The intent of this FAQ is to provide the posters and lurkers of the
misc.immigration.canada newsgroup useful introductory information about the
newsgroup, and the answers to some of the questions that crop up
frequently.  This FAQ is not meant to replace any of the more detailed and
specific FAQs available elsewhere, nor does it intend to discourage
questions in the subjects it covers.  It is at best a collection of
pointers to where you can find information and has general interest
questions--if you cannot find the answer to your question, you are always
welcome to ask it of the group.

A word of advice:  Try to be as specific as possible when asking your
questions (so as to avoid wasting bandwidth asking for clarifications) and
please choose descriptive subject lines for your post.  For questions you
might consider prefacing it with [Q]: but as with everything else in this
advice, this is not compulsory.  I would advise you to avoid subject
lines like "Help!!" "Experts please help!!" "Canadian Immigration" "Mr. X,
I need your help" "question"--these are very general and uninformative.
Better specify the *nature* of the help you need, eg. "Help on NOC
definition" "[Q]: Buffalo processing times?" "Sponsoring parents info
needed" etc. for faster results and out of simple courtesy for the people
who read all of the messages in the newsgroup day after day.  Thank you!