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I think you will be fine. My wife is also Japanese. We have not been married as long as you, though (five years, no kids). We included all the required docs and included essays/statements (two pages per essay) about how we met, our mutual friends, family outings, why we didn't have a formal...

Kevin, My wife and I submitted a colored-copy of her passport page with her maiden name. We also included a copy of the page in her passport with her married name (amended page when the wife went to the passport office to inform them of the name change). On the application, we used her married...

scosan, Yep, I know. You would think that the visa-exempt countries that have to send their applications to Manila (Japan, South Korea) would get their visas processed faster.

ksin86, No worries. We received our AOR after a month (that's the average processing time). After that, nothing until May 2013 when Manila needed more docs. This whole process has been frustrating.

scosan, I know how you feel. My Japanese wife and I have been waiting since October 2012. We got tired of waiting in Japan, so we decided to come back to Canada to wait out the process. When we landed at Calgary on December 4, the immigration agent took pity on us, I think, and gave my wife a...

Nothing. Has been at "In Process" for a while. We will have to wait even long as the wife (Japanese) has to redo her medical again. What the hell are they doing in Manila?

Hello. Background info: My wife originally had her medical done in Japan in October 2012. On December 4th, 2013, my wife and I returned to Canada to wait out her PR. When we arrived in Calgary, I explained to the border agent that I am moving back to Canada to live and my wife will be...

You have to fill out Form B4. Look here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/newcomers/before-border.asp

Hello. I'm moving back to Canada from Japan next week. I need to inform Manilla of my, and wife's, change of address. How should I word the letter? Background information: My wife and I applied for her PR in October 2012. We were planning on waiting for her COPR in Japan. However, we have...

I didn't include my Option C when my Japanese wife and I sent in her PR application. In lieu of an Option C, I sent in my pay vouchers (12 months) with their English translations that I translated myself. I had no issues.

My wife and I sent in an application that I wouldn't consider thick. We didn't have a wedding ceremony or reception. We just went to city hall and handed in our wedding license. Of course, we explained out situation in an essay we wrote and included it in our application. We did send a lot of...

Yes, I made a MP request in August. My Mother got in contact with our MP and gave them my contact details. I was contacted by his office asking for my Wife's case file number. I gave them all relevant information and they contacted Manilla by e-mail. Once my MP got a reply back, they forwarded...

echao, I am also a Canadian married to a Japanese living in Fukuoka. My wife and I applied for her PR in October 2012. In May 2013, we got a letter from Manilla wanting more proof that I intend to move back to Canada after my Wife receives her PR. I had my parents, two cousins, a neighbor of my...

Kayaker, Maybe I can help a little. I'm a Canadian living in Japan. I got married to my Japanese girlfriend 3.5 years ago. We didn't have a big ceremony. In fact, we had no ceremony. We just went to the local city ward office and submitted our marriage papers. We explained in my Wife's...

Hello. Can someone give me a little more information on the GCMS. I have read some comments on what I think it is, but I am not sure. Will it tell my wife and I at what stage my wife's PR is at? Thanks in advance! J

Thank you for the advice. All the advice has helped us with our future. One more question. My wife's medical expired on August 17. I contacted my MP to ask if he could do a MP request about our file. His office forwarded the results to us. Our application is "on track", whatever that means...

Thanks you Sweden. You have always provide relevant and helpful information. Thank you. I do not see a problem, but you never know. We are concerned that getting my wife's PR might take a while, as in waiting until next year. We can't wait that long. It will be financially difficult even though...

Yes, I know. However, I have heard of people being denied at the border even though they came from affluent countries.

Thank you for the replies. Yes, my wife is visa exempt. When we first move back we plan on living with my parents until we get settled. Also, I do have funds in Canada plus the funds I have saved in Japan, roughly $50,000. How would I prove that my wife would be staying as a visit? Would...

Hello. I need some advice, and I thought I would ask here. Any and all advice will be appreciated. I am a Canadian living in Japan. I am married to a Japanese women. We applied in October 2012 for my wife's PR. We planned on waiting in Japan until my wife receives her PR. However, my wife lost...