The Day When We Finally Got a Work Permit

Today is the 11th of January, which means that we have to go to the airport to check if there are any news regarding our case. I had insomnia, couldn’t eat in the morning, but we finally went to the airport to be there by 2:30 pm. CBSA office looks similar to the police station (I haven’t been at any, but I see it that way). The Officer on duty got our documents and checked if we were who we said we were....

January 11, 2021 · 3 min · Natasha Katson

Quarantine in Toronto

While I have some free time, I want to tell you about the quarantine in Canada, specifically in Toronto. Before we went to Canada, we read this article about the 14 days of mandatory quarantine for everyone entering Canada. As requested, we prepared a quarantine plan to share with the Officer, but we haven’t talked much about the quarantine itself because of our unusual case. The Officer just told us to go to our temporary place and be back at the airport when the quarantine is over....

January 3, 2021 · 10 min · Natasha Katson

A Story About One Almost Successful Relocation

Hello, my name is Natasha, and I’m a person who plans everything, but nothing goes according to my plan because of very different circumstances (and then I suffer and get depressed). I always wanted to move from Russia. I had plenty of ideas, thoughts, and sometimes opportunities to do that, but it never really happened until this time. Immigration and relocation is not an easy process, especially during a pandemic. I am sure that many of those who relocated have 1001 stories about how they moved, but ours is just very weird and unusual....

December 30, 2020 · 10 min · Natasha Katson