I agree with you. Personally, I didn't mind the wait, but what frustrated me the most was the limbo. I mean it would have been much easier for me if they had told me that I am going to wait double than others, but after one year, they will either reject or accept me. It is so frustrating to wait and wait without a clue when it is going to finish. I think after I got my PR, I felt like a void since a huge burden was lifted from my life. I am sure that it takes years for me to recover from all the stress that I went through.
Second, I generally don't agree with this whole system of PR thing. They put too much weight on the work experience and education as opposed to the Canadian values. For instance, I know some people who have been living in this country for more than 7 years (a Masters and a PhD), who are not eligible for PR simply because the work that they did here was during their studies. So, technically, they garbage the fact that the person lived here for so many years and learned all the rules about Canadian life, the person learned how to do taxes, how to drive, how to speak English, etc.
On the other hand, obviously, there are a lot of applicants who simply fake their job experiences in other countries, yet with that experience, they get pr easily and they come to this country without knowing the language, the system, or anything. Worse than that, as you can see many of them even don't want to learn these things at all.
Having said all the bad things, I just want to tell you to stay positive. I know it is hard, but don't let these things put you down. After all, it is our choice to come to this country and we are guests. So, we need to understand that not everything is going to be based on what we think and what we want. Of course, I think the system can be more fair for us, but if we don't want this, we have to go back. I don't know about you, but I don't have any support if I go back. No job, no money, no life. Plus, if you are interested, take a look at the visa and immigration system for a country like Iran or somewhere like daftar hafeze manafae. Half of their link on their websites are not working. the forms are old, full of mistakes, etc. After you see these, you realize that Canada has worked so long to establish all these things. I know it is hard for us, but it will good for our kids. We are going to face prejudice here and there, but the second or third generation from us will have a better life.
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