were all out at 12.10... all done , paid we might have been quicker but the earlier Loo trip meant me and the daughter could not Pee so we got every possible drink out the car and finished them off... took us half an hour to be able to provide a sample :p

Back in the car ready to drive half hour to Manchester City Centre for the Xray part..... oh no i thought....

Was a straight run from the med centre to Deansgate and also easy to find. Staff there were also friendly and the process of our 3 xrays over in around half an hour.... paid extra for making sure they went recorded delivery.

So family of four Myself,wife 13 year old daughter and baby cost
£640.... not bad when compared with Liverpool which verged on £900

I would recommend this med centre for anyone from the Northwest or further afield if need be!!

Thanx for all the well wishes.... Roll on next stage!

Gaz

Originally Posted by Martin99 (Post 8460327)

Hopefully, on to the passport request stage next, Gaz! :fingerscrossed:

Cheers

Martin

Originally Posted by Martin99 (Post 8460015)

I understand that from 1 April 2010 the London CHC will be taking on processing of economic visa applications from Pakistan in addition to the current UK work. I hope that this does not delay too many applicants on this thread!

Cheers

Martin

Originally Posted by purple80 (Post 8460629)

Originally Posted by purple80 (Post 8460493)

:fingerscrossed: For Gaz, mine first though pretty please....

Originally Posted by PMM (Post 8460774)

Hi
Two things you might find interesting.

1. CIO Nova Scotia, laying off 150 temp/casual staff. http://tinyurl.com/yc8zt7s
2. FSW Pakistan to London. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa.../islamabad.asp

Originally Posted by purple80 (Post 8461055)

Originally Posted by PMM (Post 8461193)

Hi
What it also could be for CIO Nova Scotia when they reach the "quota" for FSW applications of about 139K-150K plus about 20% for those that don't qualify at the the 2nd level, they may just shut off the applications and say apply next year. Bill C-50 gives the department the ability to do that.

Originally Posted by purple80 (Post 8461367)

So that could be bad news for people planning to apply this year? :eek:

Originally Posted by Gaz67 (Post 8460233)

Well after taking medicals today.... we are pleased they were easy and done very quickly indeed :thumbsup:

We arrived in Altrincham a tad later than planned but still half an hour before medicals were due!!

"Our Sat Nav (BINATONE) dont buy a (BINATONE) .... it has not taken us to the right place in the 2 years we have had it ... it was an xmas present off the inlaws and will not be accompanying us to Canada... its going to BINLAND :eek:"


Anyways after not drinking coffee for 24 hours and just water (LOTS) and Oj i was cold turkey'n LOTS ...

We parked at the med centre and walked down to the town 5 mins walk to some good shops and some good places to eat for future note!!

Me and daughter decided we needed the Loo at this point and goin in the public toilets I had the biggest and longest Pee i have ever had... apparently so did daughter :eek:

The medical centre was easy to find once in the town, the staff were nice and the doctor was lovely... well mine and the daughters who went in together was great... Tina went to "Mrs Hitler" with the Baby :blink:

The medical was quick we went in around 11.40pm and we were all out at 12.10... all done , paid we might have been quicker but the earlier Loo trip meant me and the daughter could not Pee so we got every possible drink out the car and finished them off... took us half an hour to be able to provide a sample :p

Back in the car ready to drive half hour to Manchester City Centre for the Xray part..... oh no i thought....

Was a straight run from the med centre to Deansgate and also easy to find. Staff there were also friendly and the process of our 3 xrays over in around half an hour.... paid extra for making sure they went recorded delivery.

So family of four Myself,wife 13 year old daughter and baby cost
£640.... not bad when compared with Liverpool which verged on £900

I would recommend this med centre for anyone from the Northwest or further afield if need be!!

Thanx for all the well wishes.... Roll on next stage!

Gaz

Originally Posted by purple80 (Post 8460629)

Originally Posted by Wags18uk (Post 8462325)

Congrats fella, :fingerscrossed: everything pans out ok and quickly!!

Received our PR cards in the post from our friends in Canada yesterday, Funky little things!! Big smiles all round in our house last night. :D

Originally Posted by Martin99 (Post 8462741)

Mark

Did the immigration officer at Vancouver airport give you any hassle over using your friend's address for the PR cards? We are planning to do the same thing when we land this summer.

Cheers

Martin

Originally Posted by Wags18uk (Post 8462827)

Hi Martin,

No problems at all, they were very friendly and I guess were more intersted on their coffee break at Tims!! :rofl:

Cheers

Originally Posted by PMM (Post 8460774)

Hi



Two things you might find interesting.

1. CIO Nova Scotia, laying off 150 temp/casual staff. http://tinyurl.com/yc8zt7s
2. FSW Pakistan to London. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa.../islamabad.asp