We applied for Canadian permanent residence in 2023.
At first, everything seemed to move pretty quickly. This was our timeline:
20.08.2023 — Submitted / Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR)
16.09.2023 — Medical passed
03.10.2023 — Biometrics passed and completed in GCKey
28.11.2023 — Background check changed to “In Progress” in the tracker
15.04.2024 — CBSA records: A34 Comprehensive Security Screening — “In Progress”
And then… nothing.
Months turned into years.
Meanwhile, real life didn’t stop. Our children got older. School years passed. Birthdays came and went. Things that were supposed to be temporary slowly became our normal life.
I think people who have been stuck in a long immigration process understand this strange feeling. You’re not exactly waiting every day anymore, because you still work, raise your kids, travel, make plans, and live your life.
But somewhere in the background, there is always that unfinished application.
In progress.
Years of waiting, uncertainty, hope, frustration, and all the emotions that came with it eventually found their way into words.
Those words became a song.
IN PROGRESS — LORQAI
I wanted to share this here because I suspect people who have lived through a long immigration process will understand those words in a way most listeners probably won’t.
For those who have been waiting a long time too:
At what point did you stop putting your life on hold and simply start living while you wait?
