Thais to Canada

[MarcTwoSix]

Holy crap

Thailand was recently added to a list of countries that are visa free to enter Canada

To qualify you needed to have visited Canada on a visa in the last 10 years


Well I applied for my MIL tonight
The form took less than 5 mins to fill out
It was 7cad

And she was approved within 5mins

Now she has an eTA good for 5 years
She can come and go as she pleases to Canada for temporary visits


That's amazing

 

[kaptainrob]

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Now she has an eTA good for 5 years
She can come and go as she pleases to Canada for temporary visits


That's amazing

More countries should adopt that initiative.

 

[Bacon]

My mother in law can come and go as she pleases, that is amazing.

First man to ever say that? Perhapse... perhapse..

 

[OZZYGUY]

Australia needs this, our visa system is a total nightmare.

 

[Nomad]

Australia needs this, our visa system is a total nightmare.

Was looking at this today. A$190 plus GFS fees for biometric data, plus a ton of paper work.

 

[OZZYGUY]

Was looking at this today. A$190 plus GFS fees for biometric data, plus a ton of paper work.

For the people that come in on work visa it is upward of 15k and 12 months processing. They say we have a staff shortage and trying to fix it, total BS

 

[MarcTwoSix]

My mother in law can come and go as she pleases, that is amazing.

First man to ever say that? Perhapse... perhapse..

Ha
I'm truly lucky
I love my MIL
Now this will be 6 months

The longest she has stayed is 2 months
But I won't have an issue

I like the whole family

In December I have to go to Thailand to pick her up
And I will rent a villa for a few days and have them all down in Hua Hin

My wife will be back in Canada

 

[MarcTwoSix]

For the people that come in on work visa it is upward of 15k and 12 months processing. They say we have a staff shortage and trying to fix it, total BS

That's crazy

For our PR application for 3 of us it is $2400cad and about 6 months

 

[MarcTwoSix]

Was looking at this today. A$190 plus GFS fees for biometric data, plus a ton of paper work.

Our PR was a lot of paperwork
I probably could have done it myself but ended up overpaying a lawyer

Definitely not worth the 12k
I have had to point out laws to him a few times

But the paperwork kid on our case was superb

 

[Nomad]

$190 is for the tourist visa. Permanent residency is ~ $5k.

 

[OZZYGUY]

$190 is for the tourist visa. Permanent residency is ~ $5k.

And partner visa $7500, + about $3,000 a kid, it adds up who the hell said it was a god idea to import a wife.......55

 

[MarcTwoSix]

And partner visa $7500, + about $3,000 a kid, it adds up who the hell said it was a god idea to import a wife.......55

For our PR
Kid was only 220
Ao and I were 1100 each

 

[OZZYGUY]

For our PR
Kid was only 220
Ao and I were 1100 each

Like I said Australia needs a revamp.

In my work in doing its a nightmare with work visas and I have spent over 1.4m on visas the last 9 months.