Yes, please. Let's address the elephant in the room.
Yeah but he did say he lived in the US for 9 years, that's the one I'm interested to know
It should say in the email. I'm pretty sure it's the same for everyone - in my email it says 30 days.
Minneapolis, MN. But it wasn't a city/state thing. That's the US in general. If you hit some city with just the right population density, you may have better luck. Great city otherwise though, loved it there.
It does not say anything about timeline for response in my mail. That’s why the confusion.
Hmm, sorry don't know then. In my email it says it two places it's 30 days. They even put it in bold letters.
Really, I thought that healthcare can vary greatly from state to state, even from city to city. Some states like Massachusetts have a good enough healthcare to rival some higher ranked countries, while others like Lousiana have it so bad that they are well below the US average. Even from city to city like what really skews Massachusetts' ranking is primarily the Greater Boston Area.
We're not talking about critical care. Of course if you need a highly specialized procedure, Mass General would be better than a random hospital in Louisiana. But in terms of general physician visits etc, it mostly depends on the population density where you live (from my limited experience). ymmv
This is how it should have been from the start. Addressing actual labour shortages in critical sectors instead of inviting people who have worked in occupations, where Canada has limited to no jobs. The country seriously needs more healthcare and construction workers to address the healthcare and housing issues. What it does not need is more fast food workers. Canada has a lot of private diploma mills churning out useless degrees. It does not need more international graduates from these mills.
Oh yeah. Very interesting thread. Some very valid points.
Yup. That was my experience as well. Even though I went with lawyer, constant pressure was getting to me. What if I made a mistake? What if there is ANY visa to the US, UK, Australia that I applied for and it got rejected? I don't remember that but what IF. What if my wife applied for some visa because of her work and she just doesn't remember? Very possible because of work she was doing. Should I sent another letter of explanation telling them that? That's one of the main reasons why I want to chill with immigration a bit.To me, uprooting moving part is not that big of a trouble. It cuts only for few weeks.
What is really painful is the uncertainty of whole process: The what ifs. Like
1. OMG My wife has to renew her OWP! What if they reject her SOWP?
2. What if I made a mistake in form?
3. What if I entered Iceland inplace of india? (I kid you not this almost happened, though my lawyer was more to blame).
4. OMG! What if I was fired! will I have to withdraw her application? (I kid you not, it happened with one of my friend).
5.OMG! YES! She will not be avail to renew her SOWP! What will I do?
6. What if asked her to leave Canada?
7. What if she has to take a flight back? Now? In middle of pandemic? (I know they processed one guys and kicked him out even though he worked as a nurse in covid care)
8. What if she got COVID on the way?
9. OMG! They just removed restoring to a different authorization!!! I cann't restore her to visitor!
and on and on and on
IRCC does not help by having many many many months long waiting. SOWP was taking 8-9 months. borders were closed, no flagpolling.Horrible time.
Living with this uncertainties for long time is tiring. And really, it is not your fault too. It is IRCC being son of a **$*$$ and processing their stuff so slow.
VERY VERY TRUE.
