Very exciting about your move- congrats! Have you already checked out the easy expat guide to Montreal (http://www.easyexpat.com/en/montreal.htm)? It offers info & resources on the things you are asking about.
There is info on visa's: http://www.easyexpat.com/en/montreal/de ... t-visa.htm
& lother helpful info.

"A study permit is a temporary visa from
1 to 3 years generally and which gives you the right to study and work on-campus. It is required by universities on the registration day.
Procedure:
The prospective student will need to apply to Immigration Canada.http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/study/index.html
The process requires little supporting documents, is straight forward and fast. This depends on your local Canadian embassy but usually it is no more than 6 weeks "

Also, someone else posted to the forum that was moving to Montreal : moving-montreal-soon-need-help-t24324.html#p61366

Enjoy!

 

I'm also (almost definitely) moving around the same time for my husband's job. I'm in my 30s and studied French through college and grad school but forgot much of it since then. I'd also like to enroll at a language school to brush up and meet people since we don't really know anyone in Montreal.

 

hello

i'm french and i'll be in montreal from may to august i will love to meet u there..i have a job in marketing out there during this period

rita

 

Hello hello,
My name is Inès, I am Franch and I am coming to Montréal the 1st of April, I am like you I don't know anyone, and I will be happy to meet you.
Have you ever found a flat ? I am looking for it !
What are you doing in Montréal and for how long?
I wil be there for 6 months !
See ya !

 

Hi there,

I'm a 23 year old, female, MSc student and I just moved to Montreal in January. I haven't met a lot of people since I spend quite a bit of time in the lab, so I'm pretty much in the same boat as you may be when you move here. I can speak a little bit of french but, like you, I want to take a french language course in the spring/summer to brush up on it. It'd be great to chat with you over this website or email, and meet you when you get here
What sort of work do you plan on doing when you get here?

 

Looking for a Patrick, 21 years old, from Switzerland. In Montreal for 5 months, and will be studyign electro engineering in Switzerland. If you are reading this, I received your email but have no contact information for you (email address or username on this website).

Please private message me on this website.

Hope to hear from you!

 

Hi,
I'm a guy, 22 and I Live in Montreal. Have lived here my whole life. It's a nice place to live and study. When you can let me know, we can meet, I'll show you around (can help you get an apartment for cheap if you don't want to live on Campus). I am actually planning on trying to move to the U.S, so it's the other way around.

 

Hi
I moved to Montreal a year ago, I'm taking french classes in Concordia university.
I find it hard to practice french with native speakers.
I would like to meet beginners in french to practice french together .

Looking forward to hear from you

 

Hello!

I recommend you this website www.french-teaching.com
Bonne chance!!

 

Looking for friends in montreal

Hey everyone

My name is Patrick and I'm 21 years old. I visite Montreal from February till the end of July.
I come from Switzerland and came to Montreal to emprove my english and maybe learn a little bit french. It would be nice to find someone to chat with or just go out for a movie. I love doing sport so that would also be a posibility.

If you're interested please just text!!

Have a nice day
Patrick

 

For those of you looking to make friends or find activities and conversation groups in Montreal, try www.meetin.org and go to the Montreal link. The board is quite active these days. Thus is where I met my close friends in Montreal. Bonne chance à tous!

 

Hi,
My name is Jennie, I am 24, I am living in Montreal for 2 months studying. I would be really keen to meet people to hang out with, maybe see some sights or just get a coffee. I have been here a couple of weeks so am starting to know my way around! If anyone is interested then let me know. Thanks!

 

Hi everybody,

My name is Dave, i'm 24 and i'm from montreal. I spent a couple of months abroad in europe and since i really got used to hang out with different people from elsewhere, I thought it might be cool to try to organise a meeting with people from outside montreal. Would anyone of you would like to meet this friday at the metro mont-royal at 20h to go out for a drink? Could be a nice oportunity to meet real montrealers and practice your french . you can send me a confirmation at san_go_ten@hotmail.com hope to get a lot of answers