First BIG Step

Today: My visa has officially entered the assessment process!

Waiting. I have done a lot of waiting over the past few months. Mainly because when I got back from India last Summer I had little time to get my visa application sorted out to come over to Canada. Firstly, I didn't know that there was a quota of how many British are accepted this year. Secondly, it turned out that by the time I had all the relevant paperwork, photocopies and a police check certificate (stupid really, as I didn't even get a detention through my entire time at High School) I had run out of time. Full up for 2011. Noooo!! Who knew that Canada is such a popular place to go, eh?!

Anyway, after the disappointment of not getting a visa for 2011, the opening date for the IEC Working Holiday Visa programme for 2012 was the main thing on my mind. I must have registered for the update e-mails from the government webpage at least ten times. Thankfully, just before Christmas the new window, with over 5000 places, was opened. I guess there really is a Father Christmas after all.

It's today though that really has made working in Canada more of a reality. In my lunch hour at work I finally got the news that I had been waiting for, as I was sent a notification that my application documents are now in 'the system' - waiting to be accepted, all being well. Although I am currently uncertain what sort of a job that I will get at the minute, the forthcoming prospects excite me! Working in India was fun, chaotic fun. Vancouver is going to offer something totally different. I can't wait.