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Forum: Canada
Jun 24th 2014, 9:06 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,551
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Farewell Nova Scotia - will miss you lots

I know a lot of us are or have found it hard in Nova Scotia, its a beautiful place but jobs are pretty scarce, with a its who you know and not what you know attitude. We know quite a few brits who...
Forum: Canada
Jun 24th 2014, 8:54 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,293
Posted By family_of_4

Re: First tax refund - no news?

Our status is very similar to yours, we put our returns in at the beginning of march, I called beginning of may and they said it had just gone to processing and would be maximum 5 weeks. I rang...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 23rd 2014, 1:16 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,504
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Streaming football

as mentioned above I use http://www.wiziwig.tv/competition.php?part=sports&discipline=football

Me and my son watch soccer every week from the following streaming site. Just pick your game and it...
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2014, 11:48 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 41,565
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Nova Scotia is sucking the life out of me!

So i've been off here a while but I thought I’d share our experience. We moved to rural NS nearly 12mths ago, and this is how it’s gone so far.
Our 1st Winter was brutal but we survived just about,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 8th 2013, 11:18 am
Replies: 32
Views: 3,449
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Moving Back to the UK

Well I just left Blackpool and seriously, its declined even more so than when you left. Forget unemployment, a lot dont want to work, why would they when their benefits pay better than my wages. If...
Forum: Canniversary
Aug 27th 2013, 1:43 am
Replies: 16
Views: 3,344
Posted By family_of_4

Re: One whole year today!

:goodpost: congrats on your canniversary and lets hope there are many more to follow :thumbsup:
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 13th 2013, 1:07 am
Replies: 1,976
Views: 170,379
Posted By family_of_4

Re: timescales for PNP/ Pr applications from outside Canada

Congratulation on your ppr and your arrival in canada :thumbsup:
Forum: Canniversary
Aug 10th 2013, 1:33 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,681
Posted By family_of_4

Re: 5 weeks and love it !

As some one pointed out before, in any sobeys, walmart, they sell something called Mio, its not in a bottle, but you can find it in the sports drinks area, walmart do two or three brands, and a few...
Forum: Canada
Jul 26th 2013, 1:34 am
Replies: 81
Views: 35,508
Posted By family_of_4

Re: How popular if at all is the English accent in Canada?

Id like to add, weve been here for a month now and not only do the local kids on my sons soccer team think he has the skills of messi (which he definately isnt), but the teenage girls attending games...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2013, 1:28 am
Replies: 11
Views: 12,996
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Moving to canadian school system from uk

Same here, I have a 16 year old who has just completed his GCSEs and will be starting in September, i'll let you know what the outcome when we register at the end of August.
Forum: Canada
Jul 23rd 2013, 2:23 am
Replies: 52
Views: 6,613
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Emigrating with pets

We also used a pet company for our 2 small dogs, due to us needing them to go in kennels for a week.
It cost us £800. All we did was drop them off, they did the fit to fly certs, supplied the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 18th 2013, 2:22 am
Replies: 1,976
Views: 170,379
Posted By family_of_4

Re: timescales for PNP/ Pr applications from outside Canada

Congratulations, i'm really pleased for you. Now the planning begins... :thumbsup:
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 6th 2013, 10:57 pm
Replies: 1,976
Views: 170,379
Posted By family_of_4

Re: timescales for PNP/ Pr applications from outside Canada

Dandnhill -Were living by armstrong lake, nr windsor.

Andrew - thanks :) , not sure who was the case officer.

At the moment still feels like a holiday, im sure once our stuff arrives and we...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 5th 2013, 10:41 am
Replies: 1,976
Views: 170,379
Posted By family_of_4

Re: timescales for PNP/ Pr applications from outside Canada

He all

A quick update, we arrived in NS just over a week ago and my its been busy.

The Flights were with icelandair were fine with no delays, i have to agree with kaye and say that 3 hr wait in...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 19th 2013, 1:23 pm
Replies: 1,976
Views: 170,379
Posted By family_of_4

Re: timescales for PNP/ Pr applications from outside Canada

Mouradb -Congratulations, good luck with all your planning.

Vettes - Glad to hear you landing went smoothly :thumbsup:

Good luck jay, Avacon, Andrew and anyone else still waiting, fingers...
Forum: Canada
Jun 9th 2013, 7:11 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 763
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Rental Documents needed

We have just secured a rental to with an agency, they asked for references and when I gave them my uk landlord details, they asked if I knew anyone in canada to give me one, I gave them a friends...
Forum: Canada
Jun 6th 2013, 5:43 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,234
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Any other sources for home rental other than kijiji?

Thanks for the info, were arriving in three weeks so I will wait until then before i apply for any more. I persume my gmail account will work fine once were out there.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 5th 2013, 7:31 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 859
Posted By family_of_4

Re: photo specifications for Canadian PR- do I need to go to a photographer?

I know of a few who's photos were rejected. We went to max speilman, I think it was £8 for 8 photos and they were perfect size, we just wrote the date on the back in a black pen.
Forum: Canada
Jun 5th 2013, 5:17 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,234
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Any other sources for home rental other than kijiji?

I downloaded something called mediahint for google chrome so I can could watch US netflix, is that the same kind of thing? Typically i used explorer when I did the job apps and not chrome.
Forum: Canada
Jun 5th 2013, 5:13 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,234
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Any other sources for home rental other than kijiji?

Haha not good then, I spent 3hr doing applications on career beacon the othernight :rofl:
Forum: Canada
Jun 4th 2013, 6:49 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,234
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Any other sources for home rental other than kijiji?

[QUOTE=wingwing;10737380]Just as a thought, as I had this problem on Kijiji when I first used it in Canada, but are you using an email address that ends in co.uk? I found that recipients were not...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 3rd 2013, 7:34 am
Replies: 227
Views: 22,953
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

I read a link somewhere the other day (facebook BE of nova scotia i think) and I think it is now running until further notice. I dont think they can make their mind up lol.

I just did everything...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 3rd 2013, 7:21 am
Replies: 227
Views: 22,953
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Hi kay
I think it is dependant on your application and how busy they are. Whilst we waited for nomination we had all our pics done, got our police certs and next phase of application ready so we...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 2nd 2013, 6:36 am
Replies: 227
Views: 22,953
Posted By family_of_4

Re: Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream is no more after May 31 2013

Hi kay, from Halifax its normally 2-3 weeks and you should receive acknowledgment by email, check ur spam too, my 1st email landed in there. There have been a lot of folks getting in their apps...
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