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Forum: Canada
Sep 22nd 2016, 11:57 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 11,328
Posted By Yandros

Re: CIMA to Canada - Please help!

OP,
I've just converted my UK ACA qualification to an Alberta CPA, CA designation. The process itself was fairly easy, but the Alberta accounting institutes have recently merged and I don't think...
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2015, 8:09 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,715
Posted By Yandros

Re: Might have cold feet....

It was a bit of both. Due to some family circumstances, we didn't want to move over in 2010 (when we got PR), and the PR actually came through about a year earlier than we expected when we applied.
Forum: Canada
Nov 9th 2015, 2:52 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,715
Posted By Yandros

Re: Might have cold feet....

I'd think many, if not most, people get cold feet at some time in the process. From first application to getting PR took about 4 years in our case (which I think was fairly normal at the time), and...
Forum: Canada
Dec 24th 2014, 2:11 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,024
Posted By Yandros

Re: Managing family trips back home

I'd guess this is a very personal thing. I've been back once since we arrived in mid 2012; my wife has been back twice and is about to go again. Her parents are a lot older and infirm than mine and...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Dec 23rd 2014, 5:32 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 845
Posted By Yandros

Re: Permanent Resident Card renewal

Interesting - I'm sure that a month or so ago it said don't apply more than six months out in both places. I was wondering how CIC would deal with the lengthening processing time. It seems they've...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Dec 22nd 2014, 7:43 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,048
Posted By Yandros

Re: pr to citizenship

Record all of your trips made outside of Canada re citizenship eligibility.

+1 on recording all trips. I have a colleague at work who has delayed applying for citizenship as he can't face the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 15th 2014, 9:56 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 502
Posted By Yandros

Re: PR Card Renewal

Because I may need to go to the UK at short notice and I'd prefer to come back with an unexpired PR card.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 15th 2014, 9:48 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 502
Posted By Yandros

PR Card Renewal

So, the current processing time for a renewal of a PR card is 177 days, and it seems to be increasing. In the instruction guide it states that any applications sent more than 180 before the current...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 6th 2014, 10:43 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,004
Posted By Yandros

Re: Mentioning PR during interview

For what it's worth I've just hired a guy who is currently here in an IEC visa and who is looking to get PR in due course. We asked him about his plans and he was quite open about the fact that he...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 20th 2014, 5:55 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,179
Posted By Yandros

Re: PR card renewal

Don't want to hijack this thread, but I have an additional question on PR Card renewal.

One of my UK passports covering the period since I landed (Jun 2010) also covers quite a while before that....
Forum: Canada
Aug 6th 2014, 2:32 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,531
Posted By Yandros

Re: Considering moving back to UK after 38 years in Canada

By my calculations you were about 45 when you left the UK so I assume that you have a UK state pension. I think that when you go back any index linking that you haven't received while in Canada will...
Forum: Canada
May 26th 2014, 7:28 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,194
Posted By Yandros

Re: Calgary ACCA

We moved out here about 2 years ago, me with an ACA qualification and Controller experience. I had no trouble getting a job, and apart some tax knowledge I've not felt the need to get a Canadian...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 16th 2014, 2:28 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,920
Posted By Yandros

Re: Citizenship application and physical presence

I'm curious as to how to interpret this. Does it mean that under the current rules I should wait until I've been in Canada for 4 years as a PR. My plan was to apply for citizenship after I'd been...
Forum: Canada
Apr 9th 2014, 6:41 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 5,012
Posted By Yandros

Re: Thinking of Canada - advice please!

"cramped living conditions here in the uk (our garden is the size of a postage stamp!)"

Interesting comment. When we first started looking at houses in/around Calgary we thought all the gardens...
Forum: Canada
Apr 4th 2014, 10:38 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,163
Posted By Yandros

Re: Another QROPS Question!

Just out of curiosity - how does the MMRC collect this 55% penalty.

If I'm no longer in the UK, and not receiving any income over there, and my pension funds have already been transferred into a...
Forum: Canada
Mar 27th 2014, 3:21 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 10,987
Posted By Yandros

Re: Any AAT's / Accountants who've made it to Canada?

I can't speak to AAT, but as a UK qualified ACA I had little difficulty finding a job in Calgary. I know it will delay any move to Canada, but you may wnat to look at qualifying as an ACA or ACCA in...
Forum: Canada
Mar 24th 2014, 8:21 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,125
Posted By Yandros

Re: Got PR cards through....now stuck between a rock and a hard place. Advice please?

We were in exactly the same position when we moved to Calgary approx 2 years ago.

We stayed in a motel for the first 2 weeks and spent a lot of that time looking for a rental. In view of the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 19th 2014, 5:05 pm
Replies: 99
Views: 27,201
Posted By Yandros

Re: T1135 Foreign Income Verificiation (New Form)

Does anyone know whether I'm also supposed to report assets (shares, bonds, unit trust units, etc) that are held in UK Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP). I note that the form is called a...
Forum: Canada
Mar 7th 2014, 2:41 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,548
Posted By Yandros

Re: Leaving family behind..

I have to agree with the previous posts that it's your life.

I don't have kids but still felt guilty about leaving, and still do to some extent. Recently my brother was diagnosed with a long...
Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2014, 10:47 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 750
Posted By Yandros

Re: Selling UK house whilst in Canada...

We did this six moths ago, having been in Canada for a year. Everything was done by email and scanned documents apart from signing the actual contract which was couriered both ways.

Whole process...
Forum: Canada
Dec 1st 2013, 5:25 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 8,867
Posted By Yandros

Re: Moving to canada.. Wise choice?

To the OP,

I don't think horseracing is a big thing in Canada, certainly we've been in Calgary for about 18 months now and I've never heard of any racing on a commercial scale similar to the UK. ...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 29th 2013, 6:26 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 969
Posted By Yandros

Re: applied for citizenship but PR expires soon

As noted above consider the difference between PR & the PR card.

Provided you've met the residency requirements and not been involved in anything criminal then Permanent Residency is exactly that...
Forum: Canada
Nov 11th 2013, 4:00 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,569
Posted By Yandros

Re: Advice on Homesickness please? :(

I say this with some hesitation as it could backfire and make the problem worse. With that in mind, one thing I have found that helps is to try to make a few friends who are also UK expats, and...
Forum: Canada
Nov 7th 2013, 2:00 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,084
Posted By Yandros

Re: House sale Thoughs?

I'd think very carefully about renting it out. We did this for a year after we moved over, and we had some very good tenants. Despite that there were a few different bills we had to pay (basically...
Forum: Canada
Oct 23rd 2013, 2:12 am
Replies: 3
Views: 859
Posted By Yandros

Canada Pension Plan

I'm doing some long term financial planning and need to know how pensions under the CPP are calculated (altgough I realise it may change). I can find details of the OAS and the various residency...
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