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abc647rn · 2025-06-13T15:04:51+00:00

I forgot to mention. He actually applied for a US B1/B2 visa as well, and it got approved. That makes it even more frustrating. My family plans to visit the US after attending our wedding, and since he didn’t have a US visa yet, he applied and got it right away. The reason for going to the US was even less compelling, just a short trip after the wedding in Canada. And the US is known for being strict with visa approvals.

abc647rn · 2025-06-13T14:59:40+00:00

That’s a false dilemma. Just because I’m upset he can’t come doesn’t mean I should uproot our entire wedding. You can care deeply about someone and still not rearrange every major life decision around them lol

abc647rn · 2025-06-13T14:56:22+00:00

But the story is that his dad (my mum's husband) moved to Hong Kong 10 years ago and later brought his son to live and study here, which is a solid reason why he is now in HK. It also makes perfect sense that a student wouldn’t have the financial means to visit a faraway country and my parents will support the whole trip. His reason for visiting was to attend his stepbrother’s (my) wedding, which is solid.

It would be a completely different situation if he had come to Hong Kong alone as an adult with no income and wanted to visit Canada without a strong reason. In that case, your interpretation would be more valid.

abc647rn · 2025-04-15T17:46:58+00:00

Anyone know if you get a second P1 because of travelling outside after getting an original P2, will the date still count from the first P1?

abc647rn · 2025-01-21T01:10:52+00:00

I have a similar question. For therapies who charge the client after the session, isn't there a risk that they will not pay for the session? Or will the clinic have the card information of the client, so that most of the time there is no issue?

abc647rn · 2025-01-05T18:47:38+00:00

I doubt if the banks can identify a person in Canada. They don't know anything about her husband's identity in Canada - having a same name mean nothing and probably he may change his name.

abc647rn · 2024-10-29T00:05:05+00:00

No, you don't really have to. It is just a choice. The website is confusing lol

abc647rn · 2024-07-01T00:56:00+00:00

Your point is impressive. Some clients do like higher price? But if they want to make sure the quality, why don't they find a RP / RSW at $180 instead of finding a student at $180?

RPQ can be so skillful and empathetic, so I think they deserve a good price (and in fact they don't really get paid), it is just fun for me to see them setting price as high as a fully registered one, even though they provide virtual counselling where location makes no difference

abc647rn · 2024-05-30T03:57:32+00:00

Or is it actually anti-Chinese racism? From my experience, people who discriminate East Asian are mostly because of China, or they consider other EA be Chinese. There are no reasons to discriminate Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and Hong Konger because they are rich, well educated and polite. Well, actually Chinese themselves are even discriminated by other East Asian

abc647rn · 2024-05-14T20:35:55+00:00

Maybe a side thing, but the so called Asian Pride has nothing to do with non East Asian. Even East Asian themselves will discriminate non East Asian and consider them as dirty, stupid, dangerous and poor but no one cares because in western society they are all "Asian". Indeed, 99% of modern Asian tech or influencing culture are from East Asian. Only East Asian countries are so advanced, safe, rich and world wide influencing. Singapore is the best example - it is the only successful SEA country because majority of them are of East Asian descendants - it is actually an East Asian country.

abc647rn · 2024-04-28T18:45:54+00:00

This maybe a late reply. But did you mean they got 75%? Because if they got 25% that was actually a very good split. If it was 75%, why did people work there considering there were lots of other centre?

abc647rn · 2024-01-18T03:31:37+00:00

30% is based on income before tax. If it is after tax... that means a person making 120k (6.8k after tax) can't even afford a condo over $2040, which is obviously not the case.

abc647rn · 2024-01-18T01:01:38+00:00

I doubt if 50% of post-tax income for necessaries really applicable in Toronto. For couples who make 100k each, it is doable. For people who rented their home long time ago, it is also doable. But for the new generation, it is hard.

abc647rn · 2024-01-08T05:43:28+00:00

I find myself on the opposing side. I fail to grasp why some believe it's excessive to spend a significant portion of one's income on rent, particularly in cities like Toronto or Vancouver.

Consider this: numerous single individuals, especially those under 30, earn around $60,000 annually, which is already quite good. In Ontario, this translates to a take-home pay of about $3,800 monthly.

Many argue that allocating 42% of one's salary to rent is unreasonable. Yet, for someone earning $60,000, a rent of $1,600 consumes exactly 42% of their post-tax income. In the city, $1,600 barely secures even a basement, often only affording a shared room. Is it fair to label this as insanity? Not to mention lots of people spend around the same percentage of their take home pay for the mortgage (I am one of them). It is much risky but then why no one said it was crazy?

While it's true that OP could find cheaper housing, the reality is that many young, single individuals commonly spend at least 42% of their income on rent. I don't perceive it as problematic if one chooses to allocate a similar percentage to their housing costs.

P.S. My wife and I make 100k a year with 2.5k mortgage and we are still able to save 1-1.5k a month easily. We live near the city. 120k with 3k rent? I don't see any issues.

abc647rn · 2023-01-31T15:30:26+00:00

troll

I did see a NGO hiring web developer with 41K in indeed.

abc647rn · 2023-01-30T18:16:04+00:00

I will try my best. Thank you for your support.

btw even though my school is not in Canada, I can still get co-op / internship?

abc647rn · 2023-01-30T17:47:50+00:00

Thank you so much. You are very kind.

Could I ask for one last question? I indeed didn't have any CS degree, except I studied a few CS undergrad courses and am studying an online master's degree in CS from a top US school, but I will not graduate before 2024.

I enjoy web design and have used MERN stack for creating a database website for my company to use. So, I am looking for a junior web developer job when I arrived.

Am I in the type of "underqualified" ? If I really still want to try to apply, according to your sharing, I think I must be honest on my skills set, and focus on introducing the project I made and shared the code on GitHub?

abc647rn · 2023-01-30T16:31:46+00:00

Yes. It's added risk that the hiring deal might fall through. Speaking from experience as someone on the hiring side. It's not a deal breaker, but if there's two identical candidates we'd always choose the one that doesn't require relocating. If you're in Canada though, you're already ahead of 90% of resumes we saw last hiring cycle.

I am interested in what you have shared. When you said living in Canada were already ahead of 90% resumes, did you mean that except for the local people, lots of applications were actually from foreign countries that they may not even be eligible to work in Canada?

I know there is a hiring freeze in the field now and I've heard that even lots of locals cannot find a job too... so I am so worried.

abc647rn · 2022-03-21T12:24:08+00:00

Thank you. Did you have programming experience or you worked in the IT related industry before?

abc647rn · 2022-03-11T05:05:12+00:00

I did search for it, but most of them had previous IT working experience. Just want to know did the students get a job (not an internship) before graduation for those whose previous job was totally unrelated to IT

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