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Hear, hear! 100% in agreement. I was so tempted to be the one to move just because the American system has its benefits, especially the Fiance Visa. In the end, we decided on Canada and I hope we don't grow to regret this!

That is ridiculous. They think I'm writing the letters for them because they're lovey? Well I wasn't, but I will be writing for them now and toning it down... My God >.>

Hmm that's kind of worrying. We have snippets of conversation in the form of selected individual messages we've saved, but not fully conversations. Hopefully Skype call dates/times will do... We haven't even sent the application yet! Though I can say with confidence that it will more than...

Thanks guys! Unfortunately my phone is absolute crap and doesn't have anything of the sort in the way of apps. Hers WOULD have, but she bought a new phone and disposed of the old one a while back... :( Glad to hear it might not be necessary, though.

As far as Proof of Relationship is concerned, how important is it to send in copies of your text messages or other chat messages? I ask this because my phone company will not release this information even to me, and I have never been one to save my messages (other than single, specific...

Okay, well everything makes sense so far. So, when the 2-year period of Conditional Residency is over, the rule is to be in Canada 2.5 out of every 5 years to maintain status, correct? Can this 2.5 years be consecutive? Could my wife go back home for 2.5 years after the condition is up without...

Hey all. Assuming the new government does not do away with Conditional Residency before the new year... I was wondering about the wording of the paragraph describing who Conditional Residency applies to. So the website says... "No, if you have been in a relationship with your sponsor for more...

Ah, okay! You must be applying inland, yes? You just had me worried saying that the checklist had been updated and I wasn't seein that reflected where I was looking ???

Is this where you check to see if your forms are all up to date? www(dot)cic(dot)gc(dot)ca/english/information/applications/fc(dot)asp

EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you! :D

I'm the sponsor from Canada, and she'd be the principal applicant from America. So it should be less than one year (Ottawa) and the check would be through the FBI. What my question is, though, is whether or not it would be a problem to do either of us before getting married?

Hello all. I was wondering, can the medical and background checks be completed BEFORE marriage? We're getting married next year and are fully aware that we cannot send in the application without being married first, but can we apply for the medical and background a few months prior to being...

Hello. I have a question about immigration photos. I've been hearing about the need for the applicant to have 4 photographs of themselves for the sponsorship package. However, looking at the Document Checklist, I do not see this listed. So my question/questions are, 1) Is it true that this...

Thank you! This was exactly what we needed. We're not in THAT big of a rush, honestly. We were thinking of finishing up all of the forms before doing the medical/criminal and saving those for last, so that when the results come back, we can send everything immediately and not have to worry about...

Hello everyone! After deciding not to hire a lawyer for the immigration process and choosing to fill everything out ourselves, things have been going well so far. We've looked over every form that we will have to fill out and for the most part they seem very straightforward. That being said...

Okay, that sounds about right. We're just going through the pre-planning stages of making sure we know what we're talking about so when the new year rolls around, we can get started. I've seen on several forms something along the lines of this form must be filled out by "you and all family...

Thanks to you both, this clears some things up. Just one follow-up question: With the medical and police check... What if it expires during the waiting period between sending the application and the time they get a chance to look at it? The waiting period for Ottawa is 17 months and if a...

Hi. I'm a 22 year old male, Canadian citizen, who will soon be sponsoring. My fiance (19 year old female) and I will be married next year in June, and we are planning to start the process afterwards of bringing her to Canada. She is from Wisconsin. There were a few questions we had that we want...