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We have received sponsor approval - my partner is visiting Canada at the moment and staying with me, but is it okay for him to use my mailing address in Canada as his mailing address as well if we submitted our application as an outland sponsorship?

I'm sure this question already exists somewhere on here, or probably somewhere on the CIC website, but I can't seem to locate the answer anywhere... I am sponsoring my common law partner, I used my Canadian address as my mailing address, however, my partner's address has since changed since we...

After months of blood, sweat and tears, my application is sealed up and ready to go. Annnd, one last question before sending it off. I went to the post office and sending it regular mail (from Germany using Deutsche Post) with tracking requires delivery upon receipt. Do I send it then to the...

Hello all, After many weeks, I am finally about ready to send off my application (fingers crossed, it will be in the mail by the end of the week.) So anyway, on to my question. I know that staples are a big no for the application, however, a couple of my letters that were notarized were...

I'm unclear from the Guide 3999 how and what exactly needs to be certified. My spouse and I are both currently living in Germany, and therefore have several documents which need to be translated (our lease, his visa to live here and his German police clearance). Question 1: My understanding is...

So, does anyone know, if my FBI channeler report is dated from before March 9th, will CIC accept it? Otherwise, it is possible to send the rest of the application in and forward the FBI check when we get it? We had to do a background check for Germany as well, and if we have to wait for the FBI...

I'm working my way through all of the forms, and I'm confused about whether or not I need to include the IMM 5409E in my application. I am sponsoring my common law partner (no dependents). In the the guide, it says the form "must be completed and signed by the sponsor and common-law partner...

When I e-mail National Credit Reporting they told me "We can accept FBI Report requests from countries outside the U.S.; however, we can only mail the FBI Report to the consumer’s U.S. address. Yes, we can mail the report to a direct relative in the U.S. (i.e. parents)." My boyfriend and I...

Oy, well I thought I updated my status online, but apparently since my status changed over 3 three years ago, I can no longer update online. Ugh - guess a phone call to CRA is in order.

Thanks, I updated my status online! I actually haven't lived in Canada since I was 17 - I moved to New York for university which is where my boyfriend and I ended up officially filing as domestic partners. We figured we would include this certificate in our application, assuming it can only help...

I was planning on updating it anyway - it won't make any difference for me tax wise, I'm just wondering how long it will take to show up on my assessment?

I never updated my status with CRA when my boyfriend and I officially became common law (never even occurred to me) - is it going to state single on my option C printout? If I update my status with the CRA, how long will it take for it to show up on my option C? If it says single will that...

Yes! My cat is normally incredibly vocal and has a very, should we say, hearty meow. I was expecting the worst, but aside from a couple of little squeaks during take-off and landing, he was completely silent. All of the other passengers were also super empathetic. Frankly, I think many people...

I moved from New York to Germany a couple of years ago and brought my cat in cabin with me. I specifically had to fly Air Canada because they have the highest weight limit for in cabin pets and my giant tabby is 18lbs! He's also an indoor cat, and honestly, once he got in his carrier, I think he...

What is the verdict about needing an apostille? I tried speaking to an agent from CIC who was completely useless and said whatever is on the website is what I need to send in and he didn't know anything about the apostille. Completely aggravating. I emailed National Background Check directly...

Not to be completely obtuse, but I'm thoroughly confused. It looks like the FBI-channelers link to the same fingerprint card as the FBI - but the FBI certainly must accept fingerprints that were taken abroad, right? I mean, they have law enforcement agencies in Germany as well. Or is it just...

It looked like for a couple of the FBI channelers, you could simply mail in the fingerprint cards as we would for the FBI? Do the prints for FBI channelers have to be taken in the US?

Is there any way to circumvent the issue of channelers not sending internationally? My boyfriend is American, but we're currently studying in Germany. Would we be able to just use his parents' address to have the background check sent? He was recently home over the summer and was able to renew...

I moved from New York to Germany a couple of years ago and brought my also very loud and vocal cat in cabin with me. He yowled in the car the whole way to the airport, and then at that point, I think he was freaked out enough that he just sort of hunkered down in his carrier and barely made a...

It never even occurred to me to change my status to common-law with CRA. My boyfriend and I filed for domestic partnership in New York almost 5 years ago, and since we file US taxes separately and he's not Canadian, I just assumed there were no implications for my Canadian taxes. Yikes. I'm...