unemployed day 49

unemployed day 49

• October 24 Friday
• Slept in, it's been so hard to get out of bed, it worries me what will happen when I get a job (think positive) again
• Sanebox was kind enough to extend my trial, that one inbox is so much less stressful now.
• Meeting with professional resume writer, booked for my husband and myself, they are booking through December now so not as soon I would hope but hopefully it will help, it can also be refunded if we get jobs by then, although at that point it would be worthwhile to get it updated anyway to include the current role/position and be ready for next / eventual new search https://www.finaldraftresumes.com/
• Continued my finch daily streak https://finchcare.com/ I am not sure I am leveraging it in the best way to help me. perhaps i should be leveraging the discord, but there are so many discords and all so busy and overwhelming. when i was younger how did i manage IRC?
• Did pokemon, checked all inboxes (~18) for urgent email, scheduled follow up interview with telus on monday
• Let the kids outside to play, jack did NOT want to come in again
• Call with potential volunteer (TDI)
• apparently the uber cash is CAD locked and unuseable and unrefundable and untransferrable, they didn't even give the option to pick, ugh
• checked EI status
• another call with potential volunteer
• Have been doing, perhaps too much of, mistplay https://mistplay.onelink.me/ZGRQ/pchx0r6c and freecash https://freecash.com/r/TN5AU
• Had Lunch Club https://lunchclub.com/?invite_code=nicoles20  meeting with https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedqasim/ where we chatted about how some people trust AI to do anything, and how it has uses, but it's currently also a risk due to lack of technical literacy
• Dinner - pizza purchased, not thrilled about it but i laws gave us cash, but my husband keeps the cash and then spends it, so thats bad
• Finished The Coursera Google Cybersecurity Certificate: Foundations of Cybersecurity, course 1 of 9!
• exhausted but need to do a few past due job applications I owe people, then perhaps tomorrow I can hope to be less of a disaster, but i say that each day

Canadian Citizenship application

Canadian Citizenship application

I approached it probably the wrong way around

I wish I had found this reddit post first!
https://www.reddit.com/r/ImmigrationCanada/comments/1f8fx9w/canadian_citizenship_step_by_step_process_the/

I hit my required number of days in canada as a permanent resident

I then half heartedly read and listened to the discover canada study guide (official material) I also was under the mistaken impression it was faster. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/discover-canada.html

Finally I got serious and started listening while reading while taking notes after becoming unemployed because I had the time and it would be good if i could become a US resident again without losing my ability to return to canada as often as I want or need to, and with the potential to easily return and work in canada in the future.

Only got through part of it before I decided to confirm I understood the process steps. Low and behold more complicated and lengthy than I first realized, quick pivot.

I went looking to sign in or create an account

note you have to make a new account

I found so many pages referencing it but not linking, or havign not working links

finally i found https://citapply-citdemande.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/landing and  https://citapply-citdemande.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/sign-in who knows how long that will work.

Created an account and started the application process, got halted by needing to update my travel list/documentation I keep (as required as PR), it was hell to do on my PR renewal (which i think I failed to document? apologies) and it was once again hell, finally finished that, and then input it into their system.

Had to also get a college transcript, a photo done professionally, I think that was it? the rest was photos of my current and prior passport, drivers license, PR card etc.

Then I had to pay a fee, nearly 600$ i believe

I got confirmation of submission, but that is NOT official AOR confirmation (that they have all they need).

That is next, and then hopefully test invite. the entire process after AOR may take 13+ months :(

Although someone I taked to on oct 24 at lunchclub said a coworker took 9 months?

now back to studying and taking notes then typing up notes then practice exams

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/discover-canada/read-online/study-questions.html

https://citizenready.ca/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwrcKxBhBMEiwAIVF8rP6gH0-Ip35NDbfXjvFb3biA9hGOqGo9T8QoAZc7GePJqhJmpyu7yhoCO1EQAvD_BwE

https://www.yourlibrary.ca/citizenship/

Application submitted: October 21
will update when i get AOR