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Spousal sponsorship

zkitta

Newbie
May 29, 2017
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Hi all,

I am a Canadian citizen (recently became one) marrying an Indian in India soon. When I get my marriage certificate in India, it will have my Indian address mentioned as my current address. (this is because it is easier to get my marriage certificate in India with my Indian ID documents). Will this be an issue when applying to sponsor my spouse PR?
 

armoured

VIP Member
Feb 1, 2015
17,019
8,715
Hi all,

I am a Canadian citizen (recently became one) marrying an Indian in India soon. When I get my marriage certificate in India, it will have my Indian address mentioned as my current address. (this is because it is easier to get my marriage certificate in India with my Indian ID documents). Will this be an issue when applying to sponsor my spouse PR?
No.
 

armoured

VIP Member
Feb 1, 2015
17,019
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No reason to believe it will affect applications in process - at least for spousal and child sponsorship.

I've seen the government's projections, and there is only a modest reduction each year in 'family reunification.' These are mostly made up of estimates, i.e. how much demand/how many they actually can physically process.

The reductions 2025-2027 are about ~7k less a year, each year (less than a 10% reduction).

My guess is that there are two things going on that account for the majority of this reduction:
1) Fewer applications for spousal sponsorship because mainly of the reduction in the number of temporary residents (primarily students/temp workers). Both groups naturally are going to have a fair number of marriages/etc (i.e. to PRs and citizens) that turn into spousal sponsorships. Fewer of them, fewer spousal apps.
2) If there is going to be any government decision to reduce (actively) approvals/targets in family reunification, it's going to be mostly in PGP (and possibly to a lesser degree lonely Canadian). Easily accomplished here in delaying announcement of any new groups/invitations and cutting the number of invitations issued.

Overall the reduced PR targets are going to be felt most by refugee apps (that has been announced), and (if I'm right) those hoping for PGP program increases.

But overall more has been made of this announcement than it deserves, the bigger news has been in the temporary resident space.
 

Sai_01

Star Member
Jul 26, 2024
73
8
Did anyone experience this, all stages completed or tracker but no final decision, no ppr, neither copr#. Does this mean rejection? Kindly assist.
I received pre arrival. I haven’t received any adr nor interview. TIA
 

nyantaro19

Star Member
Feb 7, 2024
162
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Category........
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Did anyone experience this, all stages completed or tracker but no final decision, no ppr, neither copr#. Does this mean rejection? Kindly assist.
I received pre arrival. I haven’t received any adr nor interview. TIA
Everyone receives the pre arrival, whether their application are rejected or completed. Wait a bit more, the decision should be made soon and you'll get an email.
 
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syeah

Full Member
Jan 6, 2019
38
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Hello, hoping someone clarify for me regarding photo. I am a canadian citizen sponsoring my wife. I understand that i need to provide 20 photo's of wedding , enganement etc. Do i also have to upload a pic to my wife(applicant) as well? meaning the pic with 50X70mm requirement?
 

Tarhata YU

Member
Oct 25, 2024
12
1
Hello everyone.
My tracker is not showing after eligibility completed and refund of fees from biometrics (maybe.) in March 2024 My family did medical around March 24 to April '24 and another test done in July '24( suspicious rads). There were no notes about medical in my tracker. Also cant find our application on ECAS. Is this normal? outland submitted Dec 23.
 

thanhtam23

Star Member
Nov 27, 2023
64
15
Category........
FAM
App. Filed.......
12-10-2024
Hello, hoping someone clarify for me regarding photo. I am a canadian citizen sponsoring my wife. I understand that i need to provide 20 photo's of wedding , enganement etc. Do i also have to upload a pic to my wife(applicant) as well? meaning the pic with 50X70mm requirement?
yes, there is a section for applicant photo
 

syeah

Full Member
Jan 6, 2019
38
12
one more quick question in regards to income docs - i am sponsoring my wife.

I can get Emp. letter and T4 along with payslips but i don't have NOA so my question is -- Is NOA mandatory ? or Emp. letter, T4 along with payslips & bank letter (stating the funds i have ) is enough?

thanks you!
 

thanhtam23

Star Member
Nov 27, 2023
64
15
Category........
FAM
App. Filed.......
12-10-2024
one more quick question in regards to income docs - i am sponsoring my wife.

I can get Emp. letter and T4 along with payslips but i don't have NOA so my question is -- Is NOA mandatory ? or Emp. letter, T4 along with payslips & bank letter (stating the funds i have ) is enough?

thanks you!
NOA or income statement is required, include a letter to explain if you can’t provide
all of these are mentioned clearly in the checklist
 

therock

Full Member
Apr 14, 2015
31
3
I am a Canadian citizen. Last month Sep, I got married to an Indian citizen who is residing and working in UAE and we have a legal UAE marriage certificate which we also further got attested by the UAE Ministry of Foreign affairs. The marriage certificate is all in English. However, It is not attested by either Indian or Canadian consulate(s).

Now I am back in Canada(Calgary) and she is currently visiting me here. I am in the process of applying for her Canadian PR(inland application) through the spousal sponsorship immigration. Does our UAE attested marriage certificate suffice for her spousal PR application??

Please share your experience or guide me in the right direction in regard to the steps for this whole process!

Thank you in advance!
 
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armoured

VIP Member
Feb 1, 2015
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I am a Canadian citizen. Last month Sep, I got married to an Indian citizen who is residing and working in UAE and we have a legal UAE marriage certificate which we also further got attested by the UAE Ministry of Foreign affairs. The marriage certificate is all in English. However, It is not attested by either Indian or Canadian consulate(s).

Now I am back in Canada(Calgary) and she is currently visiting me here. I am in the process of applying for her Canadian PR(inland application) through the spousal sponsorship immigration. Does our UAE attested marriage certificate suffice for her spousal PR application??

Please share your experience or guide me in the right direction in regard to the steps for this whole process!

Thank you in advance!
Generally docs that are english language in the original do not require further attestation, a copy is sufficient. However you must check the country specific requirements to confirm no special instructions re: UAE docs.

I don't know what you mean by UAE 'attested.' If it's issued by UAE, that's an official UAE document.
 
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