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    Did I completely screw up my application?? Crossing Canada border with outland

    Hi, I agree with what others said - dont take any steps for now and wait what London says. I do not think the boarder officer was well informed about the processes. I do not understand why he/she made a note. When I was getting ready to apply for the sponsorship and contacted CIC many times, I...
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    JANUARY 2013 Applicants - JOIN HERE!

    Hi Sweden, I can volunteer to update the spreadsheet, if only you could explain it to me please! Thanks
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    JANUARY 2013 Applicants - JOIN HERE!

    Good luck to everyone in getting all the paperwork together!!
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    JANUARY 2013 Applicants - JOIN HERE!

    Hi there, we already sent our package last Saturday - a common law outland application!
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    January 2013 applicants

    Thanks a lot!!
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    January 2013 applicants

    Hello, anybody here who applied in January?? Hope to hear from you :)
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    Is a work permit a TRV?

    Hi, I have a question regarding what is a temporary resident visa. In one of the forms (background form for the applicant), it is asking whether I have ever been refused a TRV to Canada and the fact is that I have been refused an extension of working holiday visa. Should I then answer this...
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    notarized affidavits or simply letters?

    Thanks Steph C, in mine it says "at least two statutory declarations from individuals with personal knowledge of your relationship supporting your claim that the relationship is genuine and continuing". So does that mean notarized?
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    notarized affidavits or simply letters?

    Hi there, for our common-law application, we have 2 notarized affidavits from my boyfriend's family members (he will be sponsoring me). We are considering a few friends to sign letters for us, is this OK if these letters will not be notarized?
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    minimum income requirement

    Hi there, when applying as common-law (my boyfriend will be sponsoring me, I do not bring any dependants with me to Canada and I do not have any children on my own)- is there a minimum income requirement?
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    a consultant or a lawyer in Toronto to review the common-law application

    Hi there, My boyfriend and myself are finalizing the paperwork for the sponsorship application under common-law. We decided to complete all the paperwork on our own, however we would like to have a consultant / a lawyer to review it before we send it in. Does anybody know a reliable consultant...
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    Does it matter who writes Letters of Support?

    if abroad, do the letters of support have to be notarized or can I just write the letters myself and give it to my family to sign?
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    Common Law questions

    I was on an IEC visa and before it expired, I applied for a work permit. Until a decision was made, I was under implied status so I think IEC visas aslo benefit from the implied status. As for IEC extension itself: the IEC program consists of 3 programs actually. For some countries, the IEC...
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    Where to send the common-law application from when applying "outside of Canada"

    Hello, I will be applying with my common-law partner for sponsorship very soon. He is Canadian, I am Polish and I will be in Poland while the application will be processed. We decided to let it process in Mississauga and then in Poland, so we decided for the "outside of Canada" process. I...
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    november common law application

    yes, you should call the embassy of senegal in canada. i am also getting a police certificate from a country that I do not live in anymore and I just need to fill in a form that I have to send to that country and my signature has to be notarized (you can do that at any notary) and then the...
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    november common law application

    You dont need a Canadian criminal record, I actually called the CIC hotline with the same question last week (I have been living in Canada for over a year) and they said that for Canada they ""will do their own investigation". As for Senegal, cannot you get it done through the embassy of...
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    Translation of birth certificate - Clarification needed

    The birth certificate as an official document should be translated by a sworn translator. Sworn translators, either before or after they translate, ask to see the original document so that they can put a remark under the translation saying that is has been translated from the original and I...
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    just copies or notarized copies?

    Hi there, I will be applying for permanent residence under common-law and in the immigration guide for my country it says "Send originals of the immigration forms (IMM forms) and original police certificates. Send notarized photocopies of all other documents, unless instructed otherwise". I...