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    Inland sponsorship February 2020 - Passport expires May 2021 together with visitor visa

    Hi all, Hopefully someone on this forum can provide some guidance on the following situation: We applied for inland spousal sponsorship together with open work permit in February 2020 (my wife is on a visitor's visa in Canada) We have not received any communication on the application until...
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    Applied inland, no confirmation yet from IRCC, need to extend stay for spouse

    Thank you everyone for your replies! Very helpful.
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    Applied inland, no confirmation yet from IRCC, need to extend stay for spouse

    Thank you very much for your replies. Since the extension submission is electronic, it is most likely safe to submit early June, as long as everything is complete in the application. With regards to implied status for the sponsorship application. Since IRCC did not formally receive it yet, and...
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    Applied inland, no confirmation yet from IRCC, need to extend stay for spouse

    Hi, We have applied for inland sponsorship end of February, the package was delivered by Canada Post on February 25th. Since then, we have no received any confirmation from IRCC that the application was received nor were we able to link the application. When we contacted them via the website...
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    Spousal Sponsorship (inland): Open Work Permit + Permit Holder application fees

    Hi, I used the Canada Government's official wizard to get all the necessary application fees to pay, and it included Sponsorship fee, Permanent Residence fee, Open Work Permit fee, Work Permit Holder fee, and biometric fee all together. Can I just include the same receipt for open work permit...
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    Inland spousal sponsorship: Photocopies of passport pages

    Thank you very much for your response.
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    Inland spousal sponsorship: Photocopies of passport pages

    Hi, Just a clarification: both the Open Work Permit and the Sponsorship applications require the photocopies of passport pages. Do these need to be included twice in the entire package or one set is sufficient as OWP + Sponsorship + Permanent Residence applications in the same package are...
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    Photocopies of documents: colour or black & white

    Hi, Inland spousal sponsorship application. We made photocopies of passport pages, screenshots, driver licenses all in colour. From your experience, is this going to be an issue, should we re-print everything as black & white instead? From our point of view colour is more accurate, as it...
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    Proof of relationship questions (inland spousal sponsorship)

    Hi all, I have a couple of questions regarding the 20 photographs and "Other proof that your relationship is recognized by your friends and/or family (e.g. Letters from friends/family, social media information showing a public relationship, etc.)." 1. For the 20 photographs. Is it the...
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    Inland Spousal Sponsorship - Cover Letter Sample

    Thanks for your feedback everyone. Much appreciated.
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    Inland Spousal Sponsorship - Cover Letter Sample

    Hi, Can anyone please provide a link to a good sample cover letter for sponsorship application or at least the layout for the cover letter? Which important points to cover? I am a Canadian citizen and my wife is a visitor, and we are applying for the inland spousal sponsorship. Also, if anyone...
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    Questions about forms - Inland Application

    Thank you for your response, much appreciated. For the father's birthdate, should we create a single letter of explanation for all the forms where explanation is needed, or a separate explanation page after each page that requires explanation? Or is this the general letter explaining the whole...
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    Questions about forms - Inland Application

    Hi, We have additional questions about the application forms: Schedule A / Background Declaration The full name of my wife's father is known, but no other information is. If a father's name is specified, then it also requires the date of birth, however, it doesn't accept asterisks, only a...
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    Questions about the sponsorship application forms

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    Questions about the sponsorship application forms

    Hi all, I have some more questions about the application forms for Sponsorship + PR + OWP. This is an inland application. Personal history: There are 2 specific sections, one with "Living with spouse" and another "Visiting spouse". We are living together, but for a period of time since...
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    Spousal Sponsorship (Inland) - Form questions

    Thank you very much, this is very helpful.
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    Spousal Sponsorship (Inland) - Form questions

    Hi all, I have a few questions on the documents & forms for spousal sponsorship, which the basic nor the detailed guides do not provide exhaustive information for: Generic Application Form (imm0008) Question 10: We put Country as "Canada", Status as "Visitor". What are the dates "From", "To"...
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    Spousal Sponsorship - Information About Relationship (IMM5532e, Part C)

    Hello, I would like to get an opinion about which is the most appropriate information to fill out on the Part C of the IMM5532e form for information about the relationship. Myself and my wife are married for several months now, and our relationship started back more than 1.5 years ago. We have...