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Forum: Canada
Nov 17th 2009, 8:40 am
Replies: 29
Views: 4,189
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Help - how do Torrents work and what do I need to use them?

Ok, thanks for the help so far. Having looked some more into this, what about paying one of these VPN/Proxy services that seem to be available in abundance? And if that is a viable option, which ones...
Forum: Canada
Nov 17th 2009, 6:47 am
Replies: 29
Views: 4,189
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Help - how do Torrents work and what do I need to use them?

I am probably on the intermediate level on some and basic on others. I have no clue who torrents work, but was interested to read on here that some people are managing to watch UK TV through these....
Forum: Canada
Nov 17th 2009, 6:10 am
Replies: 29
Views: 4,189
Posted By SimoneT

Help - how do Torrents work and what do I need to use them?

Hi All, I keep reading about people using Torrents to download TV programmes from the UK. I have no idea what that is and what we need to use it, so thought I would ask here for some help and advise...
Forum: Canada
Aug 11th 2009, 7:32 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,255
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Mining/industrial towns, Fort Mcmurray??

Hi there, given that you have an 11 year old I would avoid For McMurray like the plague. Our neighbours with a 15 year old daughter and 11 year old son moved away from there because it was very rowdy...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 11th 2009, 7:23 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,094
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Recommended migration agent

We initially had one of those one-off consultations with an agent from Four Corners, this was back in 2006. He told us that yes we did have enough points, and gave me a contract to sign. Being a...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 6th 2009, 8:29 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,493
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Police Certificates

Yes, follow the link and it will get you to a german site (don't worry, they have an english option). You can then print of the forms and complete them, note however, that you have to get them...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 6th 2009, 7:00 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,493
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Police Certificates

We had to get German police certifactes, I was born there and my OH served there. I was dead easy, only cost 13Euro at the time per certificate and we had it in our hands within 2 weeks of having...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 27th 2009, 9:33 am
Replies: 42
Views: 3,452
Posted By SimoneT

Re: A dog "food" question.

Hi All, we feed our two female Westies Arcana, which I was told at our Petstore was the best and the breeder also uses this brand. Having looked at the ingredients before we bought the dogs I had to...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 13th 2009, 9:40 am
Replies: 4
Views: 570
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Language Proficiency - Native English Speaker

We didn't do any of that, just ticked the boxes where you indicate what your language is and off it went. No problems at all, even given the fact that I am a native german who has naturalised to...
Forum: Canada
Jul 7th 2009, 10:23 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,033
Posted By SimoneT

Re: To school or not to school

We had the same dilema when we arrived in February this year with our 10 year old daughter. In the end, after 2 1/2 weeks of indicison, we decided that home schooling was not an option as she would...
Forum: Canada
Jul 2nd 2009, 8:54 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,998
Posted By SimoneT

Re: checking uk credit???

Our mortgage company did want our UK Equifax reports when we applied after having been in the country a couple of months. It wasn't a problem and we got approved. We also managed to get a credit card...
Forum: Canada
Jun 12th 2009, 9:34 am
Replies: 9
Views: 752
Posted By SimoneT

Re: PNP from Skilled worker

We changed from SW to PNP (Alberta), it was just a quicker route in the end for us. What we did was to inform London, when sending in the new PNP application, that we wished to closed our SW...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 4th 2009, 6:38 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,273
Posted By SimoneT

Re: 2006-ers on the SAP route

Hi All,

We started the simplified process in September 2006 and didn't hear anything for quite some time until we got an invite in Nov 2007 to attend a presentation from the then Alberta Minister...
Forum: Canada
Jun 1st 2009, 6:45 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,103
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Dilemma

Hi Nik M,

Your age should really be of no concern, my OH was 40 when we arrived here a few months ago and it has not hindered him in getting a job. It mostly depends on your trade and where in...
Forum: Canada
May 27th 2009, 10:18 am
Replies: 11
Views: 981
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Mechanics Tools

Best thing is to ship them with your container, it's quicker in the end. My OH found that his co-workers were quite happy to let him use their tools until he had all of his (plus he bought some more...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 22nd 2009, 7:14 am
Replies: 4
Views: 849
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Questions about pnp

We did the Alberta PNP without arranged employment. This was possible thanks to my husband having all the qualifications they wanted for this. We had the nomination within 6 months and our initial...
Forum: Canada
Apr 20th 2009, 10:53 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,173
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Recci booked for Okotoks

Hi AC,

not really, I said I was intially shocked, but that hasn't stopped me from moving to Okotoks, or indeed think that most Brits here are only interested in socialising with other Brits, which...
Forum: Canada
Apr 20th 2009, 10:48 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,173
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Recci booked for Okotoks

Hi Butch Cassidy,

Thanks for shooting me down in flames! So it's not everyone's cup of tea, fair enough, but some people might actually quite enjoy having someone to talk to from their home...
Forum: Canada
Apr 20th 2009, 9:22 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,173
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Recci booked for Okotoks

Hi Geordielass,

I agree, Okotoks is great for families (as are a lot of neighbourhoods in Calgary). I was initially quite shocked by the amount of Brits that live here and wanted to move right...
Forum: Canada
Apr 20th 2009, 5:03 am
Replies: 8
Views: 849
Posted By SimoneT

Re: hotels in okotoks??

I agree, the best option for a reccie trip is to either rent someone's basement suite, apartment or house. It will give you and your family a really good idea what life in Okotoks is like. There are...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2009, 5:50 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,729
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic

Hi, my OH sat his exam whilst serving in the Army on exercise in Canada. He managed to pass two of his exams first time and is now studying for the last part (although his employer has told him he...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2009, 5:29 am
Replies: 64
Views: 6,022
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Where have all the jobs gone?

Like Debbie from The Ross Family, I have been looking for work for 4 weeks now and like Debbie am finding it very difficult to even just get an interview; never mind canadian work experience!...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 24th 2009, 11:07 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,116
Posted By SimoneT

Re: New to Okotoks

Hi,

We are also new to Okotoks, arrived 4 weeks ago! We have a 10 year old daughter and currently rent an apartment near the old town. Happy to meet for coffe. Just PM me and we can arrange...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 2nd 2009, 4:48 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,715
Posted By SimoneT

Re: Help with ‘Schedule 1 - Background/Declaration’ Form please

We had the same issue and just replicated the table with the Question number on a spreadsheet, given the applicants name as the header and called it extension to Question x. It seemed to have worked...
Forum: Canada
Mar 1st 2009, 2:09 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 622
Posted By SimoneT

Re: AINP

We did AINP without employer. OH had the qualifications to go through without having to have arranged employment, so it can be done without an employer, but only as long as you have the correct...
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