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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 11th 2018, 4:05 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

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Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

Good luck with QLD, their state government is hopeless but hopefully they'll come through in the end.

With insurance the coverage there is just the cheapest, dodgiest coverage. If your goal is to...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 11th 2018, 4:00 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

Yeah it is the absolute bare bones.

I think the key is to get covered under the provinces' MSP and try not to go under a bus during the waiting period.

Because I'm working as a contractor the...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 11th 2018, 3:34 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

Hi LDN_Kiwi, I must be subscribed to your posts or something as I got an e-mail notification!

You may recall I had a similar situation to you (lived in QLD as an adult, no driver's license,...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Sep 27th 2017, 11:35 pm

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

If I'm reading this (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/iec/arrival.asp) correctly it sounds like you would need to provide all the evidence again to re-enter.

Personally I'd be surprised if...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Sep 11th 2017, 7:46 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

Just noticed they did another big update. It seems for just about everywhere they've announced the final round, which lasts from 25/09 to 29/09.

There's also a note advising:

Some places have...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Aug 22nd 2017, 1:56 pm

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

It looks like that additional 2,000 invitations has already been eaten up as there are only 113 spots left, though they do regularly marginally increase the spots week on week. The chance given of...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Aug 1st 2017, 1:14 pm

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

Is this for the UK working holiday? Nobody knows when it is going to end but last week they upped the quota to 7,000 from 5,000. Happy to be corrected but I believe this is the first time they've...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Aug 1st 2017, 1:01 pm

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

At this point the only sensible reasons I can think of which they could use to reject you would be:
* Lying on your application
* Showing up at the airport with no insurance or without proof that...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Apr 10th 2017, 4:04 pm

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

You'll need to get some basic traveller insurance that is valid for the duration of your stay but depending on what province you're moving to you may be eligible for a provincial healthcare plan...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Mar 3rd 2017, 2:45 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

It's amazing how quickly the application can go for some people.

Jumped into the pool on the 26th of January, got an invitation to apply on the 1st of February, started the application on the 11th...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 30th 2017, 10:39 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

So I spoke to them today and they were actually really helpful. It turns out they must deal with this a lot as the lady knew it was related to a Canadian work visa even though I didn't mention Canada...

Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)

Jan 29th 2017, 5:05 am

Replies: 437

IEC 2017

Views: 46,049

Posted By BNH43

Re: IEC 2017

I'm literally in exactly the same position as you! I lived in QLD for 5 months a couple of years ago but never had a driver's license there but will have to get this sorted if I get an invitation to...

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