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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Aug 2nd 2011, 8:53 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,364
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PNP route

Took me 14 months from application to BC PNP to landing in Victoria

Applied BC PNP: Feb 06, 2010
Landed and became PR: April 19, 2011
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 28th 2011, 3:13 am
Replies: 800
Views: 144,680
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PNP Timeline - please add your experiences

VERY excited for you!!! I'm in BC as well :) I know how it feels
Forum: Canada
Jul 21st 2011, 6:43 am
Replies: 20
Views: 2,463
Posted By Vbomb

Re: BC Brain Drain

Seconded

Just as an exercise I flocked my resume to similar companies doing the similar job as I do now in Toronto. Got about 25% response rate and AT LEAST 15K bump in salary!! Swiftly declined...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 14th 2011, 5:01 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PPR Cards arrived.

Update: Mine arrived today as well!

Landed: April 19
Issued: June 16
Arrived: July 14

Nearly a month in the mail
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 8th 2011, 5:50 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,794
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PPR Cards arrived.

Great news! Congrats, when did you land?

I landed on April 19th and nothing yet

I think citizenship will be much easier since you're already in Canada
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 4th 2011, 4:59 am
Replies: 72
Views: 8,292
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PR Card

I landed on April 19th, so it's more than 2 calendar months

I called them before the strike ended. This is how it went:

Me: What's going on with my PR card?

It takes 8 weeks

Me: It's been...
Forum: Canada
Jun 30th 2011, 8:50 am
Replies: 109
Views: 31,267
Posted By Vbomb

Re: do you hate vancouver this much?

THIS.

Sums up my feelings about Vancouver to the tee
Forum: Canada
Jun 28th 2011, 6:14 am
Replies: 109
Views: 31,267
Posted By Vbomb

Re: do you hate vancouver this much?

It just rained today as I was walking to work in DT Vancouver. When I said it rains "all the time", I don't mean it literally that it rains 365 days/year. To me it sure seems like it rains all the...
Forum: Canada
Jun 27th 2011, 9:50 am
Replies: 109
Views: 31,267
Posted By Vbomb

Re: do you hate vancouver this much?

I agree with a lot of the opinions in the other forum. But it also depends on who you ask. Supposed the same person that complained that house prices are too expensive bought a house 10 years ago and...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 22nd 2011, 7:51 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,609
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Landing tomorrow...

Woo congrats, is it your first time here?
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 27th 2011, 6:51 am
Replies: 4
Views: 764
Posted By Vbomb

Re: What are my options to settle permanently? On WHV and have job offer

You can apply for BC PNP if the position they offered you is full time, permanent in the right salary range and right NOC code (don't know if you'll be working as mechanic with this employer as...
Forum: Canada
May 12th 2011, 5:53 am
Replies: 1
Views: 562
Posted By Vbomb

Re: I'm flying tomorrow !

Welcome to Vancouver! don't forget to get an umbrella and lotsa cash! :D:D:D
Forum: Canada
May 9th 2011, 7:32 am
Replies: 50
Views: 5,258
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Positive Experiences.

For me:


Chance for freedom to travel in North America. Once getting Canadian citizenship, I qualify for a TN1 visa, much easier to work in the US whenever I please
Chance to get away from my...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 8th 2011, 6:06 pm
Replies: 800
Views: 144,680
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PNP Timeline - please add your experiences

Geez, Seattle is SO FAST! CONGRATS HPKA!!
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 5th 2011, 5:57 am
Replies: 4
Views: 924
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PR: Canadian Experience Class

You need two years of experience in NOCs O,A,B on a full time basis at the time the application is SIGNED so you have to wait till Dec to apply. Don't matter when they open it, or if you work 80...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 3rd 2011, 7:43 am
Replies: 14
Views: 2,481
Posted By Vbomb

Re: BC PNP Issued TWP expiring in two months... and PR not yet issued

In my case 14,5 months from application delivered to PNP office to landed at the border as a PR

The PNP process took 8 weeks in 2010 but now they've raised their processing time to 20 weeks
Forum: Canada
May 2nd 2011, 3:36 am
Replies: 19
Views: 3,116
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Salary expectations BC

I live in Vancouver and make much less than 60k...no house no kids though. If each of you make 60k-70k, means you're family income is around 120k-140k, I think it's pretty OK here

My boss makes...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 1st 2011, 10:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,120
Posted By Vbomb

Re: PR arrived today!!!!!

Great news, congrats!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
May 1st 2011, 10:26 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,799
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Do Ontario-nominated permenant residents have to live in Ontario for entire life?

When you land, if you don't have enough evidence to support that you will reside in the province that nominated you, you might get refused

There's a story from an immigration law office here...
Forum: Canada
May 1st 2011, 10:21 am
Replies: 19
Views: 3,116
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Salary expectations BC

The QA managers in my company make 60-70k depending on experience if that helps. I work for a multinational software company in Burnaby (a suburb of Vancouver)
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 27th 2011, 5:10 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,364
Posted By Vbomb

Re: I'm a PR - Can I bring my Parents over?

Here's the time line, it says they're processing applications submitted in 2007

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp

Yeah, I slacked off a bit during uni thinking, who...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 27th 2011, 4:39 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,364
Posted By Vbomb

Re: I'm a PR - Can I bring my Parents over?

Yes but will take a long time because parents are not on their priority list

PS: 60k/year at 23 is pretty impressive, what do you do if you don't mind me asking
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 22nd 2011, 12:21 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,722
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Leaving CA having applied for Citizenship- problems?

If you have an address in Canada for them to contact you, have a valid PR card at the time you do the test and show up for the test and the ceremony, I don't see why not?

IMO, you would need to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2011, 6:16 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,919
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Conservative anti-immigrant ad

Thx for sharing

It's targeted toward illegal immigration/human smugglers?

If you're going the right way, there's nothing to be afraid of
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Apr 21st 2011, 5:57 am
Replies: 32
Views: 8,189
Posted By Vbomb

Re: Disappearance of address on E-Cas...important??

In my experience it means that your file is being udpated (good news)

Ecas address disappeared in February - got Initial Assessment a week later. Address re-appeared

Ecas address disappeared in...
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