Pink Rash On Shoulders

About the first tasks

Ok, came to Canada, which is the first thing to do?

first thing to do is get your Social Security Number, Social Insurance Number (SIN) in English and of Assurance Sociale Numéro (NAS) in French. This is obtained from the Federal Government, Office of Human Resources and Social Development (http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca). We need a destination address for sending the card, if you do not have permanent residence I recommend you give someone the confidence while definitively established.

Once done so, immediately after, if possible, be recorded in the medical assistance program of his province of choice in the case of Quebec is the Assurance Maladie (http://www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/) for the other provinces do not, so if you is that they should register as soon as possible and there is a time delay between the moment you enter and when you start to be covered, and is so in almost all provinces except Alberta and another that escapes me right now, but at least in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia that time is waiting there. In Quebec, the waiting time is 3 months, which is advisable to have private insurance.

OK, they have their INS and applied for maladie (or medicare if they are where Anglophones), it's time to go to service to help immigrants. I'll talk about the case of Quebec which is what I know. The Ministre de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC, http://www.micc.gouv.qc.ca) is the place where he should go, they have several sites in the city to which they can go. If you came to Canada from any airport in Quebec and had a first contact with them, if they came through Toronto like me, this will be the first to have. Here I will make appointments for the various courses of cultural adaptation, we recommend that you go they are pretty good. They also will give information on how to apply for French courses given by the state, which, if done full time, pay about $ 125 per week, something good for savings do not eat very quickly.

After these two steps the following is the employment agency in the province, Emploi Québec (http://emploiquebec.net), there are going to make a record and will help them find work if they are university graduates most likely is that referring to an NGO to help them in this task, my friends recommended me several L'Hirondelle (http://www.hirondelle.qc.ca), so I asked them to send me there. It is important to this proceeding fast, because once you're officially looking for work, and if they fail in three months they begin to collect the lockout which is $ 500 per month.

It's good to take the courses they offer on how to make the curriculum, it helps to understand how they are looking for work in these latitudes. These are offered at various sites, their NGOs, Emploi Québec, support centers for youth, their neighborhood library, etc.

Well, these are the three most important things to do. Try to make fast, the first week after Take care of the rest. À bientôt!

Sore Throat And Old House

Back in Canada I have already

Well, come here on November 12, just a week ago I have already fixed apartment, computer and reliable Internet connection.

All right, Montreal is a big city, which to some extent, even though everything is new, very familiar to me and I feel so strange. I'm living with two friends, Rafael and Paola (see the link to the blog Ralphmaster which is in the sidebar), and the three rented an apartment and share expenses.

The city is nice, especially at night. French is quite characteristic accent which I'm slowly getting used to at first but it was hard enough getting used to me ear. It's very cosmopolitan city, you can ride on the public transport system (which incidentally, is excellent) and hear about 8 languages \u200b\u200bbefore arriving at your destination.

Everywhere, including areas residential, is common to find bars, restaurants and other establishments where you serve, "serveuse Sexy." They are naked gals in thongs or bring you food on the table, it is because I have said it, not because it has entered ... seriously. I say that these sites are frequented mostly by old people, because the food is quite expensive, for that service. The strange thing is that nobody is shocked, I'm talking about that you can see even in residential areas, next to your house, I do not see a gringo supporting your 8 year old son see it every day when going to school . Montrealers quite liberal.

Another thing I saw in Venezuela, with the collective paranoia that exists there was a 10-year Chamito going alone on the subway, and who knows how many buses to their school. And that people leave the doors of your home if it is really key. These details only do that for me, worth coming here.

The other day, for example, I will spend an avenue of rapid movement, with widely spaced traffic lights, by a point on which there is a scratch but there is no traffic light. Seeing a car coming through that avenue as I stand in the hatch, on the edge of the sidewalk waiting to happen ... and the car slows. I'm half bewildered and not until a second car coming the other channel and also slows me realize that they are slowing down for me to pass.

These are the things that are worthwhile. If you like rumba on Fridays and Saturdays, eating out at an expensive restaurant 6.7 times per month, go to the movies every Sunday and roulette in the car with no destination, stay in Venezuela, because it is very expensive here (oh, and if they are chavistas Stay there too, because that is going to come ...). If you like the security and peace, good educational institutions for their children, pay high taxes to be paid to see high quality of service by the government and do not mind enduring cold, Canada is a good country to live.