- May 17, 2016
- 178
- 8
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Sydney, NS / Ottawa
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 04-01-2016 (received on 06-01-2016)
- Doc's Request.
- 21-07-2016 (RPRF and PCC from Hong Kong)
- Nomination.....
- CSQ-PEQ-étudiant, issued: 23-12-2015, received: 30-12-2015
- AOR Received.
- 17-03-2016
- Med's Request
- 30-06-2016
- Med's Done....
- 04-07-2016 (submitted 13-07-2016)
- Interview........
- waived
- Passport Req..
- 05-01-2017 (photocopy of passport pages [visa-exempt country] + 2 recent photos); documents sent: 05-01-2017, delivered: unknown (always "out for delivery" since 09-01-2017)
- VISA ISSUED...
- Visa Exempt Country, CoPR issued: 16-01-2017, GC-key/MyCIC account finalized: 19-01-2017, return envelope activated: 20-01-2017; CoPR received: 23-01-2017
- LANDED..........
- 24-01-2017
I want to open this post to share something positive about Quebec as the place where we intend to settle as our home. :-*
(I have seen a post some time ago in which the writer shared their bad or frustrating experience in Quebec -- to which I am very sympathetic. Immigration is no fairy tale. There is inevitably some difficulty we need to face. And oftentimes, reality falls short of our expectation.) But I think it will be great to have a more upbeat topic here on those things we like in this province.
since I moved to Montreal as an international student, I have travelled to the US and Ontario (I realized that I have only been to Quebec and Ontario in Canada! now I am planning to do two trips that will cover all the 10 provinces) for different trips (sometimes for participating in conferences or symposia, friends' wedding, sightseeing, shopping, visiting friends). Everytime when I came back to Montreal I would always feel great that I am home again. Montreal is the only place in North America where I can feel home, it is my second hometown -- I find myself saying this sometimes.
Indeed, I am eligible for other immigration programmes. But I really wanted to get the PR through Quebec. (and some other programmes actually state clearly that the applicants should intend to settle in any province of Canada other than Quebec--I am always taken aback by this rule.) If it is not Quebec, I might not wish to get Canadian PR. [But I would have to say that I find it annoying that QSW in the federal part takes unreasonably and unfairly long time for processing -- haven't we already gone through the CSQ selection process?]
One thing I particularly love here is of course the French language. My French is not perfect, but I feel great to have a wonderful environment to practise the language. French books, newspapers (I read Le Devoir), magazines, TV programmes and files are easily accessible here. (though I still find their accent not always easy to understand -- I started learning French in Alliance Française in my home country where, of course, we were taught Parisian French in which déjeuner is lunch, dîner is dinner.) I respect their perceived need to protect the French language (or joual) (albeit to the extent that some quebecois are hostile to English).
I also find the politics here quite interesting. (a new friend would ask in her first conversation with me whether I am federalist or sovereignist).
I normally do not like alcohol (i think my liver could not take it). But I am quite happy to discover the charming taste of Ice Cider (which is a quebec invention).
what about you? why would you choose to immigrate to Quebec? what attracts you here? what is the thing you like about Quebec?
(I have seen a post some time ago in which the writer shared their bad or frustrating experience in Quebec -- to which I am very sympathetic. Immigration is no fairy tale. There is inevitably some difficulty we need to face. And oftentimes, reality falls short of our expectation.) But I think it will be great to have a more upbeat topic here on those things we like in this province.
since I moved to Montreal as an international student, I have travelled to the US and Ontario (I realized that I have only been to Quebec and Ontario in Canada! now I am planning to do two trips that will cover all the 10 provinces) for different trips (sometimes for participating in conferences or symposia, friends' wedding, sightseeing, shopping, visiting friends). Everytime when I came back to Montreal I would always feel great that I am home again. Montreal is the only place in North America where I can feel home, it is my second hometown -- I find myself saying this sometimes.
Indeed, I am eligible for other immigration programmes. But I really wanted to get the PR through Quebec. (and some other programmes actually state clearly that the applicants should intend to settle in any province of Canada other than Quebec--I am always taken aback by this rule.) If it is not Quebec, I might not wish to get Canadian PR. [But I would have to say that I find it annoying that QSW in the federal part takes unreasonably and unfairly long time for processing -- haven't we already gone through the CSQ selection process?]
One thing I particularly love here is of course the French language. My French is not perfect, but I feel great to have a wonderful environment to practise the language. French books, newspapers (I read Le Devoir), magazines, TV programmes and files are easily accessible here. (though I still find their accent not always easy to understand -- I started learning French in Alliance Française in my home country where, of course, we were taught Parisian French in which déjeuner is lunch, dîner is dinner.) I respect their perceived need to protect the French language (or joual) (albeit to the extent that some quebecois are hostile to English).
I also find the politics here quite interesting. (a new friend would ask in her first conversation with me whether I am federalist or sovereignist).
I normally do not like alcohol (i think my liver could not take it). But I am quite happy to discover the charming taste of Ice Cider (which is a quebec invention).
what about you? why would you choose to immigrate to Quebec? what attracts you here? what is the thing you like about Quebec?