From: Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: H1B VISA AT VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA
Date: 16 Oct 92 03:05:51 GMT
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Organization: Civil Engineering, Univ of BC
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In article <44154@ogicse.ogi.edu> partha@mse.ogi.edu (R. Parthasarathy) writes:
>
>
>This might be of interest to those who are seeking H1B visa
>from Canada. I went to Vancouver, BC and got mine without any
>problem. No questions were asked. This is the procedure.
>
>1. Obtain a visitor Visa to Canada
>
.....and then oodles of stuff about NOT LOOKING NERVOUS when you fib your
ass off to immigration officials and border guards about your coming to
Vancouver in the middle of the night to see Stanley Park. That's given me
enough laughs for today (I don't need to watch Yes Prime Minister on PBS).

....(and continues with the technical stuff till he gets to)  

>
>NO RESTROOMS NEARBY. Use any nearby restaurent. Buy a coffee or something
>else to use a restaurent rest room. Unlike in the US, people don't smile
>at you. Looks very European indeed. I feel Indians don't have much respect
>there. Even the Indians there don't smile at you.

WHAT??? Do you mean that Indians don't get respect from the locals, or do
you mean that Indians don't have any respect for others? I can't comment on
the latter (if that was what you meant) except that if you feel that Indians
'don't have respect', you are speaking only for yourself. If you
were trying to imply the former, let me correct you. I've been a denizen of
Vancouver for quite a while, and have gotten plenty of respect from junta
here. Its a fantastic city and the people are maha-cool. I am assuming that
you drew your conclusion after seeing Indians in the visa queue who may
have been 'nervous' after lying their butts off at the border too. I've
been to Yankee-land now and then, and didn't particularly notice people
smiling at me.

>
>Make sure that your car insurance covers Canada too. If not get a temporary
>coverage from your agent. The road system in Vancouver looks wierd. If
>you plan to drive all night, then you need to be prepared for any unforseen
>events during driving. Drive very carefully.
>

What exactly do you mean by 'looks weird'? We have the same road system in
this place as the rest of North America. My room-mate for two years is a
Seattle native who made frequent trips across the border in his car. He
didn't say a thing about Vancouver's supposedly weird roads. 

>It is cold and windy there. Take sufficient winter clothings. It is also
>a rainy place. It rains even if you sneeze.
>

Little piece of advice. Don't even think of going anywhere else in Canada.
If Vancouver was cold by your standards, your nuts will freeze and fall off
in a couple of minutes in places like Calgary. Windy??? Were you in this
city between the 12th and 14th of October? If so, you were plain unlucky.
I'll admit that we are rainier than other cities, but its a small price to
pay for the fantastic location. And if it rains when you sneeze, are you
sure its not your nose?

>Good Luck,
>
>Partha sarathy
>

Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca
Univ of British Columbia
Vancouverphile extraordinaire