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    landing questions from NY state to Ontario

    Hello, I am Canadian, who married a U.S. citizen and we also have a daughter who is both U.S. citizen and Canadian. We are currently living in NY. I sponsored my husband so that we can move back to Toronto to be closer with my family. He was just approved and have to land by feb, 2012. Given...
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    u.s. citizen, without pr card, and questions about travel document

    Great! Thank you so much for sharing you and your husband's experience. Much appreciated.
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    u.s. citizen, without pr card, and questions about travel document

    Hello, My husband is a u.s. citizen and I am Canadian, sponsoring my husband to move back to Canada. We both are currently living in the states. My husband will be landing in Feb, 2012, but most likely we will be returning to u.s. to finish things up and also give him some time to look for a job...
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    can we go back to u.s right after we land?

    AllisonVSC may have a different answer, but I think I found where it says that. I was looking at the form for the travel document that I am still wondering about, and it says this: The form is here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/5529E.pdf
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    can we go back to u.s right after we land?

    Thanks for the replies. From looking at the documentation, it appears that if we do turn right back around after landing and come back to the States (the same week and/or day), then he can't go back up to Canada unless he applies for a travel document, and that he will have to do that each time...
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    can we go back to u.s right after we land?

    Hello, My husband, I and our daughter are currently living in the states. My daughter and I are both Canadian, and he is U.S. Citizen. He is the sole income provider. Today, my husband just got his pr visa to land in Canada by mid feb. (yeah! ;D). But, he hasn't secured a job yet in Canada and...
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    Where do I get CAIPS Notes?

    Hi, My wife and I are filling these forms out (she is sponsoring me, and the process seems to have stalled out after they for some reason needed me to go up to Canada to get an RCMP fingerprint check), but we have a couple of questions: 1. On form IMM 5475, for question #3, what do we put for...
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    how to find out the status of our paperwork

    Thanks for answering, but what is GCMS notes?
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    how to find out the status of our paperwork

    Hello, I am a Canadian citizen and currently sponsoring my husband, who is a U.S. citizen to Canada. We both live in the states. Our application has been received in March 2011 and the first part is approved already in April. The second part, which was through the office in Buffalo, sent us a...
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    RCMP fingerprinting procedure

    We ended up just going to Toronto over the 4th of July weekend. On that Monday morning, I went to one of the local Commissionaires offices (no appt. necessary), waited a little while (they seem to only have one employee), and then he called me back and I did the prints and paid the money. The...
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    RCMP check for buffalo applicants

    Hello, As noted on my previous questions about RCMP fingerprint check, I received an email from the immigration officer to have an RCMP fingerprint check. I have never lived in Canada for more than 6 months, and when I emailed Buffalo to inquire about the reason, their response is basically...
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    RCMP fingerprinting procedure

    As my wife stated in a separate thread, we received an email last week stating that I need to get prints done by the RCMP, even though I am an outland applicant and have never lived in Canada. I even responded to the email asking for clarification, and basically received a response of "just do...
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    buffalo applicant -- re: fingerprinting

    Thank you all for your response. We still don't understand why we need to send in an RCMP fingerprint check. My husband, whom I am sponsoring has never been to Canada for more than 2 weeks, mainly just to visit me or perhaps some family events that we have to go to. We met in the States, got...
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    buffalo applicant -- re: fingerprinting

    Hi, We have sent in our application in March. Our first part of our application has already been approved in ontario and transferred to buffalo. We have sent in the one page FBI letter stating there is no criminal record along with our application. Today we received an email from their office...
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    financial statement

    hello, I am sponsoring my husband who is a u.s. citizen. we are currently living in the states. we have a daughter whom she just received her canadian citizenship. I am a housewife. I have a question about the supporting documents. Since I don't have to provide income source, does that mean...
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    Is it possible to travel to US while the in-land PR App in process?

    It could be risky... according to the cic site on form 5289, one of the things it says to consider before completing this application: Have no guarantee that you will be permitted to return or re-enter Canada if you leave before permanent residence is approved. This is especially true if a...
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    re: the order of forms, supporting documents etc in the application package

    Hello, I am Canadian and will be sponsoring my husband. He's from U.S. and will be applying through the visa office in Buffalo. We are currently living in the states. Our case is relative straight forward. We have dated for a long time since 1999, got married in 2003, have a daughter in 2007...
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    is it ok to black out info. on supporting documents such as bank statements

    Hello, I am wondering if anyone knew if it is ok to sent in photocopies of our bank statements of our joint accounts with our bank account number covered? We also have our tax income statements filed jointly together, and would like to know if it is ok to cover some of the personal identity info...
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    supporting documents -- will CIC return them after the approval of the PR card?

    Just wondering what happened to the supporting documents? Will CIC return the cards, the photos, the emails, bank statements, birth and marriage certificates back to us once the PR card is approved? Or will they keep it? I am wondering should I send in the originals such as cards? or photocopies...
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    Is it safe for sponsor to declare residency first while waiting for my PR?

    Thank you so much Waitingintz for your suggestions and advice. We haven't really thought through the moral implications of the OHIP matter, but just wanted to weigh in on a couple of things to make our transition back to Canada a little easier. You have clarified a lot of things for us and help...