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5 Reality Checks on Your Immigration Project

March 15, 2013 – 8:00 am | 11 Comments | 2,608 Read this
5 Reality Checks on Your Immigration Project

I get a lot of ques­tions from prospec­tive immi­grants and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but a real­ity check on their immi­gra­tion project is some­time needed.

How To NOT Ask For Help

March 6, 2013 – 8:00 am | 23 Comments | 2,812 Read this
How To NOT Ask For Help

Some days, I’m that close to hit the “delete” or “spam” but­ton because I can’t believe how rude or strange some peo­ple can be.
I have received what I call “WTF ques­tions” before, includ­ing the ever-popular “please send me a copy of your old com­pleted immi­gra­tion forms so that I can fill my own forms eas­ily”. Because of course, I’m dying to share per­sonal infor­ma­tion, includ­ing exten­sive back­ground info, work and fam­ily his­tory, with ran­dom strangers on the web.
So this is how to NOT ask for help for help when con­tact­ing a blogger.

Five Types of Immigrants or Prospective Immigrants

June 13, 2012 – 8:00 am | 22 Comments | 4,376 Read this
Five Types of Immigrants or Prospective Immigrants

I receive a fair share of ques­tions directly on this blog. I actu­ally enjoy answer­ing them—it’s always reward­ing to share your expe­ri­ence and to help some­one. Besides, I remem­ber how lost and clue­less I was when I was in the immi­gra­tion process.
That said, some ques­tions, on this blog or in the forums, get on my nerves.

Immigrating to Canada through Quebec: Still Worth It?

May 30, 2012 – 8:00 am | 17 Comments | 7,195 Read this
Immigrating to Canada through Quebec: Still Worth It?

The ques­tion may sound strange but lately, read­ing immi­gra­tion news, I started to won­der whether immi­grat­ing to Canada through the Que­bec process was still worth it.

Immigrating to Canada: 6 Years Later, What Changed?

August 24, 2011 – 8:25 am | 21 Comments | 4,747 Read this

Six years ago, I was one of the many appli­cants wait­ing for per­ma­nent res­i­dence in Canada. Cit­i­zen­ship and Immigration’s web­site was updated weekly, so every Mon­day I logged in to check my appli­ca­tion sta­tus. And every week, I sighted because the sta­tus invari­ably showed as “in process”.
One day, I read the magic words: “deci­sion made”.
So, immigration-wise, what changed since 2005?

Useful Links For Immigration (10/10)

July 6, 2009 – 11:45 am | 7 Comments | 2,912 Read this
Useful Links For Immigration (10/10)

This is the last and 10th post of the How To…Immigrate To Canada series. I’d like to give you a list of use­ful links about immi­grat­ing to Canada: offi­cial web­sites, per­sonal blogs, forums etc.

First Steps As A Permanent Resident (9/10)

June 27, 2009 – 11:51 am | 25 Comments | 6,220 Read this
First Steps As A Permanent Resident (9/10)

After you become a landed immi­grant, you must apply for three very impor­tant pieces of IDs: a per­ma­nent res­i­dent card, a SIN card and a health card.

10 Common Immigration Questions (8/10)

June 20, 2009 – 12:19 pm | 31 Comments | 5,956 Read this
10 Common Immigration Questions (8/10)

Here are the answers to the ten most com­mon immi­gra­tion questions.

Arriving In Canada With The Permanent Residence (7/10)

June 13, 2009 – 5:44 pm | 187 Comments | 38,763 Read this
Arriving In Canada With The Permanent Residence (7/10)

So, you received the great news: “deci­sion made”, you have just obtained the per­ma­nent res­i­dence in Canada! What’s next now?

How Long Does The Immigration Process Take? (6/10)

June 6, 2009 – 1:31 pm | 61 Comments | 24,942 Read this
How Long Does The Immigration Process Take? (6/10)

Immigration’s appli­cants main con­cern is often on how long the whole process takes. Unfor­tu­nately, there is no rule and no one can know for sure. How­ever, there are some tricks to make sure your appli­ca­tion is processed as fast as it can be!