Venting...

[hikergirl 277]

Thanks! I'll have to check out RBC and TD. I use Scotiabank right now so it might make sense to switch. I didn't even know that was an option!

All of my banking since I was 12 has been through TD but their US accounts are different - they're somehow Canadian but in US Funds and you don't get a US account with a US check card. That's why I started with RBC thanks to some great advice from several VJers.

[dukeandduchess 141]

All of my banking since I was 12 has been through TD but their US accounts are different - they're somehow Canadian but in US Funds and you don't get a US account with a US check card. That's why I started with RBC thanks to some great advice from several VJers.

Thanks for the info! I guess I'll look into RBC over TD. That's weird!

[Kimbear 53]

What kind of idiot am I to agree to stay until the end of the year at work? I manage a retail store and they asked me to stay until Christmas was over. My visa was approved on Oct 7th, and I am so freaking antsy to leave I can't even stand it.

I know it's dumb to complain when others are waiting to know whether their visa is approved or for NOA2.... (I'm sorry!)

Did anyone else wait a while before you moved? Advice on how to cope? I keep saying well if things get bad I'll just leave. I also keep telling myself I'm saving tons of money for when I can't work waiting for EAD. I couldn't just up and leave though but it sure is annoying and stupid of me to agree to stay.

I did not wait..but i can tell you i regret it. infact, i was already packed and in the car wiating fo the mail to drop off my Visa!! lol. Crossed the border the same day.

If i had of stayed longer i would have had more money saved up. And maybe we would not have had to move in with the in laws for the first few months. I also would haved affored to keep most of my stuff intead of throwing it out or giving it away when i moved.

Spend as much time with your family and friends before you leave. You wont know when youll have the chance to go back or how long it will take to get your green card.

Edited November 9, 2011 by Kimbear

[dukeandduchess 141]

I did not wait..but i can tell you i regret it. infact, i was already packed and in the car wiating fo the mail to drop off my Visa!! lol. Crossed the border the same day.

If i had of stayed longer i would have had more money saved up. And maybe we would not have had to move in with the in laws for the first few months. I also would haved affored to keep most of my stuff intead of throwing it out or giving it away when i moved.

Spend as much time with your family and friends before you leave. You wont know when youll have the chance to go back or how long it will take to get your green card.

Haha you're nuts! I kind of wish I had done the same though!

Unfortunately we are planning to live with his folks for a few months until I can work (unless he lands a higher paying job before then). My family all live quite far away from where I live now, and my best friend moved to Sweden last year. It makes it a bit harder to wait it out when all I have is my job and my cat (how pathetic lol).

I even asked my parents to come down here for Christmas and they didn't seem to want to. They're both getting older and they have cats and my mom worries about the house... lol

Anyway. I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself and I've waited 2.5 years, what's another 2 months right...?

[canada_socks 97]

I stayed the same as Coconuts did. I got my visa in May and also left at the end of September. I was managing a McD's and they asked if I could stay for the summer. I didn't mind as I needed some more money, and I had surgery in the middle of the summer anyway. It was good to stay back in case any immediate complications came up. I was off from the middle of June until the start of August (but I did do crew schedules in July to help them out).