Antony’s Personal Opinion

Recently I upgraded my server to WordPress 2.0.3. Then I did cleanup on some of my “old” postings.

For some reasons, some of my “old” postings appear as “new” postings in some RSS reader.

So, I am so sorry if some of you received “old stuff” from my blog.

Most of them are already obsolete because they are posted more than 1/2 year ago.

Once again, sorry for the incovenience….

I am already tired with Canadian Immigration Process. Why?

• Last year, my fiancée’s visitor visa application was rejected by Canadian High Commission in Singapore. The reason was because no guarantee that my fiancée will return from Canada. Although she did have return ticket, it did not satisfy the immigration officer. They were asking about job or property outside Canada (unfortunately my fiancée was unemployed at that time). At the end of the day, we had to pay $150 for ticket cancellation.
• Before coming to Canada to work, I had to apply for working permit. The process was not so easy either. Firstly, they thought my contract is fake. The contract was sent by my employer via fax, so it didn’t have a nice “looking”. Secondly, they gave me working permit for 1 year only although the contract clearly says that I have to stay in the company for at least 2 years.
• I just noticed recently that I need Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) to re-enter Canada although I have a working permit. Why? Because working permit doesn’t authorize us to re-enter Canada. The stupid thing is that TRV has to be applied from outside Canada, either from the US or our home country. Isn’t it ridiculous? They require us to have TRV to come back to Canada, but we cannot apply for TRV from within Canada.
• The process of getting Permanent Residence in Canada takes forever. I have submitted my PR application as a skilled worker in December 2004. Until November 2005 (almost 1 year), I didn’t hear anything from them. They just said that my application is “IN PROCESS”.
• Since my PR application was going nowhere, I applied for BC PNP. The PNP process is much faster compared to “normal PR” application, but we need sponsor from our employer. Normally, it should take no more than 6 months. I have submitted my PNP application in November 2005. A couple of days ago, I called PNP office asking about the status of my application. What was their answer? They couldn’t locate my application because they lost it. At the end of the day, they asked me to re-submit my application.

Aaaarggghhhh…..

After being hit by earth quake about one and a half month ago, my home country, Indonesia, was hit by tsunami yesterday. It has killed more than 300 people. Once again… my deepest condolence to them.

I have no idea what is happening to my home country… we have been struck by big tsunami at the end of year 2004 killing more than 200,000 people.