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Forum: Canada
Nov 22nd 2006, 5:37 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

Sounds great we really liked Vancouver Island, did the Tofino thing and then back to Victoria, which had a really nice feel to it. I'll send any househunters your way.
Forum: Canada
Nov 22nd 2006, 5:17 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

Thanks,
Yes It seems our likely destination, largely due to it's proximity to major cities. My work is architecture and I need to be where there is plenty of buliding work being undertaken. To be...
Forum: Canada
Nov 22nd 2006, 4:21 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Smile Re: Anything else to do?

Sans,
Thanks very much for your help with this post back in October. Just to let you know how things worked out. I did indeed send off the PHEP forms with passports and photos and followed this up...
Forum: Canada
Oct 6th 2006, 2:17 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

Unless I take the chance and send them, then there just won't be time. I'll give them everything and offer to pick them up on one of the thursday openings.
Forum: Canada
Oct 6th 2006, 2:00 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

Thanks for that Sans, I've printed it off and am filling it in now, I'll send it off with my begging letter. I'll tell you how it works out, let's see how accommodating they are.
Thanks again, you...
Forum: Canada
Oct 5th 2006, 9:29 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

Thanks for all the posts everyone. Can you tell me, as I'm going to post the passports off anyway, do I need to post anything else with the two photos and do I need to sign them, have them...
Forum: Canada
Oct 4th 2006, 9:09 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

I know this all sounds a bit shocking to be so late, but the reason for the delay is a consequence of our sons development. In short we figured it may be best to be keep him here in the UK, but...
Forum: Canada
Oct 4th 2006, 12:45 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,825
Posted By Padre

Anything else to do?

I know this is an immigration issue, but it might best suit anyone who's just landed or about to.
We currently find ourselves up against the clock, in that we had our medicals last November and...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 3rd 2006, 8:06 am
Replies: 2
Views: 561
Posted By Padre

Re: Anything else to do?

Oh yes, we had the meds, got the letter back then just requesting the up to date police searches (annoyingly the ones provided with application are out of date by the time the meds are done) and the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 3rd 2006, 2:49 am
Replies: 2
Views: 561
Posted By Padre

Anything else to do?

We currently find ourselves up against the clock, in that we had our medicals last November and due to one thing and another with our sons development we delayed sending the police searches and...
Forum: Canada
Sep 6th 2006, 8:58 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,428
Posted By Padre

Re: Anybody In Or Around Barrie

Thanks for the reply Kelly, I had a look at that lakeside trail on one of the Barrie websites. I inanely followed the 'virtual' trail picture by picture clicking my mouse. I've heard good things...
Forum: Canada
Sep 5th 2006, 10:18 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 2,052
Posted By Padre

Where are the Euro cars?

You'd think from the posts on here that the buying of a car is the most important issue when landing in Canada. Well here goes again.

Having looked at some of the dealers websites it has become...
Forum: Canada
Sep 5th 2006, 8:19 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 5,948
Posted By Padre

Re: Living in Nelson......

We did the same, I must say I found it pretty bohemian (I recall walking past a note pinned to door reading 'trouble at the homestead, house meeting down at the beach', no time of the meeting!, no...
Forum: Canada
Sep 4th 2006, 11:14 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,428
Posted By Padre

Re: Anybody In Or Around Barrie

I'm now looking at the Innisfil sites, this looks a well placed attractive town. Which are the best areas/streets. Are you on the GO train route or is it Newmarket?.
Forum: Canada
Sep 4th 2006, 12:36 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,428
Posted By Padre

Re: Anybody In Or Around Barrie

Thanks for all the replies, I must say the town of Orrilla did appeal to us from the photo tours we found on one of the sites (can't remember which). The town of Bradford seems to come up a lot from...
Forum: Canada
Aug 29th 2006, 11:28 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,428
Posted By Padre

Anybody In Or Around Barrie

We will checking out Barrie on our reccy in September, so would love to hear from anybody living in around the area. The usual story we want to make light of the good and not so good neighborhoods....
Forum: Canada
Aug 29th 2006, 9:55 pm
Replies: 55
Views: 3,486
Posted By Padre

Re: What car to buy

I'm holding my head in shame, I feel I've made an automotive faux pas. You know I thought it was dead macho as well, I was thinking I'll put my mountain bike in the back, go and get myself all...
Forum: Canada
Aug 29th 2006, 12:52 am
Replies: 55
Views: 3,486
Posted By Padre

Re: What car to buy

What about those Honda Element's, they look great, practical and must be reliable. Anybody got one?. Another thing is it just the sites I'm looking at or are used cars B****y expensive.
Forum: Canada
Aug 23rd 2006, 8:51 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,939
Posted By Padre

Re: c'est possible...?

Just a side issue, is it 2 out of every 5 years, or just 2 out of the first 5?.
Forum: Canada
Aug 23rd 2006, 8:43 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,675
Posted By Padre

Re: Infants on Canadian Affair

We did the trip a couple of years ago with our son who was 18 months at the time. We did pay the tax only for him, but I'm sure it wasn't that much. I'll try to find the booking details. Will he...
Forum: Canada
Aug 22nd 2006, 8:57 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,926
Posted By Padre

Re: should we open a HSBC account before going canada?

Does this mean that in the absence of your scenario we will have difficulty in getting a decent mortgage. We would after all be bringing savings and the capital from the sale of our house in the UK....
Forum: Canada
Aug 21st 2006, 3:46 am
Replies: 5
Views: 874
Posted By Padre

Pensions

I'm drowning in abbreviation city.

Am I right in assuming that OAS is generally the Canadian state pension and CPP is an optional 'top up' pension. If so, is it worth while undertaking the CPP...
Forum: Canada
Aug 15th 2006, 2:58 am
Replies: 4
Views: 793
Posted By Padre

Permanent Residency Card

As I understand it, when we have landed and therefore commenced our permanent residency our PR cards will be posted to us at our Canadian address. The only problem is we will only be staying for say...
Forum: Canada
Aug 15th 2006, 2:37 am
Replies: 332
Views: 29,226
Posted By Padre

Re: Misconception on cost of living

I know it's be a while, but I wanted to ask.
How do your Canadian clients pay your employer?. Is your employer's company registered in Canada? and what role do you have to play in all this?.
Sorry...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2006, 3:18 am
Replies: 332
Views: 29,226
Posted By Padre

Re: Misconception on cost of living

Thank's for that souvenir, the conservation side of the business might be designing part or an addition to an old building that would replicate how it was in yesteryear or something sympathetic to...
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