Yesterday I called the Immigrations office concerning another issue and the officer asked if I had not yet received the letter of response to our application for permanent residency permit. Responding in the negative she informed me that the decision had been made and she would post another letter to me. I stopped at the post office this morning and found the above mentioned letter stating that we had been granted the permit to come in and pick it up! So, that’s what we did today. One week shy of being a year in the works! So rejoice with us concerning this grand hurdle now being put behind us.