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When new immigrants enter the country for the first time, everything they bring is duty-free. There are restrictions on alcohol and tobacco. You can't bring fruit. Dogs and cats have to be quarantined. I'm not interested in checking what CDs to bring. If there are any goods shipped by sea, be sure to say so.

It is only a routine procedure for immigration officials to go through the formalities when entering the country. This is your first step towards Canada: honesty. Most people have had interviews with immigration officials and know that the legendary "interview" is just checking materials. What immigration officials need to do is to let you prove that the materials you provide are true and credible, not to test you or embarrass you.

After completing the immigration formalities, officials will explain in detail how to handle the social security card, medical insurance card, children's milk fee, driver's license and community service in China. All the materials he gave must be put away.

Remember, you must have at least 65,438+0,000 Canadian dollars on you besides US dollars (note, this amount can be cash, money order or deposited into an opened bank account before landing. For details, please refer to Aim login random thoughts-AIM will tell you how to carry cash). After passing through the Canadian Immigration Service, go to the baggage hall to get your baggage. Only to find that the baggage car costs one Canadian dollar. There is a coin exchange machine next to it, which can only accept Canadian dollar bills, but not US dollars. The handling fee is low and the exchange rate is low. When the baggage car is returned after use, a dollar will be returned. Going out to take a taxi also requires Canadian dollars. When you find a house, you can pay the rent in Canadian dollars. Recently, air tickets from China are very cheap from Monday to Thursday. If you stay at a friend's house, it is of course more convenient to arrive at the weekend. Many people in China have bought houses, specializing in accepting new immigrants. Generally speaking, they contact in advance by email in China. When they arrive at the airport and pick up their luggage, they make a public phone call with quarters and ask them to pick up their luggage. Pick-up is usually in 30 yuan, and the entry-exit reception desk is 20-40 yuan every night. It is very important to contact the residence in advance, and I am very relieved. On the first night, whether you trouble your friends or spend money to live in the reception center for new immigrants, you should sincerely thank others.

What to do the next day:

1. Go to the nearby supermarket or street shop to buy some food first. The things in the shop are more expensive than those in the supermarket. When you buy something, don't convert it into RMB to think about the price.

Food supermarkets, such as unpretentious and kitchen knives, are quite large, and there are many semi-finished products. You can eat them when you buy them and bake them in the microwave oven or heat them. There are instructions on the package. Pay attention to see if there is the word "ready to eat" for direct consumption, or ask people who buy things nearby. For example, McDonald's "McNugget" is chicken nuggets wrapped in batter, as well as beef patties and prepared pizza in hamburgers. You can find the box on the refrigerator. 3-7 yuan, 650 is baked in the oven. Because there are many people in China, there are China foods such as soy sauce, tofu and bean sprouts in the supermarket, which are a little more expensive than those in Chinatown. HELLMANN's brand salad dressing is delicious, a large bottle of 3 yuan/1L, any vegetables, such as cauliflower, celery, white mushrooms, apples, diced ham mixed with salad dressing, is simple, convenient and nutritious. There are obvious photos of cats and dogs on the pet food package, so you can't buy it wrong.

It is a good knowledge to find out what is on the supermarket shelves and where you want to buy things.

Get familiar with the surrounding environment and buy a map in a shopping mall or bookstore. There is a big map, which can be folded up for use, about three yuan, but it is easy to be damaged. There are also books. 78 yuan is more suitable and easy to carry. On the back of the map, or the last street index, you can find any street in alphabetical order, and then you can even find a small street only a few tens of meters long according to the coordinates on the map. When you open a map in the street, people often come forward to help you. I am familiar with it in the future, and I believe you will also take the initiative to help others.

First, remember the names of several streets near where you live. If there is a subway station, it is usually a street. The main streets in downtown Toronto are one kilometer apart, and the suburban avenues are two kilometers apart. The east-west street in the urban area is a commercial street, and the north-south street is the main road. However, the main commercial street, Central Street, runs north and south. Yang Street is 1860 km long and leads to the North Pole.

The city center is divided into two parts by the central street. The number of East-West Street starts from Yang Street, the number of South Road is single, and the number of North Road is even. North-South Street starts from the lake or the southernmost point, with one-way east and two-way west.

You can buy bus tickets in the shop next to the bus station. It is cheaper to buy more than five tickets at a time. Adult tickets 17 yuan/10 yuan, 2- 12-year-old 0.5 yuan. Otherwise, it costs two yuan to get on the bus and one yuan for children over two years old. The buses in Toronto usually go straight without turning. When you need to transfer to a bus, put the ticket into the ballot box next to the driver after getting on the bus, ask the driver for the transfer ticket or press the button to get it at the subway station. You can take different routes until your destination. Of course, you can't go back with a transfer ticket. When you transfer between the subway and the bus, most of them are in the subway station. You don't have to leave the station, but you can't walk into the subway station along the road without buying a ticket. There is a ticket vending machine in the subway station. The ticket sold is a small coin called Token, which can automatically open the subway entrance. There is also a one-day pass for seven yuan, which is available all day from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays and holidays, two adults and four children in the whole family can share this ticket. The bus stop is very short, there is one every 200 to 300 meters. They are standing at the corner of the main street, where there is a glass bus shelter. There are signs on the telephone poles next to the bus shelter, indicating the driving route and timetable. Small stations usually just tie a sign on the telephone pole, without a station name or even a number. Small stations usually don't stop. Ring the bell in the car in advance and tell the driver to stop at the next stop. The bus doesn't stop, even if it stops, I can't understand it. Get a free yellow pages guide at some community centers or LINC schools-Toronto public transport guide is very useful for taking buses. There is a free bus map in the subway station, and there is a detailed bus introduction on the back of the map. Study the map carefully before getting on the bus, and tell the driver or the passengers next to you after getting on the bus. Everyone is willing to help you. The bus gets on at the front door and gets off at the back door. Be modest when you get on the bus, don't squeeze. Wait for the next step when you get off the bus, or the door won't open. I take the bus every day, and I haven't had a quarrel in the bus for several years. When looking for a job in the future, colleagues should use English names, but the official Chinese names must be used on the salary slip to avoid going to the bank to save money for tax returns in the future, and for various reasons, inconsistent names will bring a lot of trouble.

6. Try to stick to it during the day, don't sleep and go to bed early at night. After this day, the time difference basically reversed on the third day.

What to do on the third day:

1. Open an account in the bank and deposit money.

In Toronto, Royal Bank, CIBC Bank and Dominic Bank have the most banking machines on the street. Generally, deposit, withdrawal and bill payment are all done on the bank machine, without going to the counter. The banking hours are Monday to Friday 10:00- 4: 00 (afternoon), and individual branches are also open on Saturdays. Royal and CIBC visit less than 10 times a month, and charge a handling fee of two or three yuan. TD As long as the balance in the account exceeds 65,438+0,000 yuan, there is no handling fee. You must use your real name to open an account, and you need a photo ID card and SIN card number. Two people can open a Join t account, each with its own bank card, and it is enough for a family to have a bank account, so there is no need to open more. You can choose to keep your bankbook or send the statement of the current month by the bank one month later. The income statement is proof of your address and can be used to apply for a health card. If you want to change it into a passbook in the future, you can tell the bank.

Here again, I saw the characteristics of China people. Before there is no crime card, only branches in Chinatown can open an account first, and then tell the bank when there is a crime number. This is really a great convenience for new immigrants.

Get a bank card as soon as you open an account. You can use it on a bank machine or pay in a store. Of course, you have to deposit the money in your account first. Bank cards can be deposited and exchanged all over the country, and can be accessed between different banks, with a handling fee of one yuan each time. Newcomers generally don't give credit cards, or you can apply by paying a deposit of three times the overdraft of credit cards, usually 4500 yuan.

You can ask for a few blank checks when you open an account. Some banks will charge you a little fee to apply for your own checkbook. The checkbook is 50 pages, 8 yuan, with your name and address printed on it. If the address changes in the future, the checkbook will be invalid. You can take your old checkbook to the bank for a new one with a new address.

The bank has a safe, which can store a small amount of valuables.

2. Looking for a house. There are two kinds of houses for rent in Toronto. One is an apartment in a high-rise building, called an apartment. This house is in good condition. Some rents include water and electricity, while others do not. Please ask when renting a house. But renting a high-rise apartment generally requires a work certificate or a friend's guarantee, and the lease is usually signed for one year. It is inconvenient for new immigrants. Some places can be rented as long as there is a bank deposit certificate. The price of tall buildings is slightly more expensive.

A small building with two or three floors in an ordinary house is called a house. The part that the landlord doesn't use may be rented out, and a room may be rented separately. The kitchen and bathroom may be shared with others, or the basement or the first floor upstairs may be rented out. It may be shared with the kitchen and bathroom, used alone, and may even have its own dedicated entrance.

After finding the news of renting a house from the newspaper or the advertising space in the shopping mall, call first, ask the address clearly and make an appointment to see the house. Not only the house, but also the landlord and tenant should know each other. The landlord depends on whether the tenant is "gentle" and the tenant also depends on whether the landlord is kind. It depends on the people who live together. Both families have children, and children can have a playmate, but it is easy for the two families to have conflicts.

Guangdong people call the basement the earth vault, which is generally very low, and it feels very depressing to go in. Small windows, poor lighting, poor ventilation in summer, very stuffy. It is best to have heating in winter.

When you decide to rent a house, you must pay a little down payment. When you check in, you have to pay the rent of the month and the deposit of one month. Be sure to ask the landlord to issue a receipt indicating which month the rent is. Notify the landlord one month in advance when you move out.

What to do on the fourth day:

You can apply for a telephone when you move to a more fixed residence. In front of the telephone book, there is the business location and business hours of Bell Telephone Company. Tell the salesperson the exact address and room. Different rooms in the house have different telephone lines. If you don't make it clear which room will be installed incorrectly. You can find the name of each caller on the white pages that publish the home phone number. If you don't want others to find your phone number from the white pages, you can write your initials in the phone book name column on the application form for installing the phone. Local calls are 22.5 yuan per month, not charged according to the number of calls and time.

Bell Telephone Company has many special services. The most common way is to answer calls. Even when you are busy on the phone or surfing the Internet, you can leave a message when you come in. This function is especially useful for finding a job. The monthly fee for this service is 6 yuan.

There are many companies that make long-distance calls, and the more expensive ones are 0.95 yuan/minute to China, 0.20 yuan/minute to the United States and 0 0. 10/minute to 0 yuan. Cheap to China 0.36 yuan/minute. The price is different, and of course the call quality is different. Many of the cheaper ones are VoIP phones, and there is a little delay when talking. There are advertisements of various long-distance telephone companies in Chinese newspapers.

The phones sold by Bell Telephone Company are very expensive. One of them, sold in 280 yuan, is called home office, which has many functions. I bought a trial, but I couldn't use any functions because I didn't apply for the corresponding service. The monthly service fee for each service is 6 yuan. Telephone 30 yuan with speaker phone, 70 yuan with answering machine) 70 and cordless phone are invalid, fax machine is of little use, don't buy it. China's telephone can be used directly.

Residential phone books are called white pages. Putermagazine.com//Computers will be acquired sooner or later. Many companies in Toronto offer free dial-up Internet access, which is not slow, but there are advertisements. The charging company is generally 15-25 yuan/month, and there is no time limit.

What to do in the third week:

Public libraries distributed in residential areas are generally small, but there are many public libraries in the whole city, and their books can be searched on computers, so many small libraries form a big library. http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca

Borrow a book about writing a resume, read it carefully and rewrite it according to the requirements in the book. The Chinese-style all-around resume written when handling immigration must not be used.

Send some resumes by email, ask for directions, adjust the contents of resumes or find a job direction according to feedback. Usually send a resume in a few days and receive a reply in a few months.

What to do in the fourth week:

Toronto reference library http://vrl.tpl.toronto.on.ca is located at 789 Yonge street (the intersection of Yonge and Bloor), from which you can find the names, addresses and telephone numbers of various manufacturers by specialty. http://career bookmarks . TPL . Toronto . on . ca

When you have the telephone number, call the switchboard operator. If you have any questions, please call a technician. Ask the technician what the company does. Do you need someone? Simply tell him about yourself and ask him to forward your resume to the boss or the personnel department.

625 Church Street has an institution specializing in technicians and technicians' qualification certificates. http://www . edu . gov . on . ca 1-800-387-5656 http://www.oacett.org/

Dufferin and St. Clair have a school that teaches many practical courses such as AutoCAD for free. There are also many community centers or schools or human resources departments that hold job-hunting skills training courses (I don't know the details).

You can visit the church on weekends. Make new friends, get information and learn about religion.

What to do in the fifth week:

By this time, I have got the crime card. Don't forget to tell the bank your credit card number. There are three things to do: driver's license, health certificate and tax concessions for children.

1. Driver's license is the most commonly used ID card with photos, not only for driving, but also for everyone.

Bring your passport and SIN card, and take photos and sign on the spot. Check your eyesight first. Wear a pair of suitable glasses. Have an extra pair of glasses at home.

The official driver's manual published in Ontario is a must-read. There is a Chinese version, but I suggest you buy an English version. There are 70 questions in the written part of the driver's license, and each person randomly draws 40 questions. Chinatown sells many versions of the driver's license test guide book. List all these 70 questions, buy a book and spend half a day memorizing it. Taking a written test is like taking something out of a bag.

The written test is conducted by computer. You can choose to use Chinese or English, and you can change Chinese and English at any time during the exam.

At this time, you should also receive a statement of income and expenditure from the bank. Apply for health certificate with driver's license or bill, passport and SIN card with name and address. Note that if there is only one person's name on the bill, only one person's health card can be issued, and the child can do it with either parent without an address.

3. Then, take your passport, SIN card and your child's immunization card and go to the tax bureau to apply for milk money. Tell the tax bureau the bank account number, and you can start to receive the milk payment in about half a year from the second month when your child arrives in Canada.

If you move, be sure to inform the bank, driver's license, health certificate and tax bureau. You can write or call. In some places, such as the gate of War-Mart in Dufferin Mall, there is a machine that can change the address of driver's license and health card. The new card will be sent out for free later.

After almost a month, I have a basic understanding of the situation in Canada, so I have to calm down and reflect on all aspects of my situation, including the economic situation, how long I can persist if I don't work, my English level, professional level, job opportunities, prospects, interests and specialties in my major, and determine my position in Canadian society.

I'll try to write this letter in detail. It seems to be very helpful to people, but it actually hurts people. First, what I wrote may be wrong and mislead readers; Secondly, it makes readers rely on these second-hand goods and affects their enthusiasm for finding information.

A friend saw that I bought a noodle machine, so he came to Yi Meier and asked me where I could buy it. I told him that Canadian tires and household hardware were available. Two days later, he came to Yi Meier again and asked where there were two shops. I told him it was a chain store, and it was everywhere. Ask the landlord and even the pedestrians on the road. At the same time, I don't think he will ask me which shelf I am on. The next day, he came to Yi Meier again and said that the store had found it, but I don't know how to say the dough press in English. On which shelf can I find it?

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