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I realized that the text of the letter I got from Canada seems to imply that I was somewhat pessimistic with my time estimates in this post from June.
The first factor was that I didn't check the "last updated" date on the page, which was (probably still is) a date in May, not in June when I was looking at it. Thus, my response was received within the expected time, not late, which bodes well, considering.
Secondly, it would seem that the year delay is not for them to start evaluating it, but actually for the evaluation. So if all goes well I should next hear from them by next July, not that they won't even start until then (my choice of September was implied by the months mentioned on their afore-cited web page). If I was extremely fortunate, or somehow managed to win the heart of the officer responsible for my file with my, er, elegant prose, I might even hear from them in less than a year (not holding my breath, though). So the possibility exists that I could actually be there sometime next fall, as opposed to late the following spring.
Of course, that in turn does some interesting things with the prospect of a car loan. The shortest term is 2 years and that's what I was planning to sign up for, since I was figuring I was going to wind up here for nearly 2 more years anyway. If I somehow make it to Canada next fall, I would either have to pay it all off before I went, or continue to make the payments out of savings somehow from Canada. I'm sure that the lender won't care where the money comes from so long as they get it (perhaps I could set up a relay with my parents), but still, it's a hassle.
The first factor was that I didn't check the "last updated" date on the page, which was (probably still is) a date in May, not in June when I was looking at it. Thus, my response was received within the expected time, not late, which bodes well, considering.
Secondly, it would seem that the year delay is not for them to start evaluating it, but actually for the evaluation. So if all goes well I should next hear from them by next July, not that they won't even start until then (my choice of September was implied by the months mentioned on their afore-cited web page). If I was extremely fortunate, or somehow managed to win the heart of the officer responsible for my file with my, er, elegant prose, I might even hear from them in less than a year (not holding my breath, though). So the possibility exists that I could actually be there sometime next fall, as opposed to late the following spring.
Of course, that in turn does some interesting things with the prospect of a car loan. The shortest term is 2 years and that's what I was planning to sign up for, since I was figuring I was going to wind up here for nearly 2 more years anyway. If I somehow make it to Canada next fall, I would either have to pay it all off before I went, or continue to make the payments out of savings somehow from Canada. I'm sure that the lender won't care where the money comes from so long as they get it (perhaps I could set up a relay with my parents), but still, it's a hassle.
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Date: Jul. 30th, 2003 01:37 pm (UTC)From:And of course it's illegal to mail cash across the border, so...
What? since when? I've done it. I know they don't want you mailing money in, like, Global Priority envelopes, and I'm sure there's a limit, but I've sent reasonable amounts of cash across the border through the mail before (like $500).