This is the wifes first and last blog entry, at least until April! What a couple of days its been, finally got someone hopefully to rent our home from the 2nd February and finally able to contact visa office via email...they are responding!
I now have a bog standard visa application, fine with me no plans to work too soon when arriving in PEI. Hopefully this means that Raj will have his visa in time to fly in the next 2 weeks! He is however planning to make full use of his BUM time...already invited freinds to a Talisman session!
Friday, 16 January 2009
Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Status Update
And we are STILL.... Waiting!!!
As Mr Pointer would say.
No change, no photos, no news about Canada or Charlottetown...
If it comes late this week or by Monday I will try to fly next Tuesday 20th.
Tune in next week!!!
(Sorry, this has turned out to be a bit of an anti -climactic start to my otherwise hilarious and informative blog)
As Mr Pointer would say.
No change, no photos, no news about Canada or Charlottetown...
If it comes late this week or by Monday I will try to fly next Tuesday 20th.
Tune in next week!!!
(Sorry, this has turned out to be a bit of an anti -climactic start to my otherwise hilarious and informative blog)
Thursday, 8 January 2009
No change...
Work Permit still not here :(
Will probably not be able to fly now until after the weekend at least. The good thing is that I can still help sort out affairs, there was much to be done, that hopefully I can sort over these coming days.... but after tomorrow, I'll be officially - unemployed!
Hopefully it'll arrive early next week and I can get out mid week, perhaps starting at Other Ocean late next week - but I get the feeling it'll be at least until Monday 19th before I can start.... a week as a bum!!
Hmmm.....
Will probably not be able to fly now until after the weekend at least. The good thing is that I can still help sort out affairs, there was much to be done, that hopefully I can sort over these coming days.... but after tomorrow, I'll be officially - unemployed!
Hopefully it'll arrive early next week and I can get out mid week, perhaps starting at Other Ocean late next week - but I get the feeling it'll be at least until Monday 19th before I can start.... a week as a bum!!
Hmmm.....
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
Steady....
VERY STEADY!
Some BITCH on the Canadian High Commission phone has told me now that I will 'probably' not be able to apply for my work permit as I enter Canada, as I will be flagged as 'under process' in London. This could result in me being turned away, having to fly back to London and wait and book another flight out once the Work Permit arrives.
It's supposed to take 6 weeks, and this is week 6. No doubt Xmas and New Year has delayed it all. They are extremely unhelpful and the bitch hung up on me... how rude and unproffessional can you get!
The safest course of action right now is to delay my flight (at a cost of course), and wait maybe 1 or 2 weeks until they send the Work Permit back.
SODS LAW states: if you delay your flight today, your work permit will arrive tomorrow.
So... very steady, and unlikely that the next post title will be what was intended... :(
Some BITCH on the Canadian High Commission phone has told me now that I will 'probably' not be able to apply for my work permit as I enter Canada, as I will be flagged as 'under process' in London. This could result in me being turned away, having to fly back to London and wait and book another flight out once the Work Permit arrives.
It's supposed to take 6 weeks, and this is week 6. No doubt Xmas and New Year has delayed it all. They are extremely unhelpful and the bitch hung up on me... how rude and unproffessional can you get!
The safest course of action right now is to delay my flight (at a cost of course), and wait maybe 1 or 2 weeks until they send the Work Permit back.
SODS LAW states: if you delay your flight today, your work permit will arrive tomorrow.
So... very steady, and unlikely that the next post title will be what was intended... :(
Monday, 5 January 2009
Ready...
Xmas come and gone.
Spent New Year in Plymouth and said goodbye to all of Kath's side of the family. Started to hit home finally saying real goodbyes to people.
Saw my closest friends on Friday, to say goodbye, that got a bit emotional. I am honoured by these reactions, but strangely I'm not yet feeling any sense of loss or worry. I know that my friends and family will be here if it all goes pear shaped, next week or in 20 years. That's a great comfort.
The last of the family and friends came round for a final game of poker (which I lost), and now I look forward to spending tomorrow and Wednesday with the boy and Kath only before I leave them for 3 months :(
It's very stressful trying to sort things out last minute. Selling the Skyline has become a nightmare, much in the house to still be done, but worse than anything - my Work Permit is still not here!!!
I fly in 3 days time, I need it within the next 2!!.
Not looking good.
Sunday, 21 December 2008
No More Teaching
My last day of teaching on Friday.
That's it, all done.
I'm on holiday now for Christmas and until I fly out on the 8th.
No more HRC :( or maybe that should be :). A strange thing, worked there for 8 years with good people - all gone now...
Set up and created a Skype account ready for Canada and created new e-mails as we'll have to cancel our NTLWorld ones.
Everything has been a blur, it feels like I only blogged a few days ago and yet it has been 3 weeks!
Merry Christmas.
That's it, all done.
I'm on holiday now for Christmas and until I fly out on the 8th.
No more HRC :( or maybe that should be :). A strange thing, worked there for 8 years with good people - all gone now...
Set up and created a Skype account ready for Canada and created new e-mails as we'll have to cancel our NTLWorld ones.
Everything has been a blur, it feels like I only blogged a few days ago and yet it has been 3 weeks!
Merry Christmas.
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