I stayed the same this week, I am lucky. I have started losing control and it is completely and utterly stress related.
I know this is a weight loss blog, so as I divert into what is going on in my life, comes with a *disclaimer* to jump ahead if applicable :)
We (as a family) are in Canada on work permits we have been since 2001. We didn't apply for landed immigrant status for the first few years because, well we weren't sure yet. When we decided to apply for our status a few years ago, the paper nightmare started. Skimming over details, it is a long and very involved process, and so it should be! Immigrating is not something to be taken lightly.
So, 2009, our visa's are valid, life is good. My hubby was sent on business to the USA on Thursday, nothing unusual, passport in hand, letter from company stating why he was going, and his work permit.
Border control dude, having a bad day I suppose, noticed that the Work Permit and letter had different wording. My hubby is an aviation technician, and that is what the work permit says, the letter his company had given him said he was a project manager, a pure
technicality, he is an aviation
technician working on this particular contract as a project manager.
What happened next is still beyond logic and reasonable thought process to me. The border control guard revoked his visa. What does this mean? Well he cannot work, he had (our lawyer has sorted this part out) 21 days to leave Canada. The fact that one person has such power is beyond comprehension.
Current status (aside from my nerves being finished), our lawyer says he is 99% sure that the immigration board will overturn the decision when it reviews the case, wonderful ... is takes 70 - 90 days to get in front of that Board. We cannot survive on my salary alone, and what happens if they don't overturn it??? We get sent back to South Africa ... I actually cannot even carry on typing ......
I just need to focus on good eating, I went from not eating at all for 2 days to just not caring, I have to learn to deal with life without damaging my healthy progress.
Thanks for listening ...
I know this is a weight loss blog, so as I divert into what is going on in my life, comes with a *disclaimer* to jump ahead if applicable :)
We (as a family) are in Canada on work permits we have been since 2001. We didn't apply for landed immigrant status for the first few years because, well we weren't sure yet. When we decided to apply for our status a few years ago, the paper nightmare started. Skimming over details, it is a long and very involved process, and so it should be! Immigrating is not something to be taken lightly.
So, 2009, our visa's are valid, life is good. My hubby was sent on business to the USA on Thursday, nothing unusual, passport in hand, letter from company stating why he was going, and his work permit.
Border control dude, having a bad day I suppose, noticed that the Work Permit and letter had different wording. My hubby is an aviation technician, and that is what the work permit says, the letter his company had given him said he was a project manager, a pure technicality, he is an aviation technician working on this particular contract as a project manager.
What happened next is still beyond logic and reasonable thought process to me. The border control guard revoked his visa. What does this mean? Well he cannot work, he had (our lawyer has sorted this part out) 21 days to leave Canada. The fact that one person has such power is beyond comprehension.
Current status (aside from my nerves being finished), our lawyer says he is 99% sure that the immigration board will overturn the decision when it reviews the case, wonderful ... is takes 70 - 90 days to get in front of that Board. We cannot survive on my salary alone, and what happens if they don't overturn it??? We get sent back to South Africa ... I actually cannot even carry on typing ......
I just need to focus on good eating, I went from not eating at all for 2 days to just not caring, I have to learn to deal with life without damaging my healthy progress.
Thanks for listening ...