Hi forum mates,
I have a confession to make. I already lost all hope with our application. Nonetheless, here's our family's update:
LC2: March 2014 (our papers from Manila were transferred to HK)
LC2: March 31, 2014 (my paper and eCAS status turned from In Process to Withdraw. I received a denial letter thru snail mail. The HK visa officer questioned part of my blank academic year. We argued in another letter that my mom went to Canada to work in 2007. I stopped for 3 semesters back in 2005 to help ease the financial stress we're experiencing. I never gotten any response from HK.)
Then I lost hope. For several months there were no updates for the other 3 applications. I silently left the forum thinking that I was just making things hard for me to accept that I got my paper denied and my brothers app went into deep sleep. Guess what, I'm now 33 turning 34 next Feb. I already lost almost 8 years in waiting for this. So we all stopped waiting, pushed the application aside.
We made ourselves busy with many things. Then, an email changed our family's long wait...
LC1 Landing Interview: Nov 03, 2014 (My mom never went to the said interview, she was just asked to pay the landing fees.)
LC2 PPR: November 14, 2014 (at around 9:32 MNL time, my brother who is now in 27s received an email from HK stating that he needs to submit his passport and signed "Appendix A". Few minutes later, my two other brothers got their emails, too.)
My mom who was super excited, immediately booked 3 tickets MNL to YYZ Feb 05, 2014. (Frantic mode)
I suppose 3 out of 4 will go to Canada. Our family was still able to get a good bargain out from the long and agonizing wait.
Maybe the only worst part for me in this bargain is the "separation anxiety" with my siblings. For the longest of time, me and my brothers, we're doin some crazy stuff here like wild xmas parties and movie marathons.
But life goes on...
Another story and confession to make in the future.
I'm not sure how will I be able to reunite with my family. I'd be the last man standing here in the Philippines.
Lots of things we learned along with the long wait. Patience is sure a virtue exercised in excess.