Red Jeans, Tinko, MAB, congratulations to you guys and anyone else who I missed out, on receiving updates on your case.
I just wanted to take a minute and share a little frustration with the rest of you.
I follow this forum every day, as a silent reader who rarely posts. However, recently Ive come to notice a new trend that revolves around whining on behalf of the cases that were filed in 2011.
Seriously guys, chill out.
My case has been on going with little to no updates since November 2010. In this time, Ive had to go through two wedding anniversaries, four eid celebrations, four birthdays (both mine and my husband's), and countless other little milestones in both our lives that we missed out on. I just completed my final semester of school and my graduation ceremony is next month. I was also just hired by the pharmacy I completed my internship at, my husband is refusing one job offer after another and we are sitting quietly bearing the pain, frustration and loneliness all on our own.
I would like to remind everyone on this forum to please, be patient and sit calmly. Crying about brain tumours and mental illness in vain is not a laughing matter. There are people in the world who are actually suffering from these illnesses. It was our decision to marry overseas. We were well aware at the time that this process would be lengthy. We were warned that it could take two years to be with our loved ones. Cursing Jason Kenney and the Government of Canada is going to get you no where.
If you have so much to say and want to actually be proactive about your situation, step away from your computer and do something about it. Stage a protest, organize a rally, get signatures on a petition, throw eggs at the Minister's house, I dont care what you do.
Just dont come to this thread and whine about how your process isnt being completed in 12 months while other applicants' are. You applied well after me and Im sitting here like an idiot waiting it out but Im not complaining.
What it basically comes down to is fate. If it is your destiny to be with the man/woman you love, no earthly power will keep you from them. If not, Allah subhanahu wata'ala will make sure it doesn't happen.
"But perhaps you hate a thing and it is good for you; and perhaps you love a thing and it is bad for you. And Allah knows, while you know not." (2:216)
This isnt meant to offend anyone or sound 'holier than thou'. But you guys really need to be thankful and appreciative of the fact that you KNOW something sooner or later is going to happen with your cases. My batch from the last half of 2010 is sitting in absolute uncertainty not knowing when anything will happen. Always look to those who are beneath you and be satisfied rather than looking at those above you and feeling unfortunate.
It is now known that anyone who applied in 2011 will get a response sooner or later, well within the 26 months timeline.
Im going on 19 months here, re-med done, imm forms sent, pcc sent, proof sent. No interview objections, no phone calls; just a very straightforward case. I have no idea when my husband will get his PPR. I have no inkling of what the future brings. Will I spend Ramadhan with my husband this year? Will I spend my birthday with him? Will our next anniversary be spent alone? Nothing.
So 2011's, be grateful. You still have hope. Us 2010's are kind of beat up at the moment.
End of Rant.
