ON THE LIGHTER SIDE: Paranoia during the "wait"

[Sweden]

I laugh and joke because that's how my family has always dealt with stress. I'm really a bundle of nerves, because I've made some stupid mistakes. We got our CSQ today (Certificat de Sélection du Québec), which means that after CIC receives it, the evaluation of the hubby as my sponsor is done. Then they'll look at ME. And I don't have my police certificate yet. I'm just this side of terrified, but the request is in the mail to the FBI, and now all I can do is hurry up and wait. I'm not sure if it's better or worse that my husband just DOES. NOT. STRESS. "I'm sure it will be fine." Wish that made two of us.

you'll be fine! you're from the US ( if I remember right), and you're inland (higher rate of approval in general) - and leaving together, and married... CIC would have a really hard time to find something to deny you! so unless you don't qualify for some odd reason ( you were married to your husband who didn't declare you before he became a PR or a citizen etc), you'll be approved. If they're not sure about something, they'll ask for it, so no need to worry about any possible mistake in the application - you'll get a chance to answer any doubts the officer may have, if any!

 

[Steph C]

I wish I had a funny story to relate.

That funny time when CIC lost all your documents :-[

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

That funny time when CIC lost all your documents :-[

LOL......ya almost forgot that knee slapper....

 

[Iay]

That funny time when CIC lost all your documents :-[

Was this you Steph?? Did CIC lose your documents?

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

Was this you Steph?? Did CIC lose your documents?

No it was me.

 

[QuebecOkie]

Awwww, Sweden, THANKS! :-* Means more from you than from the hubby, haha, since you actually know a bit about this process. The husband has no clue what's going on (less than me, if you can believe it).

Me: "Baby! We got our CSQ today!"
Hubby: "Okay. What is that?"
Me: *sigh* "It's the Quebec thingy, babe."
Hubby: "Oh. Cool. What's that mean?"
Me: *sigh* "It means Québec approved you as a sponsor, and they're telling us and will tell CIC. Then CIC will finally look at my application."
Hubby: "Oh. Cool. What's for dinner?"
Me: *sigh* "Chicken burritos thingies."
Hubby: "Yum! Remember, no jalapenos this time."
Me: *sigh* "Yes, darling."

Bahahahahaha! He's so lucky he's cute, and that I fell too hard for him to let him go when he got posted to Québec!

 

[Iay]

No it was me.

OH. How did it happen?

 

[Steph C]

OH. How did it happen?

I think that the idiots just up and lost them.. in the month when me and CJG applied they were sending a lot of applications through Ottawa and it was a bit of a kerfufle.

 

[CanadianJeepGuy]

OH. How did it happen?

Not sure but the best guess is that is that it was opened in Mississauga they removed the sponsorship documents which would have been on the top of the file. At some point a decision was made to transfer it to Ottawa where it was sent minus my sponsorship documents and my wife's passport pics.
I made inquiries but they proved useless so I contacted my MP and they were able to track it down. What that means is that I did not receive my sponsorship approval until October 2012 where every other May applicant got theirs by August.

 

[skas13]

Wow! you're life must be really stressful amikety and LVF.
Imagine planning what to do today? Which chocolate to eat (for LVF). LOL

I'm actually surprised I can still get involved in this forum quite regularly with my full-time work. I am guessing most of the active members here are on a visitor's visa so bored hanging out at home. Anyway, you have all the time to enjoy life without having to work.

I'm a stay-at-home mom, and looking for work. I'm the sponsor. Certainly not bored at home, but have a little more time to be compulsively worrying about our application I hope I get a job soon. Will help pass the time! Though 2 kids under 4 certainly keep me moving!

 

[amikety]

Awwww, Sweden, THANKS! :-* Means more from you than from the hubby, haha, since you actually know a bit about this process. The husband has no clue what's going on (less than me, if you can believe it).

Me: "Baby! We got our CSQ today!"
Hubby: "Okay. What is that?"
Me: *sigh* "It's the Quebec thingy, babe."
Hubby: "Oh. Cool. What's that mean?"
Me: *sigh* "It means Québec approved you as a sponsor, and they're telling us and will tell CIC. Then CIC will finally look at my application."
Hubby: "Oh. Cool. What's for dinner?"
Me: *sigh* "Chicken burritos thingies."
Hubby: "Yum! Remember, no jalapenos this time."
Me: *sigh* "Yes, darling."

Bahahahahaha! He's so lucky he's cute, and that I fell too hard for him to let him go when he got posted to Québec!

My husband has no clue about the process either. He's rather lucky his mom is American too. His family already knows about Immigration, so he doesn't have to explain it.

I literally had to send him all his forms in an email (the links) then stand over his shoulder while he filled them out. It was a good thing too. He put ME as the sponsor.... Yes, I'm going to sponsor myself to Canada! I'm a bad@$$ like that 8)

 

[Sweden]

. Yes, I'm going to sponsor myself to Canada! I'm a bad @ $$ like that 8)

well you can always try - and see if you can confuse CIC out of their wits, and maybe you'll get the PR faster! after all, they are the ones who decide that OUTLAND applicants from the US will have their applications processed in Ottawa - so much for outland!

 

[amikety]

well you can always try - and see if you can confuse CIC out of their wits, and maybe you'll get the PR faster! after all, they are the ones who decide that OUTLAND applicants from the US will have their applications processed in Ottawa - so much for outland!

They secretly know who won the War of 1812....... heh heh.

(It was no one.)

 

[sbea026]

I just took a nap (yep, at home most of the time), and I literally DREAMED about a Reese's peanut butter cup.
It's the opposite in our home, most of the time. I joke about the fact that he's totally responsible for me. AOR was Oct 23...so two days BEFORE they made the change about having to live with your spouse/partner for two years after you get PR. I tell him I'm just waiting for my PR, so I can run away and live off welfare while he pays! Then he gets me back, by asking how that's any different than now. But picking on each other is just our way. It's done with love!

My wife's sponsoring me and I made the welfare joke but only a few times before it wasn't funny. I also say "oh well if Quebec/Canada rejects us then we will have to go live in my Country near my family and friends and we don't want that do we"

 

[maplegal86]

OH YEAAYY I'm not the only one losing my HeAd in this process...

I'm one of those over hyper, cant handle not knowing kind of people... and OMG the wait is KiLliNggggg!!! Every morning as soon as my eyes open I jump onto the website- even if its 6 am and I had checked it the previous night just before sleeping....

Then one fine day I found this forum I realised that some people get lucky and get they PP back wiz PR before the suggested time... and that's when all hell broke loose in my head... I've become a walking talking zombie haunting the e-CAS page and this forum.....
Only God can help my soul now....

I completely feel the same way. I have a hyperactive personality and need to know everything all the time. Thanks to New Delhi I have been sitting in India jobless, husbandless and moneyless waiting for my passport and DM for the past 4 months.

And it's just horrible to see people in my social circle change jobs, get promotions, start business school, have babies, move into bigger homes when I'm sitting here staring intently at ECAS.

This has got to be the lowest period of time in my life.