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Question to you all, I sent my application via courrier addressed to "CPC Sydney" without any attention to a department name like "Family Class". I thought it would be better this way to know for sure that it was received. However, I noticed that for, and within, each class there are different...

Hi all, I have a bit of a complicated question. Long story short, my common-law spouse is wondering if it would be a bad idea for her to apply for CERB while waiting for her Outland PR Application to be processed. Here's the background: I'm a Canadian citizen, sponsoring my common-law spouse...

Hi All, Just starting a new Outland Sponsorship thread for July 2020. I just sent my Outland application today to the processing center via Xpressspost. Currently living with my Japanese common-law partner here in Vancouver, but applying Outland so my partner is free to visit family in Japan...

Hi all, I withdrew my visa application last march for common-law partner and am re-applying again. Has the processing times changed because of COVID-19? On the IRRC website it says 12 months for both INLAND and OUTLAND. Do you feel that Outland is still faster? I've spoken with an immigration...

Hi all, I'm sponsoring my common-law partner with whom I've cohabited with for over a year. Unfortunately, we are in a bit of a pickle as we cannot come up much evidence to prove this. For starters, we did not sign a rental/lease agreement with our landlord so no luck there. On top of that our...

Hi all, I am a Canadian citizen. My ex and I lived together under common-law since 2011 and she was successfully sponsored in late 2014. Our relationship didn't work out and we parted ways in 2015. I've been living with another partner since then and I am thinking of sponsoring her in the...

My partner received her confirmation of PR status yesterday. As we are currently are in Vancouver, the instructions mention an alternative to re-entering the country to process the visa by making an appointment to see the nearest immigration office by phone. With the contact number...

Hi everyone! I am a Japanes Canadian and applied outland in Japan for sponsorship of my Japanese partner in Decemer 2013. In January 2014, I decided to move back to Vancouver, and she also came along as a visitor to be with me. As you may know, Japan is a visitor visa exempt country. It has...

Hi everyone, I just moved back to Canada from Japan. My common-law partner has also come with me on a visitor visa, also from Japan. Our OUTLAND application was sent from Japan in December and, just recently, I have been approved as a sponsor. I've sent a request to change my address using the...

In my outland application, both my partner and I are still working or living in the same place still. Is it alright to put in the date fields for example: 2011-11-20 to Present <--? Can I write "present" or the actual date the application was filled out? Thank you.

I've been living in Japan for the past few years and have been filing my taxes online every season. I'd like to send my application in soon but I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience sending theirs in without an Option C printout. I just realized that I may need one to complete my...

Hi Everyone, I'm sponsoring my common-law partner but she has a bunch of previously held visas including a rejected student visa 3 years ago where the immigrations officer accused her of trying to stay in Canada for "too long". In SCHEDULE A (BACKGROUND / DECLARATION) for the sponsored person...

Just need to translate one document, my common-law partner's police report/criminal check. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks

Scenario: My Japanese common-law partner is visiting me in Vancouver, BC, while her visa app is still in process. CIC requests her to send her passport to the processing center in Manila while she is in Canada. Question: She obviously would be stuck in Canada without a passport, so I'm...

Hi everyone, I'm a Canadian Citizen living in Japan sponsoring my Japanese common-law partner with whom I've lived together with for over 2.5 years. Our OUTLAND application is in process and we were planning on moving to Canada in 2015 after everything was complete, however something came up...

I'm a Canadian citizen living in Japan sponsoring my common-law partner from Japan. I'm confused with the fees that I need to pay. - First of all, using the online payment system, since I'm living in Japan, I'm choosing Family Class and NOT Spouse and Spouse and Common-Law Partner in Canada...