Hello guys,
I have recently ordered notes to find out how far my husband's sponsorship process has gotten. I filled out the form and paid the $5 fee. Now I received an e-mail from ATIP-AIPR with the following message:
Dear XXXX XXXX,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request submitted pursuant to the Access to Information Act received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada on November 9, 2015 for the following records:
the electronic permanent residence file concerning XXXX, XXXXXX.
We regret to inform you that we are unable to process your request for the following reason:
The consent of XXXXX, XXXXX is required to process your request and allow us to release his information to you. To be valid, a consent must be signed, recently dated, contain the printed name of the person giving consent and indentifies you as the designated individual. Please ensure that the consent form is signed by all applicable parties and has the signature date and date of birth.
You can find the new ATIP consent form at the following link:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/atip/form-imm5744.asp
Note that we will put your request on hold until we receive the requested information from you. If we have not received your reply by December 17, 2015, we will consider the request abandoned and close our file accordingly.
Please submit the requested information to our office by either replying to this email or by mail at the following address:
Access to Information and Privacy Division
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 1L1
You are entitled to submit a complaint to the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada (OIC) regarding the processing of your request within 60 days of the issuance of this letter. For additional information on how to submit a complaint, visit the OIC website at www.oic-ci.gc.ca
Can someone clarify, please. Do we just need to fill out the consent form and send it to the given address? If we do not want the notes and disregard the e-mail will that affect our sponsorship case in any shape or form? It says at the bottom of the e-mail that if they do not receive the form by the given date, they will close the file accordingly. Does that mean they will close the request of notes or the whole sponsorship case?
Please help
Thank you