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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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    Is it acceptable to provide proof of contact( Whatsapp specifically) from the sponsor's device?

    ok thanks for clarifying, makes sense because either way it's capturing the same conversation.
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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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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Hello everyone, for Pakistan country specific forms, we are supposed to submit IMM 5536 - Authorization to Disclose Information, but this form doesn't exist in the Additional Application Forms in the PR portal, in this case, where should I upload this? I have read that people who uploaded this...
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    Do I need to complete this form IMM 5481 if only sponsoring wife

    ok thank you for your quick reply, one less thing to worry about :)
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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?

    I just read this on ircc website: An immigration representative (an immigration consultant or lawyer) can give you advice and help you with your application for a fee. But they can’t open a portal account on your behalf electronically sign the application for you sign into the portal using...
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    logging into my spouse's PR portal account?

    ok thank you for your reply and your suggestion for us to fill the info together. I know some of the forms are going to require a lot of patience such as entering dates and proof of my visits, job-employment details, addresses, sorting pictures, explanation letters, so it might not be that easy...
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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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    Online marriage

    For our marriage, we had simple ceremony at my wife's parent's house, we were both physically present, but I quoted a user who said "You have to be both at the same room signing the documents at the same time." In our case, we were in separate rooms for nikah signing(males and females) as per...
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    Online marriage

    Is #2 really true? What about Islamic marriages where bride and groom are usually segregated until after nikah(signing of documents) and then you can have photos together?
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    confused if I should apply my daughter's limited validity passport now or wait

    Whenever I do submit my wife's application, will the visa officer ask me why I applied my daughter's LVP if we didn't plan for her to travel or since her mother couldn't travel to Canada why did I feel the need to apply her LVP? Since my daughter is citizen I believe it would have nothing to do...
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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

    ok thank you, it cleared my confusion and now I know what to write there. From what I understand, it is considered valid marriage in Canada (cousins, first cousin), so does that mean we are not related by blood, is this right?
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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 5406, what to do, have no info on half siblings

    could the visa officer still interpret it as misrepresentation if we leave them out even if we attach explanation letter that she has paternal half siblings but we don't know their names and other info? Will the explanation letter be sufficient to move forward with the application? My wife will...
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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...