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They don’t want that many pictures and texts because those are just a part of many proofs that a relationship is genuine and not the most important evidence especially in our era of photoshop. They also want to see stuff like proofs of cohabitation ( accommodation rent receipts with both sponsor...

Yes, they just had enough with dealing with hundreds of photos and emails that each applicant was sending having to go through all those piles of paper. that’s why it’s only maximum 20 photos and 10 pages of communication proof now. Just follow the checklist and do your best to pick the best...

Looks like for the vast majority of European countries it says that they don’t need biometrics if application was received before July 31st. I think most likely it will be the same for Australian applicants with an ongoing applications in December :)

I’m pretty sure you could get married in Ukraine. My husband (Canadian citizen) only had to submit a copy of his passport, no certificate of non impediment was needed and you can get married in like two or three days ( if you pay the official Government fee of 150 CAD or something like that)...

Only those that submitted their application on or after July 31st 2018 will need to give biometrics.

Just a quick heads up, most of applicants who applied before the July 31st 2018 won’t need to give their biometrics. It’s on the official IRCC website right now.

If submitting the biometrics is not on the current document checklist then I believe they will send an email with instructions later on in process like they do for medical exam. But it’s a bit of a grey area because that biometric thing has only just started today so nobody really knows yet how...

If OPs girlfriend is from visa exempt country she won’t qualify as a conjugal partner because there’s no official barriers for them to get married or become common law if they wanted to. Either wait till you get married or become a common law to start sponsorship process.

The address has been changed just recently but I believe it used to be Mississauga for Outland applications in April 2018 still so the address looks correct. Get your husband to call IRCC call center (usually it’s better to call early in the morning and sometimes may take a few attempts to get...

Can you get a life insurance listing each other as beneficiary? It may help as well...

Then you can submit your application under common law if you continuously lived together for at least 12 months or remarry your spouse with both of you physically present at the wedding this time. Your not considered married in the eyes of CIC because they don’t recognize marriages where one of...

It looks like Kiev don’t really update when they actually start background check because I noticed for many people from Kiev VO BGC changed to “in process” on the same day they got “Decision made”. So it’s just a waiting game and hope we will see some movement on our files in August)

No, you don’t need to put N/A in those boxes that got greyed out.

I’m pretty sure you can still list this visit if you travelled there to visit her. It would help IRCC to understand how your relationship developed so it’s not like you got married after just one day of seeing her in person for the first time. List this visit, the visit on which you got married...

Did you physically meet her in September 2016 or it was online? Just list all the visits that you’ve made to see your significant other from the date you travelled to visit them for the first time to this day.

It means have you visited each other since you started dating (your relationship began). It is very important that you show proofs of your visits before your wedding as it would show time that you both spent together before you decided to get married so it’s not like you guys got married on the...

I’m pretty sure you can put “Unknown” in that form (if you really got no information about your father) and attach a letter of explanation along with a copy of your birth certificate which indicates it as well. It shouldn’t be an issue.

If you wish, you can write a short letter (to whom it may concern) explaining that your resubmitting your application after you corrected mistakes that caused your previous application to be returned. It is not a requirement for spousal sponsorship to submit any bank statements so even if you...

Yes, you can get married after you complete your landing in Canada and officially become a PR and then apply to sponsor your spouse. But make sure you do your landing first and become a PR because if you get married before your landing you’d be obliged to inform IRCC about your marriage and...

Nobody knows for sure yet how it’s going to work with the biometrics. If they will be required upfront along with the application then I guess the document checklist will be changed too and they will put instructions on the basic guide on how to get it done. If there won’t be any changed to the...