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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 4th 2021, 12:10 am
Replies: 738
Views: 186,389
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

To those it might help…
We sent off our paper application in May 2019. Very straight forward family of four. They acknowledged receipt in July 2019 and started processing it in October 2019. Radio...
Forum: Canada
Aug 3rd 2020, 12:04 am
Replies: 7
Views: 5,635
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Schools - switching from UK year groups to CA grades

We have been here 4.5 years. My daughter has just finished grade 10. It’s probably comparable with the U.K, possibly on the easy side and without the stacks of homework her U.K. friends seem to...
Forum: Canada
Aug 2nd 2020, 9:53 am
Replies: 7
Views: 5,635
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Schools - switching from UK year groups to CA grades

My son was in U.K year 8 when we moved. He’s a Jan baby so became one of the oldest in the year. He found Grade 8 in Ontario to be much easier that the U.K equivalent grade.
My daughter is a late...
Forum: Canada
Nov 25th 2019, 3:53 am
Replies: 22
Hi!
Views: 3,632
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Hi!

Hi! We moved to Oakville from Bristol nearly four years ago. Our kids were a little older than yours at the time, 10 and 13. We like Oakville very much but it is expensive. If your company is paying...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 29th 2019, 3:51 am
Replies: 5
Views: 2,457
Posted By Tabindi

Re: IRCC Newcomer Survey Email - Is this a Scam?

I have had these repeatedly over the last 3.5 years we’ve been here. I just delete them
all!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 7th 2019, 7:19 am
Replies: 738
Views: 186,389
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Citizenship Application Timeline

Hi all, we sent our citizenship application on May 12th, received it back two weeks ago as we had very stupidly failed to tick a box on my son’s application. The forms for the other three family...
Forum: Canada
Jun 26th 2019, 8:45 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,069
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Quick q for Ontario family drs

A quick call to the Dr’s to see who has a FHG form on file for you should clear up who you’re rostered with. I work in a medical practice and each rostered patient signs a FHG form and are then...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2019, 8:11 am
Replies: 6
Views: 893
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Flying with my cat

When we did this three years ago our cats flew in the cabin with us on an Air Canada flight. My husband took them to a separate room to scan the carrier. Very easy!
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2019, 11:23 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 8,224
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Travelling with Bengal cat

We flew out of Heathrow with the cats safely tucked under our feet and they accompanied us every step of the way at both Heathrow and Pearson airports. The only change to usual procedure was that my...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2019, 11:28 am
Replies: 14
Views: 8,224
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Travelling with Bengal cat

We travelled with our two F6 Bengals. They accompanied us in the cabin of an Air Canada flight. We bought with us all the pedigree papers we had but no one seemed to pay any heed to them and at no...
Forum: Canada
Nov 5th 2018, 8:39 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,240
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Helloooooo and help😋

Hello!
Welcome to Canada. I too live in Oakville with a 13 year old daughter and 16 year old son. It’s a lovely place with loads for the kids to do. What part will you be renting in? It’s tricky...
Forum: Canada
Sep 12th 2018, 11:15 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,349
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Ontario employment law

It’s very tempting to report them but as there are only three of us and one of us is the Dr who owns the clinic, the anonymity part flies out the window a bit! It could make for a very unpleasant...
Forum: Canada
Sep 12th 2018, 2:07 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,349
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Ontario employment law

Thank you Siouxie. I think I can infer from those helpful links that I should be getting a break but as the prospect of taking a break is impossible, I’m guessing my answer is to like it or lump...
Forum: Canada
Sep 11th 2018, 8:28 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,349
Posted By Tabindi

Ontario employment law

Hi all,
I have been working in a doctors office for the past year- my first regular job in Canada. I work a mix of 6 and 10 hour shifts but as our clinic is busy we usually end up working an extra...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 16th 2017, 12:37 am
Replies: 4
Views: 525
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Travelling soon after moving to US (I-130)

That's good to know and thanks for such helpful replies. My brother married an American citizen over 20 years ago.I know lots about Canadian immigration but very little about the US side so I don't...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 15th 2017, 1:31 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 525
Posted By Tabindi

Travelling soon after moving to US (I-130)

Hi all,

I hope you can help. My brother who is a US citizen has sponsored my elderly parents to move from the UK to the US under the I-130 application. They are currently still in the UK, have...
Forum: Canada
Jul 25th 2017, 12:53 am
Replies: 40
Views: 4,332
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Average % of salary for renting?

I can add our figures into the mix. We moved to Oakville from the UK just over a year ago. We knew it was an expensive area but the town ticked all the boxes so we went with it. We spent just under...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2017, 3:18 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 763
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Tax refund length of time.

Thanks Bristol.
Perhaps just a waiting game then. As time ticks on though you can't help but wonder if us first timers did something wrong. Hopefully not!
p.s I'm guessing your name is based on...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2017, 2:22 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 763
Posted By Tabindi

Tax refund length of time.

Hi all,
Posting to see if anyone else has had a similar situation.
My husband and I filed our first ever paper tax return, prepared on TurboTax, at the end of March. I received a tiny tax refund...
Forum: Canada
Jan 17th 2017, 11:45 am
Replies: 20
Views: 3,455
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Advice Wanted- Moving to Ontario in June 2017

Having made the same move last year I can share our experiences. We moved to Oakville from Bristol in March having never stepped foot in Canada before. My husband already had a job lined up in...
Forum: Canada
Jul 11th 2016, 6:33 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,096
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Child Tax Benefit

Thanks all. We did declare our income from the UK on this form when we submitted our application. Unfortunately the rejection letter simply has the one sentence "child does not meet the residency...
Forum: Canada
Jul 11th 2016, 3:05 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,096
Posted By Tabindi

Child Tax Benefit

Hopefully someone can help! We landed as permanent residents on the 1st March 2016. We were told to apply for child benefit for our two children immediately which we duly did but have since received...
Forum: Canada
May 11th 2016, 10:51 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,736
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Cats in cabin

No, as the UK is rabies free the Defra export certificate negates needing a rabies jab. You apply for the certificate online and then it is sent directly to your vet who confirms the cats have lived...
Forum: Canada
May 11th 2016, 10:37 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,736
Posted By Tabindi

Re: Cats in cabin

We flew from the uk to Toronto with 2 cats in the cabin in March, using Air Canada. I worried about this A LOT before we flew- our cats are 17 and house cats but I needn't have worried, everything...
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