Waiting in between. PR applicant. Writing about time, uncertainty, and the quiet spaces in between.
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It has been 36 months since my AOR, and still I don’t know when the final decision will come…
@CitImmCanada @fwd_canada
Not to mention if IRCC put you into security screening for no reason, you may only get your visa approved hopefully 4 years later. Oops, that’ll be FIFA World Cup 2030.
Just like PR and work permit applicants. We turned down other offers but chose Canada. We have no idea how long the security screening will take, some of us even didn’t know there was a security screening. While we’ve invest time and $, it’s can’t be solved with a simple “leave”.
These university students in China are matched with summer research internships in Canada via a program supported by Canadian and Chinese governments. They've turned down other offers but Canadian security screening delays may upend their plan.
thestar.com/news/canada/doze…
Let me teach you something you didn’t know , we are all invited by Canada. It’s written on every AOR letter sent from IRCC.
It’s a beautiful day today. We shall be enjoying our life and work if we know where our lives are going to. Instead, we are here, just for a tiny tiny chance that we can talk to an IRCC official come to attend the immigration counselling conference. Make a decision, make it now.
To IRCC, CBSA, and CSIS, we maybe just a number in the backlog system, being forgotten for months, years. But behind those numbers are real lives and families stuck in limbo, being anxious, depressed and feeling lost every day and night.
My visa expires on June 1st and I cannot apply a new one before my work permit renewal is approved which should be in about 5 months. I pray everyday for my parents for their safe and healthy. I cannot come to them and take care of them if anything happens (god forbid)
#ircc
While Canada is calling for international talent to create jobs for local, the prolonged security screening is making them to think about other options…
I’m tired of “there is nothing we can do.”
Of course there are lots of things IRCC can do. Sit down with your security partners and take a look at the delays can be the first step.
Unless you only choose the easiest way, look away from us and pretend everything is just fine.
We are all kinds of community helpers.
We make contributions to this country.
We deserve the fairness.
We need a final decision to plan our future.
We need a timeline to have hope.
And we will not stop protesting until our voices are heard.
I have no idea when my final decision will come, but what I do know is the peace gathering is happening in 2 days! @CitImmCanada no more elephant in the room. Face the systemic delay and work out a solution.
2 days to go! We have received several emails from RCICs agreed to raise our matter to IRCC and CBSA during the conference. All we want is a fair,
transparent, and well-administered immigration system - one that serves applicants, practitioners,and the public interest equally.
@CitImmCanada Stop pretending that you cannot see us nor you cannot hear us. Tones of thousands applications have been under security screening for years and there is no timeline to look forward. Public safety should never be used as an excuse of administrative delays.
It’s been almost 3 years since my AOR. I still remember when I first saw the Aurora, about 4 months later after my AOR, I thought I’m going to receive my FD anytime soon as that’s the average length it took for applications in the same pathway as mine…
Sometimes I got the question like if you are p*ssed off about this immigration system, why wouldn’t you leave? The answer is simple. No system is perfect. And I still have believes in this system so that I believe I still can make a change. Make things to be fair to us too.
And every time you ask about it, the answer is always “Everything is fine, rest assured I’ll let you know as soon as possible.” I mean we can talk about the marriage if you have a second thought. And if it doesn’t work, it’s ok too. Just tell me so that I can move on…
This is like you proposed to someone and she/he said yes, then you quitted your job, packed up everything and moved to a new place to live with her/him. Then a year later, two years later, three years later…you still don’t know when you two will get married.
With every one of us standing for ourselves, we will make a change.
#ircc #PRdelay #securityScreening #cbsa
My little girl has learnt a new song and I found it is so encouraging.
"With just one small voice
Singing out a song
With just one small voice
Singing sweet and strong
One by one they'll grow
And together sing along
And then soon all the world
Will be singing"
