What does one do, when he/she wants to turn his life around? Apparently, one goes and downloads a couple of forms and tries to move to another country, with a different background and whole bunch of different people. :)
If the material part is easier to deal with, the emotional one is sometimes too much to bear. Learning to be patient is a good thing, and if you are very impatient, you should definitely try to immigrate to Quebec! :)
What I have come to realize over the past year, is that the whole process is accessible; you just have to read everything carefully and put some effort into it. What people don’t warn you about is that you have to be a very PATIENT person, to go through all of this. There are many sharp edges and downfalls that we need to cope with.
I knew the reality of things when we were sending our first file, the DCS, but I had never thought that it would be THIS hard. You never really know until you go through it yourself and truly feel what it is like. Especially, while acknowledging the fact that your future is at stake and you want everything to go just the way you want to. We all want the process to go the way we want it to, but the fact is-it hadly ever does! :)
I would definitely say that tolerance is the hardest part of the whole move -to -Quebec process. First of all because of the permanent uncertainty: you can never be sure what response you’ll receive or if you’ll receive one at all, you’re always waiting for something- a letter, an invitation, a response, a number, a confirmation, forms, visas … . It is exhausting! Secondly, it is the time consumption. You do not have an exact period: once you receive your first letter, no one ever says- Congratulations, you will receive your visas in 14 months! :) I know, that is somewhat unrealistic and definitely impossible, but one can always wish. You spent endless hours waiting for the mail carrier or THAT e-mail. In addition, the worst part is, when you do all of this, time goes buy soooo slowly – it is as if you can almost feel that clock ticking inside of you!
Overall, no one ever said that it would be easy. All it takes is to learn to keep yourself busy, so that you will not feel that time pass as slowly as it usually does. Try to find a hobby or dedicate yourself to work, spend extra time with your family, who knows when you will see them again after you leave and try not to count your minutes.
Moreover, leave that mailbox alone, you will get your mail .......eventually!:)
Leave the future up to time, live now and be happy with today!
Copyright - Little.miss.sunshine
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How do you cope with "the wait"? How long have you been waiting so far for your visas?
Very useful spending of time - to learn French. I've sent DCS in August 2010. Only last Friday I've got a message from bureau d'immigration - phone call. Accuse and interview invitation were lost, probably, by local post service. As a result very hard sense of uncertainty - that's true.
I agree, learning French is a great time-spender.
I'm really sorry to hear that. It is truly unfortunate that such things happen.Postal services apparently don't handle their responsibilities the way that they should, which is sad :(. Was it their initiative to call you personally?Or was it as a response to an earlier message/complaint?
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