agreed. Funnily enough i'm an Englishman, fully trained CPL/MEIR currently on Instructor Rating. I'm married to a Canadian, and immigration paperwork in the pipeline. In another week it will have been 4 months since i handed it all in, and i'm now allowed to call Immigration to find out if they received it all! let alone when they're going to process it! In the meantime, i'm allowed to work as an Instructor with the right work permit, yet can't even get a bar job to support myself and supplement my wife's income. It's a shame the government don't look closer to home for qualified, young, ambitious people who just want a chance to earn some money and pay their taxes! hmmm is it too late to get into construction?!