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Old February 3rd 05, 10:14 PM
Ignasi Palou-Rivera
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"Daniel J. Stern" > writes:
> Few things bug me more these days than hearing Americans say "Y'know, I
> think I'll pick up and move to Canada", as though it were as simple as
> moving from Philadelphia to Denver. Y'know all that crapola you hear on
> both sides of the border about it being "porous"? It's not true. Assuming
> you qualify for immigration, it takes about one US Presidential term to
> become a Canadian citizen *IF* everything goes quickly for you. I'm
> working on year 2 of waiting for Canadian Permanent Residence (like a US
> Green Card). It is NOT a fast, easy, inexpensive or surefire deal.


That's also one of my pet peeves both about Amwericans moving to
Canada and to Europe. The US is not the only place with restrictive
immigration controls and big bureaucratic messes.

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