So much has happened since my last post. We are still waiting on our medical requests which seem to be taking forever. I emailed the Canadian High Commission to ask if I needed to send in updated passports or to just wait and see if our documents were successful. They emailed the next day (mega quick!!) to say no updates were needed and that our file would shortly be reviewed by an immigration officer....at least they know we exist!!
In the meantime we decided that we could still move in July as planned. Canada will allow us in for 6 months provided we have a return flight and we could still ship the furniture over and pay the import duty. The school would allow the youngest to attend provided we got PR within the year. My pal Amanda did this so I know its doable. So all that we needed was somewhere to live......
So within 2 weeks we put offers on 2 houses mainly to test the market. Our realtor has been great, he's videoed the houses and already knew exactly what we were looking for. Obviously I wouldn't recommended buying without viewing but hey needs must! The third has ticked every box although we are well overlooked at the back. Managed to get $10,000 off the asking price, all appliances in and a closing date of July 6th. Home inspection was very good and the vendors agreed to his only condition which was to have the furnace serviced as the small fan was noisy. So with finances in place and a lawyer contacted it was all done and dusted within a week!!!!
We also got 3 quotes for removals and had a letting agent round for the UK house as we've decided not to sell for a couple of years until the market picks up.
So after getting very stressed out about the lack of a medical request we are ok now and will definitely move out on July 4th!!!!!
2 years ago
