Good news! We went to the border last Friday to see if I could renew my Visitor's Record and try to get my son another Student Visa (he's 8 and in Grade 4 this year). We had really messed up and after getting his Study Permit the first year in 2007, never went back. So he was in school two years without one. BIG NO NO, possible inadmissibility if they wanted to be harsh. Well, I went in expecting to have my butt handed to me but the IO was an absolute sweetheart. Asked me some questions, asked me about my son not having a study permit for two years. I answered honestly, the school didn't request another one after the first year, so we let it go. All was fine though, she issued him his Permit and gave me another YEAR on my VR!!! She said they were working on my file so she probably wouldn't see us back in there before we got PR. Wow, big weight lifted off our chest! Unfortunately, on the same trip we totalled our car. Things have to balance out I suppose lol The kids were in the car but they were fine, didn't even cry and my son was so jazzed. He was all excited to have been in a car crash...ugh. So yeah...balance. I'm choosing to focus on the AWESOME news and not the bad stuff hehe
Vervain--Great news about the visitor record, but how scary that must have been for you be in a car accident when you are PREGNANT!! I am so sorry to hear the bad news; I hope this doesn't put any kind of unworkable financial burden on you. Good news about the visitor records, but, geez, that was a very hard way to get good news!