Folks, quick question. How long did you wait to receive COPR after submitting passport or photocopies of your passport? Is it posted to you as a physical document or you will get this document in your GCKEY account?
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It's not that I am worried, more so tired.
Been since 2020 on this journey and not even an ITA to show.
How many years did you take to learn French or is it taught in your country in schools?
It takes about 15-20 days after the passport is submitted for stamping here in India. You get the physical copy in the mail. In GCKEY you can only see the document number of COPR once the counterfoil is generated.
If your English is already decent, you can get to a B2 threshold within the year if you're diligent about it, two if you're a bit more relaxed. The thing is, most people don't try using their french outside of classes, so that's why they don't get anywhere. My advice is to join a community of french learners and really make it a point to go interact with them DAILY, alongside your classes. 15 mins a day is way better than 3 hours on the weekends, in my opinion.
Took me about 8 months to get a hang of it, self-taught though. 15 months start to finish to get CLB 7 on my third TEF attempt.
Only one month conversation course with a French teacher, 2 hours a day for 20 days.
You are right.
I think I have learned close to 5 hours everyday. My job allowed me to do so. Started with grammar, than reading and listening at the same time.
Every night, I would watch debates and podcasts on YouTube. The real dealbreaker is when I started speaking with my teacher. That one month made an absolute difference in my language ability. From then and on, I just kept getting better weekly, unbelievably. Went from understanding a couple of words when others were speaking, to completely understanding what they were trying to say or debate. 70% of the conversation was almost always understood and is because I like to read and listen to it everyday.
I agree 100%. Once you incorporate it to do stuff in your daily life you'd still do anyway, but IN FRENCH, it just becomes a breeze from there. Netflix? Do it in french. The news? Try Le monde instead of your regular outlet! It becomes a matter of time. Once you're near B2, a few teacher-guided test prep lessons will do the rest.
Man, I learnt french 2 years in School and I forgot everything.
Some Visa offices are definitely better than others. I'm in the same boat but December 2020 AOR, COR - ireland.
Absolutely no communication from IRCC except for meds extension as per GCMS notes I ordered in march. Eligibility/security wasn't even started at the time (LOL)
Same London visa office. I know two other people from December 2020 with London visa office as their VO too and they are in the exact same predicament. They don't even respond to webforms.
But to answer your question - just try to focus on 'anything else' because there's nothing else you can do tbh.
Goodluck to us all! Haha
Were you able to converse in French when you did learn it? In India, language classes are typically all about remembering a bunch of lines and vomiting that on a piece of paper during the exams. I can't speak a sentence in French or Hindi despite learning them for 2 years and 5 years respectively in school.
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Nope bro. I was able to write and read French. Same is the case with my Hindi. I can read and write but cannot speak. I think I am dumb when it comes to language.