Immigration Forum / Canada / October 2006

I am egyptian living at saudi arabia
I was compiling my own information and trying to submit the Canadian
immigration application myself.
But I have heard that the work experience must be related to one's

Dear Canadians and Canada connoisseurs,
I'm working as an business analyst with big programming and customizing
knowlege of world most common business software. I heared you need a
university degree if you want to migrate to Canada. I think it is

I am PR of Canada but staying in US and intend to move Canada once my
wife gets her visitor visa. To my surprise when she applied for her
'visitor visa' her application was refused on the ground that she "will
not go out of Canada".

I recently moved to Canada as a PR. I am married and have a daughter. I
started working in May, and my income so far has been only about
$30,000 for 2006, although my annual salary is $60,000.
When should I apply for sponsoring my parents? Should I do it right now

Hello Friends,
My wife applied for PR under the Live-in Caregiver in Canada 3 years
ago. I was in Canada at the time but i came to get processed in India.
The problem is that its 3 years now since we have applied and been

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Richard Kerbaj
October 26, 2006

I am a US Citizen and my wife was a Canadian PR (not a citizen) when we
married.  She had been a PR for a little over a year when I sponsored
her to come to the US, and she has been here for a little less than two
years.

Hi, I wrote the citizenship test on September 21, 2006 at Scarborough
office. I was hoping to
receive the notice for the oath soon. So far I did not hear anything
yet. How long does it take between the test and the ceremony in

We are in England.   After waiting a long long time our son has now
received permission to sponsor us and we have sent off the formal
application.   Does anyone have any idea how long it will take now that
we have actually got started on the process.

My online application for permanent residence has said "decision made
for the last two weeks..can any one give me a rough waiting time until
I get a letter with my final result( they have my medical and polic
checks)...Am going crazy waiting, and of course they wont tell m

I took the citizenship test in the last week of September.  How long
will I have to wait before I hear the result?  How soon after this will
the acceptance ceremony be?  And is it necessary to attend the
ceremony.

Hi everybody..
Iam going to canada tommorow as PR (family class), How much money
should i carry ?  Does it need any endorsement ? How will be interview
with the immigration officer at port of entry ? Any suggestions are

My mother in law is visiting us in Canada. She came on December 24th
2005 and we already extended her visitor status once in June. Now her
status expires on December 24th 2006 and we are applying for another
extension.

I'm a Canadian Citizen working in US for the last 8 years under H1B. I
married my wife (Colombian Citizen, now has H4) 6 years ago and we have
2 US born kids.
We are planning to move back to Canada and would like to know what kind

I am a Tanzanian citizen currently studying on a students visa here i
Canada - its been 3 years now. I am planning to do 1 year of internshi
before i graduate with my Canadian degree in the next 2 years.
I want to live here after I graduate.