I agree completely with wes.
Frankly, we feel that Pakistan me sab kaam galat hotay hain. But the fact is that all these visa offices work like crap and just shows that beauracracy, red tapism and laziness is everywehere in world. I recently had an experience with UK visit visa. The people who were sitting there and taking forms were just jerks (even the decision making staff), not properly trained. Forms that were not properly filled but since the people had to give visa bc it was some official thing for which they were already informed, the visa came in less than a fortnight. I have heard similar stories about US visa etc. But Canada tops all of these. CIC on website emphasise on completeness of application bla bla, but it feels that completeness, updates etc nothing does help. For someone whose wife/friend/sister/brother is there in the visa office, her/his work will get priority. For people like us, its like a random process, and they work in accordance with their own leasure time. I wish I had known this process a little more before my marriage and joined these educative forums, should have approached the whole thing differently. They ask for the proof on continuity of relationship but honestly speaking who on earth can guarnatee on the continuity of any relationship, this is a biggest joke and so subjective. No one can be 100% sure whether the marriage will continue for the rest of life or not and specially with this tortorous process etc, for some people it strengthens, for some it makes things totally messed up. I remember reading on this forum that someone had decide to get divorce as the inlaws were mistrusting etc. CIC should be sued on playing with the lives of people. The process is ridiculous and nonsense. What family reunion, values, emotions, sentiments these Canadian talk about is BS?