Hello Everyone,
I have been reading through this thread for a long time and I have to say I managed to gain some valuable information about the Family Sponsorship- Cairo Visa Office, thank you all for sharing your experiences and thoughts.
I am Egyptian/Canadian and married to my Egyptian wife for 4 years and planning to go back to Canada in the next months for settling down and sponsoring my wife for permanent residency from Canada. I have some inquiries and I would be glad if anyone of you could give me a clue or reflection of past experience.
The thing is that before marrying my wife she was working as a flight attendant based in one of the Gulf countries for more than 9 years. She is staying with me in Egypt ever since we got married. So my questions are:
a- Will the CIC require a Police Certificate/Criminal Record from the Gulf country for the period she stayed there or only the Egyptian Criminal Record will be sufficient (During the past 10 years, she lived 6 years in the Gulf then 4 years in Egypt)
b- Given the nature of her previous employment and the countless times she traveled to other countries, should we have to include all her business trips in the (
Supplementary Information – Your travels [IMM 5562]) form, or maybe just include the business trips that lasted for more than three days (Layovers) – this will require 20 extra papers to be attached to the form- along with a letter of explanation to justify it.
c- If we did her Medical Exam (valid for 12 months) and Egyptian Criminal Record (valid for 3 months) before applying and attach it to the Sponsorship Application Package which will be sent to Mississauga Center, should that save us some time while processing here in Cairo VO.
Thank you for your support and sharing your thoughts. I hope the best for you all.
BR,