Aww how sweet IRCC sometimes can be. "SOMETIMES"
I think it pays to be nice and polite in all communication with them. It’s sad that they have to have a message on their phone line telling us callers that aggressive and abusive behaviour will not be tolerated and the call will be ended. It is rather telling how frequently it happens or they wouldn’t have needed that.
Every webform, every email, every phone call, every LOE, I’ve been respectful, polite, funny, apologetic for bothering them, etc. Our UCI number is the same throughout all our processing from the first visa through citizenship. Who knows if there’s a note about it on my file.
The woman who called me yesterday said it’s surprising to them how fast I went through.
I am grateful. It’s been a 40 year process since I came here the first time and instantly figured out this was home, even before the plane touched down. It has seriously not been easy. Implied status twice, out of status once, and thanks to GCMS notes I found out I was about to get my PR application denied. Every step without a lawyer.
I’m increadibly thankful for every opportunity Canada has sent my way. My birth country wouldn’t let me go to college, even as a mature student. I had failed highschool because I failed my own language. Everything else I aced. And then they told me I had to redo all of the highschool classses as my grades were too old. Meanwhile, Humber looked at my credentials, my work history, my grades, and stood with open arms asking me to please apply.
I’m not from a war torn country. I’m not from a poor country. I’m from an EU member country. My birth country has given me nothing but grief. And that’s why I’m seriously considering renouncing my birth citizenship.
I will never move back. This is home for life.