Finally in Canada!

[Rosanie]

Hello.

I am pleased to annouce that my husband was granted his Permanent Residency Visa on August 20, 2004 and arrived in Canada on September 4, 2004 and became a Permanent Resident.

Some of you may remember my previous posts outlining some of the difficulties that my husband and I were experiencing with Immigration Canada. The process for us from start to finish took 2.5 years. He was orignally denied a PR visa in July 2003. In April 2004, I attended a Alternative Dispute Resolution meeting with a lawyer representing CIC, an IAD (Immigration Appeal Division) member and my lawyer to discuss the issues that lead to the refusal. I won the appeal and it took just 4 months for CIC in Haiti to issue the visa for his travel to Canada.

We are extremely happy to put our experience with Immigration Canada behind us and to be able start our life together.

We haven't met any Dominicans yet here in Ottawa but have met many people from El Salvador and other Latin American countries.

Mu husband says he doesn't want to go home for a visit for a few years but I think that will change once he experiences our Canadian winters!

To those who offered their support over the years, thank you!!

Rosanie

[ddawger]

Originally Posted by Rosanie

Hello.

I am pleased to annouce that my husband was granted his Permanent Residency Visa on August 20, 2004 and arrived in Canada on September 4, 2004 and became a Permanent Resident.

Some of you may remember my previous posts outlining some of the difficulties that my husband and I were experiencing with Immigration Canada. The process for us from start to finish took 2.5 years. He was orignally denied a PR visa in July 2003. In April 2004, I attended a Alternative Dispute Resolution meeting with a lawyer representing CIC, an IAD (Immigration Appeal Division) member and my lawyer to discuss the issues that lead to the refusal. I won the appeal and it took just 4 months for CIC in Haiti to issue the visa for his travel to Canada.

We are extremely happy to put our experience with Immigration Canada behind us and to be able start our life together.

We haven't met any Dominicans yet here in Ottawa but have met many people from El Salvador and other Latin American countries.

Mu husband says he doesn't want to go home for a visit for a few years but I think that will change once he experiences our Canadian winters!

To those who offered their support over the years, thank you!!

Rosanie

Hi Rosanie, I am glad you and your husband were successful. Welcome to Canada!! I agree, our cold winters do drag on sometimes, hopefully October is as nice as September was.

Best Regards

ddawger

[rendul]

Congratulations!!! Now you just have to teach him hockey and skiiing!!! That should help the winter go a little faster.

[AnnaC]

That's great news Rosanie. Welcome to Canada.

[ricktoronto]

For the assistance of the others in your situation, how did you fly him to Canada? (There is a thread on this now).

[trina]

Felicidades, Rosanie. May your happiness continue. We're in Calgary, but if your husband ever feels homesick and wants to talk to a Dominican who's been through the move, drop my husband and I a line. Angel's been here for just over 3 years now, and always has time to talk to fellow Dominicans.

Again, congratulations!

[Rosanie]

Thank you all for your messages. It is still hard to believe that he is actually here! He really likes it here and he started working the second week after he arrived. Life is good!

To answer your question ricktoronto, we flew to Montreal with Air Canada. It was the expensive option but also the most reliable compared to waiting for a available seat with Skyservice or Airtransat.

Rosanie

[Jane J.]

Yay! Congratulations, Rosanie!

[Dominican Babe]

Congratulations Rosanie, I'm so pleased it's finally worked out for you both. Here's to a long and happy future for the two of you.

[Nelly]

Congrats Rosie. I'm glad to hear that everything worked out. My husband arrived just two weeks ago. He came in on Air Canada via Toronto/Halifax. We didn't encounter any major problems with the landing process. Now he is feeling pretty homesick though. What type of work is your husband doing? How is his english?