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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 12th 2013, 2:15 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 840
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Spouse Sponsor PR application missing tax form and medical question

I wish someone would give the answers we wanted to hear :)

I think this is best, its a kicker but our own fault for not sorting sooner and another few weeks won't kill us. Thanks for responding. ...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 12th 2013, 12:19 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 840
Posted By Ukozz

Spouse Sponsor PR application missing tax form and medical question

We've finally got our pack together to send off for PR application via spouse sponsorship....

Last minute the wife notices they are asking for a tax form option C5 which we don't have.

We were...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 11th 2013, 11:18 am
Replies: 10
Views: 629
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Common-Law Question

We sent postal order for the police check for PR as I couldn't find cheque book. And yes, £1040 paid online for PR application - we paid yesterday!
Forum: Canada
Jun 11th 2013, 11:01 am
Replies: 5
Views: 707
Posted By Ukozz

Re: 1989 Defender -cost

Can't help on import costs but would you really want a old defender in Canada? I've driven a few older ones and owned freelanders/discos and I can't think of a worse car. Cold, uncomfortable on...
Forum: Canada
Jun 6th 2013, 10:47 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,282
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Tax Question - Selling UK shares

Can you transfer them into an ISA? When I traded (hobby, small scale 10-20kGBP) I tried always to trade in an ISA, any profit is tax free. You can transfer in 11200 a year I think, but if you sell...
Forum: Canada
May 23rd 2013, 8:57 am
Replies: 79
DIY
Views: 5,837
Posted By Ukozz

Re: DIY

That is exactly the type of property we would want, something we can completely gut and start again. I haven't looked at many houses in Toronto yet, drove through a few neighbours when visiting but...
Forum: Canada
May 22nd 2013, 1:09 pm
Replies: 79
DIY
Views: 5,837
Posted By Ukozz

Re: DIY

Very interesting, thank you. I wonder if there is a business opportunity there, import plaster from Europe. Shame its the one DIY job I don't like doing.

I'll withhold judgement until I actually...
Forum: Canada
May 22nd 2013, 8:59 am
Replies: 9
Views: 3,917
Posted By Ukozz

Re: uk rental property charging tax

I admit I have very limited knowledge in this area but I thought tax was based on total income. So your canadian salary plus the rental 'income'. So if you're a higher tax payer in Canada your...
Forum: Canada
May 22nd 2013, 8:53 am
Replies: 79
DIY
Views: 5,837
Posted By Ukozz

Re: DIY

The Canadian inlaws visited a few weeks back and stayed in our UK home that we are renovating, they were amazed by our freshly plastered walls. It was almost a mirror finish (we have a superb...
Forum: Canada
May 21st 2013, 1:52 pm
Replies: 79
DIY
Views: 5,837
Posted By Ukozz

Re: DIY

this is exactly the kind of thing we'll want to do. Just get in and get our hands dirty. Money will be tight and I hate paying someone to do something that I can perfectly well mess up on my own.
Forum: Canada
May 21st 2013, 9:45 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,736
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Buying household goods - Calgary

When we were evaluating Canadian locations my company was offering one of my wife's main questions and sticklers was how close was nearest Ikea.

I certainly feel like our house is sponsored by...
Forum: Canada
May 21st 2013, 9:41 am
Replies: 79
DIY
Views: 5,837
Posted By Ukozz

DIY

As we know the UK lives on its DIY thanks to countless home improvement shows and designers telling you painting your chest of drawers white will add 10k to your house price.

Well, I fall into...
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2013, 11:42 am
Replies: 60
Views: 8,392
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Air Transat experiences?

She was lucky with a lot of upgrades to business class, we certainly couldn't afford that and air transat will be economy.
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2013, 9:18 am
Replies: 60
Views: 8,392
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Air Transat experiences?

As a pretty frequent flier to Canada with many airlines I have to say I will hopefully never fly with Air Transat again.

The positives - they are cheap, I think consistently the cheapest by a good...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 18th 2013, 2:46 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,262
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Have a Girlfriend in Canada and am looking to move. Options?

My Canadian partner did this, took just a few weeks and got 2 year visa. She has been here nearly a year, we got married 2 weeks ago in UK and just started visa process for Canada.

I also work in...
Forum: Canada
Sep 14th 2012, 11:38 am
Replies: 35
Views: 4,680
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Just moved to Toronto and got employed within 24 hours!

Wow congrats - nice start to your new life!
Forum: Canada
Sep 14th 2012, 7:54 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,306
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Moving UK (Wales) to Sudbury

I've been told about the cross country skiing - really looking forwward to that!

I'm comparing house prices with the UK, my salary will be much higher in Sudbury and from what I've seen you get...
Forum: Canada
Sep 13th 2012, 7:34 am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,319
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Cheapest flights

I found Air Transat the cheapest airline, and found them very good at departures. However, I'm 6foot4 and will never fly with them again, the planes were tiny and I had a lot of issues on the...
Forum: Canada
Sep 13th 2012, 7:26 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,306
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Moving UK (Wales) to Sudbury

Thank you, I will apparantly hear tomorrow if my transfer is going ahead. Fingers crossed!

I speak a little french, my partner is much better at it and I've always been interested in speaking it...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 12th 2012, 9:46 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,088
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Love him hate him or his airline.

I flew Rynair recently and its true - they try to charge you extra for everything and the boarding pass print costs are insane...

However, its a choice to use them, my flight was cheap, on time...
Forum: Canada
Sep 11th 2012, 3:41 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,306
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Moving UK (Wales) to Sudbury

thank you, I'll check it out. Apparantly its not a problem, something to do with career development and the company uses immigration lawyers.
Forum: Canada
Sep 11th 2012, 3:40 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,306
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Moving UK (Wales) to Sudbury

Funnily enough she worked for the same company, thats how we met. She quit in June to come and live with me in UK. Very long story!! We work in the mining sector so sudbury may have options.
Forum: Canada
Sep 11th 2012, 2:52 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,306
Posted By Ukozz

Moving UK (Wales) to Sudbury

Thought I'd say hi! My canadian fiancee and I are looking at options to move to Canada, ideally Toronto but I've been offered a transfer to Sudbury with my company. I work in IT, currently as an IT...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Sep 7th 2012, 12:46 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,211
Posted By Ukozz

Re: Wait Time, Common Law Visa ( In Country )

Sorry if this is a stupid question but it could be applicable to me soon - if you are in country surely they'll know this so you'll have to apply as 'inland'??

I will hopefully be transferring to...
Forum: Canada
Aug 23rd 2012, 8:06 am
Replies: 2
Views: 633
Posted By Ukozz

Re: British guy looking to emigrate!

I've just received an offer to transfer to Sudbury through my company (I work in IT), prior to that when I talked to recruiters about getting sponsorship for my TWP the response was pretty much no...
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