Metalguy - Please read. ( excuse spelling mistakes if any)
Dear Metalguy,
First of all you should realize that, re-location to different country is not that easy. It involves changes in lifestyle, financial status, social status, associations, friends and certainly has an impact on family. Naturally, journey to GC is painful. The first and foremost is loss of self respect. We should bear it and continue with the employer, even if they are exploiting you. They play with your income numbers and you have to stay cool. It is not the loss of money that is important but it is the feeling of “losing” that hurts. Employer always wins just because of his position not because of what he is. This is just like the situation of “slaves” as per me. I suffered hell for 3 years like this. However, my pain is negligible compared to what many others have endured. However, I still feel that the GC Journey has reduced a lot of my capabilities due to the constant depression like situation – continued over an extended period of time.
In addition to this, BCIS is a completely insensitive organization. There is no particular rule which dictates the approvals. Each one’s experience is unique experience. Not only BCIS, if you see the driving license renewal/issue experiences, they are unique too. All government departments are like this here, which adds to our confusion and despair. Yet you have to sail through. Likewise, there are many issues that arise on a day to day basis.
Now, after going through 80% of all this, you should not turn back and give up. For your children, you will set the example that they can give up at any stage of accomplishing a task. My suggestion to you is that you should not aim for something you cannot do. And if you have aimed at something, you should not give up at any cost.
When Sachin Tendulkar heard that he lost his father, he was playing a circket match. He could have gotten out or gotten hurt or just have walked out of the stadium immediately. However , he completed his mission and he did it well too. That should be the spirit.
You have to go to India explain your family what GC is to you and your family, convince them and get their co-operation. That is the additional task at hand for you. Not to give up the existing task of achieving GC. If you want to go back, then I recommend that you get your GC and go back. That way, you will set a good example for your children and that is a better achievement than just going back.