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Forum: Canada
May 25th 2023, 4:29 am
Replies: 6
Views: 912
Posted By SarahBC

Re: Passport Renewal while visiting the UK

Hi Amra,

My husband decided to renew his British passport while on one of our trips home in 2016. He booked the earliest morning appointment available on the online booking and off we went to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 20th 2023, 3:25 am
Replies: 5
Views: 885
Posted By SarahBC

Re: Where to renew British passport in canada?

I just received my new British passport with the courier today. It was a renewal of a passport that expired a couple of years ago. It took 4.5 weeks!

Sarah
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 20th 2023, 2:59 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,268
Posted By SarahBC

Re: UK Passport - worth having?

Glad to help Dave!

I have to courier back my old UK passport with a colour copy of my current Canadian passport. Fun times stood at a Staples photocopier this afternoon!

Still, I've a long way...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 20th 2023, 1:53 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,268
Posted By SarahBC

Re: UK Passport - worth having?

Hi Dave,

I renewed my British passport online today.

I’ve been a Canadian citizen since 2015. Canadian citizens can only board an international flight to return to Canada holding a valid...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 10th 2023, 1:59 am
Replies: 12
Views: 832
Posted By SarahBC

Cool Re: Frome area

Hi,

I was prompted by your post to research Frome. Coming from the cosmopolitan metropolis of Swindon, Wiltshire, I regarded Frome as an inaccessible non entity. I have been gone a long time (18...
Forum: Canada
Feb 7th 2023, 1:14 am
Replies: 2
Views: 795
Posted By SarahBC

Thumbs up Re: Crossing the US Border as a British Citizen

Hi,

We’ve crossed into the US via the BC/Washington land borders many times. We were directed to park up and enter the office for questioning, photos and fingerprints. We were travelling on UK...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Sep 12th 2020, 12:35 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 808
Posted By SarahBC

Re: PR Card Delivered or Collected

Hi,

We had to pick up our replacement PR cards in person at Vancouver CIC about 5 years ago (now citizens). It was at fairly short notice after waiting many months. I think it was done to ensure...
Forum: Canada
Oct 30th 2017, 7:11 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 984
Posted By SarahBC

Re: Shipping my beloved car from UK to BC - is it worth it?

Hi,


If your car was a left-hand drive car and you loved it, I would recommend bringing it as the second hard car market in BC has very high prices compared to the UK.


I had 3 left-hand...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Sep 7th 2017, 7:28 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 818
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Re: Hi! New to this forum..advice reqd pls

I don't think the would be allowed to board a Canada-bound flight with expired PR cards.

As they don't qualify for ETA (unless they renounce their old PR status), they'd have to use the land...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 22nd 2017, 7:20 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,568
Posted By SarahBC

Re: PR Renewal

Hi,

I wanted to mention that when we renewed our PR cards in 2014, CIC had us arrange an appointment and go in person to the Vancouver office to collect them. We had 2 weeks notice for this trip....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 7th 2017, 7:24 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Tips from Landlords Rentin In-Home Suite

Hi guys,


We are looking at a new home that features a legal 2 bed suite on the ground floor - our living level would be upstairs.


The suite has it's own entrance, electricity panel,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 27th 2017, 7:20 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 2,189
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Amazon Lost Orders

Hi,


I don't use Amazon a great deal, but I ordered 2 pairs of boots in January from two different Amazon sellers, and neither were delivered.


Has this been a common experience for people...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Sep 8th 2016, 3:45 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,054
Posted By SarahBC

Re: (Another) ETA question

Hi Karen,

You and your husband have Canadian passports (or travel documents)?

I mention this as the airline won't let Canadian citizens board without one or the other.

Sarah

(Apologies if...
Forum: Canada
Aug 12th 2016, 7:28 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 3,146
Posted By SarahBC

Re: Which is the best flight to take to arrive in Canada?

In the past 2 months, I've flown twice to England from Vancouver. Both flights were direct and about 10 hours.


The WestJet flight had no seatback entertainment screen. They offer a app that...
Forum: Canada
Jun 26th 2016, 3:09 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,259
Posted By SarahBC

Re: Plus size women's clothes shops vancouver

Reitmans is a chain with a plus size range. Their sizing went through an overhaul a couple of years ago and disenfranchised a lot of loyal customers.

Addition Elle is specifically plus size and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 23rd 2016, 7:15 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 3,401
Posted By SarahBC

Re: EU Referendum Pulse Check

Hi,


I did a postal vote (then couriered it back to England).


Did anyone trust the 'postage paid' statement on the return envelope for the ballot paper?


Sarah
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 17th 2016, 1:55 pm
Replies: 726
Views: 44,300
Posted By SarahBC

Thumbs up Re: EU Referendum

Absolutely, very well put.
Forum: Canada
Jun 12th 2016, 12:47 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 5,303
Posted By SarahBC

Re: That ETA thing

I flew last Friday from Gatwick > Vancouver with Westjet. I had both UK and Canadian passports with me.

As I boarded the plane, the cabin crew asked for i.d. Didn't think about it and showed my UK...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 11th 2016, 6:12 am
Replies: 726
Views: 44,300
Posted By SarahBC

Re: EU Referendum

We arrived back from a 2 week holiday today to be greeted by our postal ballot letters for the EU referendum.

We shall send them back tomorrow - so glad to see they've arrived promptly.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 8th 2016, 9:14 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,434
Posted By SarahBC

Re: Expensive Kids Sports

We live on Vancouver Island so kids sport travel costs are ridiculous.

How did this sort of expense become the norm?

What if parents have jobs that require weekend work - is there a public...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 27th 2016, 4:45 pm
Replies: 126
Views: 10,447
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Re: EU Referendum

Hi Wol,

Our ballot papers arrived one week to the day before the UK General Election in 2015. They just made it back to Kettering in time.

Mail to the UK from Australia would take longer I...
Forum: The Barbie
Feb 27th 2016, 1:40 am
Replies: 126
Views: 10,447
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Re: EU Referendum

Hi guys,

I've snuck in from the Canada forum to see what's being discussed regarding the EU referendum.

I mailed my voter registration form to Kettering this week. I last lived there in 2005....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 21st 2016, 3:00 pm
Replies: 726
Views: 44,300
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Re: EU Referendum

LOL! I can while away the hours watching a TV marathon of 'Border Security'.

Sincerely,

N. Farage
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 20th 2016, 3:21 pm
Replies: 726
Views: 44,300
Posted By SarahBC

Re: EU Referendum

Thursday June 23rd!

I broke into a celebratory rendition of 'Jerusalem'!

I have my voter registration documents to mail back to Kettering, Northants. We were registered there in 2005 so we're...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 19th 2016, 3:52 am
Replies: 726
Views: 44,300
Posted By SarahBC

Smile Re: EU Referendum

I got Nigel Farage too!

I received my voter registration documents from Northamptonshire today.

Just so I'm ready for the referendum. Happy days.

Sarah
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