Closing the file on CIC

I shiver with anticipation to finally announce that my case is now closed, complete, and kaput with CIC. I cannot explain the relief this is.

On November 28, 2007, my husband received a check from CIC in the amount of $975.00. While it wasn't the full refund to which I think we are entitled, it is good enough for me. The check being issued to my husband does also corroborate my earlier suspicions that those paper worshiping government employees are not the most literate individuals walking the planet. If they were adept at their positions, they would have noted that the fees were charged under my card and not my husband's, so the fee is actually owing to me. Regardless, it went into the joint checking account in Canada and promptly withdrawn as cash in the U.S. and deposited to our U.S. savings account.

Which left me with the one issue hanging of this Form IMM 5021, Voluntary Departure Confirmation. Since the refund, formerly known as Nemo, was in hand, I had no worries about informing CIC of my current address in the U.S. So, I replied to their demand with the following correspondence.

December 4, 2007

Citizenship & Immigration Canada
ATTN: D.M. Salmon
5343 Dundas Street West
Etobicoke, ON M9B 6K5

Dear Sir or Madam:

I am in receipt of your letter dated November 16, 2007 requesting me to complete Form IMM 5021 (copy attached).

Please be advised that my son and I have moved to the U.S. prior to your request to complete a Voluntary Departure Confirmation. We departed Canada on land route via Sarnia/Port Huron, Michigan on September 24, 2007. I started a new employment position in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. on October 1, 2007. I am currently in process for sponsoring my husband into the U.S.

I can be reached at: name
address
address
phone

Please let me know if you require additional information.

Sincerely,

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While the letter by no means expresses my true feelings and it definitely does not say what I would like it to say, it does the job. I told my husband a few days ago that I have exactly 2 visits to Canada left in my body. The first is to attend his U.S. immigration interview at the U.S. Consulate in Montreal and the other is to fly there to help him drive down for the final move to the U.S. once he is approved. Therefor, telling CIC how I truly feel about their sorry excuse for an agency could no doubt hinder those 2 final visits into Canada.

Farewell CIC! I hope I never ever ever in my life have to deal with you again.