Hey Hal,TheHal said:
I don't know, but "buffalo" is definitely my most hated word right now. I can't see or hear it anywhere, in any context, without cringing and the knots in my stomach worsening. And I don't have a job to keep me preoccupied and have had several other family emergencies and problems lately, so that makes coping with it a bit harder I guess. It's now been over 5 months since CPC-M officially received our application and it all began. At this rate, I'm losing hope that we won't (at least) hit the 6 month mark.Pharoh said:
Haha Rinnerz, I totally know what you mean. I'm starting to feel like more and more of an ass, whenever I post. A lot of people ask questions about the time line of things, or what to expect. My view is almost entirely pessimistic. I say "you MAY hear something... but probably not" or "Welcome to Buffalo... now sit back and enjoy months without hearing anything" or "I'm glad you got your application together. I'd begin praying Buffalo doesn't lose any of it". I hate to sound like that, but I can't really think of anything positive to say about this whole experience, outside of CPC-Mississauga, which consistently processes applications in 30~ days.Rinnerz said:
eCAS? Unreliable? You don't sayPharoh said:
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Rinnerz said:
Sorry to quote another post but haha our situations couldn't be more alike. Hubby is always positive about things which keeps me strong and hopeful. Even though part of me is thinking "yeah easy for you stay positive." Lol. I don't mean it though but it just stresses me out because I was the one who prepared the application. If we don't get approved, I will feel it is my fault. And hubby is always preoccupied with games/music like he is in this moment. Lol. I wish it were that easy for me.Rinnerz said:eCAS? Unreliable? You don't say
Haha, yeah... I'm the same way, Pharoh--pessimistic 99.9% of the time, unfortunately. My husband tends to be the exact opposite, which keeps me sane to a point. But then again, even if he's worried he can easily preoccupy himself with gaming or something and he tunes everything else out--whereas if I'm worried, I suddenly lose all motivation to do anything else.
But you're right; there's still hope. And at the end of the day, I know for a fact that others have it way worse than we do, whether you're just talking about immigration or life in general. Times of hardship make it tough to remember that sometimes, though.
Pharoh, I think Kelkel is the only one of us that went through Buffalo who has received PR. Unless I missed something recently? Which is possible... I hope things speed up though for all of us though!Pharoh said:
I definitely hope you guys hear something soon, too; you're in our thoughts. At this rate, I think that if I -did- get PPR before you got AIP, I'd refuse to celebrate it with you until you got your AIP tooLove_Young said:If we were hanging out, I would give you a hug. I am sorry that you are finding it tough. Me and hubby are finding it tough too. Especially since Vegreville keeps adding an extra month all the time. Everytime it gets close to one month left to finding out they add another month to the timeline and make it two months to wait again. Grr... Getting to the 6 month mark was hard for me but after that 6 month mark, it gets a tiny bit easier to cope with. In two days we will be reaching the 8 month mark since they got our application. When I first submitted it was said to take 7 months and now it is closer to 10 months. I thought I would only have to wait until April (which I was nervously excited about) but it seems I will have to wait until May now. It disgusts me to think I have almost wasted away 1 year of my life to this and wish I could have used that towards my education, buying a home, etc. I just hope I get a positive answer.
. Makes more sense to me. And I definitely understand the disgust over having to put everything on hold. Everything education/jobwise for me has been on hold, in one way or another, for the past 4 years or so now. I have my health, money and immigration to thank for it... but even IF I could convince myself that so much of it was out of my hands (I'm my own worst critic), that wouldn't make it any easier. . But oh well.kelKel and piker are done. There is also a newer member who never posted in the October thread, only in Buffalo's thread, who applied in October and is already done. talyn I believe. x5-452 got DM on his eCAS but no actual PPR yet as far as I know.QCSunshine said:
Haha, yes... that's us, alright. The only difference is that I do have the occasional gaming sprees too; it's just that whenever I let my negativity get the best of me (which has been a lot recently), my desire to help Geralt take out the Salamandra or have Commander Shepard take on Saren and the Geth is... kind of killed.Love_Young said:
Haha aww you are such a sweetheart. Well girl you know we are definitely celebrating together. It is a NEED to thing. Lol. We shall get cake, flags, hats, etc. Be our own personal party. Woo lets hurry up and get approved already because I am getting too excited for my own good thinking about it. I am so very sorry dear you have had to put things on hold for 4 years. I can't even begin to imagine but I know not doing anything for 2 years is tough. (speaking of which, tomorrow marks 2 years since I came here) Good thing is, like you said this CAN'T go on forever but darn if it don't feel like it somedays. As long as I get a positive answer then I guess I can hold tight.Rinnerz said:I definitely hope you guys hear something soon, too; you're in our thoughts. At this rate, I think that if I -did- get PPR before you got AIP, I'd refuse to celebrate it with you until you got your AIP too
You just have to hang in there and realize that this is just another (dragged out) hurdle, and that it can't possibly go on forever. And as I say this, I know that I probably don't think along those lines enough of the time, myself :
Haha, yes... that's us, alright. The only difference is that I do have the occasional gaming sprees too; it's just that whenever I let my negativity get the best of me (which has been a lot recently), my desire to help Geralt take out the Salamandra or have Commander Shepard take on Saren and the Geth is... kind of killed.
