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.

Weekly Georgia Unemployment Certification

I'm on 12 November, Air Canada. It is the cheapest option but it was the only one who could take, since the other options are American Airlines and Delta, and I have the American visa.

flights of U.S. airlines stopover in that country, either in Miami, Atlanta or New York, and is that flights are going to Canada are considered domestic flights, ie a stopover in Canada have to enter the country, while Air Canada will live there Caracas-Toronto and Montreal do scale.

The flight leaves at 8:25 Maiquetía airport at 13:10 and arrives in Toronto. You have to be with 3 hours in advance at the airport in Maiquetía to confirm the flight, so it is best sleep in a hotel nearby, because from where I live Maiquetía are 3-hour trip, and arriving the day before, avoid a any "surprise" that may arise.

Then comes the transfer from Toronto to Montreal, the flight leaves at 15:00 and arrives at 16:10. In total, 8 hours and 45 minutes from Caracas to Montreal, a few exist to solve Sudoku, as you asked day window to entertain the eye.

In the economic class can take 2 bags of 23kg each in the baggage compartment, being able to exceed one to 32Kg per bag, in which case they will pay overweight. These and other considerations about the luggage can be seen here: http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelinfo/airport/baggage/index.html

Another thing, do not forget the people who are traveling from Venezuela who should have the vaccine for measles, rubella and yellow fever to leave the country.

Make A Boat To Hold Pennies

passage Internationalization of Documents

Almost 4 months without writing, I have to put something on this blog before I go all the short, but excellent public who wishes to visit.

not think that I have pulled back, on the contrary, only have been some personal situations that have delayed my departure. I have a deadline of November 15 and this week or next, I'll buy the ticket, which incidentally has to be with Air Canada, and that I have a U.S. visa and I can not take any flight that stops over in that country.

I thought today I have not talked about the internationalization of documents, and this a very important step in any immigration process, especially if one wants to study or be recognized by one of the provincial professional bodies in Canada (in my case the association of engineers). We have a series of papers attest that we have reached a series of goals, this paper has the backing of certain authorities in our country, in my case Venezuela. The documents had to internationalize are: Birth

• Bachelor Degree Bachelor
University
• ratings
• Listed
Promotion Studies
• Pensum

Internationalizing means that the country of destination, in this case Canada, recognize these documents as valid, which makes through its consulates country of origin. The only authority that Canada recognizes as valid is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so documents must be endorsed by this ministry.

If the birth certificate the internationalization process is as follows:

• issues the birth certificate by the prefectural place of birth.
• It takes the game to the principal notary of the area where the prefecture, where the notary certifies that the signature on that document is that of the notary. This, like all other subsequent certifications are attaching a beating on this page and a number of tax stamps.
• then takes the game to the Ministry of the Interior, Office in which the minister or someone he has appointed to these proceedings, recognizes that the signature appearing in the Annex is the notary in the area.
• then takes the game with its two annexes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, here the minister, or whom it has designated, recognized the previous signature as a valid signature from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
• is finally carried the game with its three annexes to the consular office in Canada, which is in the same Embassy and serves every morning from Monday to Friday until 1 pm.

In the case of university documents, all must be signed by the Rector of the University, then take the papers to the Ministry of Education and from there take the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and finally to the consular services office.

The Bachelor Degree must be Educational Zone, then Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Office consular services.

All of these procedures, except for the consulate, I made a long time, so I do not remember the amounts to be canceled, is that each involves having to purchase tax stamps and pay something in the office on duty. In the consulate must be canceled Bs 94000 per document, in cash or cashier's checks, and can be canceled at the time of removing the documents.

processing time in the consular services office is two days, and is a procedure that is done very easily, not to mention how complicated it can be for you to go to Caracas. On the other hand, the procedures in the ministries can be slow and cumbersome, so I think the best option is achieved a manager you trust to make them, which is not only more comfortable but faster, since they have contacts in the ministries that streamline the paperwork. For these steps managers should not charge much more than Bs 100000 per document.

Finally, here included a flow chart of the sites where they take their documents, to organize time and not have to go more than once to each of the sites:

 from titles of papers baccalaureate Nativity  Rector  question is finished arranging my affairs here in Venezuela. I really have very little to do: Ending 

students (I teach Instrumentation and Measurement at the University of Carabobo) Sell the car (Nissan Sentra 1999, in case anyone is interested) I must be out

in August, still hot for the transition is not as brutal:) The visa
gave me last Thursday, as you can read in my previous post. I was called at 13:00 but actually let us in at 13:30. Arriving is a queue to enter the embassy and then to enter the collections will deliver orders (passport check management) in that order in a locker. Then I sat in the waiting room, quite nice with a big TV that was tuned to National Geographic (no volume), and stop to talk to other people in the room to exchange experiences.

result of these discussions I learned that in Quebec you can "change" the Venezuelan driver's license for a Canadian, so the same, with no screen or anything. For other provinces see this page:
1. http://www.relocatecanada.com/driverslicence.html

After an hour and a half visa was ready, which is a sticker that you put on the last page passport. Additionally you get a form called confirmation of permanent residence (IMM 1000), which DO NOT COMPLETE OR SIGN OR FOLD, or harm, in fact, I recommend that you take a sheet of cardboard folded in half to keep it safe is rather large to fit on any type of folder that I know. The IMM 1000 must be signed in the presence of an immigration officer at the port of arrival, so far as it should be kept as they are delivered. This form is delivered at port of entry to be changed by the resident card premanente
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it should be reviewed all documentation submitted before leaving the embassy, \u200b\u200bto verify that all the data are correct. And if you can go wrong, a man who was there he wrote as a surname "Clark", when in reality it is his "Strings." When I left he was still there fixing the problem.