It always seems to be so quiet over here in the skilled worker thread. :lonely:We send off our applications, receive our AOR and then we have nothing to do except wait, and wait, and wait, and wait.........
anybody seen the broom? I saw some cobwebs and dust bunnies on my into this thread :shakehead
Think I will go back over to the family class thread and hang out there.
there is always more drama in the family class!
Joohliya Wrote:there is always more drama in the family class!
that's why I go hang out there ;)
Newfie, that's a funny post....I had a good laugh.
I too wish for more action in this forum but all there is .................
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nothing else.
Since you've started something fun...let's hang in there together
I think we should start a scandal!
Joohliya Wrote:I think we should start a scandal!
oooohhhhh that sounds like fun -- I like the way you think!!!!!
I can never understand the angst by skilled worker applicants. It is a waiting game - not much more. either you have the points or you don't. either you are healthy and not a criminal - or you'r not. I keep looking for the drama in it all. Eventually your number comes up and you get your ticket.
My guy and I have been together in a long distance relationship for over 3 years. Given an endless llist of reasons why CIC would look sideways at our relationship - we have elected to go the skilled worker route. We figured a family class sponsorship was far too stressful! Besides, I do not want to plan my romantic life around CIC requirements. R has points to burn and we know that sooner or later - he will be on his way.
So it might be a little boring in here... but I find that comforting :)
Long distance relationships are tough....takes lots of love and trust to hold it together. I take my hat off you for choosing this route..
You are right, that all we have to do is be healthy, legally inclined, and earn enough points. All we do is wait. But therein lies the problem, our involvement in the process is removed, so we feel like so much is out of our hands, which it is. In some weird way, it would be easier if we had a constant, active part in the process so that we knew where we stood and felt like having some control.It is like driving an automatic car vs. a stick shift/ manual. Many people who drive the stick shift say they enjoy feeling like they are in control, even though they aren't really. But, the other side of me agrees, and that there is some relief in just waiting and not constantly thinking about it.
Joohliya Wrote:I can never understand the angst by skilled worker applicants. It is a waiting game - not much more. either you have the points or you don't. either you are healthy and not a criminal - or you'r not. I keep looking for the drama in it all. Eventually your number comes up and you get your ticket.
My guy and I have been together in a long distance relationship for over 3 years. Given an endless llist of reasons why CIC would look sideways at our relationship - we have elected to go the skilled worker route. We figured a family class sponsorship was far too stressful! Besides, I do not want to plan my romantic life around CIC requirements. R has points to burn and we know that sooner or later - he will be on his way.
So it might be a little boring in here... but I find that comforting :)
How much longer do you think you will be waiting to be reunited in Canada?
Joohliya Wrote:I can never understand the angst by skilled worker applicants. It is a waiting game - not much more. either you have the points or you don't. either you are healthy and not a criminal - or you'r not. I keep looking for the drama in it all. Eventually your number comes up and you get your ticket.
My guy and I have been together in a long distance relationship for over 3 years. Given an endless llist of reasons why CIC would look sideways at our relationship - we have elected to go the skilled worker route. We figured a family class sponsorship was far too stressful! Besides, I do not want to plan my romantic life around CIC requirements. R has points to burn and we know that sooner or later - he will be on his way.
So it might be a little boring in here... but I find that comforting :)
Well, yes, it is a waiting game, just as it is for family class. I wish it were quite as simplistic as the picture you've painted, however.
"Either you're healthy and not a criminal, or you're not". Hmmm. Well, several of us here have medical conditions which are not clearly explained and which we are taking an absolute leap of faith that we will not be kept out of Canada for (for myself, it's an incredibly rare form of cancer which has been removed, but since the doctors know virtually nothing about it, it could return at any time). Some of us also have pasts which may include small crimes which we don't know how seriously Canada will take (for myself, it was an arrest at an anti-war rally in 1991).
Not everything is crystal clear, just as not every relationship seems crystal clear to CIC.
To top it off, the wait is at least 2 years (and that's just from the US; I'd hate to think about more complicated countries). That's 2+ years of waiting, of putting your life on hold (because let's face it, it's impossible not to). 2+ years of keeping the job you hate (because to take a new one requires that you also get a verification letter from your new employer directed to CIC), waiting to have another child, obsessively fixing up the house so you can be ready to sell on a moment's notice, 2+ years of hoping you'll get to wait less than 2+ years.
I doubt that it's easier going family class, just as it's neither easier nor more difficult to be in-Canada or out-of. Waiting on a dream is waiting on a dream, whether it's to join your loved one, be able to work while you wait, or whether you bide your time feeling like a displaced Canadian south of the border. Thank goodness we can all be in this together, no matter what our circumstances.
You took the words right out of my mouth wannabecanadian.
Mine is 3+ years and the "putting life on hold" is beginning to wear me down. Sometime I feel like throwing it all away but the only way I've kept on is to tell myself that I've waited so far already.
At least I have this forum to air of my frustration and know that I'm not in this alone.
Thanks you all!
sorry if I presented an undervalued opinion. I understand the on-hold part - I am living it too and I can't imagine the anxiety around health issues. it would be nice if they could tell you that up front.
as for a war protester - you might get to go to the front of the line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!