How's that for an exchange rate?
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inulroWhen I bought our Westjet flights, by the time taxes were added, it looked like a lot of money.
I got the credit card bill today - I purchased the flights on a good exchange rate day - I got 2.37, which means $233 (CDN) of flights came to the princely sum of £98. Of which, Jason owes me half.
If these exchange rates persist, my intention to Not Shop this time round may go by the wayside, despite the needing to save scenario.
In the "overcoming my fear of beaurocracy" department, I finally downloaded the "Information on Sponsoring your Family Member" document from the Immigration Canada website today. I then sent the High Commission a two-page fax raising the points I couldn't find answers to. Part of the problem was that some of the new forms aren't on the website yet, most notably the one that states how much money you need behind you to go straight in without a job offer. There's one for Quebec (which has different immigration rules to the rest of Canada), for which the amount of savings & income you need to establish seem really low (I thought those were pounds for a minute), but IIRC the cost of living is lower in Quebec because of all that rent control. Another part of the problem is that a great deal of it relates to sponsoring your dependent children, your partner's dependent children, your parents, your budgie, etc. and thus a lot of it doesn't apply in my situation.
Immigration Canada also want theirbribefee in Canadian dollars. If the exchange rate holds, this will be a lot less painful than anticipated.
So, um, I'm running out of excuses for not updating my CV and contacting selected TO hospitals about employment possibilities.
I got the credit card bill today - I purchased the flights on a good exchange rate day - I got 2.37, which means $233 (CDN) of flights came to the princely sum of £98. Of which, Jason owes me half.
If these exchange rates persist, my intention to Not Shop this time round may go by the wayside, despite the needing to save scenario.
In the "overcoming my fear of beaurocracy" department, I finally downloaded the "Information on Sponsoring your Family Member" document from the Immigration Canada website today. I then sent the High Commission a two-page fax raising the points I couldn't find answers to. Part of the problem was that some of the new forms aren't on the website yet, most notably the one that states how much money you need behind you to go straight in without a job offer. There's one for Quebec (which has different immigration rules to the rest of Canada), for which the amount of savings & income you need to establish seem really low (I thought those were pounds for a minute), but IIRC the cost of living is lower in Quebec because of all that rent control. Another part of the problem is that a great deal of it relates to sponsoring your dependent children, your partner's dependent children, your parents, your budgie, etc. and thus a lot of it doesn't apply in my situation.
Immigration Canada also want their
So, um, I'm running out of excuses for not updating my CV and contacting selected TO hospitals about employment possibilities.
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Date: 2004-04-28 12:51 am (UTC)Compared to where I am now, it's cheap. Compared to the cost of living there in the late 80s, it's still cheap.
Sadly, compared to the ultra-cheap rent I paid when I last lived there (just dumb luck), it's going to be expensive.
I wasn't going to ship any of my furniture, because it's all crap anyway, but I'm considering buying a few essentials (like a mattress and kitchen stuff) with my sterling this trip if the exchange rate remains good enough and I can find a place to store it.