April 2010 Visa Bulletin

April 2010 Visa Bulletin is now out! Go ahead, click the link. This isn't April fools' day joke! :-)

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Immigrant Visa Party and Seminar - Aristrocrat Restaurant Manila (April 17)

UPDATE: Change in schedule - Visa Party and Seminar at Aristocrat Restaurant (May 1, 2010)

Did you miss last Saturday's Immigrant Visa Party and Seminar? Here's your chance.



We will have another immigrants visa party this coming May 1, 2010 April 17, 2010 at Aristocrat Restaurant in Manila. During the visa party, we'll be conducting our in-house pre-departure orientation seminar to prepare our clients on their settlement in Canada.



Simultaneously, we will be conducting an information seminar for those who are interested to live and work in Canada! If you want to learn how to immigrate to Canada in just 6-12 months, you may attend this immigrants visa party.

Interested? Click here for online reservation.

Venue will be at Aristocrat Restaurant in Malate Manila. Registration Fee is P500/head inclusive of dinner. Mark your calendar - it's April 17, 2010 May 1, 2010, Saturday, 4pm.

Registration starts at 3:30pm.

See you there!

Immigrants Visa Party and Seminar - Aristocrat Restaurant, Malate Manila (March 27, 2010)

Last month, we at Canadian Immigration Consultancy held an immigrant visa party in Baguio City as a way of celebrating Panagbenga Festival. We will have another immigrants visa party this time in Manila on March 27, 2010, 4pm. During the visa party, we'll be conducting our in-house pre-departure orientation seminar to prepare our clients on their settlement in Canada.

Simultaneously, we will be conducting an information seminar for those who are interested to live and work in Canada! If you want to learn how to immigrate to Canada in just 6-12 months, you may attend this immigrants visa party.

Interested? Click here for online reservation.

Venue will be at Aristocrat Restaurant in Malate Manila. Registration Fee is P500/head inclusive of dinner. Mark your calendar - it's March 27, 2010, Saturday, 4pm.

If you have previously sent your resume and you were assessed to be eligible but can't decide whether to apply or not, you should attend this seminar. Changes in Immigration Priorities, coming soon!

Don't just let this opportunity pass by.

The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny. - Frederick Speakman

Baguio City Immigrant's Party | Celebrating Panagbenga Festival

Canadian Immigration Consultancy - Baguio Office celebrated Panagbenga Festival not by participating in Panagbenga Float Parade. Instead, we held an Immigrant's Party at Hotel Supreme, where some 30 applicants were awarded their visas!



That is the reason why I was in Baguio City last weekend.



Some of the visa grantees took them 5 years to get their visas, while some others took only 5 months. Some made it smoothly but there's this client whose application was initially refused but after we appealed his case, he eventually got the approval.

Most of the visa grantees are Registered Nurses and Physicians who initially thought of trying their luck in the US. There's also a number of College Instructors from different Universities in Baguio City who received the visa.

If, until now, you're still in doubt about the 6-12 months processing for Permanent Resident Visa application, it will be your loss. These applicants will be moving to Canada soon! If you are eligible to apply, start your application NOW! Don't let this opportunity just pass by.

March 2010 Visa Bulletin

March 2010 Visa Bulletin is now out! Visa Bulletin is a monthly newsletter I am sending to my clients to keep them informed of the latest in Canada's Immigration program.

Gateway to Canada now on Skype!

Here's another way to get connected with Canada Visa Application Online Resource.

GatewayToCanada is already on Facebook. Make it your page, too! We're also on Twitter!

Through a Webcall, you can call us for free. The good thing about this webcall is that I don't need to be online. I will receive your calls through our office land lines. That is if I'm in the office. If you will either Thursday or Friday, there is a great chance that I'm in the office.

And now, you can also contact us for free through Skype. Simply add my Skype ID: gatewaytocanada.

Let's get connected!

February 2010 Visa Bulletin

Visa Bulletin is a monthly newsletter I am sending to my clients to keep them informed of the latest in Canada's Immigration program.

February 2010 Visa Bulletin is now out!

And, oh, Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!

Angeles City Seminar - Feb 21, 2010 | Live and Work in Canada!

Please be informed that the Angeles City seminar schedule (originally scheduled on jan 17, 2010) will be postponed to Feb 21, 2010. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you.

If you are interested to attend, you may reserve online.

Angeles City Seminar - January 17, 2010 | Live and Work in Canada!

UPDATE Jan 14, 2010: January 17 seminar is moved to Feb 21, 2010. Same time and venue.
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Interested to live and work in Canada? Find out how!

Attend our information seminar this coming Sunday, January 17, 2010 Feb 21, 2010 from 2pm to 5pm at Century Resort Hotel in Balibago Angeles City, Pampanga. Registration fee is P500 for single and P700 for married.

After the seminar, there will be a one-on-one consultation and evaluation.

If you are seriously considering to live and work in Canada, you should find time to attend this seminar.

Reserve a seat now!

Philippines 2010 Holidays Schedule

For the year 2010, there are about 15 regular holidays and special holidays declared by the Philippine government. But please be informed that our offices are open in most of these holidays except for the following:

January 1, Friday - New Year's Day

April 1 - Maundy Thursday

April 2 - Good Friday

November 1, Monday - All Saints' Day (special non-working day)

December 24, Friday (special non-working day)

December 25, Saturday - Christmas Day

December 31, Friday - Last Day of the Year (special non-working day)

Here's the complete list of Philippines' regular holidays and special holidays for 2010.

January 2010 Visa Bulletin is now out!

Visa Bulletin is a monthly newsletter I am sending to my clients to keep them informed of the latest in Canada's Immigration program.

January 2010 Visa Bulletin is now out!

December 2009 Visa Bulletin is Now Out!

I have just sent the December 2009 Visa Bulletin to my clients, who are applying for Canadian Permanent Resident Visa.

If you are interested for the December 2009 Visa Bulletin, visit www.high-demand-jobs.com for the copy.

Saudi Police Clearance or Certificate

UPDATE: Procedures for Police Clearance for those who left the Kingdom 

Are you being required by the Canadian Visa Office to submit Saudi Police Clearance or Saudi Police Certificate?

Here's how to obtain a Saudi Police Certificate.

If you need a police certificate, your immigration processing office will give you a request letter. If you have any questions about this, please contact your immigration processing office.

If your application is being processed at the Canadian High Commission in London, you are not required to obtain a police certificate until the London visa office sends you a police certificate request letter with instructions on how to apply.

If you are applying at the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE, you should submit the police certificate with your application. You can contact the visa office at fax: (971 2) 694-0396 or e-mail: abu-dhabi-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca Please include your immigration file number if you have one.

For applications being processed at any other office, e-mail: riyadh.visa@international.gc.ca or fax: 966-1-488-9657. Please include the file number, the office where you applied and your mailing address. [Source]

The problem, however, is that Saudi Police Certificates are available only to current legal residents.

How to get a Saudi Police Clearance for non-residents?

For those in the US, check the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC website for the details on how to get a Saudi Police Clearance.

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Manila, however, does not process police certificate.

If you are a Filipino applicant currently residing in the Philippines and is being required to submit a Saudi Police Clearance by the Canadian Visa Office in Manila, you may seek the help of Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant and Workers Affairs (OUMWA). Go to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila. OUMWA will help you get the Saudi Police Clearance. The process may take 30-60 days. To make it easy for you, I'll post the required documents once I received a reply from OUMWA.

Call Us via WebCall, It's FREE!

This webcall feature has been in placed for quite a time now but I only thought of blogging about it just now. So yeah, you can call us FREE as long as you have an Internet connection. We will be receiving your calls through our regular phone lines and we can even transfer your call to our regional offices! How cool was that?!

How to make a web call

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Before user start to use WEB CALL system, please remind them of these necessary requirements below:

OS: Windows XP or Windows Vista
CPU: at least 500 MHz
RAM: 256 MB
Web Brower: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
Sound Card, Headphone, Microphone (speaker) / or Head-Set
Internet: Cable or ADSL Internet Connection

To make a call, click here

If this is the first time you use our webcall service, you will be asked to install ActiveX control. Simply click the Install ActiveX Control.

You will be asked to install the awwc.ocx, simply click install. This installation is just one time and the next time you use the webcall service you will no longer be prompted or asked to install this again from your computer.

After you successfully install the software you can now select which department you want to call
then click the green handset icon. If you want to talk to me, simply request to be transferred to local 8415/8527.

If your computer has a windows firewall you have to unblock the program to proceed with the call.

Now, you can call for FREE even if you are abroad or in the province.

I wonder how many immigration consulting firms have WebCall feature? :-)

November 2009 Visa Bulletin is now out!

November 2009 Visa Bulletin is now out!

The Visa Bulletin is a monthly newsletter I send to my clients. If you have a pending immigrant visa application, too, you may also be interested to read what's in November 2009 Visa Bulletin.

This month's Visa Bulletin focuses on applications affected by the Ministerial Instruction - those applications that may be returned unprocessed.

Here's November 2009 Visa Bulletin.

Happy Halloween!

UPDATE: Our Mall of Asia Office will be open on Nov. 1, 2009 from 12 noon to 10 pm. I won't be there though. :-) But let me know if you plan to go there to submit documents.



This is just to inform you all that our Coastal Mall office will be closed on Nov 1, 2009. However, our Mall of Asia office may be open from 10am to 10 pm. I'll update you later.

There will also be a seminar schedule this coming Saturday, October 31, 2009, 2pm at our Coastal Mall office. If you want to learn your options on how to live and work in Canada, make a reservation now! Simply leave a comment here if you want to attend.

By the way, here's how Halloween in Canada is celebrated.

Angeles City Seminar - Nov 22, 2009

I'll be conducting another seminar in Angeles City this coming November for those who want to live and work in Canada. If you are interested to learn your options on how to live and work in Canada, make a reservation now!

Photo courtesy of Roland Gomez

Here's the seminar details:

Angeles City, Pampanga
Century Resort Hotel
Balibago, Angeles City
At the back of Casino Filipino)
Nov 22, 2009, 2pm to 5pm (Sunday)
Seminar Fee: P500 (single) P700 (married)
Reserve a Seat Now!

It is now easier and faster to apply! If you are eligible, all you need to do is decide to apply and make a commitment to that decision!

Some of those who attended my seminar few months ago now have positive assessment from Centralized Intake Office (CIO). They are now in the process of completing their documents for submission to Canadian Visa Office in Manila. Another one is now in the medical examination stage.

You, too, can be one of them. Find out how! Reserve a seat now!

Rain or shine, see you this Sunday at Angeles City!

Rain or shine, the Live and Work in Canada information seminar will push through this coming Sunday, October 18, 2009, 2pm-5pm.

Venue is at Century Resort Hotel in Balibago, Angles City. If you are interested to learn your options, make a reservation now! For existing clients who want to submit documents and or see us for consultation, please get in touch with your assigned consultant. Or simply contact me at mobile number 0928-5008826. See you!

Angeles City Seminar Moved to October 18, 2009

I was supposed to conduct a seminar (Live and Work in Canada) at Angeles City this coming Sunday (October 4, 2009) but because of typhoon Pepeng, I decided to move the schedule to October 18, 2009.

Here's the seminar details.

Angeles City, Pampanga
Century Resort Hotel
Balibago, Angeles City
At the back of Casino Filipino)
October 18, 2009, 2pm to 5pm (Sunday)
Seminar Fee: P500 (single) P700 (married)
Reserve a Seat Now!

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Take extra care everyone! Be safe.

An Appeal For Typhoon Ondoy Victims

Typhoon Ondoy that hit the Philippines caused an epic flood in Metro Manila, resulting to many families being displaced. The death toll reported reached to about 50 people, mostly women.

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Please help. You can donate to Philippine National Red Cross trough SMS.

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For those abroad, you can donate online through TxtPower Paypal account or visit the Philippine National Red Cross website for more information on how you may send your help.