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Thanks Jurgen!

Hey Mexicanito, We are in the same situation (yay for AIP!). I checked the application times listed by CIC and they say online is 76 days and mail is 66 days for a new employer. For the same employer online is 111 days and online is 76 days. Ours would be for a new employer but I think we`ll do...

Hey guys, Now that we can apply for an Open work permit, I can figure out which form to use. The CIC website is a bit confusing. Does anybody know? He doesn't have a work permit right now. we're applying inland (obviously) and just got AIP. Anybody know? Thanks!

I got a phone call today from Canada immigration. The woman on the phone asked to have my fiancee's phone number. I gave it and she said she hadn't been able to get ahold of him but needed to confirm our address since we'd moved and I'd updated his address in ecas but not my own. I confirmed...

Hey all, I am in the final month countdown (I hope) and wanted to add my info to the spreadsheet. Application received: Nov 26, 2010 Started processing : Jan 12, 2011 Let's hope everyone from CIC is back from vacation now and feeling productive!

thanks bonbon!

my Mexican boyfriend is living in canada. We are applying inland. The info on how to apply for police certificates for Mexico when you're not living in the country is conflicting on the immigration canada site. I believe we need to obtain an informe de datos registrales. The instruction on how...

okay. i saw that link on the website but i was confused because the link straight from the website doesn't specify if it's for inland or outland or both types of applications. in the actual instruction guide for common-law relationships within canada is lists a bunch of countries that do not...

Hi everyone, My boyfriend and I are applying inland. We're gathering the last few things for our application. I'm not clear on when we need to get the police certificates. He's from Mexico. He's been living in Canada. When do we need to send the police certificates from Mexico. How do we get...

Are you sure that the application would be automatically rejected if we apply outside and he is found working here? If know if he leaves the country when we apply outside the application continues. I'm not sure if it still continues if he leaves when he's asked to leave but I'm fairly sure that...

Thank you Justina for your reply. I see that I was your first post and i really appreciate you taking the time to write. We have a lot to think about. I don't know what we're going to do. Any idea what would happen if we apply outside and immigration finds out he's living and working here...

Hi Heather, We are not applying to extend his status. He has overstayed past that possibility. There is a public policy that creates an exception for spouses or common-law. This is from the FAQ section of the CIC website. If I have overstayed my visa or visitor record or if I have been working...

Thank you for your replies. I don't think we can restore his status. You now require a visa to enter Canada from Mexico that requires he live in Mexico for at least 3 months before applying. And we're not confident that he would get a visitor visa. As i mentioned we really don't want to be...

My boyfriend and I will be applying for his permanent residency in July. We will have been living together for one year then. I am a Canadian citizen. I'm not entirely sure how to proceed. He entered Canada legally 2 years ago on a 6 month student visa. He then renewed his visitor visa for 3...

oh god i hope not. he came initially on a student visa, which was then extended for 3 months. He's overstayed by quite a while. If he was asked to leave do you think that would hurt our appliation or delay it?

I'm new to all this stuff myself but from what i've read i think you should be okay. The spousal policy allows spouses or commom-law partners to become permanent residents even if they are "out of status" -ie. you overstayed your visa. You can even apply to become a permanent resident while you...

Hi, Right now my boyfriend is illegal and we are planning to apply soon as a common-law relationship. In the meantime, my boyfriend is hearing all kinds of crazy rumours about immigration going to people houses to kick them out of the country and we're a litle worried. He has the idea that if...

We're still pretty freaked out about what happens if we apply outland while he's out of status in Canada. If he stays in Canada and immigration finds out, what happens then? Anybody know??

Thanks everyone for your replies. Especially Matthew, thanks for the link - i've got a lot to read now. What happens if we apply outland and he's still in Canada? Can they give him a departure order and then he won't be able to come back for a year? We're so stressed about what happens if he...

Thanks for the replies :) What about if we apply outland? Then he can't apply for a work permit and he doesn't have a valid visitor visa to extend... Would immigration be able to require him to leave in that case? And would it hurt our application if he was given a departure order? Thanks!