Hello! My Spouse and I have been planning to apply for inland immigration since the work permit would be a great asset to us, but now we're kind of doubting whether we would qualify or not. So we have a lot of questions we would love to get clarified if possible.
I am sponsoring my spouse, who is from the US.
I was told that since we're applying inland, our forms have to show we are living together. She is only here as a visitor at the moment, but we're hoping to turn that into an indefinite stay when we apply for inland.
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Question 10 asks for her current country of residence, would that be Canada or the US?
If I mark Canada, do I put her down as a visitor?
She arrived on October 26th and told border patrol she'd be here for 3months, so for the dates would we put 2017-10-26 to 2018-1-26?
Under the Contact Information would we put my address, as she is staying with me?
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Would she also write her address as the same as mine here?
This form states that her spouse needs to fill out one of these forms as well, so would I also fill out a form even though I'm her sponsor?
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Question 3 asks if we live together, which we marked down as yes. It asks how long we've been cohabiting, would we include every visit we've had since our time together?
Question 4 asks if we're not living together, have we visited each other anytime during our relationship and to give details. I assume this is left blank because we said yes to Question 3?
Question 11 asks if there is more information we'd like to share to support our relationship. Should we fill anything out? Would it look bad if we didn't? We can definitely write something there but I'm not sure what exactly it's asking for here.
Supporting Documents for Principal Applicant
It asks to provide proof of status in Canada if the Principal Applicant is living in Canada. I'm not sure if we have any of these documents? She is here as a visitor and the US doesnt require any sort of visa to get over the border, just their passport. What would we do about this question?
Another question also states that if she resides in a country different from her nationality, to include a copy of a visa or a residency permit for that country, again which we don't have since she hasnt immigrated yet? This really confuses us, as we're not sure if we'll qualify for inland.
Police Certificate
Where can we get her Police Certificate from?
Proof of Relationship to Sponsor
We marked we are currently living together, but we don't have of these documents that they want, we were under the impression she couldn't be part of my lease or any of my bills since she isn't a Permanent Resident yet.
Would we be better off writing a letter explaining why she isn't on any of these, or we're not sure what we can do since she's only here as a visitor at the moment.
Sorry for the long post, we've been working tireless to get these forms done and everything together and it's led to a lot of confusion. Thank you to anyone who helps!
I am sponsoring my spouse, who is from the US.
I was told that since we're applying inland, our forms have to show we are living together. She is only here as a visitor at the moment, but we're hoping to turn that into an indefinite stay when we apply for inland.
IMM 0008
If I mark Canada, do I put her down as a visitor?
She arrived on October 26th and told border patrol she'd be here for 3months, so for the dates would we put 2017-10-26 to 2018-1-26?
Under the Contact Information would we put my address, as she is staying with me?
IMM 5406
This form states that her spouse needs to fill out one of these forms as well, so would I also fill out a form even though I'm her sponsor?
IMM 5532
Question 4 asks if we're not living together, have we visited each other anytime during our relationship and to give details. I assume this is left blank because we said yes to Question 3?
Question 11 asks if there is more information we'd like to share to support our relationship. Should we fill anything out? Would it look bad if we didn't? We can definitely write something there but I'm not sure what exactly it's asking for here.
Supporting Documents for Principal Applicant
Another question also states that if she resides in a country different from her nationality, to include a copy of a visa or a residency permit for that country, again which we don't have since she hasnt immigrated yet? This really confuses us, as we're not sure if we'll qualify for inland.
Police Certificate
Proof of Relationship to Sponsor
Would we be better off writing a letter explaining why she isn't on any of these, or we're not sure what we can do since she's only here as a visitor at the moment.
Sorry for the long post, we've been working tireless to get these forms done and everything together and it's led to a lot of confusion. Thank you to anyone who helps!
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