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I have several issues related to medical reports. 1) Excessive-demand exemption Please, where is it written that spouses are exempt from the excessive-demand provisions of the Act? I have never encountered this provision, and would like to know. But, if spouses are indeed exempt, then why...

I do wish you both luck. My wife and I will be submitting our application around that time too. I'm the Canadian husband; she's the Chinese wife. Cheers

It would be too easy if the entry/exit stamps were adjacent to the visa page. On my first trip to China, the China visa is on page 9, the other entry/exit stamps appear on page 7 and 8. In trip # 2 I had to exit China after a month, then re-enter for the second month. The visa is on page...

IMM 5540 and 5490 ask for details. ANy tips on what to say? Thanks, TOby

If you're in Canada, the income your unincorporated business received had to be declared in your personal tax return, and the Notice of Assessment you received from CRA would be the proof you need. If you're outside Canada, did you file a tax return? Probably a similar document was provided by...

Well, that's better! I thought I had read a few members saying that they had to get another police report because their first report had expired during the approval process. That is, the police report was valid when submitted to Mississauga, but the process took 8 months and the first police...

Hi PMM: I woudl like to discuss something with you briefly. Would you initiate contact by writing to me at lesscranky@hotmail.com, please? Toby

This is not really related to conjugal relationships, per se. I am curious, when PMM says that many "conjugal" applications fail, how one can know this unless one is a professional handling many cases. Can one gain this experience by monitoring forums like this one for a long time? Thanks...

I believe Canada will consider the police report valid for 6 months from date of issue. But since the process is almost always longer than 6 months, and therefore the applicant must get another police report, would it not make more sense for Canada to (1) wait until an advanced stage in the...

It seems inefficient to request a passport and only then do a background check. CIC already has the copy of the passport submitted with the application, and can do a backgoround check any time. If CIC needs something more official than a copy, then ask that the passport copy to be notarized...

I've never seen fingerprints mentioned anywhere in the CIC literature. WHo gets fingerprinted, the applicant for Permanent residency? And where dies this happen, after arriving in Canada or at the embassy/consulate in his/gher country?

Look for the in-Canada telephone number, and use SKYPE-OUT to call them (2.1 US cents per minute).

Good points. Actually, for me the process becamse less stressful when I decided that if we were rejected, we'd abandon the attempt, buy a house here in China, and apply each year for tourist visas to allow us to be in Canada during the summer months each year. Having a house in China would add...

Are you being serious, Mitamata? I can't even remember the colour of my OWN toothbrush, let alone my wife's!! ANd the side of the bed? If I am standing facing the bed, I sleep on the right side, but if I'm sleeping in the bed, I am on the left side. You means decisions about residency turn...

Send both applications (sponsor and applicant) to Mississauga. If Mississauga approves the sponsor, then they forward the Application for Visa to the correct visa office. The CDN Consulate in Hong Kong just told me tht if you send directly to a visa office, they will return the application to you.

There are some people on this site who really know their stuff. For example, I wish I had read the manual on spousal applications at the outset, but I didn't know it existed. Someone -- who evidently has examined every nook and cranny in the Immigration website -- suggested going to Services...

Permanent Resident Card This is to confirm what I think the Immigration website says. A) For the new permanent resident, he or she must inform Immigration of her permanent address once in Canada, and her PRC will be mailed within 30 days. No fee. B) To apply for a replacement PRC (I think...

There are three issues here: 1) Dating photos that don’t show the date on the front. I need to show Immigration that I made four trips to my wife’s country. I have passport stamps to show the trips, but also want to link photos to the correct trip. The problem is, some photos taken by others...

I heard it from an immigration lawyer, Mitimata. Maybe only one try in 100's failed, but it was enough for him.

But if you have a Canadian passport, do you need a birth certificate too? (I guess it helps if you need to show you are a Canadian by descent). Toby