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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Nov 2nd 2009, 11:33 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By lazyant

Re: End of (this) road: getting citizenship today

Go to http://www.americanexpress.com , hit "apply" or call them 1-800-223-2670
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 29th 2009, 2:53 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By lazyant

Re: End of (this) road: getting citizenship today

Nice blog, nice pics.

For those of you moving from the US like me a couple of tips:

- Get an American Express credit card. This way you can convert it over to a Canadian one in just one phone...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 29th 2009, 2:19 am
Replies: 7
Views: 739
Posted By lazyant

Re: CITIZENSHIP APPLICATION

I applied this year, took me about 6 months in total, 4 of them to get the letter for the test, then after the test is 3 weeks.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 29th 2009, 2:17 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,016
Posted By lazyant

End of (this) road: getting citizenship today

Hello all,

It's been four years since I've been to this board. I applied to immigration Canada in 2003, landed in 2005 and today I'm having the citizenship ceremony.

I have a previous summary...
Forum: Canada
May 27th 2005, 5:54 am
Replies: 4
Views: 571
Posted By lazyant

Re: car insurance history US <-> Canada

I had Allstate that is also in Canada and they say they don't know anything about US accounts, so I couldn't "transfer" my insurance or take any advantage of having them in the past.
Forum: Canada
May 27th 2005, 3:04 am
Replies: 4
Views: 571
Posted By lazyant

Question car insurance history US <-> Canada

hello,

does somebody know if the insurance/driving history from the US is accessible to Canadian car insurers?

I'm asking because I have a clean driving history for 10 years except for a small...
Forum: Canada
May 22nd 2005, 7:33 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,717
Posted By lazyant

Re: credit cards

stay away from HSCB. We had very bad experience with them.
Forum: Canada
May 21st 2005, 3:37 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,717
Posted By lazyant

Re: credit cards

I got an American Express credit card when I was in the US just for this purpose and I was able to "transfer" it to a Canadian card.
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2005, 3:57 am
Replies: 2
Views: 472
Posted By lazyant

Re: Changing cash currency

Thanks, Gary, but I'm driving from the US where I currently live and I'm carrying cash that is not US or Canadian dollars but Euros. (It's a long story). I'm also keeping my US credit cards and...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2005, 3:51 am
Replies: 56
Views: 4,286
Posted By lazyant

Re: Things you don't like about Canada

I hope you guys don't take it the wrong way, this being a British forum, but so far the only thing I don't like about Canada is having a foreign person as head of state (I know it's basically just on...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2005, 3:40 am
Replies: 2
Views: 472
Posted By lazyant

Question Changing cash currency

Hello,

I posted the same question a week ago in the Immigration forum but got no replies, so let me ask just one more time here: does anyone has any good/bad experience/advice about changing...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 20th 2005, 4:06 am
Replies: 0
Views: 445
Posted By lazyant

Smile About to land - change paper currency

Hello all,

so my family and myself are about to land in a few weeks. Our plan is to go to Niagara Falls during a Saturday, then stay with some family a couple of days in Toronto to apply for SIN,...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 12th 2005, 12:04 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 897
Posted By lazyant

Re: To ship or not to ship?

This is the link to the official info (from the paper they included with my passport) : http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/rc4151/rc4151-e.html
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Dec 20th 2004, 12:42 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 632
Posted By lazyant

So they actually read the forum(s)

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2004/12/20/790537-sun.html
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 17th 2004, 11:31 am
Replies: 5
Views: 607
Posted By lazyant

Honda US warranty & Pilot

Hello,

I'm planning to move to Canada in one or two years from the US and I need to buy a car now and then either sell it or import it to Canada. I was looking into transferring the car warranty...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 14th 2004, 2:26 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,797
Posted By lazyant

Re: Banking from USA before moving to Canada

Thanks for the HSBC info; I checked in their web site that indeed you can open a Canadian account once you have one over here. There are no branches near my town, but it may be worth a trip since...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 14th 2004, 4:36 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,797
Posted By lazyant

Banking from USA before moving to Canada

As we know, credit history from the US is not transferred by credit report companies (equifax, trans union) to Canada (Equifax says so in their web site, although I cannot find the page now).

So I...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 12th 2004, 7:51 am
Replies: 1
Views: 1,042
Posted By lazyant

CSIS Security Clearance for Permanent Residents

Hello,

I work in computer security and I'm reading about the government screening levels performed by CSIS: http://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/backgrnd/back9_e.html

I think getting a security...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 8th 2004, 4:45 am
Replies: 4
Views: 817
Posted By lazyant

Talking Got it (my turn now).

So yesterday I got this nondescript brown envelope with the requests for our passports. :D

I just updated my timeline in yogi799.com, but again:

Skilled work class. I'm form Spain, wife's...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 15th 2004, 3:03 am
Replies: 0
Views: 450
Posted By lazyant

UN Human Development Report '04

Just Released:
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/

Human Development Index table:
http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_HDI.pdf

First countries: Norway, Sweden, Australia,...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 7th 2004, 1:12 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 537
Posted By lazyant

cannot see e-client

hello,

I received my assessment in April 04 (Buffalo, interview waived), and I can't still access the e-client to see the status of my case (permanent residence).

I'm trying with my file number...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 23rd 2004, 9:04 am
Replies: 0
Views: 459
Posted By lazyant

Any known delays from: Spain, Chile, USA?

Hello,

We applied in Buffalo for the skilled worker immigration program and our timeline has been normal:

- acknowledgement received in april 2003
- assessment passed and interview waived...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 23rd 2004, 10:06 am
Replies: 1
Views: 437
Posted By lazyant

Re: Waiver/req for Medicals rec'd. Question on "certified true copies"...

yes, in my state they have the same law. What I did as suggested here (search for the posts) is to write in the pages "true copy" myself and then have the notary seal my signature.

I just received...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2003, 8:17 am
Replies: 6
Views: 685
Posted By lazyant

I guess you applied before the changes introduced...

I guess you applied before the changes introduced last summer.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 27th 2003, 7:18 am
Replies: 6
Views: 685
Posted By lazyant

actually the case I mentioned (getting a degree...

actually the case I mentioned (getting a degree that gives more assessment points) is silly, since you already passed the assessment, so there's no problem there.



I'm not sure but I don't...
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