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Forum: Canada
Oct 19th 2008, 9:10 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,072
Posted By the moog

Re: Can it get any better?

Hi Paul
Congratulations on getting to Victoria and hope you are having fun exploring and getting to know your way around the place (pretty easy as it's not too big!) We moved here a couple of years...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 13th 2008, 6:08 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 666
Posted By the moog

Re: Can I pack my own stuff?

ph yes, and use lots of tape...you can never have enough parcel tape, that was out motto!:rofl:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 13th 2008, 6:05 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 666
Posted By the moog

Re: Can I pack my own stuff?

Hi - we moved over about 18 months ago, and we packed all our own stuff, c.30 boxes. We arranged for a moving company to collect them from the house, put them on pallets, and ship them to Vancouver....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 24th 2008, 4:59 am
Replies: 5
Views: 775
Posted By the moog

UK TV

Just tried to log into TVcatchup.com, only to find that it has been shut down. Not that British TV makes life complete out here or anything, just a bit of a luxury to tune in and catchup from time...
Forum: Canada
Feb 8th 2008, 3:35 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,266
Posted By the moog

Re: Ok more goods to follow questions

Hi Sharon,
We brought over our boxer and cat in summer 2006. OH, whowas principal applicant and arrived first did put the dog on the goods to follow list - this was because we'd heard that some...
Forum: Canada
Feb 6th 2008, 3:34 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,472
Posted By the moog

Re: Best time to visit VI?

Hi, we live in Victoria...anytime up to end of June can be rainy and cool (it didn't get warm til July last summer and even then was a bit touch and go). We came to recce on a wet windy day in...
Forum: Canada
Feb 5th 2008, 2:40 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,958
Posted By the moog

Re: Camping Equipment Canadian v British

I shouldn't really moan though...it's a pretty spectacular part of the world so worth it :o
Forum: Canada
Feb 5th 2008, 2:39 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,958
Posted By the moog

Re: Camping Equipment Canadian v British

Yes, good point - we went to Tofino this summer and camped whilst my sister was out visiting, expecting at least a small patch of grass enough to pitch the tent on...but no, a gravel patch (I thought...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 5th 2008, 2:34 am
Replies: 33
Views: 1,819
Posted By the moog

Re: Pre move wobble

Good luck Sharon, hope the journey goes well..I know you will be sad leaving your dogs (not sure about OH!!! :rofl:), we brought our boxer (and the cat) over from the UK with us (I was worried sick...
Forum: Canada
Feb 5th 2008, 2:26 am
Replies: 12
Views: 3,148
Posted By the moog

Re: Another BC driving test question...

Here's the previous post I referred to
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=456926
Forum: Canada
Feb 5th 2008, 2:24 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,958
Posted By the moog

Re: Camping Equipment Canadian v British

Canadian outdoor gear is excellent - choice and quality and style - the outdoors is what Canada is about after all. There is definitely no end of choice on camping gear over here...and when they say...
Forum: Canada
Feb 5th 2008, 2:20 am
Replies: 12
Views: 3,148
Posted By the moog

Re: Another BC driving test question...

I wouldn't worry too much...I think we'd gone past our date when we took our tests (mainly because ICBC misadvised us on the 90 days...because their definition of "resident" in Canada varied...
Forum: Canada
Oct 23rd 2007, 4:35 am
Replies: 48
Views: 4,031
Posted By the moog

Re: tax and relocation allowances

we applied to offset our relocation expenses in T4 this year (moved out here summer 2006 on work permit, but got PR this August 2007)...and just recently got tax return back...funnily enough they...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 16th 2007, 4:35 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 2,084
Posted By the moog

Re: shower gel

You can buy shower gel, there's just not the choice...and some of them (well, the girls' ones anyhow) smell really sickly. Dove here smells yukky and completely different to Dove in the UK. We tend...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 24th 2007, 3:18 am
Replies: 100
Views: 16,823
Posted By the moog

Re: I passed the BC driving test today.....

we took our test in Victoria...but we got to keep our UK driving licenses too. We were beyond the limit of 90 days, IBCB were really ambiguous when we called them about it a couple of times on the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 22nd 2007, 6:12 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 958
Posted By the moog

Re: Experts please: How do I "prove" that PR entitles us to work in Canada?

hope it works out and they give a firm offer...we found that where an employer hasn't taken on foreign workers before, they sometimes get a bit scared off by mention of paperwork and possibly the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 21st 2007, 9:55 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,424
Posted By the moog

Re: Car boot hell

oh, and if you end up with stuff left, things seem to sell for much more out here...G-plan teak furniture (like my folks had when I was a kid) that you couldn't give away in the UK sells for hundreds...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 21st 2007, 9:51 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,424
Posted By the moog

Re: Car boot hell

great minds think alike, eh Almost Canadian!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 21st 2007, 9:50 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,424
Posted By the moog

Re: Car boot hell

in short, e-bay...all you need is a digital camera, the internet, and to set up an account on e-bay which is very easy...

we sold a lot of stuff we weren't taking on there...including our cars (we...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 21st 2007, 9:42 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 814
Posted By the moog

Re: Military serivce -commanding officer names requested - advice please

I did the same, I put down a couple I could remember, then left the rest (just put the ship / establishment name etc)...I think as long as they have your rough service history, they will be able to...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 21st 2007, 9:39 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 958
Posted By the moog

Re: Experts please: How do I "prove" that PR entitles us to work in Canada?

could you tell them that as soon as you get back to Canada, one of the first things you will do is get a SIN number?...which will take you 5 minutes at a Service Canada office (unless there is a big...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 18th 2007, 4:09 am
Replies: 800
Views: 137,204
Posted By the moog

Re: PNP Timeline - please add your experiences

Mel, October is way away - so long as you apply for a renewed work permit before your current one expires (can be the day before, though cutting it fine!) and you have proof of posting (keep a copy...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 16th 2007, 8:22 pm
Replies: 800
Views: 137,204
Posted By the moog

Re: PNP Timeline - please add your experiences

cool - it sounds like a bit of both. Shame it's not May day, then we could REALLY dance round the flagpole :rofl:

Now debating whether all the hassle of getting another 90 day tourist visa to US...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 16th 2007, 5:39 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 914
Posted By the moog

Smile woohoo...Landing Tips Please...

Woohoo...passports came back Tuesday :thumbsup: ...planning to drive across the border (Washington) this weekend.

Wondered if those of you who have done all this already have any tips for...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 16th 2007, 5:20 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,211
Posted By the moog

Re: PPR Today

Congratulations Tangram...that is great news and must be a relief!
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