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Forum: Australia
Jun 19th 2023, 12:07 am
Replies: 23
Views: 4,046
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: TV via VPN

Just arrived late to the VPN party so to speak and got the NORD VPN. Got it primarily to watch UK TV on an amazon fire stick. It does work but with BBC i player we have found that we have to clear...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Mar 31st 2023, 10:53 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,644
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Mjmagin’s post re: ACA cert/ECA

In my very recent experience WES will accept documents that are provided to them direct from the relevant institution in any format. They do say they prefer the documents to be uploaded via an...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 19th 2023, 3:51 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

It doesn't look like we can guarantee catching the connecting flight as we would only have a maximum of say an hour (that's if the first flight is on time) so what about if we were to arrive normally...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 19th 2023, 1:34 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

Good Point!
Once in front of the secondary offer how long would it typically take to process a traveller's B4A?
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 18th 2023, 5:06 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

Last time we flew with the same airline we paid extra for tickets that could be changed "free of charge" catch is whilst they don't charge you for carrying out the change they do charge you for the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 18th 2023, 3:44 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

They have given more than 7 days notice and changed the time by less than 3 hours so apparently that's fine!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 18th 2023, 2:49 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

Sounds like it could be time consuming? could I maybe deal with the CBSA at my final destination instead.
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 18th 2023, 2:45 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

We did have a longer connection but the airline changed the times, had a look on line and they would want more to change it than the ticket cost in the first place!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 18th 2023, 1:14 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 612
Posted By Revin Kevin

Goods to Follow List Procedure Following Previous Soft Landing

Intending to move permanently to Canada this summer having previously "soft landed to activate PR" . At the time of our landing we were told I seem to remember, to bring the goods to follow list when...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 17th 2023, 11:07 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,534
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Pensioner wanting to move to Canada

Your age as they say is just a number, I know basket cases who are in their 40s and people who run marathons in their 70s!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 16th 2023, 7:14 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,534
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Pensioner wanting to move to Canada

Being brutally honest and this is from recent experience I have in helping my grown up child secure their first job in Canada - (with a PR visa I should add), it would be very very difficult if not...
Forum: Canada
Feb 10th 2023, 6:47 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 695
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Price of building / diy materials in Canada

[QUOTE=Former Lancastrian;13171986]Yes CBSA would collect GST & PST. You would have to check with the State where you bought the goods to see if they can/will rebate their State Tax. Some do and some...
Forum: Canada
Feb 10th 2023, 5:19 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 695
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Price of building / diy materials in Canada

So it would be PST/GST in our case (Manitoba), is this collected at the border by CBSA? Also is there some US tax you avoid or can get rebated if you are taking the stuff you buy direct to Canada?
Forum: Canada
Feb 10th 2023, 4:02 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 759
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Can Travel Insurance Cover Canadian Hospital

Years ago our young daughter was injured skiing in Canada and was taken to the local cottage hospital with suspected concussion. When we all arrived at the hospital my wife and daughter went one way...
Forum: Canada
Feb 10th 2023, 3:43 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 695
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Price of building / diy materials in Canada

I don't know if this is correct or not but I was told that if you travel to buy building materials in the USA that were made in that country then there is no duty due when you bring them across into...
Forum: Canada
Feb 10th 2023, 3:10 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 695
Posted By Revin Kevin

Price of building / diy materials in Canada

We are planning some significant whole house improvements;

New Kitchen & Bathroom
New laminate or vinyl plank flooring
Decorations throughout.

In the UK I've been in the "trade" for over 30...
Forum: Canada
Dec 27th 2022, 7:48 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,021
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Car Insurance in Calgary

It's a wacky system they have in Canada! With over 30 years of claim and point free driving in the UK I pay the same rates in Canada as my 21 year old daughter with 4 years claim free driving. What...
Forum: Canada
Dec 23rd 2022, 5:23 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,487
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: "High School Diploma" UK Equivalence - is there one?

As per my original post the education level of "high school diploma" is what is being assessed in this case and WES's guidance is basically send them everything you did at high school.
Forum: Canada
Dec 23rd 2022, 4:38 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,487
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: "High School Diploma" UK Equivalence - is there one?

You will defiantly think so if you go for an assessment! I found the whole thing to be an absolute pain. Applying to WES and paying the $150 fee is the simple and cheap part. The way it works is you...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 19th 2022, 8:51 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,777
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Westjet Booking Difficulty

I got told on the phone that it was a known IT glitch in their system that's been "going on some time". Seems incredible!
Forum: Canada
Dec 14th 2022, 3:48 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,553
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: EXCHANGE RATE

I think anyone who cashed in their CAD property during the summer and who has held off buying in the UK up until now is in for some great bargain hunting!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 13th 2022, 7:51 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 2,777
Posted By Revin Kevin

Westjet Booking Difficulty

Anyone else had trouble booking Westjet flights with a UK credit / debit card? I keep getting the message below. This is not the first time I've run into this. When I tried booking a Canada - UK...
Forum: Canada
Dec 8th 2022, 9:51 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,487
Posted By Revin Kevin

"High School Diploma" UK Equivalence - is there one?

Canadian employers frequently ask for a "High School Diploma" or a "High School Graduation Certificate" as there is no such thing issued in the UK how do you steer round this?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 14th 2022, 7:26 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,149
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: Anyone connected through Toronto Pearson Recently?

Masks have 99.9% disappeared in the UK - including at airports.

I too flew recently ( UK / Can) , once with KLM and once with Air Canada. On the KLM flights ( Dec 21) between Manchester and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 14th 2022, 11:59 am
Replies: 1,030
Views: 80,112
Posted By Revin Kevin

Re: real estate prices in Canada sustainable?

Agree with most of that except I think inflation is only just getting started!
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