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Forum: Canada
May 7th 2012, 9:17 am
Replies: 30
Views: 21,257
Posted By MJDJ

Re: welding jobs in canada

Our neighbour works the shut downs in edmonton / Fort Mac - or MORDOR as he likens it to - so he works flat out april to mid june - off over the summer to get the mountain biking / fishing / hiking...
Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2012, 2:42 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,711
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Fernie is it worth a visit from Calgary?

makes sense did fernie - kelowna last weekend - 9 hrs
Forum: Canada
Feb 19th 2012, 5:02 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,711
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Fernie is it worth a visit from Calgary?

Recommended - My family and I moved here 20 months ago - Lots to do -
The ski hill will still be open, cross country skiing , cat skiing , hiking , dogsledding, snowmobiling, spas , restaraunts ,...
Forum: Canada
Mar 14th 2011, 6:06 am
Replies: 38
Views: 21,113
Posted By MJDJ

Re: 40 ft container shipping costs

We used pickfords last year for our move to Fernie - 6 weeks storage in uk as you can not land a container in canada without actually being there - Therefore we could not store container in canada...
Forum: Canada
Jan 18th 2011, 8:54 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,258
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Preparing to land ...

1. Fine - Re PR Card address just give it / write it down / dont mention if possible it is yr friends address - it may open a conversation that will lead to them refusing to send it to that address -...
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2010, 4:20 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,429
Posted By MJDJ

Re: England Vs the All Blacks

myp2p had the game albeit in french commentary - good stream too through it to the plasma tv - beer at 8.30 am was good too.
The french commentary was not quite as entertaining as throwing abuse at...
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2010, 4:15 am
Replies: 5
Views: 755
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Goods to follow

Everything has a cost ! for insurance we had everything from 1 - 2.5% of value cough cough !:eek:
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2010, 3:34 am
Replies: 5
Views: 755
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Goods to follow

HI - You need to produce yr goods to follow when you land - include everything if you dont bring something on the list it doesnt matter - if you bring something that is not on the list - it may or...
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2010, 3:18 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Goods to Follow & Other bits - Our Experience

i would use estimated replacement value - that is the main purpose for insurance - not a bad deal btw our container was 7.5k !
Forum: Canada
Nov 8th 2010, 8:47 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Goods to Follow & Other bits - Our Experience

i honestly dont know the answer to this one - best to speak directly with cbsa in vancouver directly
Forum: Canada
Nov 8th 2010, 8:09 am
Replies: 4
Views: 790
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Work in Ferni in 2010/2011 for son.

Hi we moved to Fernie in August permanently - Recently there have been two job fairs for the coming season - one for the Resort itself and one in town for the shops and retailers hotels etc - I do...
Forum: Canada
Sep 30th 2010, 6:04 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Goods to Follow & Other bits - Our Experience

Absolutely agree - common sense / homework and research is key - It takes so long to get to this point - It would be really sad if the landing experience turns into a disaster - A new life could turn...
Forum: Canada
Sep 30th 2010, 5:35 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,837
Posted By MJDJ

Goods to Follow & Other bits - Our Experience

As we see a lot of questions about this - I thought I'd summarise our experience in landing and what happened next - Nearly all of the information I used was taken from this forum which is a huge...
Forum: Canada
Sep 29th 2010, 9:58 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,640
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Can you....

Came through Toronto last week from Barbados - no separate lines one big one for everyone
Forum: Canada
Jul 26th 2010, 2:39 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,478
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Goods to follow much later

we landed to activate PR's in Calgary Feb 09 and returned to UK / Jersey. We have one way tickets booked for monday 02nd august and our goods land in Vancouver circa Aug 14th - we did our GTF List on...
Forum: Canada
May 18th 2010, 8:15 am
Replies: 23
Views: 3,374
Posted By MJDJ

Smile Re: Typical cost for haulage of household effects

Hi im afraid that the quote seems about right - bear in mind 2008 was 2 years ago and the world is a different place epsecially CAD/GBP Exchange rate 2.00 or there abouts in 08 to circa 1.5 now...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 22nd 2009, 6:45 am
Replies: 2
Views: 690
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Canada Address advised by email to CIC Question

Many thanks, at immigration the officer said that my wifes photos were not good and were re-taken however both mine and sons ok !
Guess we wait and see then !
Forum: Canada
Jul 22nd 2009, 4:03 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,075
Posted By MJDJ

Re: PR card not arrived

Hi we also landed in Calgary in February - Only one out of three cards turned up so far - Have faxed the number to chase but no response as yet !
As you can not call the call centre whilst out of...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 22nd 2009, 3:01 am
Replies: 2
Views: 690
Posted By MJDJ

Canada Address advised by email to CIC Question

We landed in February via Calgary to activate our PR Visa and all went seamlessly well but had no Canadian Address at time or friends to use & returned to UK to sort out bits and pieces.We were told...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 10th 2009, 3:12 am
Replies: 5
Views: 504
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Customs and Funds query HELP PLEASE!

Recent bank statements we took originals and copies for them to keep and in the end we weren't asked !!!

Goods to follow and goods to accompany lists we did as an excel spread sheet printed off...
Forum: Canada
Jul 10th 2009, 2:12 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,033
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Medicals

We all underwent medicals in uk last year -
husband, wife and 3 month old - usual basics and questions regarding lifestyle etc
To put yr mind at ease - no smear test or breast examination for my...
Forum: Canada
Jul 10th 2009, 12:27 am
Replies: 1
Views: 759
Posted By MJDJ

Landing experience Calgary & other bits

As someone recently posted landing experience in Toronto - I thought I would take time to write up our in February this year.
My wife and I and our then 6 month old son travelled on a reccie to...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 14th 2009, 1:58 am
Replies: 5
Views: 644
Posted By MJDJ

Re: immigration agent

We used a company called avatar based in vancouver - total of £1500 -
However this was broken up into 3 lots of £500 once each stage of the process was met - final payment made when request for...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 14th 2009, 1:28 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,152
Posted By MJDJ

VISAS COLLECTED THE WAIT IS OVER

Collected our passports with the all important PR Visa inside from CHC in London on THURSDAY. Our 4 year wait is over - a little fraught along the way and with the addition of our 5 month old son we...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 13th 2009, 9:19 am
Replies: 9
Views: 3,562
Posted By MJDJ

Re: Pregnant whilst waiting for PR medicals for Canada

we were advised to delay - effectively we had received request for passports BEFORE Jake was born and as you only have a limited time to send passports we asked and were granted a delay so that all...
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