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  1. civic

    QUESTION: Original T4 required for sponsorship

    So I need both NOA and T4s ?
  2. civic

    QUESTION: Original T4 required for sponsorship

    Please help me clarify what I see on the document checklist: An original Option C printout of your last Notice of Assessment for the most recent taxation year along with printouts of all income slips (e.g. T4, T4E, T5 and T5007). To obtain these printouts free-of-charge from the Canada Revenue...
  3. civic

    QUESTION: Original T4 required for sponsorship

    I called them. CRA do have original T4s from my employers and they can mail it to me. I dont know if their T4 version, called 'original', is different from the ones issued by employers. Or they are the same.
  4. civic

    QUESTION: Original T4 required for sponsorship

    Please help… On the document check list for inland sponsorship, CIC wants sponsor to send original T4s obtained from CRA. Is it the same as the T4 we received from employers every year? I have ordered this from CRA but haven’t received it yet after 3 weeks and just wondering if I can use copies...
  5. civic

    Spousal sponsorship

    I have a question: can a study permit holder withdraw from class and just stay at home if s/he has a pending spousal application in Canada? Thanks
  6. civic

    Education and language requirements for foreign spouses

    So CIC looks at low education spouses as having illegitimate relationships with Canadian spouses just to gain entry Only rich, well educated, those who speak English deserve to be here because this is heaven and Stephen Harper is St. Peter?
  7. civic

    On student visa getting married to resident, many doubts..plz help seniors!!

    Many Ontario schools allow foreigners to pay domestic tution rate with just a marriage certifcate showing marriage between foreigner and a Canadian spouse. Check school policy. This rule is only happening in Ontario.
  8. civic

    Education and language requirements for foreign spouses

    they usually depict themselves as a government of love and care for everyone. the proposal appear as they care for domestic violence and women abuse. what behind this? the journalist named it very clearly: they want to further shift Canada to a non-family reunification immigration system. This...
  9. civic

    Education and language requirements for foreign spouses

    While being able to communicate in Canada is important for newcomers, the question is: someone with low education level or unable to learn one of the two languages (because they live in rural area in a very poor country, or because they just can't learn it well), they should not be allowed to be...
  10. civic

    Education and language requirements for foreign spouses

    Conservatives government obviously has not done yet with their destruction plans toward immigrant communities. Their next step could be to impose education and language requirements on foreign spouses who want to come under spousal sponsorship. They want to isolate immigrants from the rest of a...
  11. civic

    OWP process

    By not including application for OWP, CIC still didn't say they will not accept it. As a government agency they will publish their policies IN WRITING, not by people's guesses. Also, last week I got email from CIC agent with instruction on how to apply for OWP with inland spousal PR. I think...
  12. civic

    OWP process

    Until we can see this confirmed by official source (CIC website), everything said on forums are unofficial :) Agents still advise people to submit OWP application along with PR to maintain implied status. CIC never made official announcement for this change. Take it as rumor, or...
  13. civic

    Sponsoring spouse after a short time in Canada

    This is automatic-generated email that agent sent me: If a spouse or common-law partner sponsored from inside Canada would like to work during the processing of their permanent residence (PR) application, they will require a work permit. To apply for one, they must: Complete a separate...
  14. civic

    Sponsoring spouse after a short time in Canada

    I just called CIC Call Center and spoke with a very nice and knowledgeable agent. He confirmed that there is no change to Open work permit rules for spouses being sponsored from within Canada. In order for my wife to stay here legally I just have to send application for OWP along with PR...
  15. civic

    Sponsoring spouse after a short time in Canada

    so you mean even if I file sponsorship for her with inland route she cannot stay here legally to wait for her pr? she needs to apply to extend her temporary status? Well then it makes no difference with the outland route? Im totally confused...
  16. civic

    Sponsoring spouse after a short time in Canada

    thanks for your reply i heard that she will get implied status as soon as i file sponsorship. why does she still need to renew her study permit? we would like to wait until she gets pr to go back to school because we can save a lot for tuition. right now shes taking esl class we prefer the...
  17. civic

    Sponsoring spouse after a short time in Canada

    I am a PR in process to sponsor my Thailand spouse. She is here on a coop visa for student visa expiring in October 2014. She arrived in Canada with me in January 2014. I first met her in 2010 on my trip to visit home in Thailand and we developed our romance since then and decided that we will...