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I submitted application to the vfs in usa for police certificate. I got email 3 days ago that they have received the application.

So far the status is "your application has been submitted at vfs india consular application center for processing "

Usually how much time it takes for them to forward it to embassy? In my previous cases, i got back to back emails with status changes ending with submitted to embassy

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Is it done by fei and bypasses the AF center or the center checks again ( whivh would explain why scores rarely change)

Also how much time it takes? I am seeing people waiting 2 months here in this group

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I gave my tcf exam but want to apply for tcf. Can i book another exam while re-eval is underway?

My understanding is 2 exams must differ by some date but the difference is calculated based on exam date, not result date

Seems like AFs are deliberately making you miss by 1 point on either speaking or writing.

My previous attempt i had 8 in speaking, this time 9 and i definitely did much better

It might be a genuine 9 but with all these people reporting 9s, i am wondering if AFs are doing this passive extortion cause they know we have no other option.

Am i over thinking? The only option i see now is to make both speaking and writing touch 15s so that AF won't give me 9s

When can we expect everything to work after your "cyber attack"?

Its been more than 24 hours now

My express entry application is hitting the 1 year mark. Should i let it expire and then create a new one or I should withdraw the current profile and then create a new one? I do not know what withdraw will actually do in the system

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Was there any data exposed? Is it still safe to browse via this ip?

How were attackers able to take down entire starvpn? I am sure people would like to know what actually happened, given that we are all privacy savvy folks

I already bought the fedex label. Now its asking me to enter my mailing address. But its stuck, as soon as I enter zip code, it makes some api call and it hangs.

Anyone facing it?

I booked my exam for tcf canada at the Af san francisco center. Anyone with experience on how strict they are or any other experience?

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I am trying to test out sending international wire from US based schwab brokerage to icici nre account. I have created a smart wire instruction from ICICI side to accept 200$ as receiving currency, and the charge code is set to OUR in the form.

Now when I go to schwab, I don't see any way to set this charge code, so I don't know what will happen because I know intermediary bank JP morgan will take its cut, so 200$ exact won't reach ICICI. Gemini says this will cause issues and wire will be put on hold.

Anyone has experience sending wire internationally from Schwab?

Applying from USA and the form is asking mobile number in india as well as in USA.

When I input a number of the form +91-9999999999 it doesn't take + and -....so should I just do 9999999999 ? Same goes for USA, it won't take +1....

Anyone uses this service know how to input? Thanks

Planning to take tcf canada in AF san francisco center....anyone has any experience there in terms of how strict instructors etc are?

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I gave my exam in one of the AF center last week. Final results haven't been out yet but i need to give the exam again.

Can i book another exam for 2 months from now today itself or i need to wait till results come out? I do not know how the gap between 2 sessions work and how the AFs make sure someone is not just booking exams everyday

Pluma academy in Denver has slots for tcf canada almost all days.

Anyone has experience on how the tests are especially around speaking since i think reading, listening come from france institutes directly

I have a 401k from my employer and I have also enrolled into brokerageLink....now when I leave my employer, they let me keep the 401k with some fees, around 25$ per year or something like that.

Where does the money get deducted from? from the main 401k account or from the brokeragelink account? because most of my investment is in brokeragelink, do I need to move some cash back to main 401k account if deduction will happen from there?

Hi all. I am planning to wire money from my usd account to another country bank account.

I see that we can do online wire and the bank account as well as schwab brokerage account has my name.

Is there something i need to be careful about? Like do i get a call from schwab verifying it was indeed me doing the wire, or any kind of hassle as such?

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I am looking to get residency by investing in some property. I am really really shocked to see people asking for 1.6, 1.7 million aed and above for properties which are barely 500-600 sqft. They even fit 2 bedrooms in that area. Honestly just shocking real estate inflation. And when it comes to rent, they are asking 115-120k annually for a 2 bedroom, this is almost similar to USA rent, and lets be honest dubai aint making USA level money to justify this, source myself

So i am genuinely interested to know whether this is just the market in dubai is and i should level up my expectations properly or this is people who are looking to milk some more money from outsiders and i should avoid this?

Thanks, my post is not a sarcasm nor a shot at anyone.

I got an email to reconnect my linked account to keep balances up to date, track net worth etc etc...but when I log in, I still am able to check the box to transfer my money to my bank account.

If this reconnect is just view balance in bank account, I don't care, but is this update going to affect actual movement of money?

For USA. I am employed from 2018 and in the express entry profile I added this experience to claim points for foreign work. Now it doesn't matter if you are employed for 3 years, 5 years or 10 years since all give same points.

In my case, I can get a reference letter which says I am employed since 2018 and currently being paid XX annually. But I don't have bank statements or paystubs from 2018 and 2019 since I closed my initial bank account as well as my company don't keep records for more than 5 years. However I do have IRS wage transcript showing I got paid for 2018 and 2019 as well as I have 401k contributions from my employer during that time.

Should I just update my work history section to start with 2022 let's say and add the remaining experience in personal history section? Asking because my employment letter will regardless say I am employed since 2018