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Introduce yourself

Hi, I’m Vik and I recently moved from an H1B in Silicon Valley to a PR in Toronto. I love California and my life there but I decided to prioritize being free over all else. I initially didn’t know much about Toronto or Canadian PR so I had to do a ton of research. It did help that I had friends who had moved there but Canada does a bad job of marketing itself. We have now lived here for close to a year and love our life in Toronto. We even have friends who have also moved here from places like …

List of abbreviations related to the Canadian Immigration process

PR - Permanent Residency (Equal to the US Greencard) EE - Express Entry (Canadian Skill Immigrant PR process) FSW - Federal Skilled Worker Prog (One of the 3 sub-categories of EE) CRS - Comprehensive Ranking System (Points your ITA is based on) ITA - Invitations to Apply (You made the CRS cutoff you can now submit your PR application) COE - Confirmation of Permanent Residence (Letter confirming PR. Important keep safe) PRTD - Permanent Resident Travel Document (Alternative to PR Card. Eg…

Role and responsibilities we must include in experience letter for NOC : 2173 (Software Engineer)

Hi, I drafted below points in my work experience letter. • Involve in all phases of the application development from requirements analysis, design, development, and testing of the application and employed several design patters. • Design and develop webservices using xxxx. • Developed responsive web based portal using xxx • Written and modified existing stored procedures to handle business functionality. • Perform UAT testing with the client. • Resolve bugs reported by testing team. • Us…

IELTS Preparation

Any pointers for practicing for IELTS, planning to give it within a month, so need to start preparation and appear soon

Education Assessment

So for BTech, the envelope sould have - Colored copy of all Semester marksheets - Registrar needs to Stamp and sign on each copy [8 Pages] Colored Copy of Degree - Registrar needs to Stamp and sign on each copy [1 Page] Request Form - signed by both candidate and registrar [2 Pages] My college had CGPA, do we need a conversion to percentage and would the registrar need to sign the conversion? Then Registrar Folds and Puts 11 Pages + (1 Page in case 4 is answered yes) in an Envelope and seal a…

WES evaluation timeline and document submission details

Once I send my documents to WES, how long does it take to receive the evaluation? Also, is it possible to start creating the Express Entry profile while WES is still processing the documents?

FBI EDO is Here! - Fast Online USA Police Clearance

Finally FBI launched the facility for electronic processing of Identity History Summary Checks. I literally submitted my Finger print card by express mail this Tuesday, and got the PDF yesterday. The mail-based system’s turnaround time is still 14-16 weeks! EDO is 48 hrs. Sign up with email Pay Online with credit-card or paypal Submit Fingerprint card via mail You get Email Update on Receipt and Processing Follow the link here: https://www.edo.cjis.gov/#/

I got my invitation to apply for PR (ITA)

Thanks. Yes. Got ITA today.

Express Entry or PNP for better chance - CRS less than 400

Hello all, Just to brief my background: Age: 36 Bachelors in Engineering (India) - completed in 2002 Overall Software development and Architect experience - 15 years (10 years in USA, 5 years in India) Green Card priority date in the USA - Nov 2010 My husband has exact same experience as above, but I’m into technologies like - JAVA / AWS / Salesforce. My husband works on BI Data Analytics. Both of our jobs are pretty stable and long term. The only problem is with H1B. We are tired of wai…

Experience Letter - Indian IT Consulting Companies

I work for an Indian IT Company, my question is how do I get detailed experience letter from my current employer, wont I be asked why and wont mentioning PR affect the current Job prospects

Post ITA Document List - Thanks to @mrandmrs

Got Your ITA - A list of documents that you will now have to submit

Hi, I got my ITA and I am in the process of submitting my documents. I figured I’d post the basic list of documents which CIC asks for. You might need different documents from these based on what you have filled in your EE profile. This list shows up for me when I try to submit my ITA application. Hopefully this will help you in gathering your documents well in advance. 1. Document: Marriage License/Certificate If you were married in Canada: You must have a marriage certificate…

Proof of Funds - As summarised by @vignesh.pr

Proof of funds for Express Entry

I had a chance to read through this full thread. I noticed some repetitive questions. So I’ve put together this response that will hopefully answer most of your questions. Note: This is based on my experience, and what I did as part of my application. Funds Overview: You are required to show liquid funds that you have access to as any given time. This would generally mean bank balance. You can however, support the liquid funds with additional stocks / bonds etc, however it is safe to ensur…

A generic question that covers a lot of interesting information

Express Entry application timeline and CRS related questions

Hello Guys, Excited to join this community. I am living in the US for past 10 years.Came for masters and now working as construction engineer for 7 years. I am on H1B visa with approved I-140 and officially on the perpetual wait list for the mystical green card. My wife is on H1B as well. My family situation back in India and the insecurities of H1B visa has brought us to consider immigrating to Canada. A little background information about us Myself(Principal Applicant): Age: Turning 34 in…

@avj’s post about the actual move from US to Canada and things to do:

Actually Moving to Canada: My Experience and Things you need to do

Disclaimers: This post is going to be longer than usual but should give you a good idea of what it is like actually moving to Canada, logistics-wise. This post is mainly relevant to those moving from USA to Canada. I am not endorsing any company or brand, but simply stating my experience with them. Please assume US $ vs Canadian $'s depending on context I will keep editing this post in future for clarity, if I remember anything more, or to add screenshots of documents etc. Let me start off by…

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