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Orginally posted by Rajrani


Hi Gullu,

Its been more than a year since we applied. Any further developments ! ! Is there a way to find out which year is currently being processed at CHC.....the wait is just killing. My consultant is saying that without interview its taking 2-2.5 yrs these days. God knows if that's true or not. Have u come across anybody from 2003 who has made some progress on his application ?

Awaiting yr response...

Thanks

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Thanks for responding Gullu. BTW, I got my AOR (2004) within 9 days !! So I guess we can't be sure of anything... Anyways just post any further developments. Take care and good luck...


For PTM :

Thanks for your advise. I agree on the hardship part. But its not a question of being eager to come to Canada. Its just that when u have invested in a decision, u want to see results. Moreover I think u can appreciate our anxiety when the process takes around 4 years. During this time one tends not to take long term decisions thinking that u may not remain here in India. And most important, whose got the time to just wait for something to happen. Everyone wants to move on. I have seen other posts where people have advised about the hardships in Canada. This is a good gesture by them to inform others and we also take this postively. But there r others who r quite happy and doing well and do not regret their decision to immigrate. So there r both sides to the coin ! While we can try and learn from their mistakes, we should not be afraid to venture "out there" and see if we can make it. And I feel if one has taken a decision in life, it cud be anything, then at least try to make it work first before terming that decision as "good or bad". Maybe if it hasn't worked for others, it might work for us.

I have lived in India all my life and I if for once I have to miss the crowds, the pushing and shoving in public transport, the "no bijli-no paani" days, the pollution, the adulterated milk, the sythetic dyes on sweets, the pesticides in cold drinks and vegetables, the contaminated water supply, the beggars at traffic intersections, the pan stains in the elevators.....I'll be glad to MISS all these and more which I couldn't mention.

I am just presenting my point of view....hope u agree on some

Ciao

Rajrani,
The things that you are saying about India are correct. Everybody wants to escape from this. But I will suggest you to better forget about Canada immigration for now. It is taking very long time. I am march 2002 applicant (ielts 7.5) . But no response so far. In fact CHC Delhi is still processing 2001 & 2000 cases.
So you can well imagine it will take another 4-5 years in your case. Better live in India just like living for long term. It will help you in passing this waiting time.
I am one who keeps thinking daily of Canada immigration. But it does not help. I will suggest, if idea is to escape and go for better human living life in another part of world . Then can also think of point system based immigration of UK, newzeland & Australia. Processing time is mush less there. Off course you Canadian dream will not die. As & when you turn comes, then go ahead to and move to Canada either from Australia or new Zealand.

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infocan

Rajrani,
i can understand your feelings.infact i applied in 1998 and got visa in early 2002. in my interivew when i told the visa officer that its long wait. he plainly said that people are waiting for longer periods . they are hardly bother about the mental state we have to go through this long waiting period . every day you are curios whether postman brought any letter from CHC. i myself has gone through this ordeal.
i am a ca by profession and in those 4 long years of waiting for canada i always thinking about canada and was feeling that i am living in something like hell where problems and problems exists. i felt no motivation for my ca practice and just contended on whatever works i was having . some of my friends increased their practice manifold.
then after getting visa i went to canada twice and tried to get suitable job in accounting . i even applied for entry level jobs but no success. my landlord told me to go for truck driving but i was not prepared to do that . though i worked in a big store putting stuffs in racks . it was a parttime night job. whole night i have to lift the stuff and put in relevant racks. even i tried to get more hours but no , i was getting around 12 or 24 hours in a week . i am married but i went alone there. the money i was getting was hardly sufficient to pay my paying guest charges of $500 and conveyance. i was so fed up with that night job that i tried hard to get day time job in stores and petrol pumps but no response. while working in night i used to curse myself why i came here. some of my co workers in that job were highly qualified.i even tried to get a security job but they insists that without own car it is not possible for them to hire me.
however i met certain persons who are well settled there. i also met some persons who were there since last five or six years and earning reasonably good but they were not feeling happy even then . they were comparing them with their indian friends and felt that it would have been better in india. actually saving potential are not there.
one day while going for night job i took my passport and money to get a ticket.after working whole night ,in morning i went to a travel agent .in travel agent agent office i felt nervous whether to buy a ticket for india or not . i came out from their office pretending that i have forgotten my passport. i sat in a coffee lounge whole day thinking what to do . my nerves were aching . i was feeling so sad and confused . i was recollecting my good days in india.
after one month i came back india.
its not so rosy there as it appears.

INFOCAN

Thanks for your update. True, they r processing 2001-02, but I am sure that they must have atleast started the IA on some of the 2003 cases. Anyways all we can do is HOPE for the best. I don't think after spending so much on Canadian immigration, I would want to look at U.K. or Australia. That won't suit me. BTW, Infocan, have u tried following up on your case. You should atleast order CAIPS and see where its heading. Its high time that u shud be hearing from CHC. Maybe u have an interview lined up. It shud not take this long if its a waiver. If u have hired a consultant - check up with him. By now he shud be giving u concrete answers. You r almost there. So, hang on..... best of luck.


PTM

Its sad that u had to go thru' a tough time in Canada. But since u r a CA, u wud have definitely enquired if your degree was valid there. As far as my information goes, CAs, Engineers, Doctors r licensed professions for which probably u hv to clear an exam. So without clearing the exam, u wud not have been able to operate anyways. I guess we shud try and get as much info as possible as to what r the avenues available to us. We shud not limit ourselves to the professions we r currently in over here. One good thing wud be to upgrade our skills - some posters had mentioned that there is a lot of scope for people in 3D Animation, .Net, SAP and ORACLE etc. It wud be a good idea if we r able to do these courses here while we wait so that we r better prepared when we land. I am sure you would also not place the same trust in a "phirang" CA (with a foreign degree) who lands at your office seeking a job! Most of us also don't try and improve our english skills. Those guys r going to compare us with the rest of the Canadians and then hire the best.

Anyways, r u thinking of going back or have u decided to stay in India. I feel, if u do hv the resources, then try and find out about this exam and try and clear it. This is only in case if u havn't really settled down yet in India after yr return. All the best and I hope u r able to make the right decision for u and yr family.

Come on lets all work hard and slowly inch towards our goal.....

Bye guys and keep us all posted....

yeah,

i had to cut short my post as the power was gone and my UPS was beaping and i had to shut down my computer.i was telling about my canadian experience.
I am in delhi and these days power situation here is very grim as around 6 power stations in northern grid are having some problems and not working properly. when we such power and water problems canada looks so good .
like any other person i also feel sick and irritated when i see huge crowds on roads . its looks like we are living in a human jungle. so much pollution . every week i have to clean duct of my AC to remove the dust and i wonder how so much dust come in a closed room. so many stray cattles roaming freely on roads.but its life.
in toronto in peak hours when i used to see huge traffic on roads , i thought it is not much different from delhi. though there were not scooters , or shabby public buses like here in india.
but when in peak winter i used to stranded in my room i was comparing that in india i would have sit in my balcony enjoying the cosy sunshine.
as a country i still like canada. i am not cribbing like others that canada is so much bad and one should leave it.
before two three months i was under tremendous pressure whether to go for another try in canada as my visa was going to expire. i even started a thread --whether to move to canada or not , on this site. most of the suggestions/advice were for my staying back in india.and ultimately i took my decesion to stay back.
though my case is slightly different . i am having my own practice as a ca in india. i have my own office and staff. when i was in canada here in india my work was carried by my staff. that might be one reason that i had not put my effort whole heartedly and after trying there i made a hasty retreat to india.
one more thing , in canada i saw lot of indian immigrants who were not so well qualified i mean they were simple graduates. then i realised that i am not someone special who got canadian resident visa.
another thing i am around 40 years and i feel i am slightly on wrong side of age for immigration but at same time i thought for kids its right time. but there i found the reality different. schooling there is not better than india though most of my friends there may not be agree.
but as Rajan Desai has stated in his posts when husband and wife both doing jobs to meet the high cost of living , kids are the worst sufferers. you cannot control or disciplne them like here in india. mostly they used to watch tv or playing video games.
anyway i am not discouraging you. since you have invested lot of time and money in your mission canada , you should make a try and remember not just a try but you should be so determined while going there that you will never return to india atleast for three four years only then you will able to sail through. i have also seen very successful persons there . but they are those who had not looked back inspite of very tough time and made sustained efforts , updating their educations and other skills to meet the canadian job requirement.
yeah you have rightly pointed out need of doing some courses in canada.
i enquired about doing ca course there in canada . but for that there was requirement of 30 months practical training. also articles seat was not easily available. i am a indian ca having more than 15 years post qualification expereince . they were not giving much weightage to that.
there was another course CGA. it is a parttime course and takes arounds two year to complete.
it look so easy sitting in india that i will do this course, my husband will do that course. but when you land in canada , from day one you will begin to think about jobs . and when your hard earned funds begin to vanish you feel prepared to do any jobs including labour jobs which sapps all your energy and you found yourself in an unending vicious circle.
if you are able to muster so much funds from india that you can buy a house there immediately after reaching and you have not to pay mortgage or rental then things will be really easier.

any way its a life time opportunity to immigrate a wonderful country like canada and you must capitalise the opportunity .
always remember that immigration is an opportunity to settle in a foreign land which needs lot of hard work and patience and normally you are not supposed to reap the fruit , it will be your next generation who will be most benefited by your couragious decesion of today.

with best wishes,

ptm

Hi guys,

Reading PTM's story, it seems like one should have lot of patience. Thanks PTM, i hope whosoever reads posts like this get mentally prepared for a tough start.

For me, I am quite determined to go to Canada whenever my turn comes and ready to face the music!