Thu 17 Feb 2011
Toronto
Thu 18 Nov 2010
Because of the new tax laws in Ukraine few of my friends have decided to leave the country for good. One of them - my best friend Dmytro Steflyuk. He’s decided to move to Toronto. For Russian-speaking readers, please follow his new Twitter feed @uanadaand tumblr blog where he’s describing his experiences with relocation.
Sun 31 May 2009
How to Get G1 Driver License in Toronto
Posted by Scoundrel under Documents , Official Information , TorontoAnd again, quite a long time without posts… hope this one will be useful for new immigrants in Canada.
Last week I decided to take a test for G1 driver license (so called student’s license that’d allow me to take a driving test and then buy a car). After a short research I’ve figured out that I’d need to take the following steps:
- Get a letter from Ukrainian consulate that’d proof my Ukrainian driver license validity.
- Go to a drivers test center, pay something about $100, get my vision checked and then take G1 test.
This is it
So, on monday I went to Ukrainian consulate on Bloor Street West (next to High Park). I paid $40 for the translation and approval of the validity and it took them 3 days to finish the work. Procedure was pretty straighforward and I really liked the experience of working with Ukrainian consulate.
When I got the papers, I went to the test center in the Downsview Park. They checked my vision, asked me to pay $85 bucks and gave me the test papers. In 15 minutes I was a proud owner of a G1 drivers license and now I’m going to prepare for the driving test.
Hope this helps someone.
Wed 23 Apr 2008
Starting Over: Changed My Employer
Posted by Scoundrel under Documents , General , Official Information , Toronto , WorkIt took a long time before I decided to continue writing about our life in Canada. I wasn’t writing too much because many interesting and (sometimes) disturbing things were happening here, but now it looks like everything is fine again so it is time to tell our story here (see this and other following posts)
So, as you maybe noticed in this post’s subject, I’ve changed my work place. It was quite a painful process because my new employer is a company from the US. Actually, there were many factors which made this process painful and one of them was the fact that we didn’t know (we weren’t sure) that a US company could hire non-canadian citizens who are temporary canadian residents now. At the end we’ve retained really great lawyers (the best immigration lawyer in Canada and one of the best in the world) and they’ve helped us to fill all papers and make it easy to switch to the new employer.
My new employer is Scribd.com - online document publishing company which is in top-500 sites in the Internet now (and growing). My primary duties there as a Scalability Expert are “simple” - our site needs to be able to keep up with growing popularity of the service.
I still work remotely from Totonto, company’s head office is located in San Francisco, California.
So, here we are, I’ve started writing new posts again
And, to emphasize the major idea of the post I’d like to say it again: if you’re not a canadian citizen, you CAN switch to a new employer even if it is non-canadian company (at least it works for the US companies).
Sat 18 Aug 2007
Fri 10 Aug 2007
Here they are - our latest photos.
Mon 6 Aug 2007
Today we were dining in really great place - small authentic Italian restaurant near our place. Nice people, awesome food and just next to our place - everything we’d even dream of
Details - on their official site.
Sat 4 Aug 2007
На этой неделе (31 Июля) мы переехали в Торонто! Теперь мы живем на пересечении улиц St.Clair и Young - 1 минута до метро (и 9 минут до Downtown’а), 1 минута до огромного парка, круглосуточный продуктовый супермаркет в доме (Sobey’s) - мы сразу же полюбили новую квартиру!
Весь опыт (а его набралось прилично) по переезду и сьему жилья будет размещен здесь в ближайшие пару дней - я таки решил оживить сайт с сегодняшнего дня ![]()
Sat 4 Aug 2007
Сегодны сошли с ума и потратили 400 баксов на прикольный агрегат. Называется эта штука iRobot Roomba® Vacuuming Robot - пылесосящий робот. Согласно информации на их сайте и отзывам, которые мы читали - очень умная и полезная штуковина. Сегодня протестируем его/ее по окончании зарядки (как только включили, оно побежало на базу заряжаться). О результатах отпишщусь здесь
Оставайтесь на связи!
P.S. Вот здесь, кстати, несколько фоток девайса на базе.
Mon 15 Jan 2007
Приближается море новостей
Posted by alexey under Banking , Documents , English , General , Home , Toronto ·
Привет всем! Мы давно не писали здесь, но планируем написать очень много полезной информации в ближайшее время. Почему? А потому, что:
- Я сдал тест CELPIP (это тест, похожий на IELTS, но полностью компьютеризированный и может быть сдан только резидентами Канады.
- Мы очень скоро собираемя подавать документы на постоянное проживание в Канаде.
- Мы собираемся продлевать мое разрешение на работу в следующем месяце.
- Мы подумываем над переездом в Торонто (из Бремптона) и я буду детально описывать этот процесс.
- Мы собираемся посетить Украину этой весной, но тут возникла большая куча вопросов о повторном получении визы.
- Мы тут посмотрели некоторое количество информации о ценах на жилье в Торонто и по условиям получения кредитов на жилье.
Потому, оставайтесь с нами. Будет много новой информации о жизни в Канаде.