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Forum: USA
Jan 24th 2012, 6:37 pm
Replies: 272
Views: 63,818
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: UK Passport timeline

Brigette,

as far as I know, nothing is changed... though everyone seems to get both the documents & the passport separately in two DHL deliveries within days of each other. As I did...
Forum: USA
Dec 19th 2011, 12:03 pm
Replies: 272
Views: 63,818
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: UK Passport timeline

I also sent it off in colour (yellow?), not an issue for me either. Was sent Nov 10, this year.
Forum: USA
Dec 15th 2011, 4:39 pm
Replies: 272
Views: 63,818
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: UK Passport timeline

I have to agree --- I read warnings over and over about first time passport applications taking THE longest, up to 6 weeks if not longer. So I was shocked to get it back so soon & those renewing are...
Forum: USA
Dec 15th 2011, 4:12 pm
Replies: 272
Views: 63,818
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: UK Passport timeline

Yikes, no doubt I consider myself incredibly lucky... my application was charged mid Nov as well & documents returned, passport received within days of each other in the first week of December. I...
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2011, 2:34 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 37,229
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Easiest/Cheapest way to Transfer funds between UK & Canada

Hydraman would you give me an example of how much of a fee you're charged using your UK & Canadian paypal accounts to transfer money?
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2011, 4:00 am
Replies: 17
Views: 37,229
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Easiest/Cheapest way to Transfer funds between UK & Canada

Thanks everyone for your answers so far...

As for amount & frequency, in amounts under $10 000 (ha!) & every month-ish, as needed...
Forum: Canada
Dec 14th 2011, 3:52 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 37,229
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Easiest/Cheapest way to Transfer funds between UK & Canada

Apologies if this thread has already been started, but in what ways do you all transfer money (Canadian dollars to pounds, or vice versa).

Between banks?
Paypal?
some online site (e.g....
Forum: Canada
Dec 11th 2011, 1:38 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 2,037
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Return to nursing courses in Vancouver, BC?

I'm a RN in Vancouver, I think that the CRNBC will have all your answers. They have a website & are located on Arbutus St. Probably when you apply for registration, the NMC will send the CRNBC...
Forum: USA
Dec 9th 2011, 7:36 am
Replies: 272
Views: 63,818
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: UK Passport timeline

Passport turnaround time is quite quick... here is my final timeline!

Nov 10: sent for first time UK passport
Dec 5: return of documents & VISA receipt from Washington DC via DHL
Dec 7: (two...
Forum: USA
Dec 2nd 2011, 3:15 pm
Replies: 272
Views: 63,818
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: UK Passport timeline

I got a DHL notice today, but the "document" is sent from the Embassy in Washington DC, not the UK. I sent my passport application in Nov 10, fees charged on the VISA Nov 18. Have a bad feeling...
Forum: Canada
Dec 1st 2011, 3:36 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 3,145
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Vancouver Letting Agents

Here's vacancies on the British Columbia Apartment Owners association website!

http://www.bcaoma.emg.ca/North_America/Canada/British_Columbia/Vancouver/
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 27th 2011, 7:08 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,792
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Canada post lost my passport

firefox -

What was your timeline for the UK passport? When did you send for the passport & when did you actually receive it?
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 26th 2011, 12:30 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,962
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Using iPhone in UK

the actual sim card should be "free", with whichever mobile company you sign up with in the UK,which will give you your phone number, so for example, when I buy the 4GS iPhone in Canada before moving...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 25th 2011, 9:01 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,962
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Using iPhone in UK

Just had a look - it's very easy to manipulate what you want or do not want to sync using iCloud. Simply go to the "iCloud" in Settings, which opens up to switching your options within iCloud ON or...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 25th 2011, 8:57 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,962
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Using iPhone in UK

I'll have to check the Settings about turning the photos off in iCloud, so they don't sync, I'll have a look.

I'm assuming that it would be cheaper in the US as well, although I live in Canada &...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 25th 2011, 8:39 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,962
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Using iPhone in UK

I do use iCloud.

I also had a "dingy" laptop when I initiated it & it simply synced iTunes & my phone wirelessly. I have since bought a Macbook Pro a month ago & with my iPhone, it all syncs so...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 25th 2011, 7:53 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,962
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Using iPhone in UK

That should be no problem Brigette...

All it means is that you're going to have a UK iTunes account to buy Apps & still be able to use your already purchased Apps you bought on any other country...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 25th 2011, 7:47 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,313
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: British Citizenship

Sure...

I applied for a first time UK passport & seems the standard is a 6 week wait. There isn't a "return of original documents" in my timeline because at my citizenship ceremony (via UKM...
Forum: Citizenship/Passports and Spouse/Family Visas (UK)
Nov 24th 2011, 1:16 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,313
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: British Citizenship

Because her father is British, she would be eligible to apply straight off for a UK passport using (& ordering from the link someone provided above) her father's long form birth certificate. From my...
Forum: Canada
Nov 18th 2011, 5:56 am
Replies: 38
Views: 4,698
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: Cheapest ways to keep in touch with family in UK

Lots of great ideas, FaceTime on any Apple device is way better than Skype.

My mobile plan with Fido includes free international texting.

If you sign up for a landline with Telus, you don't...
Forum: Canada
Nov 18th 2011, 5:48 am
Replies: 43
Views: 6,166
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: If You Like UK Cadbury Chocolate

yeah we care about chocolate!

though we don't care about bad attitudes.
Forum: Canada
Nov 18th 2011, 5:29 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,077
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: How to tell if apartments to rent are a scam

I've lived in Vancouver Canada the last 11 years & these Craigslist scams can be common, you just have to have the eye for them. Posting keys, months of rent in advance, or even "too good to be true"...
Forum: Canada
Nov 17th 2011, 3:00 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 6,166
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: If You Like UK Cadbury Chocolate

:)

P.S. If someone knows where to get Galaxy bars do me a favour & PM me the answer so there isn't a mad rush to get to them! Ha!

(just kidding about the PM... kind of :)
Forum: Canada
Nov 17th 2011, 2:39 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 6,166
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: If You Like UK Cadbury Chocolate

Anyone in BC know where to get Galaxy bars?
Forum: Canada
Nov 17th 2011, 2:32 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,261
Posted By YVRTOLHR

Re: IELTS Academic or TOEFL?

I had to take the Academic IELTS back in May as part of my application process to work in health care in the UK (I'm Canadian-British, lived in Canada all my life & now heading to the UK for a bit)....
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