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All documents need to have valid dates so your Canadian wife would need to have a valid passport before sending copy of it

Hi. I noticed you had your visitor visa exended till next year. I am planning to do same. Any suggestions/advice? How much extension did they give you - 6 months? Also did you submit the application together with the Permanent Residence application as from what I read if you do both and the PR...

That is correct as what CIC told me is that if you don't have an option C then you just need a letter of explanation

Thanks for your reply. I realise from reading some documents yesterday which CIC emailed to me that if you send in both applications at the same time - PR and extension to stay that they will treat it as one application and first determine if the sponsor is eligible. If the answer is no, then...

From what CIC told me yesterday, for spouses income/financial requirement is not a consideration or a restriction to sponsor as long as the person is not receiving social assistance other than disability. For other sponsors yes income is a consideration.

No it's actually Dec 1 2012 not 2015 that's when visa expires

I am here on a visitor's v isa which expires in 2015. However my passport was stamped Dec 1 for me to exit. Do I apply for extension to stay or do I try and put in spousal application for PR. I plan to put in either at end of O ct. Please advise how to proceed i.e. which application to submit...

Hey it's good to see a Jamaican thread going on. Makes me feel good to discuss important issues with my co-yardies. I am here on a visitor's visa. My husband is Canadian and will be sponsoring me but we haven't yet submitted the application as we went to two different lawyers who told us that...

I agree with you re the overstay. However as it relates to exit checks - my qn is - if your passport was stamped with date to leave Canada are you saying when youre leaving they don't take a re cord of the date you actually leave

Fencecitter - does that mean you were approved without Option C

Congrats Rachiy. When I called back CIC on Fri. the agent told me that owing of taxes wasn't on their list of restrictions and the agent even emailed me a document as it relates to everythng about spousal sponsorship and the restriction bars etc. I would therefore be suprised if they tell you...

Thanks everyone for your advice especially the bit on the bankruptcy and the time it takes to be discharged and also how long it remains on your credit. The lawyer hadn't really explained it in detail so thanks for explaining

Oh July 1 was a date the lawyer mentioned that since that time ou couldn't submit Option C or something like that. As I am not canadian or the spouse I wasn't very familiar with what he was referring to but surely my husband was as he was the one who brought that up. As to my lawyer being...

@ Raviv - no we don't have any payment structure in place as yet but having met with the last lawyer on Fri. we're planning to have a dialogue with CRA to see how best this can be sorted out by a payment structure and owing to the fact that my husband is on ODSP I dont know if they will waive...

TSauretBaxter - Was there a change/new law July 1 why you mentioned that date? What happened then

Wow. that's awesome news. did you submit option c and did they ask you anything about the taxes at all

My feeling too

I recently met someone who told me that she applied for a work permit and was successful. She wwas only here on a single-entry temporary visa. I am not sure she was telling the truth. is that possible for a visitor to receive a work permit. She said she applied online and she also got a SIN and...

It's intersting to read the posts about the CRA and CIC being two separate entities which I can understand. However today when I called CIC while they said that only bankruptcy and social welfare can affect a spouse application when I asked them about taxes owing given what the immigration...

If your application is pretty straightforward then I would recommend not using an immigration lawyer. I would only use one if there is a complex case. I can tell you my husband first went to an immigration consultant and he gave him a questionnaire to fill out and he told him he was eligible to...