February 09 we applied to renew our temporary visa & received a temporary temporary visa until our permanent temporary (PT) visa arrived. Sometime later, we were notified we were in the country illegally, because they gave us the wrong temporary temporary. So, we started again & realized I could apply for a permanent resident (PR) visa so I asked the case worker & we did what we were told. July came & still no proper visa. I then discovered we did not have a PR application submitted but only an application for a temporary. So we started again for a PR & then amazingly & finally received our PT. We were told it would not be very long to receive a PR Visa. I asked how long is not too long? 5-7 months! After 8 months we were making calls and then received an apology that we “fell through the cracks” because I am not the Sr. Pastor & don’t pay enough taxes!
Well we answered these questions and now I pay more taxes! The promise I would have the PR Visa immediately upon immigration receiving the new contract apparently meant : I need to complete more work on our application, with finger prints, FBI check, character checks, renew my passport & redo Lori’s medical check up and x-rays, because they took long to process our application & these items expired. And by the way we need all our kids examined not by our GP for $60 each but by their GP for $183 each! Can you believe this is the short version of the story?
So, the good news we were hoping to pass on to everyone 5-8 months ago is still in process. Prayerfully, by Monday we will have everything in the mail and the final wait will be on.
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