Monday, 31 January, 2005

processing started..

We started processing your application on November 24, 2004.

Good onya Government of Canada! And Canadian Consulate General in Buffalo - and all those who developed the e-Client Application Status for cic.gc.ca!

A letter (posted on Australia Day) from the Canadian Consulate confirms that my application for permanent residence has been received and it's sitting in a queue awaiting assessment. Apparently they are currently assessing files received nine months ago. This means I have another four months before I even begin to be assessed - however, at least I know now that my application was received.

Anytime I want I can go back to the website and have a look at my status. It will say "Processing" for a very long time.. but I can wait.. because today I was given the OK on a job that I'm after :)

In celebration of this fact, I cooked fennel and vodka risotto and roast lamb and wrote a "Hello World" eclipse plugin. Brilliant!

In other rousing news today, I received my A+ Canadian Blood Services card. It hadn't occured to me before, but donating blood has the benefit of being a free test for horrible diseases - good for that stage in a relationship where you no longer wish to use prophylactics .. also, you get cookies :)

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