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Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 6th 2008, 8:44 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 521
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Documents required for Skilled Worker Application

Hello again,

Still waiting for a job offer, but doing some groundwork in anticipation.

On looking through the www.canada.org.uk website for Skilled Worker Application process, I see they...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 5th 2008, 3:37 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,174
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: On the verge of a job offer? need to check my facts!

Many thanks for all your help. I've just returned from a second interview at Heathrow and it's all still looking good.

So, to summarise the process as I now understand it:

1. They issue the...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Oct 3rd 2008, 6:22 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,174
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

On the verge of a job offer? need to check my facts!

Hi,

Just had a call from a company in Vancouver that I had an interview with when I was there a few weeks back. They're checking out the process for employing me as an immigrant and asking me...
Forum: Canada
Sep 29th 2008, 6:54 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,086
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Emigrate Show Coventry - anyone going?

I would recommend going as we found it answered a lot of questions especially in terms of the immigration process. I depends on what you want to know really.

We didn't take in other country's...
Forum: Canada
Sep 29th 2008, 6:17 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,086
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Emigrate Show Coventry - anyone going?

We went to the Emigrate Show at Sandown Park in the Spring. We found it very helpful as there's lots of useful information available and also the talks were interesting, especially in understanding...
Forum: Canada
Sep 6th 2008, 5:50 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,261
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Working out take-home pay from a salary

Thanks - that's encouraging - far less than I lose every month out of my pay packet every month back in England! I just worked out that my deductions are about 36% of my gross salary. I suppose our...
Forum: Canada
Sep 6th 2008, 4:01 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,261
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Working out take-home pay from a salary

Hi everyone,

I'm more hopeful of getting a job in Vancouver after a few promising leads/interviews during our visit. Thing is, I dont know what sort of salary to accept. During our visit and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 2nd 2008, 3:47 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 457
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Recommendations for visiting Victoria for the day

Many thanks for all the advice. It sure sounds tempting, but with only 4 real days left of our visit, we're beginning to think that we'll leave some things until we move here permanently, when we'll...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 1st 2008, 8:01 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 457
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Recommendations for visiting Victoria for the day

Hi All,

We're visiting Vancouver for 3 weeks and wondering if it's worthwhile taking a trip over to Victoria for the day. From what we can find out so far, we could get the ferry from Tsawwassen...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 20th 2008, 7:05 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 449
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Claiming back tax when leaving BC?

Is it still possible to reclaim tax paid on goods bought in BC when leaving the country? I thought this had been stopped, but someone in a store yesterday told us we could still do it.

If it's...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 19th 2008, 4:09 am
Replies: 10
Views: 521
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Car hire recommendations

Many thanks to one and all - I've tried all the suggested links and most resulted in all-inclusive quotes far less than I had seen before. So far, Expedia are proving to be the most competitive at...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 18th 2008, 4:36 am
Replies: 10
Views: 521
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Car hire recommendations

Hi,

whilst over here for 3 weeks, we're looking to rent a car and wondered if anyone had any advice or recommendations on which companies to use.

Shopping around a bit online, it seems i can...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 18th 2008, 4:29 am
Replies: 0
Views: 401
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Visiting Vancouver for 3 weeks - looking for meet-ups

Hi everyone,

We just landed in Vancouver yesterday for our 3 week exploratory visit to find out if Vancouver really is the place for us to live. Barely more than 24 hours in, we're extremley...
Forum: Canada
Aug 18th 2008, 4:19 am
Replies: 11
Views: 855
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Living in Greater Vancouver

Hi and congratulations on getting over to Vancouver. We're hopefully following your footsteps, but still in the early stages of trying to find employment in the hope of getting sponsorship through...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2008, 10:12 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,244
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Mobile phones in Vancouver

Thanks all for the tips.

$70 is about £35 currently, though some credit will top that up a bit. Still may be worthwhile, especially if we're planning on coming back.

Hadn't thought about the...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2008, 10:08 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 663
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Buying electronic goods in Vancouver

Thanks for the responses. I should have said that it was a Nintendo DS Lite - the small hand-held games machine with dual screens (hence the DS bit!).

The cheapest i've seen the basic console in...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2008, 8:44 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,244
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Mobile phones in Vancouver

Hi,

Again, hope this question isn't out of place on here - i'm just trying to get everything sorted for our forthcoming recce trip!

Found out today that my PAYG Orange mobile wont work in...
Forum: Canada
Jul 24th 2008, 8:39 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 663
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Buying electronic goods in Vancouver

Hello again all,

Hope this question isn't out of place on here!

We're going over to Vancouver in a few weeks for our research trip (seeing if we like it, exploring different areas to live,...
Forum: Canada
Jul 4th 2008, 6:35 am
Replies: 4
Views: 627
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Vancouver Recce Trip - Flights Now Booked - Yippee!

JonboyE thanks so much for all your help and particularly for the work contact. I will get my OH to get in touch with them and hopefully he can arrange to meet with them.

Thanks also for...
Forum: Canada
Jul 3rd 2008, 10:05 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 627
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Vancouver Recce Trip - Flights Now Booked - Yippee!

We have booked our flights this evening for our recce trip to Vancouver in August so we're very excited about it.

We are going for several reasons, following our trip to the Emigrate Show, we...
Forum: Canada
Jul 2nd 2008, 6:54 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 720
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Looking to move to Vancouver

Many thanks for all the advice, tips and links Judy - you've certainly given us plenty to research, but that's exactly what we need to do!

We'll post all further questions in the appropriate...
Forum: Canada
Jul 2nd 2008, 12:41 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 720
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Re: Looking to move to Vancouver

Thanks for all your comments. It really is a busy time for us as there's so much to think about.

We are actually in Yateley, Hampshire - Wendy S, It seems we're just down the road from you. In...
Forum: Canada
Jul 1st 2008, 7:30 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 720
Posted By Headed4Vancouver

Smile Looking to move to Vancouver

Hi, Just wanted to introduce ourselves. We are considering emigrating to Vancouver from Hampshire, UK. We're a family of 2 adults and 3 children aged 3, 5 & 7. We have a 3 week trip planned during...
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