Last week Ottawa had its coldest day in eight years: the wind chill surpassed the mark of 40 below zero. For us that came to Canada in 2005, was then our coldest winter day of a lifetime! Just during the  weekend we had a bit more normal temperatures for the time. What they call “normal”? ... [Read more]

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It looks like this blog is growing at a very slow but steady pace. The first indication is the subscribers count, the next one are visitors but the most noticeable one are emails in my inbox. I’m receiving emails from may countries around the world written by people from Africa, South East Asia and some ... [Read more]

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When we decided to immigrate our first options were Australia and New Zealand. It was the year 99 or 2000 and I remember going to a conference organized by an Immigration Consultant office in a Hotel in Buenos Aires. It was a Saturday morning and the room was almost packed. It was the typical PowerPoint ... [Read more]

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Hello and Happy new Year! We are back and also is CIC. Yesterday the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Mr. Jason Kenney announced that this new program (that we told you about a few days ago) has officially started accepting applications. That same day, we also found ourselves with many questions about the program. Now ... [Read more]

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Happy Holidays and See You Next Year

Writing in English is a terrible challenge for me. It takes me a lot of work translate with my ides with the same sentiment from Los Ziegler to The Zieglers. Sometimes, I just give up and move on leaving this small community without some information and thoughts I’d have liked to share. Nevertheless, this blog ... [Read more]

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Finally, Minister Jason Kenney announced today the new FSW program that has been on hold for so many months. In a News Release published today, Citizen and Immigration Canada announced that next May 4th, 2013 the new selection system for the FSW Program will take effect. Let’s take a quick look at these news…

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If you decided that you can handle the immigration process on your own and that you don;t need any help from any Immigration practitioner (which is fine), you may want to  read some books that can help you get ready. And if you are using a Consultant, you can also read them. They are about immigration, life, ... [Read more]

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