Should have been a member of BE lol.
Apr 4th 2017, 9:40 pm
#1
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Should have been a member of BE lol.
If this person was a member of BE then they might have avoided this situation 
A Canadian permanent resident learned a hard lesson that when travelling between the United States and Canada, there is no room for error.
David Thomas, of Nova Scotia, has a British passport and has been a Canadian permanent resident for 45 years. He and his spouse, Livia Anthes, booked a flight to Las Vegas Feb. 3 to celebrate Thomas's 50th birthday. Anthes is also a permanent resident with a valid card.
The problem was Thomas's permanent residency card expired in December. He applied for new documentation and tried to get an expedited card in time but couldn't. He and Anthes decided to travel anyway.
'Lesson learned' says permanent resident who had to walk into Canada - Nova Scotia - CBC News
I guess he won't be doing this again if you read about his journey back to Canada and how long it took and what it cost them.
How many wives would have left him to his own devices and flown back without him
A Canadian permanent resident learned a hard lesson that when travelling between the United States and Canada, there is no room for error.
David Thomas, of Nova Scotia, has a British passport and has been a Canadian permanent resident for 45 years. He and his spouse, Livia Anthes, booked a flight to Las Vegas Feb. 3 to celebrate Thomas's 50th birthday. Anthes is also a permanent resident with a valid card.
The problem was Thomas's permanent residency card expired in December. He applied for new documentation and tried to get an expedited card in time but couldn't. He and Anthes decided to travel anyway.
'Lesson learned' says permanent resident who had to walk into Canada - Nova Scotia - CBC News
I guess he won't be doing this again if you read about his journey back to Canada and how long it took and what it cost them.
How many wives would have left him to his own devices and flown back without him
Apr 4th 2017, 9:44 pm
#2
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
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Re: Should have been a member of BE lol.
WTF isn't he a citizen after 45 years? 
Apr 4th 2017, 9:46 pm
#3
Dichotomus tinker
Joined: Aug 2013
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Re: Should have been a member of BE lol.
and all the other Brits that don't become Canadian citizens...edjits
Apr 4th 2017, 10:58 pm
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Re: Should have been a member of BE lol.
[If this person was a member of BE then they might have avoided this situation ]
If I ever get in any trouble I'll tell them I'm a member right away!
]If I ever get in any trouble I'll tell them I'm a member right away!
Apr 4th 2017, 11:18 pm
#8
Still alive
Joined: Jan 2006
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Re: Should have been a member of BE lol.
Some people can't afford the cost involved in applying. Is that a good enough reason for you?
Apr 4th 2017, 11:57 pm
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Re: Should have been a member of BE lol.
Of course, it's not only about whether there are good reasons not to get citizenship but also good reasons to get it.
Here's a rehash of a post I made last summer - I thought I'd done a better one more recently but I can't find it.
For me there are no drawbacks to not having it. I get to live in Canada where I want to live and I can return to the UK where I was before. It wouldn't increase my options.
...there's no reason for me to take it up. The right to vote would be the only thing for me and when you've been used to a real political choice for most of your life and then you experience a choice where there's little difference...well it makes little difference.
I have no dependents to pass it on to. My family here are Canadian and I'm not looking to work as a Canadian secret agent.
Apparently visiting the US is a little easier than with just a UK passport but it's highly unlikely I'll go and even if I did, is it worth the $500 or so fee to make it easier that one time?
The only real advantage to me would be not applying for a renewal PR card every five years...but I don't actually need to do that, I do it "just in case" I might need to travel and not have time to apply for one. But unless I live past 100, renewing the PR card unnecessarily is much cheaper than citizenship anyway.
Which of these are not good reasons?
Here's a rehash of a post I made last summer - I thought I'd done a better one more recently but I can't find it.
For me there are no drawbacks to not having it. I get to live in Canada where I want to live and I can return to the UK where I was before. It wouldn't increase my options.
...there's no reason for me to take it up. The right to vote would be the only thing for me and when you've been used to a real political choice for most of your life and then you experience a choice where there's little difference...well it makes little difference.
I have no dependents to pass it on to. My family here are Canadian and I'm not looking to work as a Canadian secret agent.
Apparently visiting the US is a little easier than with just a UK passport but it's highly unlikely I'll go and even if I did, is it worth the $500 or so fee to make it easier that one time?
The only real advantage to me would be not applying for a renewal PR card every five years...but I don't actually need to do that, I do it "just in case" I might need to travel and not have time to apply for one. But unless I live past 100, renewing the PR card unnecessarily is much cheaper than citizenship anyway.
Which of these are not good reasons?
Apr 5th 2017, 12:28 am
#14
Joined: Dec 2001
Location: Dixie, ex UK
Posts: 52,446
Re: Should have been a member of BE lol.
The humour was in the allusion to your post where you suggested that you might have bought rather more land than I thought (it would have 480sqkm).
Last edited by Pulaski; Apr 5th 2017 at 12:44 am.
