MrPineappleHead said:
I know I shouldn't complain too much as it has only been around 5 months since I submitted my application. However, it's just so frustrating having to stop working in my dream job and career here in Canada while I wait for my PR to come through. It almost seems absurd that there is no way to get a bridging visa through the Common-Law application process to carry on working until I hear the outcome of my application. Economically, it makes no sense for Canada to stop future permanent residents to stop working and become unemployed while they wait for the outcome. Fortunately my employer is holding my job for me, but if this process drags on into the Autumn, I'm not sure how patient they will be.
Why does it take CIC such an eternity to process these applications. In the UK and most EU countries, spousal PR applications take no longer than 90 days.
Okay, rant over!
I agree with you 100%. There is no sense in this. My wife is in a similar situation. There has to be a political reason behind it. Something obscure that we are not aware of.
It's as if they have not taken into consideration that with long waiting periods, they might just loose the Canadien Citizen in the process !
My wife is american and she is coming to Canada because that was the original plan and she loves Montreal but if the waiting times would be closer to 24 months.. It would have been the other way around (also if we get any hick ups, we will consider it strongly). I would have left Canada, after all the money the governments have put in my education, my health and the other services. I would have left, at the peek of my productivity, at the peak of my tax dollars going in the government's pocket. Not smart.
It's not so bad for the American gov to loose a citizen, since they pay for their own health care and their own higher education.. there is not much money invested in them.
