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You can apply to change the terms of your stay for visitor status. That would not allow you to work, but it would allow you to remain in Canada. The open work permit in ~4 months only applies if you still have legal status when you apply. That gives you a very tight application timeframe, as...

Indeed, there is a cause. The cause is that the abuser makes a deliberate decision to inflict pain or terror upon their spouse. See, case in point. Human/machine marriage is not legal in Canada, so one's spouse is by definition not an automaton. How can "exchanging words" lead to a beating...

They need the physical passport to affix a single-entry visa for landing. If they simply mailed the COPR like they do for visa-exempt applicants, then the person may be unable to book travel to actually land.

Congratulations! Extra photographs are not always necessary; only a minority of applications that go through Ottawa receive a request for more photos. (Mine, for example, went through without a request.) We can speculate they'll ask for updated photos if there's something wrong with the...

As an addendum here, since I missed this earlier: this statement by the call centre is actually a lie. For outland applications, dates are not added to eCAS for "decision made" correspondence/COPR mailing. This statement is true for the SA step (which does say "We have sent you communication...

Yes, Member of Parliament. You know how the call centre has no access to your file unless the blue moon is rising in the constellation of Aquarius? MPs don't have that problem. They can directly contact CIC on your behalf to get information, and in fact doing so is a big part of what...

From my eCAS notes, my medical exam was dealt with around the same time my file was sent to Ottawa, but the paper file sat in inventory for some months afterwards. Sadly, the medical being passed by itself is not evidence of a file being worked upon, the gold-star is whether eligibility...

You're fine. While CIC can do random condition-51 audits, they seem to happen very rarely. Besides that, you are under no obligation to tell CIC your address after you have landed and have received your PR card, so if they want to audit you it's their job to find you first.

No, you're fine -- you simply don't have a Social Insurance Number. Most (probably even the vast majority) of inland applicants apply for an open work permit after stage-1 approval. Then in order to actually work they need a SIN, and since their status is temporary Service Canada issues them a...

The copy of the COPR that is yours does not have the photo. The copy that is returned to CIC after your signature does have your photo affixed; this is the photo used eventually for the PR card.

Did you not apply for an open work permit as part of your inland application?

No, the temporary residence visa is solely for residence rather than work. However, it is still essentially required: the conjugal partnership class is intended for those who cannot live together for legal or safety reasons, rather than those who choose not to do so for financial reasons...

You're being paranoid. US/Canadian couples are not treated skeptically, because there is essentially no economic motive for marriage fraud. Americans don't vastly improve their quality of life by moving to Canada. Relationship proof for married couples focuses on establishing that a marriage...

If your husband is a UK citizen, it is unlikely that they will want his physical passport. Instead, he will receive the confirmation of permanent residence (COPR) in the mail with the address CIC has on file for him. That COPR is his landing document; they would not need his passport because...

If you are a UK citizen, then that 28 months' time is misleading. The London office took on all of Islamabad's files, which instantly put the "80% complete" figure to its current figure. The London spreadsheet suggests that the actual current processing time is somewhere in the 9-12 month range.

"Received" to "In Process" takes an indeterminate amount of time -- it's ultimately up to the inscrutable whims of CPC-Ottawa when they take the file out to start looking at it. Some very recent applications have received "In Process" status immediately upon sponsorship approval, but it is to...

What's your mailing address, as far as CIC is concerned? If you're "just visiting" your parents but are receiving mail with them and have a Québec health card, then you're enough of a resident that CIC will likely want a CSQ. No, he can still land at any border crossing that provides...

Don't sweat things too much. Canadian/US couples are generally taken at face value. The wedding pictures are reasonable, but do the selfies have any sort of identifying feature to merit inclusion? If they're literally pictures of your faces, an officer won't be able to place them in time or...

If you are a Canadian citizen, you can begin the process while residing in the UK. You will have to include in your application proof that you (and your partner, obviously) intend to promptly return to Canada when the application is approved. Typically, this is proven through activities such...

No, FBI results do not show up on eCAS. This may be unique to the most recent batch of 'in process' applications. For my own application that received IP around June 10th, there was indeed a note when processing began. My full eCAS listing now reads: Prior to IP appearing, just lines 1 and...