My wife recently got an email stating:
I am pleased to advise you that the processing of your application for permanent residence will be finalized at an interview that has been scheduled for:
(date, time, location)
In order to grant you permanent residence, you must provide us with satisfactory original identity documents. All applicants must provide their original valid passports at the landing interview.
You must attend the interview with the following:
Ø All of your dependants in Canada that are included in this application
Ø Proof you have paid the $490 Right of Permanent Residence Fee
Ø Two (2) photos for each person on this application taken within the last 12 months
Ø All documents issued to you by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
My Questions:
1. What constitutes satisfactory original identity documents? They don't specify! She has a passport, but what else is needed to satisfy the plural "documents"?
2. I, a Canadian citizen, am sponsoring my wife who is Korean. We have no children and she is the only one applying for PR here, so she has no dependants, right?
3. I've asked this before but it warrants asking again--when we paid $1040CAD last November when my wife was first applying, did that include the $490 Right of PR Fee?
4. Regarding the photos--do I, as the sponsor, have to get 2 photos taken along with my wife, the applicant?
5. They ask for "All documents issued to you by Citizenship and Immigration Canada" but they don't provide a list! They expect me to remember every single document that has been issued to me over the past year? What does it include? Can anyone, for the love of all that is good, provide a list or clarify this so that we may finally put this nightmarish process to an end and once again live our lives like normal human beings?
Thank you kindly.
I am pleased to advise you that the processing of your application for permanent residence will be finalized at an interview that has been scheduled for:
(date, time, location)
In order to grant you permanent residence, you must provide us with satisfactory original identity documents. All applicants must provide their original valid passports at the landing interview.
You must attend the interview with the following:
Ø All of your dependants in Canada that are included in this application
Ø Proof you have paid the $490 Right of Permanent Residence Fee
Ø Two (2) photos for each person on this application taken within the last 12 months
Ø All documents issued to you by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
My Questions:
1. What constitutes satisfactory original identity documents? They don't specify! She has a passport, but what else is needed to satisfy the plural "documents"?
2. I, a Canadian citizen, am sponsoring my wife who is Korean. We have no children and she is the only one applying for PR here, so she has no dependants, right?
3. I've asked this before but it warrants asking again--when we paid $1040CAD last November when my wife was first applying, did that include the $490 Right of PR Fee?
4. Regarding the photos--do I, as the sponsor, have to get 2 photos taken along with my wife, the applicant?
5. They ask for "All documents issued to you by Citizenship and Immigration Canada" but they don't provide a list! They expect me to remember every single document that has been issued to me over the past year? What does it include? Can anyone, for the love of all that is good, provide a list or clarify this so that we may finally put this nightmarish process to an end and once again live our lives like normal human beings?
Thank you kindly.
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