Jumbo Limbo–waiting for a Canadian immigration officer in Taipei to show some mercy
February 17, 2008
The following is an email I sent to my wife’s case worker concerning some information I was given by my mother. In the past, he’s answered my queries within 12 hours, at the most. He’s even replied to me on a weekend. It’s now been 9 days since I sent this one. My mom, forever the optimist, thinks he is checking to see if the information is true. My wife and I think he is annoyed and is choosing to ignore it. Perhaps he is on vacation? I did my best not to make it pedantic or aggressive. What do you think? In any case, if anyone has any information that would be helpful, please fire away.
Dear xxxxxx,
Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice holiday with your family.
I just received a phone call from my mom. Of course she knows our situation, and in her usual eagerness to help us, took it upon herself to look into the matter. Because she has helped Columbian refugees with their transition to Canada and for their family left behind, she has had contact with a variety of immigration professionals. She also had a similar experience to mine in that she came back to Canada in 1982 with her common law husband, an American man who had not yet finalized his divorce from his first wife in the US. He came under the category of common law partner. This is what prompted my mother to investigating my case. She wanted to find out if the laws had changed since then.
She eventually spoke to a CIC agent at the beginning of this week and here is the information she passed on to me: “The visa case worker has the ability and discretion to change the original category from married to common-law without having to reapply. To her question of a time frame, here is what he told her: “Since your son has already been approved as the sponsor, it should be a quick formality.” Could you please confirm if this information from CIC is indeed accurate? Are there any fees for this procedure? Would you consider exercising this discretionary power in our case? This would certainly be the quickest and most cost effective method of solving our dilemma.
Three factors concern me about our relying on my ex-wife to come through with the divorce. First, she has lied to me about proceeding with obtaining the divorce on 3 occasions. ez money payday loanno teletrack payday loan,loan no payday telecheck teletrack,check loan no payday teletrackpayday loan no faxing requiredinstant no fax payday loanloan payday uk,payday loan in the uk,payday loan ukonline payday cash loanonline payday loan servicecanada in loan paydayfaxing loan no payday,canada loan payday,payday loanpayday loan best rate,best payday loan,best loan paydayfast online payday loanfax loan no payday till,fax loan payday,document fax loan no paydayadvance loan online paydaycompletely instant loan online payday,instant online payday loancash fast loan paydayapplication loan payday,payday loan applicationemergency payday loanten dollar payday loanno fax payday cash advancequick payday advance loanadvance america payday loan100 loan online paydayapproval instant loan paydayyahoo payday loanbad credit guaranteed loan paydaypayday loan in georgiafax free payday loan66 funding loan payday routeconsolidation debt loan paydayno faxing needed payday loanbank loan no payday statementsonic payday loaninstant faxless payday loanadvance cash loan payday softwareadvance cash fast loan payday1 hour payday loancash loan payday untiladvance cash loan online paydayadvance america loan paydayassociation canadian loan payday,canadian loan paydayfastest loan online paydayhour loan online paydayborrower dollar loan payday ten,dollar loan payday tenloan payday software,ca in loan payday softwarefax loan no payday,easy no fax payday loan,savings account no fax payday loancash advance houston loan,advance cash car title loan,cash in advance loanfast cash payday loan,payday us fast cash loanadvance cash day pay,cash advance until pay dayadvance cash fax instant no,advance cash fax no payday,no fax cash advanceallied cash advance Second, Indonesian bureaucracy has a tendency to get bogged down if someone is not prepared to pay for the “fast track”. Thirdly, if it turns out they are misleading me again, time will be against us and the costs will be prohibitive, taking away from our modest nest egg to move back to Canada.
I’d really like our son to start grade 1 in Canada on August 24. He has already been registered at The Calgary Arts Academy. After having been accepted as the sponsor, I resigned from my post effective end of June. I don’t know if I could regain my position. Life is already capricious and fickle enough as it is; your understanding and help would bring us much peace of mind and ease the transition to our new life in Canada.
Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice holiday with your family.
I just received a phone call from my mom. Of course she knows our situation, and in her usual eagerness to help us, took it upon herself to look into the matter. Because she has helped Columbian refugees with their transition to Canada and for their family left behind, she has had contact with a variety of immigration professionals. She also had a similar experience to mine in that she came back to Canada in 1982 with her common law husband, an American man who had not yet finalized his divorce from his first wife in the US. He came under the category of common law partner. This is what prompted my mother to investigating my case. She wanted to find out if the laws had changed since then.
She eventually spoke to a CIC agent at the beginning of this week and here is the information she passed on to me: “The visa case worker has the ability and discretion to change the original category from married to common-law without having to reapply. To her question of a time frame, here is what he told her: “Since your son has already been approved as the sponsor, it should be a quick formality.” Could you please confirm if this information from CIC is indeed accurate? Are there any fees for this procedure? Would you consider exercising this discretionary power in our case? This would certainly be the quickest and most cost effective method of solving our dilemma.
Three factors concern me about our relying on my ex-wife to come through with the divorce. First, she has lied to me about proceeding with obtaining the divorce on 3 occasions. ez money payday loanno teletrack payday loan,loan no payday telecheck teletrack,check loan no payday teletrackpayday loan no faxing requiredinstant no fax payday loanloan payday uk,payday loan in the uk,payday loan ukonline payday cash loanonline payday loan servicecanada in loan paydayfaxing loan no payday,canada loan payday,payday loanpayday loan best rate,best payday loan,best loan paydayfast online payday loanfax loan no payday till,fax loan payday,document fax loan no paydayadvance loan online paydaycompletely instant loan online payday,instant online payday loancash fast loan paydayapplication loan payday,payday loan applicationemergency payday loanten dollar payday loanno fax payday cash advancequick payday advance loanadvance america payday loan100 loan online paydayapproval instant loan paydayyahoo payday loanbad credit guaranteed loan paydaypayday loan in georgiafax free payday loan66 funding loan payday routeconsolidation debt loan paydayno faxing needed payday loanbank loan no payday statementsonic payday loaninstant faxless payday loanadvance cash loan payday softwareadvance cash fast loan payday1 hour payday loancash loan payday untiladvance cash loan online paydayadvance america loan paydayassociation canadian loan payday,canadian loan paydayfastest loan online paydayhour loan online paydayborrower dollar loan payday ten,dollar loan payday tenloan payday software,ca in loan payday softwarefax loan no payday,easy no fax payday loan,savings account no fax payday loancash advance houston loan,advance cash car title loan,cash in advance loanfast cash payday loan,payday us fast cash loanadvance cash day pay,cash advance until pay dayadvance cash fax instant no,advance cash fax no payday,no fax cash advanceallied cash advance Second, Indonesian bureaucracy has a tendency to get bogged down if someone is not prepared to pay for the “fast track”. Thirdly, if it turns out they are misleading me again, time will be against us and the costs will be prohibitive, taking away from our modest nest egg to move back to Canada.
I’d really like our son to start grade 1 in Canada on August 24. He has already been registered at The Calgary Arts Academy. After having been accepted as the sponsor, I resigned from my post effective end of June. I don’t know if I could regain my position. Life is already capricious and fickle enough as it is; your understanding and help would bring us much peace of mind and ease the transition to our new life in Canada.
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March 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I’m still shaking my head at your situation. To say “difficult” sounds like an understatement to me. I’ve never described myself as a religious person, but I’m praying for you anyway. Hang in there.