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    Common-law relationship evidence?

    Hello, my partner and I are hopefully only a week away from sending off for our PR sponsorship, we have collected as much proof as we can find but I am very worried that it may not be enough and missing key evidence which is lease agreements. My partner is Canadian and I am Australian and we...
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    Writing on the back of photos for PR?

    Hello my partner and I printed 200 photo's to send with our PR applications, special events, family get togethers and holidays, ect... I just want to ask what exactly do you write on the back? Is there a preferred layout? what specific information? Thanks
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    What fee am I paying to restore to a visitor visa?

    Ok I realised I was following the wrong link to the payment screen, I went back through the guide properly and paid online. The guide took me to a screen with lots more payment options and the one I selected as per what the guide stated was 'Restoration of Temporary Resident Status' for $200...
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    Candian Police Certificate needed?

    Ok thanks, have no issue providing one as have not been in any trouble and have a clean record. :)
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    What fee am I paying to restore to a visitor visa?

    Thanks Jalax23, so restore to temporary resident, good to know. And yeah there is a 'Visitor visa extension' thats why it through me off. Here check the link, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/fees/index.asp you should be able to see it. Appreciate the help, thanks again.
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    What fee am I paying to restore to a visitor visa?

    Hello, I have a quick question about about which tab to pick when paying my fee's to restore my status to a visitor visa. Right now I am out of status due to me filling in the wrong form when applying for my second year work permit. I was sent a refusal letter about 60 days ago now and have not...
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    Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union IMM 5409

    ok great thanks, I had a feeling that is what it was for. So just to prove that we both actually exist and are doing out selves and not someone imitating us right? Why then does it have the questions about common-law proof?
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    Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union IMM 5409

    Hello everyone, just a quick question regarding this form, Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union IMM 5409, I have to send one off with my offshore spouse sponsorship PR application. So I as I understand it I fill this form in and then take it to a Notary Public with my partner and suitable...
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    Candian Police Certificate needed?

    Ok thanks for the replies everyone, yeah I was reading that I needed one because I was applying offshore, I read that if it was an onshore application than you can provide later, but if everyone here is saying its not needed now that makes things easier. This is an excerpt from the CIC...
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    Candian Police Certificate needed?

    Hello, I am getting everything together to send off for my PR spouse sponsorship, it will be an offshore application. I read that I need a Canadian police clearance as I have been living in Canada for over 6 months now is that true?. Do I send in my Australian checks and now the Canadian as...
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    Leaving whilst waiting for PR?

    We plan to get married now in the next couple of weeks, then we will send the application the week after. Because it takes a up to 8 weeks to get a proper marriage cert posted do you think sending in the marriage licence and other documents, including photos first in the PR accompanied with a...
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    Leaving whilst waiting for PR?

    Wow thanks again for all the great responses, everyone on here is so helpful and really making me feel a lot more confident about tackling this application process myself! Ok so all signs always point to offshore, really happy to hear that it can be a lot shorter than 10 months, a lawyer I met...
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    Urgent help for Restoration Status application as a worker: please

    if i apply to restore my work permit, can I leave the country and visit family at home until it comes through seeing as it will take four months? the i could renter canada on that permit?
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    Leaving whilst waiting for PR?

    From the CIC website: Can I leave Canada while IRCC processes my application for permanent residence? Yes. However, if you leave Canada while your application is being processed, you must meet all the admissibility rules before being allowed back into Canada. If you leave Canada and want to...
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    Leaving whilst waiting for PR?

    Has anyone had any successful or negative experiences when leaving Canada whilst waiting for their PR? I'm curious I have heard over and over that it is not 'advised' to leave the country whilst one is waiting for a spouse sponsorship PR, however processing times are estimated for inland...
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    Common-law Proof for PR

    Thanks Canadianwoman for the response, yeah I have heard this is the best option for us, I have a couple of my sisters visiting and my Canadian partners parents, so will probably arrange a small ceremony and explain we are planning a bigger celebration when my Australian family can attend. :)
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    Common-law Proof for PR

    Thanks for the reply, we have so many photos from every point of our trip, plus we visited both our relatives in Australia, Scotland, France, England and Canada and have photo's with all the family members so that should be good too. We were planning on getting married next year, but now I think...
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    Common-law Proof for PR

    Sorry repost as I was told I posted in the wrong area. Ok so after much needed and great advice from people on this forum my partner and I have decided we will go ahead with an offshore spouse PR sponsorship. I am Australian and my fiancee is Canadian. We met in Australia June 2014 Started...
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    What identification is needed for PR?

    I have dual citizenship, was born in the UK and moved to Australia with my family when I was 12.
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    What identification is needed for PR?

    Also I wonder if I went to the border at Niagra I could speak to some of the officers down there before actually leaving the border? Surely they could offer some advice on the situation? But I also guess I run the risk of them detaining me on the spot. The only reason I would rather get my a...