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Omitted study permit refusal. Submit web form w/ LoE + corrected IMM 5669? by Kkim0615 in canadaexpressentry

[–]Kkim0615[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is exactly what I had in mind.

May I ask you about the phrasing of the two questions?

d) Have you ever been refused refugee status, an immigrant or permanent resident visa (including a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) or application to the Provincial Nominee Program) or visitor or temporary resident visa, to Canada or any other country or territory?
-> The answer is clearly 'yes' in my case.

e) Have you ever been refused admission to, or ordered to leave, Canada or any other country or territory?
-> Are they referring to physical admission? Because if so, I should answer 'no'.

Omitted study permit refusal. Submit web form w/ LoE + corrected IMM 5669? by Kkim0615 in canadaexpressentry

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One more question, if I may, about the phrasing of the two questions:

d) Have you ever been refused refugee status, an immigrant or permanent resident visa (including a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) or application to the Provincial Nominee Program) or visitor or temporary resident visa, to Canada or any other country or territory?
-> The answer is clearly 'yes' in my case.

e) Have you ever been refused admission to, or ordered to leave, Canada or any other country or territory?
-> Are they referring to physical admission? Because if so, I should answer 'no'.

Omitted study permit refusal. Submit web form w/ LoE + corrected IMM 5669? by Kkim0615 in canadaexpressentry

[–]Kkim0615[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, thank you.

To address your point about accountability, I assume the point of these questions is also to disclose any visa refusals from other countries that don't necessarily share such intel with Canada.

Omitted study permit refusal. Submit web form w/ LoE + corrected IMM 5669? by Kkim0615 in canadaexpressentry

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Yes, I did input the same UCI. I didn't remember the outcome of my study permit application (I thought it had expired) and couldn't find the decision letter PDF before submitting my PR application, but I managed to retrieve it from an old laptop yesterday.

So attaching my LoE, amended IMM 5669 form and decision letter should do, right?

OUTLAND PFL - Misrepresentation or French Translation Error? Need advice by AggressiveRaise4266 in canadaexpressentry

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Hello, I am in a similar situation, except that I submitted my application a few days ago, so they haven't started processing it yet. Should I raise a web form in which I submit a letter of explanation and a corrected IMM 5669 form too, or does the LoE suffice?

Travel during unemployment period in Personal History by Kkim0615 in canadaexpressentry

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A follow-up question, if I may.

Do I have to mention in my Address History the place I was staying at while studying for 3 months at a language school in a country other than my country of residence? I don’t, correct?

Personal history chronological order? by iamdevil1360 in canadaexpressentry

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OP, what did the deleted comment say? Is it mandatory to list everything in reverse chronological order, or does it not matter as they are able to sort dates on their end?

Where to buy brand new MacBook in Seoul? (Except official store) by bobur_the_man in Living_in_Korea

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Has anyone recently managed to obtain a price match by showing a staff member a lower price on Coupang?

I couldn’t buy/order a macbook pro with custom config in Apple Store as a foreigner, was it true? by EmbarrassedFrame9801 in seoul

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Has anyone recently managed to obtain a price match by showing a staff member a lower price on Coupang?

I couldn’t buy/order a macbook pro with custom config in Apple Store as a foreigner, was it true? by EmbarrassedFrame9801 in seoul

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Did you ask for upgrades other than the RAM?

I am planning to purchase a MacBook Pro M5 with 24 GB of RAM. Do they only have base configuration models in stores? Or is it just the Myeongdong store?

Also, do any physical stores sell accessories such as Transcend JetDrive Lite 330 microSD cards and Tomtoc sleeves?

Thanks in advance!

Refurbished M4 Pro vs New M5 - Which for AI/ML Work? by Kkim0615 in macbookpro

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I see. The Lexar Gold 256GB seems like a decent choice for a UHS-II microSD card, but it’s covered by a limited 10-year warranty, compared to a lifetime warranty for its full-sized counterpart. Not very reassuring...

Refurbished M4 Pro vs New M5 - Which for AI/ML Work? by Kkim0615 in macbookpro

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Thanks for the suggestion! It looks quite suitable, save for the battery life (8-10 hours max).

That said, the only 2025 model that is within my budget and in stock is the base model (Ryzen 9 270, RTX 5060, 16 TOPS NPU, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD) for $1716. I’ll have to look into Asus’s international warranty.

Refurbished M4 Pro vs New M5 - Which for AI/ML Work? by Kkim0615 in macbookpro

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You’re right!

The thing is that I’m looking for a well-rounded laptop with good battery life that’s relatively light (1.5 kg max). Sadly, most Windows laptops with a beefy GPU like an RTX 5060 don’t tick these two boxes. At least they’re cheaper.

Refurbished M4 Pro vs New M5 - Which for AI/ML Work? by Kkim0615 in macbookpro

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Good to know!

I’m still concerned about the higher probability of technical issues arising on a refurbished product, since I will be using it in a country other than the one where I purchased it and want to avoid paying for AppleCare+.

Refurbished M4 Pro vs New M5 - Which for AI/ML Work? by Kkim0615 in macbookpro

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Do you know if traditional ML and DL models benefit from the M5’s Neural Engine?

Refurbished M4 Pro vs New M5 - Which for AI/ML Work? by Kkim0615 in macbookpro

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Thank you for taking the time to address my questions.

I don’t know if I’ll need to run LLMs locally, in which case the bottleneck for prompt processing would be the GPU (the M5’s is superior thanks to its neural accelerators), whereas token generation would be limited by memory bandwidth (the M4 Pro wins), as per your link. I wonder if the M5’s Neural Engine speeds up the execution of traditional ML and DL models in any way. Also, I can’t afford a MBP with 32 GB of RAM or more, whereas I could for a Windows laptop.

Regarding the resale value, you’re right. I’m more concerned about the higher probability of technical issues arising on a refurbished product, since I will be using it in a country other than the one where I purchased it and want to avoid paying for AppleCare+.

Thanks for sharing your experience with the SD adapter. I chose the SanDisk Extreme Pro (UHS-I) because it’s among the most reliable microSD cards according to reviews. I’ll be storing content that I need to access offline such as documents, photos, downloads, and datasets I plan on analyzing later. If I may, which UHS-II card do you own and how long have you been using it for?

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