Ignorant1 wrote: ↑Wed, 17 May 2023 7:45 am
Yea. Dont think it’s gonna be easy sailing. Pr wasn’t. Will play my toto .nothing drastic is gonna change in my profile in next 3-4 years except may be better salary and designation ( don’t think it matters much now )
Thinking is , 2 year wait to apply and then most likely 2 year wait for result, outcome will be around my REP renewal .
Personally, I don't see why people apply with very low chance of success / repeated applications (with minimal change). I understand that you may feel differently given your PR applications and eventual successful outcome. However, one could also hypothesize that absent a male offspring, the outcomes would have been the same. I.e. you could have applied only once (or perhaps twice) with the favourable attributes and that's what mattered (not repeated X% chance of success toto).
If you can remain employed and your kids attend a local school, I feel like you will have a good chance to eventually get it somewhere in the 5-10 year period (although we cannot know for sure). I suspected that you would reply with the above; apply after two years, wait a couple of years for decision, if rejected wait another year or so and then you are at the same 5 year mark, and that's not incorrect.
Anyways, everyone is free to do as they please (I also understand why some people are eager to convert ASAP). You may get lucky the first time around or it may just be clogging up the system and adding to everyone's wait time. Good luck.