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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 14th 2007, 6:39 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 483
Posted By The Escapea

Re: come on all you wino's

my sister just visited and bought us a bottle out - 1 litre of Pimms and a litre of Gin for 15 squids...I wasn't sure if you could get pimms here either, but it surely cannot be that cheap! ( ie $15...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 4th 2007, 3:11 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,101
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Jobs are like buses!!

Hope the first week went well?! (I know it was only a couple of days really) - and a long weekend to recover from it :p
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 4th 2007, 3:08 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,292
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Yeah - its a holiday weekend

Yeah - another long weekend! :thumbup: Heading off to Tofino for a couple of days - that should be nice and quiet then... ;)

I love it when we get to July, as it's time for one stat holiday every...
Forum: Canada
Aug 4th 2007, 2:59 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,641
Posted By The Escapea

Re: local newspaper headlines

And today's Time Colonist led with:
"This Uplands home is Canada's most expensive on the maket: $28.5 million: 'Trophy Portpeties' geared toward elist foreign buyers" - which is their third story...
Forum: Canada
Aug 4th 2007, 2:52 am
Replies: 7
Views: 847
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Marriage and Dogs!

And as for the visa timeline, we had our medicals on 6th June, in Canada, then they waited 2 weeks for all the tests to come back to the clinic and then sent it back to London. We received our...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 14th 2007, 4:56 am
Replies: 121
Views: 6,374
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Victoria/'the island' peeps...

alright, alright, keep your hair on...we're still here!!! We've been awol for a while what with folks visiting for a few weeks (whale watching again~!) and new jobs...but we're back and pleased to...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 2nd 2007, 5:13 am
Replies: 81
Views: 2,657
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Its Snowing!!!

shhh - it's stopped snowing... ;)
Forum: Canada
Feb 28th 2007, 11:05 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 640
Posted By The Escapea

New Route to Newfy from LHR

Hi,
Anyone planning to move out to Newfy (okay, it's a long shot...! ;) ) may be interested to know that Air Canada has just launched a new direct route from London.

They're offering special...
Forum: Canada
Feb 26th 2007, 4:42 am
Replies: 52
Views: 2,914
Posted By The Escapea

Thumbs up Re: Vancouver Island meet-up

:thumbup: Really enjoyed meeting you all, thanks for arranging it, look forward to the next one!
Forum: Canada
Feb 21st 2007, 3:58 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 679
Posted By The Escapea

Re: BC Budget - Good News on Tax!

Think they've kind of already done that - with hotel tax, airport tax, resort tax... ;)
Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2007, 10:53 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 679
Posted By The Escapea

Re: BC Budget - Good News on Tax!

Oh, that was you - disturbing me whilst I ws trying to work! Last week the students protesting, this week willmore... ;) Never a dull day in the office!
Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2007, 10:24 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 679
Posted By The Escapea

BC Budget - Good News on Tax!

Budget day here in BC - and good news on personal income tax (makes a change! ;) ).

Effective Jan 1st 2007 (i.e. immediately), the government will "Introduce a 10 per cent tax cut up to $100,000...
Forum: Canada
Feb 20th 2007, 4:45 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,062
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Bunac People - what to do about return flight?

Hi,

As ski bunny mentioned, we are using the Flexicover gap year/trekker insurance policy, rather than Bunac's own - it seemed more compprehensive in some areas and a lot cheaper. (Buanc were...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 15th 2007, 11:19 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 22,532
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Bunac

Yep - it really is that easy now! ;)

Here's details of the application process and required documents: http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/cs/sin/0200/0200_010.shtml
Forum: Canada
Feb 12th 2007, 10:29 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 618
Posted By The Escapea

Be A Tourist In Your Home Town - Victoria

Hi,

The annual 'Be A Tourist in Your Home Town' is happening in Victoria on 28th Feb to 4th March. For $9 you can buy a ticket (or pay $36 for 5 tickets) which gets you quite a lot of free or...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 9th 2007, 6:59 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 22,532
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Bunac

Possibly one way around it is to stay in Canada (you may have leave and re-enter) as a tourist once you work visa expires. That way you could remain living with you BF for another 6 months, until you...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 8th 2007, 10:57 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 22,532
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Bunac

We're hoping to stay indefinately (hence flying the pets out, and buying a house here!) - just got PNP, and sent my PR application off on Monday - so hopefully should hear something soon! :unsure:
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 8th 2007, 5:02 pm
Replies: 184
Views: 22,532
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Bunac

Hi - I am currently in Canada on a BC Work Canada (non student visa), so thought I may be able to answer a couple of the queries.

We travelled out last June (my partner and I are both early 30s,...
Forum: Canada
Feb 5th 2007, 4:42 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,459
Posted By The Escapea

Re: WooHoo - PNP!

Hi - got the PNP within 5 weeks; think getting PR in 5 weeks would have been some all time record!

Clock has just started ticking on PR, as I sent the forms off last week when I was back in...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 2nd 2007, 9:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 619
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Photo Specifications

Ahhh - you're still one step ahead of me Tolga! The race for PR continues... ;)
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 2nd 2007, 9:07 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 619
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Photo Specifications

Hi Andrew - you suggested to Tolga that photos shouldn't be glued or stapled to the form. I'm also sorting my PR application out (as a BC PNP applicant, like Tolga), and trying to follow the...
Forum: Canada
Jan 25th 2007, 3:30 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,459
Posted By The Escapea

Re: WooHoo - PNP!

The PNP scheme has been updated by the Province, so they may be referring to old rules (and an estimate of their expenses of having to do all the admin to go through the LMO process).

Now it is a...
Forum: Canada
Jan 19th 2007, 10:46 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,459
Posted By The Escapea

Re: WooHoo - PNP!

Thank - I had the same letter after submitting my application (also saying 8-10 weeks), but then it only took 5...! So fingers crossed that you'll hear soon too! :)
Forum: Canada
Jan 19th 2007, 4:15 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,963
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Vancouver to victoria travel ??

Well done for getting all your arrangements sorted - hope it all works out well.

As you have quite a bit of time before your trip, you could try contacting recruitment consultants/firms beforehand...
Forum: Canada
Jan 19th 2007, 4:10 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 2,914
Posted By The Escapea

Re: Vancouver Island meet-up

Hi - 25th is good with us. And I'm am off back home next week (hurray - I'm going to see how many M&S custard tarts it is possible to eat in a week...! :D ) but I'm back on the 4th - so we could also...
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