I think the biggest frustration I have right now (sadly I think I've given up on hoping for a work permit anytime soon), is I don't even know if I'll be able to land at this rate before Christmas. Ever since we started the application, my dream was to visit my family back home for the holidays this year, as it's always a big deal with my family. On top of that, my best friend is getting married on December 13th, and she wants me to be in the bridal party, but how am I supposed to say for sure I can make it when I have no idea if we'll even land before the year is over? Even a couple of months ago, I was SURE that this whole thing would be over way before December. Now I'm not so sure, and it's killing me. We want to buy plane tickets, but if I'm not allowed to leave the country, we'll be out another $1000. All of this has added on top of the frustration of not being able to work and the amount of debt we're going even further into. I think I've just given up hope at this point. They've broken me.