Search results

ecas isn't exactly reliable as CIC seems to update or not as they please. However, police checks are often not entered so I wouldn't worry about it. You have confirmation that it was delivered by UPS so you can be confident that they got it.

CIC gives conflicting information about this. Some people send two sets of photos, one labeled and one not labeled, just in case but unless your country-specific guidelines say to label them then you have nothing to worry about.

Good luck to both of you. Hopefully, you too will soon be posting here to say your applications are charging along quickly.

It's important to realise that everybody's relationship is different. Also, country checklists are different. Most don't require certified copies, for example. Married women don't always take their husband's name (and can't anyway, in Quebec). The only proof of a marriage is the official...

Hi, Aniabella We've just been through the same kind of scenario so I will answer based on personal experiences. In almost all cases where the applicant is currently outside of Canada it's better to do an outland application. Most overseas visa offices process applications much faster than...

We collected a huge amount of evidence covering eleven years of our relationship, and sorted this all into a filing system for each year. Then, before we submitted our applications we went through all this and looked at it objectively. We ended up including very little after deciding to focus on...

Each item of jewellery is supposed to be photographed and values given. If any item is expensive (CAD$2,000 is the figure I was given) then it needs to have an appraisal or valuation attached.

Yay! Congratulations! That was fast!!! The next phase is just sit back and go along for the ride. It may not be a really long wait but CIC are not exactly predictable. Check your ecas once in a while (Fridays are a good day to check - if there has been an update to the application status it will...

Welcome Edgehead78. You send the entire package to CIC - the sponsorship application, your wife's complete application, and everything that is listed in the checklist. You will note that there are some forms that you don't need to complete because you will be providing additional paperwork to...

For each question that required more space to answer I added an extra sheet. I did this in Microsoft Word (any word processing program would do) because it made it easier to add a header to each sheet. In the header, I had "Applicant Name: surname, initial. Date of birth: year-month-day"...

If you understand that providing incorrect information is very dangerous you should also understand that misrepresentation is bad news indeed. You said your spouse has a birth certificate and that the place of birth in her passport is incorrect - right? So, now you are saying you intend to lie...

I flew in and had a return ticket, so they could see I intended to leave. Nobody even questioned that, or asked if I had ties to my country. I guess they might have if I wasn't from a visa-exempt country.

I was told by border control that its not necessary to have an appraisal for items that are valued less than CAD$2000. So, if you have lots of gold items but the value of each item is less than $2,000 you probably don't need a formal appraisal. Where this can be a problem is if a border control...

This is something you need to sort out in your country before you submit your application. You might need to apply for a new passport with the correct details. The birth certificate must be submitted (there is no way around that - CIC requires it) and the details on the birth certificate must...

Telling the airlines, and even border control, that you are getting married isn't a problem. We got married in Canada and weren't planning to move there or apply for PR at that time. I was going in as a visitor. We told the airline when we checked in and they allowed us to take my wedding gown...

Canada is very strict about what vitamins and personal medicines are allowed into the country. They are also likely to look very carefully at visitors that ship personal possessions into the country when they don't have legal status to stay there. I would be very careful about doing this as it...

I'd try to get a letter or something more than just pay stubs. Photocopies of pay stubs plus a photocopy of another document - employment contract, letter offering you the job, or a letter from the employer. If CIC is after more information its probably wise to assume that they are looking for...

You respond with, "no" and after you have completed that form and printed it out you handwrite, "Not Yet Applicable" for Q.7 (c).

Don't even consider doing it inland. Sydney is moving very quickly at the moment and it's highly likely you would have PR through Sydney before the first stage is completed inland. There's people in this thread that have received their confirmation of PR in 3-4 months, most seem to be happening...

Yes, definitely faster. When our application went in the first stage (sponsorship) was taking close to two months. The CSQ stage was 20 working days, and Sydney went from 9 months to 11 months. So, we expected it would take at least a year. It took half that. Every application is different but...