[sanswork]

3-4 years for permanent residency is pretty common when you're moving into a country on a work visa. It's the same for the 3 commonwealth countries I've lived in and I believe the US as well.

[beilabs]

Having to be forced to re-apply the week before my wedding was the thing that annoyed me most.

Not only did the original application fee need to be paid but the entire lot of paperwork had to be re-submitted.

All because the business number had changed due to an acquisition, right bang in the middle of my residency application.