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Tagum-N.B.

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GoonerClank said:
She has helped so many people on here. Hopefully she will check in once and a while to update us after her beau arrives. Same with CJG.
sHE IS ALLOWED THE WEEKEND OFF BUT MONDAY BACK TO WORK
 

Tagum-N.B.

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This is the 27th day waiting for GCMS and the 12th day waiting for reply from CEM
 

GoonerClank

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Tagum-N.B. said:
sHE IS ALLOWED THE WEEKEND OFF BUT MONDAY BACK TO WORK
Hopefully she will have some stories for us...
 

CanadianJeepGuy

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GoonerClank said:
She has helped so many people on here. Hopefully she will check in once and a while to update us after her beau arrives. Same with CJG.
Steph's situation had almost ever hurdle you could imagine. What she has had to learn in order to see it through successfully is invaluable. For those that will come after her they will benefit from her experience.

There was nothing remotely unique about my application. I was screwed by their Pilot Project initially and then left hanging at ever turn.
 

Tagum-N.B.

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GoonerClank said:
Hopefully she will have some stories for us...
Hopefully she has some she doesnt tell us
 

GoonerClank

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CanadianJeepGuy said:
Steph's situation had almost ever hurdle you could imagine. What she has had to learn in order to see it through successfully is invaluable. For those that will come after her they will benefit from her experience.

There was nothing remotely unique about my application. I was screwed by their Pilot Project initially and then left hanging at ever turn.
Yeah but you are the mp writing machine ;)
 

GoonerClank

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Tagum-N.B. said:
Hopefully she has some she doesnt tell us
That is no fun for us ...
 

Tagum-N.B.

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CanadianJeepGuy said:
Steph's situation had almost ever hurdle you could imagine. What she has had to learn in order to see it through successfully is invaluable. For those that will come after her they will benefit from her experience.

There was nothing remotely unique about my application. I was screwed by their Pilot Project initially and then left hanging at ever turn.
Sometimes i wonder why applicants are upset only 2-3 months into this,,,,but when i sit and think of all the things that happened to others and my application they should be,,,,,everything you can imagine has gone wrong,,,lost documents,,,,applications not opened,,,,mail taking 2months to deliver,,,,,not requested docs after months,,,,etc etc. So if you have a way to contact CIC or CEM do it. Dont wait, that only postpones your visa.
 

Tagum-N.B.

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GoonerClank said:
That is no fun for us ...
After seeing that sheep video,,,,she is lucky he didnt bring the dog
 

CanadianJeepGuy

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Tagum-N.B. said:
Sometimes i wonder why applicants are upset only 2-3 months into this,,,,but when i sit and think of all the things that happened to others and my application they should be,,,,,everything you can imagine has gone wrong,,,lost documents,,,,applications not opened,,,,mail taking 2months to deliver,,,,,not requested docs after months,,,,etc etc. So if you have a way to contact CIC or CEM do it. Dont wait, that only postpones your visa.
I agree. There comes a point when being patient doesn't help you anymore. If everyone who has not had their application go "In Process" after 6 months started applying pressure to their MP then maybe the government would have to reconsider the slashing job they did to the VO's.
People come first.
 

scos

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CanadianJeepGuy said:
Steph's situation had almost ever hurdle you could imagine. What she has had to learn in order to see it through successfully is invaluable. For those that will come after her they will benefit from her experience.

There was nothing remotely unique about my application. I was screwed by their Pilot Project initially and then left hanging at ever turn.
Yeah, asking pilots to process applications was a dismal failure. Back to Air Canada you lot!

:p
 

CanadianJeepGuy

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scos said:
Yeah, asking pilots to process applications was a dismal failure. Back to Air Canada you lot!

:p
LOL....more like a crash test dummy project.
 

GoonerClank

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scos said:
Yeah, asking pilots to process applications was a dismal failure. Back to Air Canada you lot!

:p
Lol.... Hey scos did you hear from pal on the immigrant discount? I have been looking at yvr and yyz arrivals to see what the "direct" flight is like regarding times .. It has been on time the last couple of trips
 

scos

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GoonerClank said:
Lol.... Hey scos did you hear from pal on the immigrant discount? I have been looking at yvr and yyz arrivals to see what the "direct" flight is like regarding times .. It has been on time the last couple of trips
Not yet. I might have to try another email address. I sent it to the customer service in Manila.
 

scos

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Clicked on the PAL site and got a pop up message that says they are cancelling flights to and from Davao due to a Cebu Pacific Airlines flight overshooting the runway at Davao Airport.

To handle the passengers they are switching to wide body aircraft for its General Santos-Manila flights.

Apparently Davao will reopen tonight at 8pm (so presumably is has already reopened) and PAL flights will resume from there.

It was closed on Sunday June 2nd at 7pm. It affected 9 PAL flights due to the runway being obstructed.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/420017/cebu-pacific-apologizes-for-runway-mishap-in-davao