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Forum: Canada
Feb 28th 2011, 3:42 pm
Replies: 208
Views: 24,780
Posted By uk4canada

Re: I'm going home, i've done my time!!

Actually yes I did. I have been following this families issues regarding their son since they first posted on this site.

I was sharing a joke to comment on the crazy bureaocracy they have been...
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2011, 9:13 pm
Replies: 208
Views: 24,780
Posted By uk4canada

Re: I'm going home, i've done my time!!

Explain autism???? Is is that you just don't get the joke or are you being serious?
:confused:
Forum: Canada
Feb 25th 2011, 8:53 pm
Replies: 208
Views: 24,780
Posted By uk4canada

Re: I'm going home, i've done my time!!

I'm sorry to hear you have had enough and are leaving. I know what you mean about the "That's just the way it is" attitude.

A story....

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 25th 2011, 6:07 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,019
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Need advice about Education in Alberta??

If there are no other options, sitting a GED exam might be an option. I believe the age limit is 16 so your son should be old enough and have the education to walk it.

Just a suggestion, good...
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 10th 2010, 9:43 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,345
Posted By uk4canada

Re: 1095+ days done!

Just so as you don't get frustrated. My wife and I applied for our citizenship in Feb 2008. We recieved a letter saying the application was received in about June 2008. Then nothing till June 2010...
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 10th 2010, 9:38 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,490
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Our first couple of weeks.

Welcome to Canada eh! :thumbsup:
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 10th 2010, 9:36 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 3,753
Posted By uk4canada

Re: 6 months done in Calgary, AB

Hi all,

If I may add a little enthusiasm to this down trodden little gathering.

My wife and I move here in 2004, we have had a lot of troubles thrown at us to the point of us considering a...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Dec 10th 2010, 9:13 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 7,670
Posted By uk4canada

Re: UK caution and visiting Canada

A caution will not prevent you from entering Canada as a tourist, neither will it preclude you from obtaining PR or citizenship.

This I can qualify with the fact that I had received a caution in...
Forum: Canada
Mar 12th 2007, 10:27 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 846
Posted By uk4canada

Cool Re: Lists to sort

I have recently put my house on the market. 3 beds upstairs, 2 in the basement, 2002 sqft, in a nice area of Cochrane AB, $569,000 (remax.ca (http://www.remax.ca) mls no.C3246598)

2 bed starter...
Forum: Canada
Mar 12th 2007, 1:16 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,612
Posted By uk4canada

Re: What are our chances?

Check out my web page for advice UK4Canada (http://groups.msn.com/uk4canada/_whatsnew.msnw)
Forum: Canada
Mar 12th 2007, 1:06 am
Replies: 16
Views: 846
Posted By uk4canada

Talking Re: Lists to sort

Hi,

I moved to Canada in sept 04, and during the process I kept a journal. I have tried to convert the journal to a web page for the information of others.
Have a look at...
Forum: Australia
May 12th 2006, 8:24 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 804
Posted By uk4canada

Re: webcam/laptop question....please help!!!

Have you tried to use either a headset or earphones? I have had the same problems, and it was cured by me using the headphones. the feedback from the speakers was caused by having the volume at my...
Forum: Canada
May 10th 2006, 11:28 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 732
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Areas around Calgary!

Would not live in the NE if at all possible. Not that every area is bad, it is just that the NE is the main industrial area of Calgary, and the housing reflects that.
I would look at the newer...
Forum: Canada
May 10th 2006, 11:10 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 914
Posted By uk4canada

Re: canadian morgages(nova scotia)

Ask at the bank about a product called a Home Owners Line of Credit (HELOC) it is a lot more flexible than a regular mortgage and is not something the bank want you to know about as they do not make...
Forum: Canada
May 3rd 2006, 8:34 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 3,198
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Would you return for good?

I have been in Canada as PR since Sept 2004. It is just my wife and I with all out family back in England.

Since moving here we have suffered a lot with having to retrain for work, suffering flood...
Forum: Canada
May 3rd 2006, 8:27 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,195
Posted By uk4canada

Talking Re: car insurance

I basically gives the date you passed driving tests, classes of vehicles you are entitled to drive, any penalty points, etc..........

I is just a way to show you have been driving a while, and can...
Forum: Canada
May 3rd 2006, 4:18 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,195
Posted By uk4canada

Re: car insurance

Before leaving the UK, contact the DVLA and ask for a print out of your driving record. Similar to the drivers abstract which the Canadians seem to like so much. Helped my wife and I get a discounted...
Forum: Canada
Apr 19th 2006, 5:05 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 791
Posted By uk4canada

Talking Re: Laptop/ISP help ... please!!

I had the same thought when I moved over. I used AOL free trial for the last month or so in the UK and did the same for the first 6 wks in Canada. obviously different accounts.

Also regarding the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 7th 2006, 11:15 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,103
Posted By uk4canada

Re: SIN Advice Needed

According to my local registry, the only reciprocal agreement with the UK is for a class 5 licence. Any other class, motorcycle, truck etc means you have to sit a test.
Then again I got my Alberta...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2006, 11:12 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 783
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Goods to follow after landing

Had to go to the clearing house myself and answer some questions.!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 7th 2006, 2:43 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,103
Posted By uk4canada

Re: SIN Advice Needed

I tried to get a one for one conversion on my licence when I arrived and was told that Ontario is the only province which allows that. In Alberta you have to take the test again.

I took this from...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2006, 1:50 am
Replies: 12
Views: 870
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Calgary House Prices

you have got me wondering now. I bought for 297K 18mths ago. Neighbour has just sold for 365K and there place is 2/3rds size of mine!!!!!
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2006, 1:45 am
Replies: 7
Views: 783
Posted By uk4canada

Re: Goods to follow after landing

When I landed in Calgary, I was told by Customs that the form would not be stamped until the container arrived????
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 7th 2006, 1:42 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,103
Posted By uk4canada

Re: SIN Advice Needed

There is no exchange in Alberta like other provinces. You have to take an Alberta driving test. Not too difficult but you have to study the rule book and sit a written test as well. Both are...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 6th 2006, 8:53 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,103
Posted By uk4canada

Thumbs up Re: SIN Advice Needed

When I moved to the Calgary area from the UK in September 04, I applied for my SIN which arrived about 2 weeks later. I don't know if that is the norm, but for employment purposes I was given a...
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