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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 3rd 2013, 5:18 am
Replies: 14
Views: 14,022
Posted By msocmac

Re: Proof of employment if company no longer exists for FSWP application

We did this with the NI contributions and it was sent through really quickly and covered every employment we had been in since age 16. This was never asked for but was worth getting just in case :)
Forum: Canada
May 16th 2013, 7:56 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,967
Posted By msocmac

Re: Car Insurance, St John's NL - Extortionate!

Try Wawanesa (we use them through a broker) our insurance for 2 cars with only one of us with proof of no claims (I lost mine after being a named driver only whilst living in France) is less than...
Forum: Canada
May 3rd 2013, 6:54 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,207
Posted By msocmac

Re: HOUSE RENTAL IN ELMSDALE/LANTZ - HELP

I have just moved out of a rental house in Lantz so if you want to PM me just send me a message. I don't think the landlord wants to rent out until June but he will probably want 12 months minimum....
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2013, 5:37 am
Replies: 6
Views: 651
Posted By msocmac

Re: Goods to follow

I am sure yours will be fine. It was one of those things that just started badly and went worse from thereonin! They were late arriving in France which meant that they had to rush the packing and as...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2013, 1:58 am
Replies: 6
Views: 651
Posted By msocmac

Re: Goods to follow

You will need more information which is best done on an excel spreadsheet and attached to the removal companies list, the CBSA officer said the one we did was much easier than a handwritten one but...
Forum: Canada
Mar 5th 2013, 6:59 am
Replies: 4
Views: 872
Posted By msocmac

Re: Life Insurance

Try Manulife I found their rates were lower than Sunlife. I have a Sunlife policy through work and apart from the mandatory life insurance we have to pay very few employees take the extra benefits...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Dec 21st 2012, 12:57 am
Replies: 59
Views: 8,168
Posted By msocmac

Re: FSW 2013 - Opening.

I can only say from a UK point of view so if you went to school in the UK the exam certificates are easy to get hold of. Both myself and my husband had lost ours in a move years ago so we just found...
Forum: Canada
Nov 19th 2012, 6:57 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,052
Posted By msocmac

Re: Don't know what to do now?

Having been in a similar situation but we had the LMO and TWP in our hands the start date of the employment was deferred then eventually the offer was rescinded - the long and short of it is I would...
Forum: Canada
Nov 6th 2012, 8:47 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,422
Posted By msocmac

Re: Thoughts On The Great White Job-Hunt in NS

NS hants county I work in Halifax :)
Forum: Canada
Nov 6th 2012, 6:30 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,422
Posted By msocmac

Re: Thoughts On The Great White Job-Hunt in NS

Oh yes.

Would be wholly unprofessional not to.

I was typing on a small screen so couldn't see the whole thing so thought it would be easier for me to type in one block - selfish of me yes.
...
Forum: Canada
Nov 6th 2012, 6:13 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,422
Posted By msocmac

Re: Thoughts On The Great White Job-Hunt in NS

I work in the property field and got the first job I interviewed for starting 5 weeks after landing - no networking was involved I applied through Job Bank and got it after tailoring my resume...
Forum: Canada
Oct 18th 2012, 2:47 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,038
Posted By msocmac

Re: list of things shipping to Canada

Use your removal company (if using one) list to go off of and then do an excel spreadsheet with the goods to follow i.e. 5 boxes of bedding, 3 boxes of books, 6 boxes of kitchen ware etc, etc. This...
Forum: Canada
May 11th 2012, 12:25 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,798
Posted By msocmac

Re: Baggage allowance

We came out with Canadian affair last week and they are strict on their weights. We had 3kg over on our hold bags (1kg each) and they weigh hand luggage too mine was 8.6kg as I had a lot of paperwork...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 5th 2012, 2:37 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,296
Posted By msocmac

Re: Passports to London? Timeline

Hi

Ours took less than 3 weeks and that was over the christmas and new year period so it shouldn't take too long.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 21st 2012, 4:41 am
Replies: 19
Views: 2,252
Posted By msocmac

Re: Yippeee! PPR.

Hi
From what I gather from other peoples posts passports used to have a counterfoil signifying PR but if you are from a country that does not require a visa to visit you have COPR (confirmation of...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 19th 2012, 11:30 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 8,204
Posted By msocmac

Re: Nova Scotia PNP

We have just completed the process through Hants and Viorica was brilliant. She has been instrumental in helping us out and her advice is always helpful. The process took less than a year for us but...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 19th 2012, 11:09 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 2,252
Posted By msocmac

Re: Yippeee! PPR.

Just info for anyone else getting their passports back we sent off our by registered post on 17th December and got them back on 4th January - very quick we thought considering it was over the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 8th 2012, 8:59 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,427
Posted By msocmac

Re: Queries...RPRF, Medicals..

Hi

We paid our RPRF in Canadian dollars through our bank (HSBC) where we have an account, as a bankers draft.

Our medicals were about £250 including xrays (these seem to normally be charged...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 5th 2012, 5:15 am
Replies: 3
Views: 602
Posted By msocmac

Hooray - PR Visas arrived :)

It seemed to take forever to get to this point but this application (the previous one is a dim distant heartbreak!!) has only taken 7 months to get to the final stage. CI stream with NS - all went...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Dec 30th 2011, 5:10 am
Replies: 9
Views: 992
Posted By msocmac

Re: Medical requests

Just for your info, before speaking with them, we had ours done at Orchard Medical Centre in Bristol and they only do them on a Thursday. They were very good and quick and painless
Forum: Canada
Dec 16th 2011, 9:39 am
Replies: 7
Views: 894
Posted By msocmac

Re: Early christmas present - Passport Requests

Thanks everyone we are excited!

Merry christmas to you all and happy new year (bring on 2012 and CANADA!!):D
Forum: Canada
Dec 16th 2011, 4:02 am
Replies: 7
Views: 894
Posted By msocmac

Early christmas present - Passport Requests

Well christmas has certainly come early today - we received our passport requests by e-mail. I wanted to share this as there have been a lot of people worrying about the length of time it has taken...
Forum: Canada
Oct 26th 2011, 8:00 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,305
Posted By msocmac

Re: Medical Requests

Same to you. It is exciting and scary but can't wait to get on with it :D
Forum: Canada
Oct 25th 2011, 7:21 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,305
Posted By msocmac

Re: Medical Requests

Thanks

We are hoping to get it all sorted by June when my son finishes his A levels. Can't wait, it seems like we have been doing this forever now with all the problems we have encountered along...
Forum: Canada
Oct 21st 2011, 6:45 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,305
Posted By msocmac

Medical Requests

Today is a very good day - just under 5 months after submitting our NSNP community identified application to CIC London we have had our medical requests today :eek:

It is great to know that things...
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