Immigration Forum / Canada / March 2004

I applied for permanent residence and I am waiting the forms for the
medicals in some weeks. Anyone knows if there is a delay or any other
trouble if my wife is pregnant?
Please let me know.

I have created a timeline website where people who have applied for
canadian immigration visas can record events during their application
processing to share with others - this way everyone forms better
expectations of how long the wait is and how long it takes to get to

I´ve submitted application for sposnoring my mom and brother more than
a year ago. My brother then was 20 years old - he was considered as
dependent child. Case was processed in Mississauga at june 2003 - he
was 21.Right now he becomes 22 years old and my question : if

To sponsor family member, there is talk of "Canadian income"
How do we define that:
1) Income declared on Canadian Income tax returns ?
2) Income from a Canadian source (job/interest/business etc)

I submitted my citizenship application documents in October 2003, my
receipt date is November 2003. I check the CIC website, it says they
started to process my application February 12, 2004, but so far, I still
did not hear from CIC, is this normal? If you have the same situation,

Can someone, applying under caregiver program,submit the documents
outside her country of residence? Or is there a specific post where
someone can apply..cic's area of responsibility like in Manila.

Hi, expert,
I got an update request from the visa office, to let me provide an updated
application form, and there is a notice said "for your spouse" beside. I
want to know what this means?

I recently completed a fact-finding trip and hooked on
moving to Canada. This forum is excellent but as there's so much
information and abbreviations, it's difficult to filter out what I need
to know.

Has anyone had a recent experience of processing time for a
work permit application going through London?  Their website suggests an
average processing time of ten days. I'm on day 13 and nothing so far.
Just curious if they are currently working close to their average time

About 4 yrs ago, I applied for the immi, and now I got the interview waved
and Medical examination notice. Together with a requirement for an update of
my Application Form.
My problem is,I cannt remember exactly how I input the working information 4

Given a Canadian citizen living in the US for 15 years or so on green-card
status who is found to be guilty of embezzlement and fraud, and also under
criminal investigation by the IRS for non-payment of taxes, is this person
likely to be deported at any time during or following ...

My saving bank account has an option which allow me to froze part of my
money in special sub account for example six months or one year. Of
course this special sub account has bigger interest rate.
The question is: can I supply bank statement from this kind of account?

I have a question in regards to someone who holds a Canadian PR visa, and
travels to other country.
From what I was told by a friend of mine, even as a Canadian PR, the person
who travels around still is charged (in terms of visa fees) according to the

When we (hopefully) manage to move from UK to Canada we'll be
selling our house and using the funds to buy a house in Canada. The
currency exchange rates are fairly good at the moment but appear to be
on a downward slide, which is making us nervous!

Please, I need the answer to this question as soon as possible! I am
going to New York to get the POVL and then go to Canada to land. The
question is - where can I land? Is it absolutely necessary to fly from
NYC to Toronto or Ottawa, etc., or I can rent a car and cross the border