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You only bring new photos if CIC asked you to bring them when you get your COPR. When my spouse got the COPR, it has instructions to bring photos along. In fact it did not say what to do with the pictures (send to CIC or bring them), and I asked via case specific inquiry, which I did get a...

When you land, you get your PR. Your PR card application is done at the same time. That arrives typically in less than 3 months. The local address if for that purpose. As for mailing your PR card internationally, that's your own business for taking on that risk. If you are really afraid of...

If you registered an email address for communication, it would have gone there. If you appointed a representative, it would have gone there. It it went to the applicant, it could have been: * gone to the SPAM box, and then auto deleted * mistake was made entering the email address into the...

Besides the fact that you yourself may be subject to condition 51 and therefore your own PR can be affected, your eligibility to be a sponsor yourself has restrictions. Below is from CRA website: You can’t be a sponsor if you: were sponsored by a spouse or partner and you became a...

The simplest way is for your wife to photocopy her passport, and write a few words of approval and date/sign it. Leave a phone number where she can be contacted. If you go the formal notary route, you'll have to pay to get that document notarized. Having your wife's PR application will also...

There is nothing to lose for your step-father to land. He will not become a Canadian citizen until he qualifies, and chooses to apply for it. He doesn't have to become a Canadian citizen and can continue be a PR indefinitely. If he has no income in Canada, then he doesn't even have to file a...

There is no phone number to reach a "live" person for the HKVO. If you send things in, what you should do to be safe is: 1) have a scan/copy of the documetn that you will be sending 2) upload the scan via "case specific inquiry" so CIC would get the electronic document 3) send the hardcopy via...

Re: HELP! Got a call from immigration asking for police from France and India, HOW? Just guessing. If the lawyer is formal appointed representative, the OP will not get the call directly from CIC. So it is likely the lawyer was consulted, but not appointed as the representative. No matter...

Don't worry about being away due to work and vacation. The real issue is a breakdown of relationship, and the marriage is basically no longer in effect. If you are concerned about these things coming back to haunt you later on, just document them clearly the dates and reasons. You would not...

This is new, which means that some of the advice you get here would not apply. The old rules stated getting police certs for all countries lived greater than 6 months continuously (and that continuously was subject to interpretation to, for example weekend trips outside may not be considered a...

This is a complicated issue, and it is best that you finalize your decision with professional advice/information. Either go to an immigration lawyer or CIC directly. If you go to CIC directly, note the time/date of the call, who you talked to, the details of the conversation, etc. as evidence...

Some VO's ask for back to 18 years old, not just 10 years. If the information is not too tedious, there is nothing to lose for you to fill up the history all the way back to 18 years old, just in case the VO asks this to be re-done, causing delay.

You can scan and upload the scanned documents via "case specific enquiry". Just do the search for this and you'll get to the cic page.

Yes, HKVO (not sure of other VOs) is a pain. IMM 5669 back to 18 years old. Seems to happen to a lot of people, myself included. They might as well put that down in the form as a requirement (or in the region specific requirement) to avoid the extra work for everyone and potential delay.

Not sure about #1 so someone else will need to chip in, but #2 commonly it means the VO wants your wife to fill in IMM 5669 all the way back to 18 years old and not 10 years. Make sure there are no gaps in the time line. It happened to us...we had to repeat IMM 5669. For updated family info...

You have nothing to file as you were not a resident for tax purposes (I assume that's have you have been managing the situation while you were abroad). If this is the case, then to put it bluntly, your accountant is completely unprofessional and doesn't know what he is talking about, except...

Besides the constructive comments that others have given, I have the additional suggestion that you should order GCMS notes. There may be some comments inside which give you a hint of why the officer does not feel your move back to Canada is not credible. If you still have your drivers licence...

If applicant is from visa-exempt country, then COPR will be mailed out to the mailing address. Watch out for it, and if it takes too long, you need to chase CIC down. It could be lost because it is not sent by courier, just regular mail in many countries. (Yes, some places send them out by...

It looks like this is about the sponsor approval process. It is not true that sponsor does not receive any email. In our case, I got the first acknowledgement, plus the approval for sponsorship, with approximately the same timing as the poster put out. After this, communication would go to...

This is also what others refer to as "case specific enquiry". Scan and upload it via this route. This way, CIC must receive it, until normal mail which can get lost. If you want to be safe, send the original hardcopy via mail as a follow-up.