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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 18th 2010, 5:59 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,218
Posted By james_smith99

Re: PR card problems

thanks for the advice guys. theres a very similar thread running alongside this one, can't believe how many people get so much grief with the pictures. don't think i'll be going in the next 6 months...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 16th 2010, 9:49 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 18,854
Posted By james_smith99

Re: PR CARD PHOTO RETAKE!

Jim (or anyone else for that matter), so is it only the application for the card thats affected and not the PR status itself ? Obviously if thats the case then all of us affected can wait till the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 16th 2010, 7:02 am
Replies: 14
Views: 2,218
Posted By james_smith99

Re: PR card problems

Outland. But I have been over and landed now so I would think that my status has changed in that respect. What i'm not 100% sure on is am I already a fully PR or is there somehing special about the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 14th 2010, 8:48 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,218
Posted By james_smith99

PR card problems

Hi, looking for some help on some PR card problems i've got myself into. I landed in Toronto in May after being sponsored by my missus. Came back to england (where i still am) with the intention of...
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2010, 9:33 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,305
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Landing in BC next week, relocating to OK Valley or Vanc Island in 2011

Hi Zoe, small world but we're landing saturday (well i am, the wifes canadian) and possibly\maybe\probably moving to kelowna permanently next year.....

we recently had some quotes for removals....
Forum: Canada
May 16th 2010, 9:46 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,893
Posted By james_smith99

Re: I plan to land and then return to UK within two weeks to prepare and come back

As far as I know this is wrong (i bloody hope it is anyway, i'm landing next saturday and in the same boat of intending to go permanently next year at the earliest!!).

from the advice i've...
Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2010, 4:56 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,553
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Kewlona B.C.

we're hoping to move to kelowna later this year. been twice on holiday and loved it in the winter and summer. seems to be a great place for just about anything you'd want to do outdoors. make sure...
Forum: Canada
Mar 18th 2010, 2:13 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 862
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Great recce hotel deal!

blimey, a bit harsh on the native canadians isn't it !!!

there must be some that are better than your average homeless, drugged up, tourettes afflicted whore !!
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2010, 9:52 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 7,873
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Strata fees

fair enough, no more assumptions from me on strata fees (i reserve the right to make lazy assumptions on everything else until someone on here corrects me though !!)

thanks for the info though, at...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2010, 5:38 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 7,873
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Strata fees

Thanks for the info. As the places we're looking at are houses then i'd assume its not for the structural maintenance but for the landscaping and services; snow clearing, landscaping etc. All good to...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2010, 4:46 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 7,873
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Strata fees

So is that in place of a rates\council tax type payment or in addition to it. It seems like those services are what we'd expect from paying council tax here so presumably you get hit with 2 payments...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2010, 3:42 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 7,873
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Strata fees

Thanks. Some of the places i looked at seem to be talking about $200 a month strata so i think they may be buying a new snow plough every year !

typically these seem like newer developments so i...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2010, 2:19 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 7,873
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Strata fees

I'm just browsing the mls site to be honest. we were out there in the summer and a realtor showed us round quite a few properties but i don't remember talking about the strata fees in any detail. as...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2010, 1:34 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 7,873
Posted By james_smith99

Strata fees

Can someone tell me what strata fees are actually for ?? i get the general idea that if you're in a flat\apartment its for the roof etc, or in some situations you might have a pool or other shared...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 18th 2010, 9:25 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 512
Posted By james_smith99

Re: spouse sponsorship and medical question

if you're doing it from outside canada then you do the medical first and send it off with the forms.

i did my medical in september and was asked for my passport the week before christmas - so you...
Forum: Canada
Jan 18th 2010, 9:04 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 958
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Becoming Self-Employed

can i ask, in general is being self employed in canada broadly similar to the uk ?? i'm an IT contractor with my own ltd company here. theres extra paperwork but basically i pay less tax so its worth...
Forum: Canada
Jan 8th 2010, 4:31 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 8,098
Posted By james_smith99

Re: One way flights are far more expensive!

exactly !!
Forum: Canada
Jan 8th 2010, 4:20 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 8,098
Posted By james_smith99

Re: One way flights are far more expensive!

so by that logic, for every product or service, you have two options. you can pay for the premium product and expect the best or you pay less and they can do what they like ?? what would we fill...
Forum: Canada
Jan 8th 2010, 3:58 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 8,098
Posted By james_smith99

Re: One way flights are far more expensive!

they used thomas cook, but seeing as plenty of others thought they were ok i'd go with the majority view. it was all stupid stuff that annoyed us. you had to pay for their cr@ppy headphones, half the...
Forum: Canada
Jan 7th 2010, 7:36 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 8,098
Posted By james_smith99

Re: One way flights are far more expensive!

can you do that, refund one leg of the ticket ?? i looked at the same thing this week on BA, £900 one way and £700 return - why even offer the one way ticket as they obviously don't want to sell it !...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 7th 2010, 7:19 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 505
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Spouse Canadian - Moving before any application??

if its any help we applied recently, my canadian wife sponsoring me. it all went through far quicker than i anticipated with no extra information\interviews etc required. from sending the forms off...
Forum: Canada
Jan 6th 2010, 7:01 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,070
Posted By james_smith99

Re: License to drill

in the name of forum solidarity it might be worth naming and shaming that university. don't think any of us want our kids going there if 'so you have workout outside' is anything to go by !!
Forum: Canada
Jan 5th 2010, 9:46 pm
Replies: 84
Views: 4,589
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Good time to buy a house?

Just throwing in my wishful thinking that passes as an opinion again, but i think its easy to get wrapped up in the media stuff that the countrys (uk that is) going down the toilet. the reality is we...
Forum: Canada
Jan 5th 2010, 9:26 pm
Replies: 84
Views: 4,589
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Good time to buy a house?

in the situation he's (and I'm) in you'd be grateful of the top up for your half -can't afford a pint at these rates !! my plan is to leave the money in the uk and assume that over the course of a...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 2nd 2010, 5:31 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 469
Posted By james_smith99

Re: Photo Specifications for Visa

i printed my own for my PR application. just cropped the picture to the right proportions and set the printer to print the required size. PR was approved a few weeks ago so they don't seem to have...
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