Immigration Forum / Canada / December 2003

If someone leaves the place of birth column blank on their passport, would
they run into issues travelling to the states? Thanks for your insight.

I have got Permanent Residence for Canada. In my application I had
written the place of landing Torranto, Ontario. Can I land in
different city when I go to Canada ? or I have to inform to Canadain
Embassy for change of place. Please advice me.

I will be happy if someone can help me with this issue.
I have about 3 years experiecne as electronic technician, and 3 years
of experience as a software engineer.
My questions are:

Can I apply for Federal and Quebec immigrations, or only one.  I would
like to apply for the Federal now (as the processing time is long) and
after 6 months apply for Quebec (after I take the French test).  But
in case I dont get a good score in the French test, federal

OK, so you either have the (non-borrowed) money or you don't.  Of course, I
imagine that the CIC would look more favorably on money that was earned over
a long period than on some sudden big amount in the bank.
Has anyone experienced or does anyone know if the CIC raises an eyebrow ...

I got my mdeicals done in Nov2003 (in Chicago).  Where can I call in canada
to check if they have received my medicals or not??? A phone number would be
a great help.
btw, my ECAS says nothing yet about it!!!!

I had a visa rejected last semester (because the visa officer thought
I wont return at the end of my master's program) to a university in
British Columbia.
If I apply for a master's program in Quebec and get a provincial

I have a work permit issued under Facilitated Processing for IT
Professionals program by the consulate in NYC. (I'm a US citizen)
It was only good for one year and a few more days, and I was wondering
where I can renew this work permit. Can I do it through Vegreville so

Dear All, I'm going to land in Canada for a couple of days in Jan and
then come back to the US to fulfill my commitments and then eventually
move to Canada permanently by June 04. As I understand, PR Card
application is part of the landing process BUT I don't have to apply

Hi, Jim and other specialists:
I leave canada temporarily, I will return canada later.So I have no
thses docus to prove my current status in canada, Can I still help my
brother on his application? If I can, can I provide those former docus?

If I want to enter New York from Toronto, do I need any kind
of USA visa? If I have only PR card then is there difference?

Hi,all:
Merry Xmas firstly!
My brother is applying for the canadian immigation. The relationship
between us can give him 5 points, but the embassy asked for the proof of

now even the canadian officials admit terrorist cells are rampant in weak
canada
U.S. and Canadian officials say al Qaeda terrorist cells operating just
north of the United States are standing by ready to direct devastating

Happy New Year Everybody,
Does anyone know the names of any banks that has branches here in the US and in
Canada? If so, it may be simple to transfer money from the bank here in the US
to its branch in Canada and then get a statement from the Canadian bank to show

The Service Standards of the RPC in Buffalo state "The RPC will advise
you of the assessment of your application within 20 weeks from the
Acknowledgement of Receipt letter." The application with the ROLF was
submitted in April 2002. The AOR letter was received in August 2002.