I applied for CSQ in 2011 BIQ Paris till to date no reply....Then I decided last year to send my wife for studies as a way for quick immigration since CSQ just went quite. In August 2012 got her Admissions and she traveled to Canada....In Jan This year I applied for Multiple entry visa to visit her with my two children and we all got. In Feb I made a one month Visit to Canada and while there made an application for an open work permit...then came back to my country to wait for it. Then this week Wow! I received a notification that my work permit has been approved and with my four year multi entry visa I can now take my sweet time to finally go and settle in Canada. I have just given the required three months notice for resigning to my employer.....That's my journey...its been expensive a little bit but the end justifies the means! By the time BIQ finishes with my CSQ I will be a Canadian!