Dammy

@Lovely_cloud: wishing you all the best too in year 2013, as well a safe and lovely flight to Winnipeg.

Dammy

@Violet are blue:

Wooooooooooow This is ggod news Violet. You have indeed opened the door for year 2013 for this thread and trust we all get faster and positive responses from our visa offices.

AVACON

V-A-B

A happy new year and congratulations - all in one gift for 2013!!!!!!!

Enjoy, and have a pint or two on me!!!

manitobain

[QUOTE=Violets are blue;Just thought I would update everyone. We got the e mail today asking for passport copies for us . We have until the end of May to get there. Am so very excited

Good luck to everyone waiting [/QUOTE]

Hey Violet, congratulation!!! 2013 is off to a good start I say

Louis Riel Day it is? ) mmm..welll...maybe Easter, which is pretty early this year as in End of March.

manitobain

Hi, guess I need to clarify 2 things:
rural: I think rural has very different meanings in different countries around the world. It doesn't mean in MB, that you only find farmers in the rural area for one. It does mean that you have a longer drive into the city and their amenities, but it doesn't mean that there is nothing going on in the rural area. We have to drive 1 1/2 to get to a movie theatre, but we do have everything we need close by...hence lot of ppl work in retail, hospital, school settings. Tourism is an upcoming industry here, as we have less and less farms (same farmland used usually for grain farming, just bigger farms...sadly in one way). And then we have rather smaller almost hobby farms producing fresh produce ready to buy from the farm...which is clearly an advantage from the city.

interviews: What makes you think they interview 10,000 ppl?? The MB PNP quota is for one at 5,000 main applicants...so that cut it already in half.
Then look at all the different streams...the employer direct and the family stream are the most used ones as far as I know. The strategic stream comes in place when they do outland "missions", which happens once or twice a year max I'd say. At those days they interview non-stop..with one or 2 ppl..so how many can you do? 50 max? The rest of the interviews are done in Wpg, as you all know. My guestimate is maybe..and just maybe, they interview another 200. Soooooooooo, having that said, if you had your interview...you are one of the selected ones.
This is why nobody who gets invited for an exploratory visit should take it easy, but work hard for it...as you are belonging to a small pre-selected group given a chance which is not given to many. And yes, they do have criterias, but they are not helping you to get employment...they interview you to get an idea if you are capable finding employment, once here. They interview you to find out if you have a clue what it means to live in MB and if you know what life really cost out here...and yes, connections to community life will weigh in too.

No officer expects you to have a job offer in your pocket when coming for an interview (I do know a few who managed though), but they all expect you to have a very good insight by the time you come to the interview, who could be your possible employer and first contacts with some of them....what does it take to get your profession recognized if so needed and how you plan on proceeding with it...and so on.

Strategic Stream is a privilege...very much so. I sometimes worry, that it will not be there forever, as it takes a lot of time and effort out of the program, so short on ppl probably would mean, this is the first one to cut..as we seen in 2012.

travel

Great News, the New Year has bought good news for you. I am so happy that it all worked out for you. Many congratulations and good luck. Do keep us all updated on your plans

chiefmissile

Very many congratulations, i can't wait to feel the way you guys are feeling today...........enjoy the moment.

Regards

Andrew

Violets are blue

Thanks so much again . Will decide on a date soon

Violets are blue

Thanks so much again, am really delighted and very much hope everyone hears some good news soon also

Violets are blue

Thank you so much Avacon , its a really good start to the year for sure, hoping it continues that way .

Violets are blue

Thanks so much . It was a real surprise, I didnt expect to hear for a while to be honest.

Not sure about the arrival day just yet. Was talking to my brother earlier about this, have a few things to arrange and have not told work yet . I was thinking the beginning of May but it might change, not very sure yet, if it does Louis Riel day it is

Violets are blue

Thanks so much Travel, it really is a good start to the year . I will of course keep everyone posted on when I have everything planned however will probably be at least a couple of months before we leave. Am just a bit delighted today so not even thinking about an exact date yet...would mean working on getting things boxed and packed . Thanks again

Violets are blue

Thanks Andrew, its a really nice feeling, one of huge relief to be honest and then panic and then excitement, bit of an emotional roller coster . And thats just today!! I hope you hear something soon and as its so early in the year hopefully you will complete in a few months

chiefmissile

Yes thats something i thought might happen, lets wait and see.

lovely_clouds

Wow... Super coool Congratulations. Too happy for u & ur daughter. When do you plan to move over now?

Party time