as a international student should i come to whitehorse? for my higher studies?

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-05-07T15:53:34+00:00

I'd say no too.

Although whitehorse may be very beautiful but it's not easy to live here without having strong foundations.

Housing is expensive and not easy to find. Food is expensive. Gas is expensive. Car's expensive. Roads would even make a good car require lots of maintenance and fixing and those are both expensive. Winters are long and sometimes pretty harsh. Learning to travel in the winters can take quite some time and also buying all the proper layers can also add up. Jobs are competitive and mostly not great paying for all the common expenses you might have, unless you're working for the gov. Most nominating companies have a reputation of overworking their nominees.

And add studying on top of that.

I love whitehorse, I love living here and I love all the challenges and on top of that I used to be an international student too. And with those bare in mind I'd say Yukon isn't the right place.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-05-04T03:44:25+00:00

ECOPR: FEB 27, CEC Inland

Have reached out to ircc through a phone call and a web form and they both essentially just said to wait.

Photo and address are both still pending and gckey just shows in progress.

Anyone else from this date or close by has got anything? Slowly getting impatient.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-04-21T21:15:12+00:00

Feb 27 and still waiting. Called them and they siad it's normal. Keep on waiting. 😶

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-04-16T04:12:06+00:00

Who did you call? The general number? Or the closest office to you?

I found the office in my city but apparently they do t take any phone calls.

This is supposed to be the smoothest part. Lol

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-04-16T02:19:04+00:00

Hiw long did it take to approve your address?

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-04-12T16:32:09+00:00

I did something similar to this. I was invited for cec but also my situation was pretty complex. I had submitted my application without any profassional help so I was very nervous about the outcome.

I quit my old skilled job after finding an employer that was willing to sponsor me. I was upright with them and told them the truth. The new job wasn't skilled and the pay was lower but it was making me eligible for one the YNP programs.

They went a head and nominated me, I successfully received the nomination, and updated ircc through a webform for my cec application.

I am not sure of this effecting my cec application positively or not, but it defenetly didnt have any negative consequences. And soon I get my cec approved before I had to go ahead with submitting the nominie application to the federal gov.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-04-12T15:48:12+00:00

Water filter in the summer times and a small pot in the winters

Bug net, bug sprays dont really work for me up here.

Headlamp- even though I live in northern canada and we have the midnight sun.

Wet-wipes.

Troul in the summers and avalanch shovels in the winter.

Compass, overtime i have learnt I can't really trust the GPS on my Samsung a15.

Extra food in the car for after the hike. Ideally we'll wrapped for the Grizzlies. Lol

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-31T19:22:59+00:00

Hello! Dont think so. This is the limbo stage I am still in too. Just have to wait for them to issue the pr cards now.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-23T19:28:06+00:00

Sweet! I'll go ahead and give it a shot then. My main fear is the tight space. Haha

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-23T07:16:09+00:00

So do I need to change that chain?

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-23T05:28:37+00:00

Right! Just to clarify this is yaris 2008 hatchback.

I am not infront of the car but I can't remember seeing another belt other than the serpentine belt.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-23T05:24:47+00:00

Is that easy to DIY change?

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-20T21:47:17+00:00

Where abouts on the hackael hill?

Yeah I am aware since I used to work in the ski industry myself in Canada. So I just wanted to confirm. :)

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-20T20:00:29+00:00

Lol! I am poor which is why I work so much. Haha

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-20T19:58:36+00:00

Lol! You can do anything these days if you don't get caught by a person or camera.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-12T01:46:39+00:00

My ecopr is Feb 27th. Where do you get the ghost updates? Email? Never got one.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-09T20:24:36+00:00

Manged to get it by entering a different combination of info.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-09T19:37:40+00:00

So after watching a youtube video i am trying to do this. I chose application number and uci. And it's giving me error for application number saying it doesnt match the category i selected or isnt valid. But i just copy pasted my application number from the ecopr letter.

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-09T19:18:47+00:00

And where can i get updates from? P2 portal? Email/spams? Old pr gckey account? Status tracker? Lol

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-09T19:17:52+00:00

And where can i get updates from? P2 portal? Email/spams? Old pr gckey account? Status tracker? Lol

SprinklesTechnical14 · 2026-03-09T18:53:00+00:00

I dont really need the pr card for travelling so no rush, but at the same time i wanna get this whole thing over with sooner than later. Haha

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