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Congrats, lasgst! I have exactly the same news this morning. I (and my spouse) received an email requesting her passport, and her status reads "DECISION MADE". Our applications were submitted December 10, 2015, so the total time duration was 6 months and four days, which is considerably less...

Okay, that makes more sense. Your visa office is Ottawa, not Sao Paulo. I wanted to clarify because I didn't want people those visa office is Sao Paulo to wonder why some people's visas are being processed in weeks, not months. In fact, Ottawa is draining off applications from all over the...

Hmmm....are you sure your visa office was Sao Paulo and not Ottawa? The estimated wait time for Sao Paulo is 8 months. Many people I know that applied in September and October 2015 have not received DM. So Two months for DM in your case seems a little odd. I know a few applications for...

This is good advice. It's the government's choice whether to pursue and enforce Condition 51. It's not the PR who has the obligation to continuously prove Condition 51 is being met. I wouldn't continue to pepper them with questions; you've told them, and I think that's probably more than you're...

That I agree with!

I have to agree with CDNPR2014 on this point. MPs are under no legal or other obligation to resolve every government-related problem that any of their constituents might have. Yes, they represent their constituents, but they don't work for them. There's a difference. I can't call up my MP and...

You said you needed to submit "a new Police Certificate from my country". Your country is Russia. You didn't say anything about Israel. Most likely, CIC wants you to resubmit the forms so they have updated information about you.

This should probably be posted as a new topic with a different subject. Everyone applying for permanent residency must supply CIC with a police certificate from countries in which they resided for 6 months or more from the time they were 18. Since you're from Russia, this would include Russia...

The only time a debit card is accepted as though it were a credit card is if it's a debit Visa or debit Mastercard. If your debit card has a Visa or Mastercard logo on the front, it's a debit Visa or Mastercard, and in most cases will be accepted wherever credit cards are accepted. But's not a...

Ah, I see what you mean. You're right. I got hung up on this as well when I applied, because the wording on that form isn't clear. Because your spouse is the sponsor and a Canadian citizen, only you (the principal applicant) have to fill out that form. (IMM 5669 is also unclear: although it says...

You are the principal applicant, so you have to fill out of the form. Your spouse must also fill out of the form. It says "common-law partner (if applicable)" because some sponsors are not spouses but common-law partners.

Good call. The VDP program will mean you won't likely have to pay penalties and interest if you disclose the income before CRA susses you out. You can even provide the disclosure to CRA anonymously, to ensure that the information you provide isn't going to get you in any trouble. I didn't mean...

Time to do a little reading! Presumably you mean that you would like to apply for permanent residency and your wife is going to sponsor you. There's a document checklist specific for Pakistan, found here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3907e.pdf Read the checklist obsessively...

There's a million ways to reduce the size of files (e.g., scans etc.). IM me if you want help.

Or worse -- CIC denies your application and CSA comes after you. They both have computers and I'd be very surprised if they don't share a whole lot of information.

It doesn't matter what your boss gave you. You're supposed to report all your income and pay tax on it each year, not at the end of the contract. If your boss doesn't give you a T4, you still have to tell the government what you earned.

I was thinking the same thing. The sponsorship document checklist requires that you submit a your Notice of Assessment for the most recent year (Part 16) and proof of employment (Part 17). http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5491E.pdf Unfortunately, the two aren't going to match...

There are a lot of varied opinions on this board: the best way to do this or that, the likely response to this or that from CIC, what's legal and what isn't, how long something is going to take, etc. But one thing we all agree on is a Great Truth that has been that handed down from generation...

Ottawa received your application 7 months and 11 days ago. CIC is currently estimating a total turnaround time of 8 months, including the sponsorship application. I have no idea how accurate that is (I guess we'll find out soon!), but you're still within that time frame. At least one person on...

The original comment was from 2011, so timelines from then probably no longer apply.