If you’re going to be travelling to Canada through International Experience Canada (IEC) then one of the requirements to be allowed to enter Canada is that you have IEC travel insurance (IEC health insurance). But what exactly does the IEC travel insurance need to cover and how can you make sure to get the best […]
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Having a good credit score is important for a whole host of reasons and therefore knowing how to improve your credit score in Canada is crucial. Whether you want to improve your credit score because you’re new to Canada and starting from no credit history at all, or you’re starting from a bad credit rating,
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If you’re moving to Canada you might be asking yourself what are the best credit cards for newcomers to Canada? This article will help answer that and give you the information you need about the credit card market to make an informed choice. When we emigrated from the UK to Canada almost five years ago,
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If you are going to visit Canada then it’s important to have insurance that covers you for any medical treatments or care you might need while you’re in Canada. Or to put it another way you’ll need to get yourself visitor to Canada health insurance. Often, buying your visitor health insurance from a Canadian insurer
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The best way to send money internationally is important to me because when we moved to Canada from the UK one of the admin irks I hadn’t foreseen was having to transfer money internationally back and forward to Canada. Sending money internationally is something we have to do with surprisingly regularity! So based on my
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Super visa insurance is one specific requirement of obtaining a super visa. This article will cover all the details you need to make sure you get the best possible super visa insurance at the cheapest price. What is super visa insurance? One of the requirements of being approved for a super visa is that you
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Banking in Canada is different – so picking the best bank for newcomers to Canada can be confusing. When we first arrived in Canada I was pretty confused about how everyday banking worked – there were a lot of Canada specifics that born-and-bred Canadians take as common knowledge. So having been through the learning curve
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When setting out to answer the cost of living in Canada there are few things you need to keep in mind: Firstly… Canada is vast! Different provinces and territories have very different costs of living. Within individual provinces the cost of living between cities can vary significantly too. Even once you get down to a
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