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Well then, lets talk about it in detalis(Ex post-- a real shame)

Luca73

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So it's ok, let's change topics again having seen that you take it in such a funny way. I changed the topic to Ok because i thought that you were not ready to "vent"(as you say) against this immigration system that is unjust. DOT

Canada is a huge and beautiful civilized tolerant and openminded and so far my opinion has always been very very good. everything to me seemed to work in a very nice, smooth, reliable and INTELLIGENT way.We are talking about processing times here : 2 days to get a birth certificate, 5 days to get a passport(for my daughter), 2 weeks for inserting a marriage certificate 3 days to get a copy of an act. at least in the quebec province, at provincial and at federal level things seem to work very well. so at first it seemed weird to me that for immigrating in the family class, being married with a canadian citizen and having a canadian daughter THE FATHER OF THE CANADIAN FAMILY MUST WAIT FOR YEARS BEFORE GETTING A WORK PERMIT????. I lived in countries where bureaucracy is rampant and slows everything and that'S the usually the big cause of a failure of a country. Until now the impression i had was that Canada was much more straightforward, flexible, pragmatic country and i still think it is.

But from all the posts i have read in this forum i sense tension, it'S like we have to walk on eggshells. a single small omission in an application will cause a refusal and you will have to wait in line for months if not years. Should we live like that? an Immigration officer has really the power of destroying your life?. I have read posts in this forum of abuses of powers and voices of despair. I'm sure that there are people who enter the country with the intention of screwing the system and the citizens but most of us are genuinely in a relation and are just willing to make our life easier for us and our loved ones(CANADIAN CITIZENS)

Im not the manager of CIC but i have the impression that yes, they have to employ more people or if they don't want to employ more it is better if they find a way to speed up the process

So far, Everytime i have requesteed a paper, form, publicity or whatever from the canadian governmentt , three days later it's in the mailbox.In no other country in the world except a few this happens. They send you tax return checks at the end of the month, money back right away if you overpaid your taxes!!!That looks lke the most honest and fast, no questions asked, reliable system in the world . letters of acknoledgment of receipt? two days later they call you from whatever office telling you that they received your papers.

So my question is
WHY DOES THIS NOT HAPPEN WITH IMMIGRATION?

somebody in this forum said that it has to do with the number of applications submitted.....maybe.....

400.000 applications a year? well you have to employ more people!!!!!I'm sorry but thats the way to go if you still want to use paper applications and ask us to be perfect(ROBOT LIKE) in the form filling. if we make a mistake at least we will know after 2 weeks and not after 2 years.....NO?


I had enough of bureaucracy,This is the third country i have lived in and i am not new to immigration.

You know that in this world of technology very soon papers are going to disappear?,in the near future everything will be submitted online(probably even digital prints) and for that matter i had put a post the other day on this forum where i was asking if anybody had seen that on the CIC website they were accepting applications online for work permits(for in Canada applications). It applied also for spouses of canadian citizens and it didn't talk about first stage of approval. I dont know maybe it would be too easy or unreal maybe i didn't read the rules well on their website...anyway nobody answered to that post so i will call CIC these days to ask them if that is true. if it'S true then i will let you know.
I finish my post saying that the reason why i got angry is because i love Canada and i don't want to see application processing times or officers abuses typical of third world countries being applied to this beautiful incredible tolerant humanly open like Canada

VIVE LE CANADA. UP WITH CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.s. This is a free country,am i allowed to say what i want? Politicians fight in parliament and i cannot even "vent"(as you say) about injustices that i see???? to get better results you have to do something you cannot just accept anything otherwise there is no growth
 

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Re: A real shame

And that's our fault?

I'd much rather have this forum to anticipate what will be coming up in our sponsorship rather than be left in the dark and not have a clue how it works.

To each their own. See ya!
 

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Re: A real shame

bobshynoswife said:
And that's our fault?

I'd much rather have this forum to anticipate what will be coming up in our sponsorship rather than be left in the dark and not have a clue how it works.

To each their own. See ya!
:eek: How odd was that? That seems to have come right out of left field. I am also glad we have the forum!
 

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Having a bad day Luca73? Did you come here to vent and then decide to delete your posts because you realized how ridiculous you sounded?

I hope you understand that Canada has the highest rate of immigration in the world. It takes time to process all of these applications. They aren't doing it just to mess with us. Sure, they could hire more agents, but why? They are already approving 260,000 applications a year, and probably denying half as many. That's 400,000 applications to process.

I know it isn't the swiftest of processes, but living in Canada, or living with your loved one is definitely worth the wait.
 

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Well at least I am not losing my mind when I saw that I had a response to a thread called ok. Then I realized it had actually been titled 'what a shame' and was a bizarre tirade about the horrible bureaucracy that the Immigration section of the Cdn Govt was and how the OP was never coming back to this "Fu%}#^^" site. Guess they changed their mind. Lucky us.
 

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heatherusa said:
Well at least I am not losing my mind when I saw that I had a response to a thread called ok. Then I realized it had actually been titled 'what a shame' and was a bizarre tirade about the horrible bureaucracy that the Immigration section of the Cdn Govt was and how the OP was never coming back to this "Fu%}#^^" site. Guess they changed their mind. Lucky us.
LMAO!
 

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heatherusa said:
Well at least I am not losing my mind when I saw that I had a response to a thread called ok. Then I realized it had actually been titled 'what a shame' and was a bizarre tirade about the horrible bureaucracy that the Immigration section of the Cdn Govt was and how the OP was never coming back to this "Fu%}#^^" site. Guess they changed their mind. Lucky us.

But Heather.................you already said you officially lost your mind on July 9th :p ;D

Sorry, just couldn't resist :-*, but I'm not so sure we're lucky ;)
 

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journeyman said:
But Heather.................you already said you officially lost your mind on July 9th :p ;D

Sorry, just couldn't resist :-*, but I'm not so sure we're lucky ;)
Touché. ;D :D
 

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Bummer. I hate it when I arrive late and miss all the drama.
 

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scylla said:
Bummer. I hate it when I arrive late and miss all the drama.
Don't worry... if you want you can say something odd or inflammatory and we can all rush to mock you... ;D It is almost as fun as taking a lolly away from a crying baby!
 

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journeyman said:
But Heather.................you already said you officially lost your mind on July 9th :p ;D

Sorry, just couldn't resist :-*, but I'm not so sure we're lucky ;)
Trust me, she has lost her mind. It went on vacation with Heather's best friend.
 

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wmaitner said:
Trust me, she has lost her mind. It went on vacation with Heather's best friend.
Well now I dont feel bad about saying that you are 40 in another post... Mwahaahahahhahahha
 

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bobshynoswife said:
Having a bad day Luca73? Did you come here to vent and then decide to delete your posts because you realized how ridiculous you sounded?

I hope you understand that Canada has the highest rate of immigration in the world. It takes time to process all of these applications. They aren't doing it just to mess with us. Sure, they could hire more agents, but why? They are already approving 260,000 applications a year, and probably denying half as many. That's 400,000 applications to process.

I know it isn't the swiftest of processes, but living in Canada, or living with your loved one is definitely worth the wait.

i agree....living wid ur loved one is definitely worth the wait!!!=)
 

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scylla said:
Bummer. I hate it when I arrive late and miss all the drama.
Me too..I was a bit Confused to say the least