Where is my amended Confirmation of Permanent Residence

People do flee...I want paradise...that's my next destination. HIV/AIDS and all it entrails, can make one run and hide and if there is nowhere to run, one can escape. I think of HIV activist Alex Archie who passed on to the Spirit world on May 7, 03. I wanna be there so bad...yet I... have to wait for the right time? Still waiting for my amended Confirmation of Permanent Residence, then I can start enjoying this freedom that befell me 4 months ago when I landed. Jesus.

Signs of settling down...

One of our walls in the home. Our walls tell a story...a healing journey.



I got the Kenyan flag around 7 or 8 years ago. The Canadian flag I got almost 4 months (May 7, 2010) after landing in Canada.

Everything takes time. Everything good.

Canada–Kenya relations
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Canada-Kenya relations are foreign relations between Canada and Kenya. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1965.[1] Canada has a high commission in Nairobi. The High Commission of Kenya in Ottawa is located in the Sandy Hill neighbourhood in the capital.

Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

The Canadian government announced in February 2009 that it was dropping Kenya from its list of preferred countries to receive foreign aid. This list includes 18 countries and the West Bank and Caribbean.[2]

My dad said at the wedding on May 21, 2005, that now Canada has joined Kenya and Kenya has joined Canada. I believe that was not crazy talk. Here we are. Easier said than done dad.

This is how I feel...

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 10:29 am Risk taker refusing to risk take...

Conversation with my friend...

Friend:I can't believe one clerical error like that makes it such a risk for you to leave the country!!!

ME:

Inconsistent information could keep me out from returning. Even the USA embassy asked when I first got to Canada. If it was me coming back and I was asked the same question on the border, I might never come back in. We paid the full landing fee and I expect full attention to detail. No one else can feel what I am feeling because it no one else who might be refused entry. I am not taking the risk with a one clerical error Friend. I used to be Secretary and know errors occur and trying to evade the error like officer Lori Wilson did is not ethical.

ME:

It is a serious error because they have amendments for it. If this error occurs, it has to be corrected. If I am wrong about them, my piece of paper should come in the mail soon...then I can travel...Only then. I am a risk taker and going home or to the USA without my proper confirmation of permanence residence, is a risk I am NOT willing to take. I am not going anywhere until then. Thanks for caring. Period.

ME

There is no risk in me leaving the country. I can now, I could have left in 1997 to bury my kid, all sorts of times I could have gone home, it is the coming back that is problem. Canada will gladly see me go... I have to have papers without blemish.

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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 2:52 pm I cannot believe this:-

I cannot believe this...
Stay with me.

Here is a conversation I had on face-book.

You recall, I got my permanence residence in Canada on Jan. 12,10, praise the Lord!There was an error on the original date of entry. '06 instead of '96. Immigration Officer Lori Wilson, disregarded it.She said it is a process to change that and I should not bother.By Feb 26,10 I found the form, filled it out.Lawyer ha...d signed his part by Mar. 12,10 and today I am out to mail everything.Lesson learned, never give up.

Johnston Njoroge likes this.

Muthoni Wa Mbiu
Officer Lori Wilson is NOT the one who will have trouble getting back in the country because of inconsistent information. That day I realized the immigration worker's job is not to get you in the country, it is to make it as hard as possible to get in. Officer Lori Wilson was doing her job and I am doing mine...God above us all...
06 April at 14:02 ·

Scheley Forde: "AMEN!"
06 April at 22:06 ·

Muthoni Wa Mbiu
Smile
06 April at 22:59 ·

Sanjay G Gupta
try ...try till u get it.....what u want

07 April at 00:34 ·
Muthoni Wa Mbiu
Yes Sanjay...thanks.

07 April at 08:17 ·
Nicole Guldner
you mailed that letter by Registered Mail with "signature required"...?

07 April at 09:52 ·
Muthoni Wa Mbiu
Yes Ma'am...express post with "signature required" Thanks Nicole.

07 April at 12:32 ·
Nicole Guldner
"Miss" please Smile))

07 April at 13:26 ·
Muthoni Wa Mbiu
LOL - k Smile

07 April at 13:41 ·

Muthoni Wa Mbiu
I also had to include a pre paid express self addressed envelope so that my original document can be sent back. I asked for signature for that as well. I hate to part with my originals...
07 April at 13:43 ·

Darcy Michael Merrick
I have a woman I want here, her name is Marlyn Papa, please make friends with her on facebook

Now, this is a conversation held on face-book. I indeed posted my "Request to Amend the Record of Landing or the Confirmation of Permanent Residence." I was given a receipt at the post office and I put it on my desk so that I can check if my documents arrived safely. And they did and were signed for.

Today when I went to look for the receipt so that I can check how fast the return envelop is getting here, I could not find the receipt. I panicked because I know it a grievous mistake the government of Canada did to keep me here waiting for immigration papers for 12 years. They made a second mistake of saying I arrived here in 2006 instead of 1996. Like they are trying to cover up something.

I have felt before in my immigration process that our house was being visited while we were away. Things would go missing and then they would reappear. Now the receipt is gone. We tried to look into the form history on the computer and could not see that tracking number for that particular item even though we could easily see the number for the USA embassy envelope.

If I am wrong, I would love to receive my amended original confirmation record of landing. My lawyer has copies of the application and so do I. Go ahead and invade our privacy.

Canada did not have to give status and to treat me like this is beyond me. A close professional has told me that immigration will visit your house when one is not there. It really is not allowed yet they do it.

Please note, I am not going anywhere until I am sure I can get back. I am stubborn and also demand my right. If it means getting another confirmation of landing which is costly and almost impossible, then I will. I can wait. My child who would have taken me to Kenya by now is dead. Ma ya Ngai!

I am waiting.

Somebody is playing with God. Nobody f@cks with me. ....

Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:02 pm Three months since permanent Residence.

It has been three months today since landing in Canada. It has been a tough three months trying to fit in my shoes. Trying to fill the void left by immigration issues was not hard to do as I had a lot of other activities to do prior to landing.

Between then and now, I have lost four friends, had two parties, one by Tyler and one by my boss Ted and acquired a whole bunch of new friends.

I have developed a very close phone communication with one of my brothers. That is a bonus.

The next three months should be smooth sailing...no?

Cheers.
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Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 2:04 pm It is not over until it is over.

On the 26th of February I wrote a letter to my awesome lawyer Peter Golden enclosing my passport, ID and marriage certificate and their photocopies. His job is to certify the photocopies. From there, I can send off form (IMM 1436) and ALL the required documents to amend confirmation of permanent residence (IMM 5292).

The lady at the immigration office Officer Lori Wilson said to me that this was not an issue and yet, there are forms exactly to rectify an error in date of original entry. The date should read July 4, 1996 and NOT July 4, 2006. That is 10 years off my immigration file that totally messes my record.

I have envisioned myself detained in London on my way to Canada from Africa because of this error. If I can see it, I believe it will happen and immigration's Canada Officer Lori Wilson would not be there to bail me out. It would be me and Kenya. After all that...immigration Canada's job is to make it as hard for me as possible to fully enter even though the system is working with me. I have been in Canada long enough and dealt with immigration Canada long enough to know this.

That is why I am setting the records straight.

Cheers!
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:58 pm Part of celebrating is also reflecting.

Here is a couple of letters from immigration office 5219.

14 March 2004

Dear Ms.

This refers to your application for permanent residence from Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. This is a two-step decision making process.

First, humanitarian and compassionate factors are assessed to decide whether to grant an exemption from legislative requirements to allow processing of your application for permanent residence from within Canada. On May 2003, a representative of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration approved your request for these exemptions for the purpose of processing this application.

Second, you must meet all other statutory requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, for example, medical, security and passport considerations and arrangements for your support and care. As your application is processed, separate decisions will be made about whether you meet these other requirements.

New information suggests that your application for permanent residence may have to be refused as it appears you are a person described in Section 38(1)(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Persons described in this section are inadmissible to Canada. Specifically, I have received a medical notification stating your are suffering from AIDS. The narrative on this notification states:

This 35-year-old applicant has been diagnosed with HIV and is currently on anti-retroviral agents. While taking these drugs, her viral load is undetectable. However, her T-cell count is 390. In 1992 she had pneumocystis carina and in 1994 she was treated for tuberculosis. This is Aids defining. It is reasonable to expect that Ms. will continue ongoing management by a physician knowledgeable in the treatment of persons living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is also reasonable to expect that this disease will continue and that anti-retroviral drugs will be needed. This treatment is very expensive and is covered by provincial health plans.

Based upon my review of the medical examination and all the reports I have reviewed with respect to her health condition, I conclude that she has a health condition, I conclude that she has a health condition that might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on health services. Specifically, this health condition might reasonably be expected to require services, the cost of which would likely exceed the average Canadian per capita costs over 5 year period. She is, therefore inadmissible under Section 38(1)(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Also has: Depression-Bipolar Disease

This information leads me to conclude that you can be expected to cause excessive demands on health or social services in Canada. For this reason, I could refuse your application for permanent residence.

Before I make a decision whether you are inadmissible, you may respond to the description of your medical condition with new medical information on your own.

You have 60 days from the date of this letter to send new medical information, not previously on your immigration medical file, to the Designated Medical Practitioner who conducted your initial examination. If you choose to submit new medical information, please inform this office in writing. You may have to pay fees charged by the doctor to examine the new information. He or she will then forward this information to the Canadian Medical Officers in Ottawa. (Do not forward medical reports to this office, as they are reviewed by the Medical Officers.)

If you choose not to repond with additional information, or if it does not change the opinion of the medical officers, your application may be refused.

Yours truly



E.R. Klak
Immigration Counsellor

I did not respond. I was in a tight corner.

30 June 2004

Dear Ms.

This refers to your application for permanent residence from within Canada on huminitarian and compassionate grounds. A recent letter invited you to respond by writing to this office within sixty (60) days from the date of that letter to new medical information that had been received suggesting that you were a person described in an inadmissible category of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. No response was received from you.

As indicated in the previous letter, a decision about your application for permanent residence has therefore been made based upon information on your file. On 30 June 2004, I a representative of the Minister of Citizen and Immigration reviewed the information on your file and it appears that you are a person described in Section 38 of the Immigration and Refugee Protect Act, that is, a person who is inadmissible on health grounds in that you might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on the health or social services in Canada.

As such, permanent residence in Canada cannot be granted to you and your application for permanent residence must be refused. This means that the exemption previously granted in your case from the requirement to obtain an immigrant visa has no further effect.

Notwithstanding this decision, sufficient humanitarian and compassionate considerations may exist to warrant seeking approval to issue a Temporary Resident Permit to allow you to remain in Canada. If approved, you must renew the Temporary Resident Permit and remain continuously in Canada for three years. At that time, you may re-apply for permanent residence pursuant to subsection 64 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. Processing fees for a new application for permanent residence will apply.

A request for permission to issue a Temporary Resident Permit in your case will be forwarded to the Director General, Citizenship & Immigration, B.C. Region. The Director General will assess the request for a Temporary Resident Permit in consultation with the B.C. Ministry of Health. When further information is available, you will be advised.

I regret this decision could not be more favourable at this time.

Yours truly
Christine Hutchinson
Citizenship and Immigration Officer

Christine Hutchinson saved my life.

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:35 am I landed a month ago and it has NOT been easy...

31 days since papers! People talked, one said 2 get psychiatric help, pal said he doesn't know me. Of course, I am FREE. Nervous energy judged by another pal. I praise my Lord that I pray to for His mercy upon me and for granting me solace whether people like it or not.

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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:42 pm Between 1996 and 2006, I lost ten years - significant? Ya!

On Friday, I realized that my record of landing said that my original entry to Canada was 4 July, 2006.

I read on the Internet that amendments can be made for such errors.

My trip to the immigration office was dreadful as usual. I told the front desk lady that my original entry date to Canada was wrong. She went and saw Officer Lori Wilson who said that the date shown is of when I last entered Canada.

OMG! I leaned forward and explained to the lady that I had been locked in Canada from when I entered in 4 July, 1996. I told her I could not leave the country.

She went away again and came back and asked me to sit down. Then Officer Wilson came and told me that she does not know how they came up with that date. She proceeded to tell me that it was not a big deal.

My answer to her was that I filled out so much paper that always asked me my original date of entry. I said to her I could NOT believe the error. She continued to say that it is not important to change the paperwork unless I want the change for myself. Jesus, who else would I be changing for? She cannot just say a difference of 10 years is not important.

The more she told me it was not important, the more I knew it was . In fact, it one of the things that can be amended on forms date of original entry. Why would Officer Wilson try to discourage me?

Errors in the following information may be corrected on a record of landing:

Citizenship
Family name
Given name(s)
Sex
Date of birth
Marital status
Place of birth
Date of original entry
Country of birth
Date of landing

She said I can have it changed but it is a process. I just finished one huge process with immigration and surely, setting the records straight is not going to bother me. Ten years from now when I have to explain why my records differ, it might be too late.

The reason I knew I could correct the error was doing some research on the Internet. I asked the Officer if there is anything she can do to help the process or should I look on the Internet and she said Internet.

I will go ahead and set the records straight.

This too shall pass.

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:24 pm Thanks Native people (Asante) and Pioneers...

For those I have mentioned in the last page, the not so happy ones, what are you doing to keep up with the high values your forefathers held?

I read this somewhere, Why did people want to immigrate to Canada? There were a number of reasons why these people chose to leave their homeland and come to a strange new land.

* They were not allowed freedom of worship.
* The government had control over their way of life.
* Men were forced to serve in the army.
* There were no jobs or the jobs were low-paying jobs.
* Many were poor and barely made enough to survive.
* Farmers wanted to own their own land.
* Cities were overcrowded, dirty and polluted.

The Government of Canada was offering free land to those who were willing to settle on the prairies. For many this was an opportunity to own land and have a better life. People were also told that there were plenty of jobs available. Some immigrants hoped to make some money and buy land or set up a business.

For the people who came from Europe, the journey to Canada was a long one. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean often took two weeks by steamship, and even longer by sailing ships. The steamship was faster than a sailing ship, but most of the steamships were overcrowded and dirty. Many passengers became seasick.

Me, all I wanted was to fly somewhere before I died. The rest just happened...Someone has the blue print of my life...it must be.

Aboriginals and Pioneers, I will make you proud. And my Motherland as well...


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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:31 pm Tokes/Ted

OMFG is right. This whole thing has not registered yet. I am right now just working my routine. Just keep doing my stuff like before. Coming to work is the best part because I get to tell people who have watched walk the thorny path that now I am walking on level ground. (that was last week - this a draft).

People are saying I look radiant as well as, oh well radiant. That is because ALL stress is gone. Gone, gone, gone. Now it is just switching from stress mode to stress free mode...

Yeah I am waiting for somebody to throw a party. I'll attend.

Thank you for being so happy for me. Everybody reacts differently to news like this. Main deal, I have a citizenship in Kenya and a permanent residence here...I can come and go as I wish...I have to find out if I can vote. (No I cannot and I cannot be voted in either Hmmmm) The care card will be permanent, no more work visas and temporary resident renewals. No more stress in my head.

I thought I was fighting to stay and really I was fighting for the freedom to come and go. Thank goodness I was trapped in a large country. I went as far east as Halifax for a month...2001. I went with my girlfriend that I had dated prior for a year. We met at the mental hospital. We were both patients...yeah...been there done that.

I feel that all my affairs are in order. I just have have to keep up with the house and laundry in the nest couple of weeks and get down with the gym in February.

The examination interview on Tuesday had us waiting for about 10 minutes which got me doubting everything and not tell my Beloved. I listened to my ipod and freaked. We got called into a room, a room I have been to before many times under different circumstances. Then the lady Officer Lori Wilson (the winking lady), asked me to check if my names were spelled correctly. Then I saw it in capital letters, "CONFIRMATION OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE..." and I was like "OMG!" as loudly as I could. The Officer was shocked and she asked what was wrong and I said nothing and Beloved was speaking for me that I am excited and I said I am dramatic and she said, "Please don't do that to me..." We all laughed.

Then she asked me if I have ever been asked to leave Canada and I said yes and asked if that affects my case and the Officer said no, and wrote something on the confirmation form.

She then explained to me that when I get the permanent resident card, I should go the Social Insurance Number place and get a number that doesn't begin with 9 and then she asked me to contact the Care card people.

Then she told me that ALL the time I have spent in Canada amounts to a year towards citizenship. In two years, I can be a Citizen of Canada. But until Kenya allows dual citizenship, I am remaining Kenya. Kenya is discussing this issue and if the bill passes, then I will have two countries OMG! Something to look forward to. Until then, I will permanently reside in Canada and keep Kenya as my home...that is where I would love my remains to rest...

Eventually, I will be a Canadian Citizen regardless...

She told me that I can be deported if I am not present three years in Canada out of five. I could also be deported for committing a serious crime and she added that they are not worried about me. I have never felt so settled in my job here. Thanks Ted for your co-operation in the long run and the last few steps near the end. The serious part.

The she asked me if I had any questions.

I asked her if other immigration officers who had dealt with my case were still there, Elizabeth, Stephanie, Christine...she gave me an answer and then she asked if I had any other questions and I asked her when I was going to pay...she was shocked because she thought I had already paid...see, when the refugee board looked at my life, they said I was untrustworthy and unreliable. Now I was proving otherwise.

Ryan paid $490 for my landing...used to be close to a thousand dollars...

Then she asked me if I had any defendants in Kenya and as I recalled my dead daughter, I said no.

For those who are not happy for me, most of your forefathers immigrated here. They were pioneers and so am I. Give me a chance please...

The end!

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Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:07 pm Guess who is a Permanent resident of Canada?

May 25th, 09 I meditated on these words and changed my life.

He who conceals his sins does not prosper,but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13

Yeye afichaye dhambi zake hatafanikiwa,bali ye yote aziungamaye na kuziachahupata rehema. Mithali 28:13

Thanks to the EVERYTHING by 10:10AM this morning, I had landed. I am a Permanent resident of Canada, Kenyan citizen and it stays that way Mr. Green

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:41 am Congratulations on setting a date...

When the time is close and I am still here, and you are still planning on your marriage, we will help you with at least the marriage certificate fees...it is the least we can do...

Yes vows are very serious. We thought long and hard about ours and said them in front of about 200 people...I was soo nervous!

Here is my friend's response to the vows in another website.
... my dearest sista. I greet you in 2010 and continue to appreciation who we are for each other-sistas in need and sistas indeed!!! Thanks for sharing the vows. I had no idea how serious and how deep this marriage institution you are in, is. WOW, that is so POWERFUL. And that is so WONDERFUL. As it was on 21 May 2005, so it SHALL BE, till FOREVER. Stay blessed and loved beloved sista. Feel the love and vibes from this end. RASTAFARI.....
She said, "I had no idea how serious and how deep this marriage institution you are in, is." Most people think we are joking around...that is theirs not ours. We say in my language in a song, "Reke twendane, nao maragie..." Let us love each other while they talk...

Talk soon Tokes...regards to Sue.

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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:32 pm Government is government...

When I got the expired visa, it said I had to leave the country by October 3, 09. That was scary. Then I got another letter in my name saying that my temporary permit restoration and student visa had been refused! I never even applied for these things. These people are over-worked and they are making mistakes that affect lives.

This time around, I received two envelopes, one with my work visa which says I must leave the country by October 3, 10. What else is new? And the other said that my temporary resident permit was enclosed but in actual fact, there was no temporary resident permit. I called the office and they said that if I don't receive it by February 2, 10, I should call them again. OMG! I told the lady I needed it to land and she said I approved for it in the system. They drive me nut.

Today when I came home I found this letter...I think this is the letter that the winking officer was referring to the other day. The letter was written by yet another officer. I was being deported by an officer known as Sharon with the help of Russell Macneil and Sal and an RCMP (1998) and so far my file has been handled by Elizabeth Clark, Stephanie, Christine Hutchinson, L Wilson and now R. Jones...

The letter said,

Dear ...,

This refers to your application for permanent residence submitted within Canada.

Previous correspondence informed you that you had met the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent resident status with Canada. It also informed you that a final decision would not be made until you and, if applicable all your family members both in Canada and abroad met all other requirements on the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as they relate to health, security and criminality screening.

A final determination on whether you meet statutory requirements can only be made at an examination interview. In order to make this determination you are required to attend this office on any Tuesday between 8:00am and 3:00pm.

(Now listen to this...)

If you cannot attend, please write to this office immediately, explaining why.

Failure to appear for this interview may be perceived as lack of interest in permanent residence and your application could be refused.

If you are currently in receipt of welfare or social services benefits, please write to this office as soon as possible explaining your situation.

Please note:

If you are currently employed but were receiving welfare or social services when you submitted you application for permanent residence, please bring proof of employment and income and termination of benefits with you to the above noted interview.

If you have received welfare or social services benefits at any time since applying for permanent residence, please bring proof of employment and income and termination of benefits with you to the above noted interview.

(None of the above applies to us...otherwise I feel I would be in deep sh!t)

They ask that I bring my valid passport and a single photograph.

They say that I should bring my sponsor when they fully well know that they did not allow us to do spousal application because I have AIDS and Bi polar. That being said, my Beloved is coming with me. We picked the earliest Tuesday we could, next Tuesday. Mr. Green

Please remember us.

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:52 pm I went to immigration this morning...

...to proof that I had applied to renew for my work visa and temporary resident permit.

I took with me a receipt that I used to pay for the processing fees and handed it over to front desk. The front desk person said she was not familiar with exactly what the the officer wanted and so she went to talk to the officer with my submission.

They talked excitedly for a couple minutes and then the officer came out. I have never seen her before. They have changed my workers like four times if not more since 11 years ago.

She seemed pleasant but I am not easily deceived. She said it was funny that I should show up today as it is only today she received an email from Vegreville saying that my temporary resident permit and work visa had been approved. I knew about the work visa but not the temporary resident permit. She continued to hand me back the paper work I had taken and said to me that I am almost being granted and that I should get a letter soon. She even winked at me.

I will believe it when I see it.

Updating you is,
... Wink
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Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2009 1:37 pm Tokes, thanks...

I hear what you are saying and I am sorry that you are going through so much stuff at once. Hopefully you get a break...meet the Mother Nature half way, she'll do the rest...or God or whoever...

The more I think about this immigration issue, the more I am seeing how they work. For example, I went to immigration with a friend on July 27, 09 to ask what I should do as my work says I MUST leave the country on October 3. The guy there immediately said that the work visa and temporary resident permit were very expensive to renew and that my my file was doing very well. He asked that I delay applying for the work and temporary resident permit because in his thinking, my other papers were moving quickly.

That day, the immigration office wrote me a letter saying that I was eligible for permanent residence. Until I showed up, they were NOT going to do anything. My file would just lie there...I don't know.

The renewal of the work and temporary permit should be done at least 30 days before the expiry of the permit. My plan was to apply at the end of July and and hopefully I would have the papers by October. But no, no, no, I had to wait and when NOTHING happened with immigration, I phoned my lawyer and told him that I was renewing my papers at the 30 days mark, and I did and have succeeded after three months. Imagine if I just waited...OMG!

So for my local immigration office to write me a letter asking for proof that I have renewed my work visa and temporary resident permit is beyond me. Imagine if I was still waiting for my other papers to go through, I would be in deep sh!t. I am planning to go there on the 29th of December which is one day to the dead line they gave me to provide proof of renewing my work and temporary resident permits.

For many many years I have danced to their tune but no more. They will dance to my tune...why not?

That is how they work. Their job is to make it as hard as possible for the immigrants to land in Canada and they do it all with a smile. Mr. Green

I will not apologize for my way of life, neither will I waiver in it's defense, and my spirit is stronger, it cannot be broken...

They are shameless -...

Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:44 pm Tokes...I NEVER left Canada on October 3, 09...PHEW!

Hallelujah indeed!

Thanks Tokes for responding to my good news even when you are bed ridden. Yeah, it is just dawning to me that the end was nearing. My husband pleaded with them in a letter in my application for the immigration worker to reconsider the decision stating that I had to leave Canada on October 3, 09.

I hang in there for three months...basically just doing my thing. I had a lot of help and support. The people supporting me did not know the whole situation. Now I feel that a weight has been lifted. I started applying and working on this working visa thing 5 years ago. This has been the longest renewal wait so far. Probably because the last visa was the only one I had seen with a condition...but that is over now.

Now waiting for the Permanent Resident Permit...hopefully I get it before this work visa expires. I have to get the work visa in the mail to see exactly what it says and what conditions are on it...

Thanks again for your support and thanks to the forums for giving me a chance to channel my sorrows and fears. Otherwise I would go mad...

Yes I met your lovely wife. She is very caring for you and she explained to me the surgery...OMG and how many times before they messed with you...Geez...

You were at the club? In that condition? You can send a caregiver you know...OMG Tokes!

I can imagine many things and one of them is working HERE without a work visa...every blue uniformed person would be intimidating, every stranger, cop cars, I wouldn't do it. Would you?

Please get well fast.

All the best. Say hey your lady, I forgot her name. So much was going on. She's pretty...

I just want to crawl somewhere tonight and crawl out on January 2, 2010. I was like this even in Kenya. No Christmas Spirit...

Glad to be alive through it all and no physical pain. No madness either, mind is not racing. Grateful...
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:23 pm Immigration Update.

Today I went to the post office box after too long and found this letter dated 01 December,2009. From the local immigration office.

Dear Ms.

This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada under the Permit Holder Class.

Our records indicate that your temporary resident permit and your work permit expired on 03 October, 2009. I remind you that it is your responsibility to maintain legal status in Canada while you are waiting for your application for permanent residence to be processed. As well, you must be in possession of a temporary resident permit in order to be considered under the Permit Holder Class for permanent residence.

Please provide proof to me within 30 days from the date of this letter that you have submitted an application to extend your status in Canada to the Processing Centre in Vegreville, Alberta. If you do not provide the requested information, a decision may be made based on the information on your file which could lead to your application for permanent residence being refused.

Yours truly,



Citizenship and Immigration Officer.

Just look at the way they write...

I called the 1 888 Alberta office and my applications were received on September 4, 09. I was wondering what type of proof I should send to the immigration office tomorrow. Maybe receipts, I don't know. So I call my lawyer and I ask what should I take and he said receipts.

And then I called the immigration call centre and my application for a work visa was approved today.

Yeah, imagine being jobless from October 3, 09 to December 22, 09 for lack of piece of paper. Yeah, imagine that...bills, food, weed, rent, stuff undone...

Risk takers do exist. I just had to say that.

OMG, what a journey.

When the work visa itself arrives, I will apply for a carecard and hopefully I stay healthy for the duration of the wait. This angers me. The don't care carecard!

In the same breath, I am grateful.

This is cool, I can now again start talking openly about my job...Geez.

Now I have breathing space until my permanent residence application is processed.

That was tough ladies and gentlemen...

Have courage.

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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject: August 8, 09

Beloved and I

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:32 am Post subject: Immigration...make or unmake my life...

Over 11 years?

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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:12 pm This waiting has to make sense...

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:23 am

Thanks very much Peoplez and the FORUMS. I used to write a blog between 2005-2007 and I was very angry and had a gazillion thoughts going on at once. I find this here more focused on the immigration issue and I am getting support that I was not expecting. I am used to writing without any response although I clearly have readers. Therefore, this kind of support and interaction is very welcome.

Tokes, I haven't spoken to Ted yet about you. We always seem to have no time to talk about everything that we want but I will make effort today. You present yourself with respect and as they say, respect begets respect. You are in my good book even though as you say we have not met officially.

If you are in town, we should get together for some TOKES! Mr. Green What do you say?

Thanks again everybody. I love you Michelle...

Happy Friday!
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Here is my blog which among other writings cleared my head. Writing is therapy for me. So is reading...

PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:35 am Post subject: Guest, Ted, Tokes and SeaOfGreen

Thanks so much for your support here. I really needed it. I am strong and also a very sensitive soul. The way you came together and spread your wings around me shows that I am not alone. Mostly I feel alone and that is my problem which I have to sort out. It is probably home sickness.

The woman in question really meant to harm and she could have if I didn't run home (here). Everyones response is very much appreciated.

Immigration issues among my own issues have landed me in the mental hospital six times. The only thing keeping me sane is that my other issues are resolved and I can deal with immigration one day at a time. What I need is the support that you all show and not confusion caused by this lady Donna.

My mind is at peace and I have love. Peace and Love are my values in life. I am waiting patiently upon immigration and do not need anymore drama seriously.

Please accept my gratitude for coming to my aid so quickly and so seriously. I didn't expect you all to say what you said and when I read it, I am really touched. To the core of my being.

Thanks
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Very Happy
This song is for you ...

Lean on me

Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:24 am

Thanks very much for your kind words.

The next day before I blocked Donna on my email, she called me a witch (which I am in training) Mwahahahahaha! and said in this country they have saying that "what goes around comes around oh oh" I replied and said in my country we have one that says, "if you do good you do it to yourself, if you do bad, you do it to yourself -oh oh." I hope I never hear from her again.

I understand her behaviour. She behaves exactly like my mother behaved towards me. Jealous that is so great that it brings forth verbal abuse. With my mother it even went physical and I am working on our reconciliation even though it might mean we might not talk while it is happening. The correct term for people like these is HATERS! Donna's hatred was obviously not welcome here.

Like Bob Marley sang, "Only a friend knows your secret, only he, can reveal it..." It is those close to you or pretending to be close to you that have the ability to harm you. Just a thought.

Thanks Michelle for being my shield and support and Ted for being the God that we have established you are, and Tokes, you amaze me. Which Richard are you? So eloquent. Please let me know.

My focus is on living each moment at a time while I wait for an answer from immigration. It may take days, months or a year. My task is to remain focused and I thank everybody who takes the issue seriously and puts themselves in my size 9 shoes of which I click the heels once a day...someone's gotta.

Chao for now.
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Very Happy

dawa ya moto ni moto

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:03 am Post subject: Donna, here is your note to me on facebook and my reply.

...: What is your problem? Why did you repost your message to me at the hempology website? Have you finally flipped? Back off, girl! I'm tired of being accosted and abused by you people. GET A GRIP!

Donna 06 October at 07:28


I was not able to reply to you on the other place so I came here as it all started here.

I respect your age and I did not appreciate your rudeness to me this morning. You thought you would dump that at me in the morning and then close all doors for me to react and just continue like normal?

I DID not repost. Our friend Michelle reposted it to get what was going on. She is trying to catch up with the forums. Her inquiring mind wanted to know.

I don't understand why you are verbally abusive to me. Even my own mother doesn't stand a chance with that behaviour anymore. Another word of abuse and I am taking measure...and I have flipped six times between 1999 and 2006. Significant flipping. So the word FINALLY is hilarious. Thanks for the laughter. LOL!

What is to be accosted? Greeted? Noun speaking...
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:36 pm Post subject: Taking heart...

“They remind me of the deportation of the Jews out of Europe to the Warsaw ghetto. It's a horrible thing.”

Sherry Cooper

“When you're talking about deportation and taking a very stringent stand on all immigrants, we have to be careful that we are specifically talking about those who have broken the law.”

Leslie Sanchez

I love the conveniences of Canada and I miss home. Really want to see my daughter's grave...

Time will tell.

Cheers!
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Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: Look at the date...

It is a crazy world out there...

Wishing me well in a suspenseful time.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject: Quotable quotes.

“There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your live those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.” Nikki Giovanni quotes (African-American Poet, b.1943)

Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value. Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you. There is only one alternative - self-value. If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved. You will always think it's a mistake or luck. Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within. Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences. Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security. Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them. ~Jennifer James

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive. ~Havelock Ellis, On Life and Sex: Essays of Love and Virtue, 1937

I love words. Other people's writing really does a number for me and my own writing is therapy. Just by writing I have benefited

My papers for renewal of TRP and work visa arrived in Vegreville this morning. Now it is continuing to keep busy, adventuring and just doing it. Happy travels to me. Very Happy

Enjoy -...

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:04 am

Donna,

It seems you don't understand me and I have to explain things to you a second time. Hoi.

I meant I am not going into the depressed mode. Can you take it?

I don't appreciate you writing about me being in a bag!

I so want to go home and I don't see you and I there together.

I don't drink coffee...

Happy Friday Very Happy
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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject: Yesterday.

Hey,

Yesterday I finished compiling my application to renew my work visa that says I have to leave the country on October 3, 09. I was also putting together an application to renew my temporary resident permit (TRP).

I started working on these forms on Saturday and sent them off yesterday. It is my responsibility to keep the status of my work visa and TRP current as they work on my permanent residence.

The TRP in particular is tough. They ask for all sorts of things. Like this year and last year I had to satisfy immigration with this information on the below link.


This year wasn't so hard as we have made a significant financial change.

Now it is just waiting for the renewals or the real thing. Very Happy I live the life of suspense and yet I am happy. I keep busy. Before I used to sleep it off but that cocoon stage is over...I'll be back there when I am dead. Kaput!

Honestly
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Immigration stuff

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: Call from L. Wilson

My immigration worker called this morning at 8:34am. I was running for the bus to the pool which I had to catch at 8:36am. After I alighted the bus I called the number back and it was Citizen and Immigration Canada. The lady wanted to know if I had received the letter she sent a month ago. How time flies.

I told her the paper work is at the lawyer's office. I made a few adjustments today and now I am at peace. I had to gather all the organizations I belong to. It is a huge list. Didn't want to leave anybody behind.

The worker said the sooner I sent those forms the sooner she can get my background and security check done. She was friendly.

My wait has been eleven years and I know the battle is almost over. I am going at it slowly. Why rush now at this crucial stage?

Tomorrow is the day I sign the update form and Bob's my uncle.

Wish me well.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject: Lawyer's

I went to the lawyer's office this morning and gave him my final submission before security and background checks.

I added some correspondence courses I had done here.

Yeah, I had a plan. It was a secretarial course. I wanted to reach Canadian standards. Experience is the best teacher.

The lawyer has to read everything over, have it typed and then I sign and then finito...

Gotta run!
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: Clarification...

A reader wrote this after reading the above post. I wonder why they cannot reply on here and they get offended if I write what they wrote. If it is about the forums, I will clarify, copy and paste, whatever I want. Be bold.

The person wrote,

...: Are you asking Ted to pay for your lawyer? That's what this post sounds like...

I replied,

No I am not asking him that and that is why I always write something on the post to clarify after your comments via email. I was saying that legal aid is running out and my beloved and I have to foot the bill ourselves if the case proceeds. Where does that ask Ted to pay for my lawyer? Rolling Eyes

My beloved husband is working a good job and I at the club have a good job and so we should be able to pay our own legal fees!

So what if I was asking Ted? He has been know to help other people, one person is particular I know for sure. Like what concern of yours is it Donna?

If you read something that concerns you about me here, then comment here. It is not private when you try to say I wrote things that I didn't.

Get?

There is some privacy for you...

Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: Update for Ted.

Ted,

I need to update you on some stuff when you get back.

Lawyer phoned and I have to redo some of my stuff for my final submission to immigration. The wording and all...I thank God for a lawyer. He is a good lawyer that takes legal aid. If the case goes any further, my beloved and I will have to pay the lawyer ourselves as we are not on disability any more. This guy has kept me here since my case begun in 1998. By October of 1998, I had medication for AIDS. Great Jewish lawyer. Medication is my biggest gain. It helps me give back.

So much happened in the last ten years that they want information from me. I am a member of several organizations here, I cannot deny any. In the last ten years I have worked here and there, I cannot deny that. I have gone to school here for the University courses (twice). If one is going to school for six months or less, one does not require a permit. I had to remember all the addresses I have lived in - in the last ten years...Hoi. I was smart though, I kept records. My horoscope is Cancer like you Ted. We remember lots.

I have to have a good memory for my speeches as well, my friend Roni is writing a book about starting September. I have to have my fact straight.

If Ted wrote a book, I think I can too. He wrote several...

Immigration wants updates of my work, organizations I belong to, addresses and education. I had made a list before but it obvious it needs updating. That is why I am not leaving anything out. It is being given a chance to come clean once and for all.

Ted, the place runs well without you but do I ever miss you and lovely Gayle of course...please hurry back both of you!

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:09 pm Post subject: Donna

I read your note stating to change something on the first article but now I cannot find the note on my PM. I don't wish to change anything on the above article. Thanks anyway.

None of this publications are going to immigration but immigration has access to the information if they want.

I had to fill out a form outlining my job experiences in the last 10 years, groups I belong to, education and addresses of where I have lived. That right there is everything about me.

Did not want to disclose about CBC of C while I had no problem talking about Hempology 101. I have a work visa open for any job and so I am not worried. I have to go with my gut feeling that I have done nothing wrong and this is 2009 and my hope is that my immigration worker is open minded. I was sure to mention that we serve people with permanent physical conditions and I am a front desk worker.

Now it is up to them to make a decision based on everything I have told them. I am not too shaken because there was no word of lie. I might have omitted information earlier and now releasing it at the right time and in completion.

I have been opened out and everything inside of me is out.

Honesty is the main lesson I learned and it will bring me in or take me out. I am ready...

John 8:32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Mercy Lord. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:36 pm Post subject: Calling for help...

I need all the positive energy I can get jumping handles.

Immigration says I am eligible for permanence residence subject to security, background and medical check.

My on line file says that medical results have been received. So I guess they are saving me a trip to Dr. Linda Green whom I don't see eye to eye. She has been my immigration doctor for years. She once asked me if I had a boyfriend and when I said yes, she said we should not have any children. Who asked her?

And another time she asked on seeing me at her clinic, "You are still here?" She gave me a report that said that I will cost the government lots of money and stuff like that. That is how I failed in the that application. Me I'll be glad if I never have to see her again. She started it.

I have a form I have to fill out in detail and take to my lawyer and we'll go from there. Gotta submit the forms tomorrow.

The battle is at its worst near the end.

Please lift me up. Support me with good thoughts. I can't wait for this to be over. Everything is in the open. Gosh Golly!

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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:34 pm

Post subject: Hey.

We got to the immigration office and explained that the piece of paper says that I have to leave Canada on October 3, 09.

The guy had an attitude at first until I told him that I had a permanent resident application in process. He asked for ID and typed things into the computer and said that my file was progressing very well.

He said that he does not think that my permanent residence will be ready before the work visa and temporary resident permit expire. He advised me to wait another month and then apply for the renewals.

If nothing, at least I know my file is progressing well.

I have so little faith in the system that I doubt everything.

Lord have mercy...

I hate this part of my life. Jul 26, 2009 11:10 am

My thinking in November last year was that my permanent resident papers would be out by now and I would not have to reapply for a work visa and temporary resident permit. Man oh man...it's tough to immigrate with AIDS.

Hurdle after hurdle we keep jumping. We are getting pretty good at it.

I would like to know for sure if I am coming or going.

The whole immigration experience has got me mature and has taught me what is important in life.

Good health is one of the things, peace of mind, yeah. Then family. Adopted family, family family and club family and marriage family...family.

My work visa and temporary resident permit expire in October. They always expire and I have to renew them. The work visa as I stated above says that I must leave on October 3rd, 09. I should be applying for a new work visa and temporal resident permit like right now. However, the remark that I must leave makes me wonder what they want.

Oh, I know what they want. They want to put my life on hold so that all I think is about them. There were years I did that as my case is from 1998. Hoi. But after sometime which was very recent, I realized that I had to distract myself from immigration and the whole idea of going back home in a few months. I decided to live life.

Please note, I have never wasted my time be it in Kenya or Canada. Always working, volunteering. AIDS or not...Bipolar or not. Always doing something.

Canada recognized me for my work in May 2003 when they handed me the woman of distinctions award in health and wellness by the YWCA. So going back home... (I don't wanna talk about it).

Anyway, I called my brother last night because it was his birthday and apart from you guys and my beloved, nobody else knows this story. I told him what the work visa said.

Oh, I forgot to mention that when I called the lawyer, he sent me to the immigration office to find out what it all means. I told him I hate going there but I will go on Monday. He was laughing.

It is not a laughing matter though. My brother said he had room for me in his home. *sniff* And I will call him tomorrow after I talk to immigration.

What happens between my beloved and I? He has a career and Kenya to Canada is a very long distance marriage. Surely!

We should be fine.
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My writings from Hempology 101 Society forums. Consolidating.

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject: My work visa says I must leave Canada by 03 Oct 2009.


Very Happy It all started in Kenya after I was selected to come to Vancouver to the International AIDS conference in 1996. From the airport, I had a brief stay at the University of British Columbia (UBC). I fell in love with the place. It was summer time so there were no students. Quiet. But I could still hear in my head the noises of Nairobi. Cows and chicken and children. Noises in the city.

After five days and the conference was over, I went to live with an auntie of a friend I had met in Kenya. I was there for two months. The longest vacation I had ever had in my life. I have always been working in my life. I was the little woman around the house when we were kids. Cooking, fetching water, fetching firewood, washing clothes by hand, gardening - you name it.

My visa to Canada was for only two months. I packed my bags and headed to Vermilion to say hey to some friends of my parents and my flight to Kenya was leaving from Edmonton. While I was in Vermilion, I phoned an uncle of a friend I knew in Kenya. The uncle was here in Canada and he told me that I should go to the immigration office to see if I was given more time when I arrived from Kenya. Sure enough, there was a tiny stamp that gave me an extra 4 months. Back to Victoria I came. The uncle of my friend in Kenya gave me a job at the Harveys Restaurant. It was next to Swiss Chalet and is now a Tim Horton. Rolling Eyes I flipped burgers among other things. I worked there for a few months and then I decided to do housekeeping. I had a daughter to feed, clothe and educate back in Kenya. Shocked I had to be responsible for my daughter like I had always done.

After I had stayed in Victoria Canada for 6 months, I applied for an extension of my visitor visa. I was given a whole year. Shortly after, there was a knock on my door and it was an immigration officer and RCMP. My stomach cut in half. I opened the door for them and they asked me if I had HIV. Up to today I have no idea how they came to know but I have a clue. Idea Maybe the time I did cocaine (you read that right). Shocked trying to end the pain of losing my daughter and the loneliness that was in my heart. I am naive in some ways. I ended up almost dead and when I came to, I was telling everybody everything about myself. Maybe an ex called the cops. Or the counsellor I was talking to couldn't handle it. Or all of the above.

Anyway, I told them I had HIV. This was no time to lie. I was 29 years old and I knew better than lie. They asked me if I cleaned houses without a permit and I said yes. They asked for my passport but I did not have any as I had lost it partying at the then Sweet Waters. I learned my lessons. If I cannot handle what I took out with me including and especially my body, then I should not go out. Bottom line, I was busted. They never read me my rights and so when I asked for permission to go into the washroom, I told myself after the fact, "Self, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to be able to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense."

When I got to the then new police station in Victoria, I called my lawyer and left a panicky message. No, actually, I did not have a lawyer so I never called anybody. Rolling Eyes Evil or Very Mad The next morning, a senior immigration officer came to the police station and told me if I left on my own to Kenya, nothing would be held against me. She told me I had a month to leave. The month rolled by and I moved from my bachelor place on Maplewood to a friend's house. We were sitting there having wine and weed Mr. Green when there was a knock at the door. Three men came in. I recognized the one immigration officer and the RCMP. I later came to know that the third guy was also an immigration officer. My two friends tried to hide the weed Mr. Green but the officers said they were here for another reason - mwa. This was beginning of March, 1998.

I was taken back to the police station. Same cell. This time I had a lawyer and I called him leaving a panicky message. It was Friday night and the lawyer was nowhere to be found. Saturday morning, I was shipped to Vancouver to a detention center. While there, I started thinking about my life. My daughter had just died 8 months ago in Kenya of a penicillin reaction. I had nothing. I had not disclosed to my family that I had AIDS. I was not ready to see my daughter's grave. I could not bear the shame of going back. What would people say? I was lost.

They counted a penny on me. On Monday, I was handcuffed for the first time in my life and taken to an airport cell. It was scarily Twisted Evil but I was going through the motions.

My cell at the airport had nothing but a built in bench. I sat there for what seemed like eternity. Then I heard a lady's shoes foot steps coming towards my cell. They lady said to my surprise, "I am your escort to Kenya. Behave like every other passenger otherwise I will have to handcuff you." Shocked Rolling Eyes I did not respond and she asked me what I had done. I told like a machine as fast as I could about my life. From A - Z. She called my lawyer and I was returned to detention. This was on Monday morning. Before she left, the escort to Kenya said to me that if I don't see her again, we are not going to Kenya. At 6:00pm the same day, I was taken to the same cell at the airport. I waited for two hours and the lady never showed up. Hallelujah! My plane left without me.

At 8:00pm, I was returned to the detention cell and I had to go for a hearing. I couldn't eat the fast food they served me. They had detained me for too long. Eventually I was released. I had no bus fare so the lady at the desk gave me enough for the ferry ride and the buses. God bless her.

I was to report to immigration every week. It was horrifying. Later they said I did not have to report at all. I applied for refugee status and they said no. To them, I came out as untrustworthy and unreliable. I was sifting what I should tell them and what I shouldn't. I doubt if they would understand my then very thick accent and I spoke fast because I was nervous and they wanted to know who I was and I had no clue of who I was. I told them the same story I lived but skipping some details. I did not know these people. They simply could not believe that I was who I was saying I was. I swore that nobody else will say to me that I was unreliable and untrustworthy. The comment made me look at myself seriously. I was surprised that they would say such a thing to me after knowing me for a few hours.

The appeal took years and before it could go through, they stopped my appeal and replaced it with what they call a pre-removal risk assessment. Shocking Shocked . Anyway, I passed even though I was the same person who had failed the refugee thing. This time I told everything. Honesty rocks. Finally, I was eligible to apply for permanent residence. After a while, they said that I was denied permanent resident because I had AIDS. Rolling Eyes

They called my husband in while we were engaged and he had to say a bunch of things and answer a lot of questions. I was given a temporary resident permit as a result of that meeting. I had previously had a work visa which gives me a care card which helps with the lab and specialist. I have to apply for a work visa and temporary resident permit about every year. It is nerve racking. I have been issued with these two documents just recently. Life is good. What is remaining is the permanent resident papers for which I applied for the second time. I am not going to worry about it. Just keep being a wife to my husband, Very Happy keep working at the club, smoking weed which I would not have been the same person without and just take it one day at a time.

Thanks to everybody who makes this easier for me. Kudos to my husband and my family at the club.

Within the year that I am supposed to leave Canada, my permanent residence will have gone through. But until October 3, 2009 and now, I will live life like there is no tomorrow. That is what this immigration journey has taught me and they taught me patience and honesty. I am grateful for the 12 years I have in beautiful British Columbia and very lucky to have the best weed. From a two month visa to over 12 years in Canada. It has not been easy but it is getting easier. Friends have made me forget immigration.

Patient as ever
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Who is worried? Not I...