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    Is it helpful to hire a lawyer?

    I am a Canadian citizen sponsoring my wife who is in Pakistan. my concerns are: wife is previously divorced 14 years ago in arranged marriage. big age gap, her ex husband 14 years older, relationship only lasted 22 days, divorce finalized few months later. our marriage was a small ceremony...
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    Marriage celebration on daughter's 1st birthday? Can I list this as event in IMM5532?

    Hello everyone, I am hoping if you can help me regarding our application/ situation to apply my wife's sponsorship. We are married 2 years and 3 months. In IMM 5532, there is question asking "Were there formal events to recognize or celebrate your relationship eg engagement ceremony...
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    confused and stressed out regarding spouse sponsorship, please give your opinion

    So basically I'm Canadian citizen and sponsoring my wife from Pakistan. I just saw a lawyer who wants 8.5k to do my application, but the thing is I already took time off and prepared my application in the last few weeks. Reason to see the lawyer was to get opinion on my marriage pics (which she...
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    stuck on proof of contact, Whatsapp chats translation

    To sponsor my wife, I have basically gathered 2 years of screenshots on Whatsapp (around 50 chat screenshots and 50 voice/video calls screenshots). But I am not sure how to economically get all our chat screenshots translated by certified translator in Canada without spending a lot of money, and...
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    Is it acceptable to provide proof of contact( Whatsapp specifically) from the sponsor's device?

    My wife is outside Canada, so I am trying to compile all our proof of contact into PDF. I am little bit confused here because I (the sponsor) have already gathered about 100 Whatsapp screenshots of our history from my phone since our marriage 2 years ago. These include about 50 whatsapp chat...
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    Do I need to complete this form IMM 5481 if only sponsoring wife

    In the complete guide, it says If you’re sponsoring a spouse or partner (with or without dependent children), you must fill out Sponsorship Evaluation and Relationship Questionnaire [IMM 5532] (PDF, 3.28 MB) Important: To digitally sign the form, you must first complete it and then select...
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    logging into my spouse's PR portal account?

    Hello sorry this might be a naive question, but I would like to know if there is any issue if I logged into my wife's pr portal account to work on her spousal sponsorship? We started working on the application while I visited her 3-4 months back in our home country, we completed some forms and...
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    confused if I should apply my daughter's limited validity passport now or wait

    Hello everyone I would appreciate your response. Im a Canadian citizen and my daughter was born outside Canada almost a year ago and its been a month since I applied for her citizenship certificate, and now I would like to apply her limited validity passport. However I am confused because I...
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    IMM 5532, confused about was your sponsor related to you

    Hello, in this form part B, it asks Information about the principal applicant: • Before this relationship, was your sponsor related to you in any way? eg • your sponsor was related to a member of your family • your sponsor's family member was related to you or a member of your family I am...
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    IMM 5532, confused about was your sponsor related to you?

    For form IMM 5532 Sponsorship evaluation and relationship questionaire, I have 2 questions to clear my confusion. In section 3 information About Sponsor, it asks Other financially dependent people Since it says other, I am assuming I don't have to mention my wife who I am sponsoring. However...
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    IMM 5532, confused about was your sponsor related to you?

    For form IMM 5532 Sponsorship evaluation and relationship questionaire, I have 2 questions to clear my confusion. In section 3 information About Sponsor, it asks Other financially dependent people Since it says other, I am assuming I don't have to mention my wife who I am sponsoring. However...
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    IMM 5406, what to do, have no info on half siblings

    Hello this is regarding the IMM 5406 Additional Family Information form which asks to list siblings including step/half siblings. I will be sponsoring my wife who has no relationship at all with her half siblings from father's side. In fact, she's never met her father and his children(her half...
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    wife(applicant) previously divorced, is her previous nikahnama required

    Hi guys I hope someone can offer me your advice, I am a Canadian citizen and married to my wife for almost 2 years with whom I have a 10 month old daughter. I would like to sponsor her, this is my first marriage but my wife was previously arranged married in 2011 and divorced like 6 months...
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    wife(applicant) previously divorced, is previous nikahnama required

    Hi guys I hope someone can offer me your advice, I am a Canadian citizen and married to my wife for almost 2 years with whom I have a 10 month old daughter. This is my first marriage but my wife was previously arranged married in 2011 and divorced like 6 months later. I understand according to...
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    wife(applicant) previously divorced, is her previous nikahnama required?

    Hi guys I hope someone can offer me your advice, I am a Canadian citizen and married to my wife for almost 2 years with whom I have a 10 month old daughter. This is my first marriage but my wife was previously arranged married in 2011 and divorced like 6 months later. I understand according to...
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    Late and self registered birth certificate

    Hello guys, please help me with this. I will soon be sponsoring my wife from Pakistan, she has a birth certificate thats late entry(late registration) and she also is the applicant for her birth certificate, is this fine? Her parents divorced and didn't register her birth, she registered herself...
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    Damaged birth certificate plus spelling error

    Hello guys I hope someone can help me with this. I am in the process of gathering all the documents and proofs together to sponsor my wife. I just came across her birth certificate issued in Pakistan like 11-12 years ago, problem is her family kept it folded, so it has eroded some of the...