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Yeah, the worst was when my mom (who is French and has a strong French accent) actually came to visit me in Australia. We went up the coast, me, my husband and her from Brisbane to Cairns. In the YOUTH HOSTEL at Airlie Beach, the receptionist started complaining to the three of us about how...

That's so amazing for all of you July people!! I really hope your applications all go through really quickly and you get your PRs before Christmas!!

We lived in Australia for four years, I became a permanent resident of Australia just before we'd planned on leaving (by coincidence, not by planning it that way, we actually thought I would leave before the permanent residency came through). So we've been through the entire process in...

It's supposed to be the sponsor's name.

Hahaha! Looks like yours was quite the quick process then!!

Nice!! That's really awesome news rachiy :D

Did you even read the link that was posted? It definitely looks like it might be possible for the child to be sponsored anyway, on the basis that the father didn't know about him/her.

She'd still die alone in a country with none of her family. They're all living in Canada now, and sure you can hire someone to take care of her, which it absolutely sounds like the family would, but is that really the same as being with the family, including the children you basically raised...

At the moment you're looking at one month or so for Stage 1, and around 9 months for stage 2 in Paris, so 10 months in total: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/fc-spouses.asp

Oh, yeah, of course, I completely missed about the thing about him being the sponsor. I thought he meant the applicant was the dual national.

If you're not currently living together, you won't be able to sponsor your girlfriend until you have married. There is a conjugal class, but there is basically no chance that you'll be approved (it is for people who, for whatever reasons, cannot be married or in a common law relationship). It...

You don't give them your second passport, you just need to give them both numbers in the application. They only need one passport to give you PR, generally the one from your "main" country.

No, you'll be fine, you just need to give both passport numbers.

This is basically exactly what the H&C category should be used for, I think.

Yes, you mail everything to Mississauga, where they will do the first part of the application, which is checking that your husband is eligible to be a sponsor. They will then mail the application to Sydney. You MIGHT eventually have to send in your passport, but that won't be until the end of...

Hopefully!! Here's hoping everyone gets their stage 2 done quickly!!

Thanks!! :)

Honestly, basing your plan on being in the top few percent probably wasn't a good idea (especially when you have a child, which can take longer to process, and it sounds as though your wife isn't a natural born citizen of Australia, which means that any additional checks that have to be done may...

Got our stage 2 AOR today, if someone can please update the spreadsheet :D

Woo hoo!! Just got our AOR from the Sydney office, if someone could please update the spreadsheet for me (I can never figure out how to do it myself)