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Customs Duties on Shipping Items to Canada
While tax treaties around the world, like NAFTA, are aimed at eliminating tariffs and duties on goods shipped across international boundaries, the world still has a way to go. There is often a tax or duty that you must pay before Canada Post, or your shipping company, will release the package sent to you from…
Top 10 Reasons to Immigrate to Vancouver
The popularity of cities and regions ebb and flow, and right now, there are few places hotter in North America than the Pacific Northwest. Even more than 20 years after the latest boom, the region remains one of the wealthiest, most cultured, and most diverse areas on the continent. All of this and more makes…
Top 10 Reasons to Emigrate
Travel is easier than ever before and so more and more people are living where they were not born. Why is that? This article will discuss some major reasons. So—allons-y!—here we go, counting down the Top 10 reasons to give in to that impulse for adventure immigrate to another country.
The Top 7 Places for Greeks to live in Canada
Greeks are some of this world’s most “spoiled” people, living in a place of extreme and diverse beauty, enjoying delicious seafood treats while their bodies get pleasantly heated from the warmth of the Greek sun. It’s quite difficult for a Greek to leave this way of life and migrate to Northern countries such as Canada…
More Dying Towns Smart Immigrants Should Avoid. Or should they?
Last year we wrote an article highlighting a bunch of declining Canadian towns that we felt immigrants should avoid. Last year’s article took into account the ten municipalities or towns with the worst population decline between the 2006 census and the 2011 census, as well as unemployment rates, location and salary growth (or lack thereof)….
FAST Card for Commercial Drivers
Get Your FAST Card Now The FAST card (Free and Secure Trade) is an identification card which allows truck drivers to cross the US-Canada or US-Mexico border in their commercial vehicle more quickly and with less hassle. This is because all FAST card holders are first pre-screened with thorough background checks and are then interviewed…
Buy Your Passport, Buy Your Citizenship
People often see immigration to Canada and other parts of the world as a way of pursuing new opportunities, obtaining valuable experience or simply being with their loved ones. Some governments have taken to selling visas and citizenship as a way of doing business. Let’s look at what that costs are in different countries around…
Marrying and Sponsoring a Jordanian Citizen
Marriage to a Jordanian Citizen Every country has laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Jordanian citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps. You must demonstrate to Jordanian officials that they are not currently…
Marrying and Sponsoring a Jamaican Citizen
Marriage to a Jamaican Citizen Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Jamaican citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps. To learn more about marrying in Jamaica, contact the…
