OHIP Health Insurance

Received an letter from Ontario Health Ministry today, I am covered for an entire year.

VISA second try, success! The most dramatic thing in a while...

The solution is that some of the housing services that we have in our house are registered under my name, so I will use the bills as proofs that I live in Waterloo.
 
Oh man, what da day...Drove to Toronto again this morning at 7AM, went to the Consulat...saw the SAME senoir lady who turned me down friday....Luckily I didn't get her to process my application when my turn came, and I dont think she saw me.
 
My application was processing just fine with another clerk...Right after the clerk had glued the VISA onto my passport, the senior lady saw me...and she came over and snatched EVERYTHING from the clerk and asked why he had processed my application... I told her that I had the proof that I lived in Waterloo, then she started to pick on the fact that on the bills it said "Kevin Wang", where as it's "Fei Wang" on my passport... I had to spend another 5 minutes explain to her that I normally go by "Kevin", and I had to show her a letter that Cindy Howe, the exchange coordinator had wrote to me, which had "Kevin Fei Wang" on it... She then took everything in to the back room and said "I had to consult with my superior and decide what we are going to do."
 
For the 5 minutes that she was in there, I was REALLY pissed...What if she cancels my VISA? then not the whole morning is wasted, I would then really have to go back to Ottawa right before the exams!!
 
Luckily, she came out and it was ok, the VISA stays...she wasn't happy though...but honestly, the difficulty had made me realize that you just gota be flexible sometimes and find the most quick way to solve a problem.
 
I must say I was quite lucky, if that senior lady saw me in the first place, she probably wouldn't even let the clerk process my application at all...
 
Lesson learnt for me...Always put all three names down when signing for for services. Use the most current address when dealing with governments.
 
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Next Thing to get.. "Titre de sejour" in France...more paperwork ahead...
 

VISA First try...

The pain of not getting it right the first time...

Today I drove to Toronto for the approval of my VISA application. Waited 2 hours...got to the counter, only to be told that because my permenant address is in Ottawa, I would need to get the VISA from the French embassy in Ottawa...

Honestly, this is not what I need at the Moment.. but I will figure out a way to solve this...

Schedule

9:30 PM Montreal, Mirabel, Aug 16th....
10:10 AM Paris, Charle de Gaulle, Aug 17th

This is done deal...

The acceptance letter from L'Universite de Compiegne that I had been waiting for almost years...finally arrived. Two years of work, planning, and learning french, have finally paid off. So many things have already happened to me due to exchange, and I must say overall this goal has already made many positive impact on myself.

That been said, there is still quite some work left to be done... VISA, Plane Tickets, Health Certificate...
Not mentioning the 6 current courses that are eating up most of my time...

Quite overwhelming sometimes, but hey, if it's so easy... where is the joy right?