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| Subject: CIC on strike! |
All,
It´s sad to hear this, but it is true. CIC is on partial strike and they are announcing partial delays on their services. As if their inefficiency wasn´t enough, they now decide to stop working. God help us with this bunch of idiots!!!!
[13-10-2004,15:00]
ozz |
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Where did u get this information. Tell us where otherwise don´t bother us with such words
[13-10-2004,19:12]
Romantic Warrior |
(in reply to: CIC on strike!)
Yes, That´s true. Go to www.cic.gc.ca and you´ll see.
[13-10-2004,19:18]
Less worried husband |
Canadian Immigration on Strike (in reply to: CIC on strike!)
Yes, I agree with ozz.
Not necesserily that they are bunch of idiots but they are bunch of lazy bums. It takes them forever to do something
"Government workers"- huh - all lazy....
sad but true
[13-10-2004,19:23]
JJ |
(in reply to: CIC on strike!)
I went there, but I don´t see anything about a strike. Public employees are on strike in Canada, but I do not know if this includes CIC employees, and also, if it includes oversees employees in the consulates such as Buffalo.
[13-10-2004,19:25]
grendel |
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ooz is right...here is the link
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/strike-notice.html
[13-10-2004,19:33]
Asif |
relax, take a deep breath (in reply to: CIC on strike!)
Q4. How will a strike affect people seeking tourist visas?
A4. There will be no impact on this service. Staff of the International Region and locally engaged staff abroad will not be affected by the job action.
Q5. How will a strike affect people trying to immigrate to Canada?
A5. Applications for permanent residence require months to process, so short or rotating strikes will have little impact on people applying from within Canada.
[13-10-2004,19:47]
sharon |
as for the lazy bums part... (in reply to: CIC on strike!)
if you truly understood how many applications CIC look at in a year, and how much responsibility they have... you would not call them lazy and you would not call them bums. They are not the ones on strike, but they may be caught behind a picket line. It is called Canadian labour laws and is part of what makes Canada a great place to live.
[13-10-2004,19:51]
sharon |
(in reply to: CIC on strike!)
Sharon, are you an immigration officer or relative of an immigration officer?
Look, these officers have a great responsibility, I understand that part. However, look how inefficient they work. It takes them forever to process even the spouse-class applications, which are supposed to be in the "priority list."
Don´t believe when they say it is not going to affect overseas operations. This immigration experience has taught me to be less naive about what government officers say. The truth of the matter is that they are not efficient! Example: one of the CIC goals is "family reunification." Do you call family reunification to the fact that they separate a husband and father from his wife and son, when the wife and the son depend very much on the husband? Since they see their families every single day, they don´t know how it feels to be apart from the loved ones. Instead, they go on strike. Shame on them!
[13-10-2004,20:55]
ozz |
on strike (in reply to: CIC on strike!)
no, I am not an immigration officer, nor am I related or married to one. If you would read the Q&A I posted direct from the CIC website you would see that the CIC staff is not on strike, and all foreign offices should be operating as normal. However, applications from WITHIN Canada may experience some disruption IF they find themselves behind a picket line.
I am waiting for a loved one- just like you so this news does not make me particularly happy. If you consider the big picture, Canada accepts over 200,000 immigrants every year. I do not know how may applications they must process to get that number but my guess is quite a few. The only way the wait is going to become shorter is if they go to a lottery system where they draw names of those who have qualified, give a set number of visas per Embassy and dismiss everyone else to try again the next year. You would have your answer more quickly - but you might no like that process either. Yes, I think it is unfair to be kept in limbo forever but I am not sure there is an easy solution. Yes, it is hard for husbands and wives to be apart. The waits are hard but you knew there would be a wait before your started. We all did. You have a choice... try to be patient, wait your turn or consider living somewhere else where the immigration officers are not lazy bums or idiots.
[13-10-2004,21:11]
sharon |
One more thing (in reply to: CIC on strike!)
Sharon, one more thing:
We are actually paying for the right to join our relatives. CIC receives app. CD$1600 for each application they receive from the "spouse class." This is not free Sharon! I don´t know how much money you make, but for my wife and me, this put us in debt!!! There are other immigration-related expenses that may sum up to CD$600, which CIC do not receive, but that actually drains our budgets!
The least they can do, is to be more "humane" in at least updating us about the case processing status.
As of them having work accumulated, it is not our fault. It only their fault for being either inefficient (the officers) or the government´s inability to allocate more officers to catch up with the demand.
[13-10-2004,21:13]
ozz |
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The fact that you say that one should look for another country in which the immigration officers are less efficient by itself defies the goal of CIC. Their goal is to bring people together, whom for different circumstances, have chosen to join Canada.
As for myself, I´m better off living in my home country, without having to see 6 months of white stuff and cold weather. However, it is not fair that I ask my wife and my son to change their way of life. I prefer to make the sacrifice. Financially and emotionally I´m worse off living in a country that is not my country, but I´m willing to pay that sacrifice for living with my wife and son.
I must admit that CIC is less inefficient that its US analog. Although, as far as I know, US provides a solutionby letting the "foreign" spouse to join to "national" spouse in the US, while they wait for the final outcome of the immigration process. Then, spouses do not have to be separated. It just like issuing a tourist visa. This doesn´t happen in CIC. So, there is the simple solution to the spouse class.
Good luck is the only thing we can say...
[13-10-2004,21:24]
ozz |
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