From: az.nemesis.kadc@gmail.com   
      
   "Steve B"  wrote   
   > This process has been going on since 2001, when I first moved to   
   > Canada.   
   >   
   > First, you have to apply for Permanent Resident status.  This status   
   > essentially means you can come and go as you please and are a legal   
   > resident of the country.  You can't vote and you aren't a citizen, but   
   > you can do everything else.   
   >   
   > I didn't get that status until 2003.  Once you have PR status, you   
   > have to spend 1095 out of 1460 days in Canada (3 out of 4 years).  If   
   > you meet the time requirements, you can apply for citizenship, a   
   > process that can take up to a year.   
   >   
   > I made my citizenship application in April of this year, and I'm   
   > already most of the way through the process.   
   >   
   > Moving to a different country is definitely a time consuming (and   
   > expensive process).   
      
   I'm intensely jealous.  What I wouldn't give to get my family the hell out   
   of the U.S. and up north of the border.  The money thing is what is keeping   
   us from doing it.  We're just not in the financial position at this point.   
   I did the research to find out how to do it right after the last election.   
   Unfortunately, it's going to be a while before I'm able to follow your   
   example.   
      
   As for Hyperdrive, I'm wondering if we'll get that on BBC America.  BBCA is   
   the major reason I pay for cable.   
      
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