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So here is our situation

My husband and I want to move our family to Texas ..... yes mostly for weather lol .... we have 4 children. 3 of them are ours together the oldest is 13 and is mine from a previous relationship who I have sole custody and gaurdianship and right to refuse visitation from his biological father who we have no contact with. My fater in law lives in the US with ...

Hi - considering an option to join as a managing partner for a US based consulting firm. Live in Canada, some work may be here in Canada, but will also be in the US and overseas consulting as well. I will be doing billable and non-billable work in these various countries. I am not sure what the best means to proceed with regards to taxation. Should I setup a company here in Canada and bill ...

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department ... ew-cit.asp

CIC has announced a new citizenship certificate will now be issued instead of the citzienship card.

The cards remain valid. the new larger cert will not have a photo.

There is no need to replace any current, valid cards.

I really enjoy the service of this certain plumbing company in Sydney http://www.mariosplumbing.com.au/. A week ago, I seek for some help to remodel my bathroom and glad to have them!

Hi. I'm a Canadian who has been living in the UK for 15 years and married to a UK national and should have sorted this out by now but I have two boys age 9 and 11 who do not yet have Canadian passports. Every time I look into it I get very bogged down--as one boy was born in UK and the other in Australia. Does anyone know the best steps to take? I ...

I am a Canadian working remotely from my home in Ontario for a US company. The company has Canadian locations and therefore I am currently tied to one of their Canadian office as far as payroll goes. Right now all is simple with taxes and reporting home office expenses, etc. Since I work in technology and can work from anywhere with a good internet connection, and I and my wife are now empty nesters, we ...

Hello everyone...

I receive news emails from the UKBA, and in one of their latest ones was a headline about having to prepay the postage online when you make a visa application. Does anyone know anything more about this? They were quite vague and I want to avoid getting into a muddle when my fiance and I apply for our next visa (me to join him in England as his wife)... Anyway, I'm curious, and ...

Hi,

I am planning on traveling to the U.S. to do research for a book I am going to write. How long can I stay for at a time? Is it six months? And then I have to return to Canada for six months before I go back down again? I plan on renting a condo there and paying cash. I will keep all my Canadian bank accounts and Canadian house.

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CANADIAN FRANCOPHONE FAMILIES WANTED FOR NEW DOCUMENTARY TV SERIES

February 6, 2010 -- For a new documentary TV series, Espace Franco Images is looking for Canadian francophone families who are currently preparing to leave the country to live abroad for a period of one year or more.

Eligible families must:

- Be ready to appear as subjects of a 60-minute TV documentary program;
- Include one or two parents;
- Include at least one child; ...

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/articles/20111110.aspx?lang=eng

Wow, shocker.

So originally they were supposed to be out Q4 2011, then it was "sometime in 2012", now it's Q1 2013.

My submission to them during the consultation was that there should only be ten-year passports, the only reason I can see to keep issuing five-year passports is to keep the union happy. Like it says, it will cost less per year to get a ten-year passport.