Somebody rang my doorbell yesterday afternoon. When I opened the door, I saw an envelope on the floor on top of the mat outside our door. You all will never guess what was in the envelope

. Yup! My citizenship certificate. It's lucky that I was home and that it wasn't raining/snowing. I shudder to think about what could happen if they leave it outside like that.
Anyway, I went to the passport office this morning and submitted my application for a new Canadian passport. When I get it on the 25th of February, I'll come here and post for the last time, and then goodbye to the Canadavisa forums, and goodbye to my Canadian immigration journey. Folks, can you guess when I first thought about immigrating to Canada? Come on, try and guess. Nope. Try again... Nah, you won't be able to guess. I first thought about immigrating to Canada in
2004. Here is a post I made in one of the forums when I got my ITA in 2020:
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My Canadian adventure is a strange story. 16 years of heartbreak seem to be coming to an end...
2004 = no job and no money (This is when I first started thinking seriously about moving to Canada)
2007 = job in eligible NOC but not enough money (everything else was fine: master's degree, IELTS, age etc.)
2011 = job + money but by then my NOC was not in the list
2015 = by the time Express Entry started, I had lost way too many points because of age and I had given up on my Canadian dream
November 2019 = I find out about the 30 extra points for French, immediately dive head-first into French.
September 2020 = Got the required result in TCF Canada and got the ITA.
Moral of the story: Never give up!
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And now, 22 years from the time when I first thought about it, my journey is at an end. The intervening years have been great as I have been fulfilling one goal after another. From hereon, things will keep getting better. Good luck, all!