02-13-2007, 05:15 AM
To all:
Today we received notification that our application for Skilled Worker PR will be formally rejected. This is because my son has bipolar disorder. This mental illness has caused three hospitalizations, continual medication, continual psychiatric visits, will last the rest of his life, and requires a modified education plan.
Due to the above mentioned aspects of bipolar disorder he has been determined to both a possible danger to Canadian society and an excessive burden on social and health services in Canada.
We've been given a window of sixty days to provide medical or official evidence to counterpoise the immigration officer's assessment. But honestly, we can't. All of that evidence (positive letters from his psychiatrist and teachers) has already been submitted.
I really thought that a more excessive burden on Canadian medical services would be my wife's tetrology of fallot condition which requires a visit to the cardiologist every six months, several tests a year, and a valve replacement every twenty years.
We submitted our application to Buffalo CIC June of 2005. It has taken less than two years. Even though I speak fluent French, we are financially stable and somewhat affluent, I am a teacher, my wife a social worker, and my son's condition is for the most part contained and currently being appropriately treated, we didn't make the standards.
I am not too upset, nor too surprised. I was preparing myself for this when Ottawa asked for further information regarding my son's bipolar disorder.
I will continue to visit Canada and specifically Quebec on a regular basis, as much as I can. I will check with the CBC and Radio-Canada daily as always. I will forever defend Canada when others try to bash our neighbors to the north. I will continue to love hockey, speak French, appreciate the NDP, and drink good Canadian beer. The flag of Quebec continues to wave in my classroom and appears as a sticker on my car. My wife and I could always end up in Canada after our two children graduate, one never knows.
Otherwise, of all the sites I have visited, used, abused, and participated, Road to Canada is by far the best. It provides a sense of community and solidarity in the face of a daunting task. Thank you to all of the Administrators and participants, you will never realize how much solace you have provided in the wee hours of the night.
At any rate, I will soon leave this site forever as this possible future has been closed to us. Good luck and God speed to all who tackle this leviathan that is the CIC.
Merci mille fois.
-Antoine
Today we received notification that our application for Skilled Worker PR will be formally rejected. This is because my son has bipolar disorder. This mental illness has caused three hospitalizations, continual medication, continual psychiatric visits, will last the rest of his life, and requires a modified education plan.
Due to the above mentioned aspects of bipolar disorder he has been determined to both a possible danger to Canadian society and an excessive burden on social and health services in Canada.
We've been given a window of sixty days to provide medical or official evidence to counterpoise the immigration officer's assessment. But honestly, we can't. All of that evidence (positive letters from his psychiatrist and teachers) has already been submitted.
I really thought that a more excessive burden on Canadian medical services would be my wife's tetrology of fallot condition which requires a visit to the cardiologist every six months, several tests a year, and a valve replacement every twenty years.
We submitted our application to Buffalo CIC June of 2005. It has taken less than two years. Even though I speak fluent French, we are financially stable and somewhat affluent, I am a teacher, my wife a social worker, and my son's condition is for the most part contained and currently being appropriately treated, we didn't make the standards.
I am not too upset, nor too surprised. I was preparing myself for this when Ottawa asked for further information regarding my son's bipolar disorder.
I will continue to visit Canada and specifically Quebec on a regular basis, as much as I can. I will check with the CBC and Radio-Canada daily as always. I will forever defend Canada when others try to bash our neighbors to the north. I will continue to love hockey, speak French, appreciate the NDP, and drink good Canadian beer. The flag of Quebec continues to wave in my classroom and appears as a sticker on my car. My wife and I could always end up in Canada after our two children graduate, one never knows.
Otherwise, of all the sites I have visited, used, abused, and participated, Road to Canada is by far the best. It provides a sense of community and solidarity in the face of a daunting task. Thank you to all of the Administrators and participants, you will never realize how much solace you have provided in the wee hours of the night.
At any rate, I will soon leave this site forever as this possible future has been closed to us. Good luck and God speed to all who tackle this leviathan that is the CIC.
Merci mille fois.
-Antoine
