App for PR inside or outside Canada?

[mattb123]

I'm not sure about the details of cancelling your current app, so I would call CIC and inquire.

Then again sounion your experience makes me think that perhaps there is a chance wait times will drop and I'll get PR Inland relatively quickly...

 

[sounion]

Then again sounion your experience makes me think that perhaps there is a chance wait times will drop and I'll get PR Inland relatively quickly...

It could happen, you never know. Just about weighing the pros and cons of each. My timeline took 11 months, but I got my 1st stage approval, work permit, and 2nd stage approval together, so although I chose inland for the benefit of being able to work after 1st stage approval, it ended up not mattering. It also meant I couldn't leave Canada for a year. So you can go Inland with the hope of working relatively soon is the 1st stage wait times go down, but you won't be able to leave Canada. If you go Outland, you know the timeline is listed as taking less time, but you can't work legally in Canada - however you can go in and out of Canada on a visitor's visa.

I have a question about submitting photos. How many do they need?

We have 2 of us, together, during Easter 2013 and 3 of us, together, during August 2013.

We have tons of photos taken during excursions while there, and of his home, but not with us in them.

So if you are just trying to provide proof that your relationship is genuine, use any and all photos you think get that across. Some people have amassed quite a few. I would add all the ones you mention above that you are both in. To help if you have few pictures, add tons of other evidence, such as: shared bank account (use a bank slip with both names), emails, texts, poems you've written to each other (if that's something you do), receipts of tickets to see each other, your phone bill showing you called each other a ton... Basically anything you can think of that would help prove you are in a genuine loving relationship, put it in there. I think we sent something like 30 photos plus other supporting documents, and that was enough in our case (of course we also had a child so that kind of seals the deal ).

With the photos, I also wrote on the back of them with the approx. date and a short description of what was going on. I tried to link them to the times we talked about in our application (when they ask about trips or outings together). I was a bit cheeky and added things like that my wife looked beautiful in the photo or that this particular trip was where we fell in love, etc.

 

[Benni]

Thanks bunches! I do have chat screens saved, Skype screens, all letters and, yes, poems I've written to him. He has his phone bills. Also have tons of emails. I guess all of that will be enough.

 

[sounion]

Thanks bunches! I do have chat screens saved, Skype screens, all letters and, yes, poems I've written to him. He has his phone bills. Also have tons of emails. I guess all of that will be enough.

Those will do nicely! Will make their job easy and you won't have to worry about being interviewed to prove you love each other. Awesome.

 

[Benni]

you won't have to worry about being interviewed to prove you love each other. Awesome.

Woo-hoo!!!

 

[Benni]

I've been going through the Document Checklist and there a couple that don't apply to us - Dependent Children is one.

Do we still have to include those docs and write N/A on them or can we omit those docs?

 

[sounion]

Omit

 

[Benni]

Thanks!

 

[Benni]

Well crap! Just read this:

Newfoundland also requires applicants who have been divorced outside of Newfoundland to have a statement from a Newfoundland attorney that confirms they are eligible to get married in the province.

I have the divorce decree from my first marriage and the death certificate of my 2nd husband. Won't that be enough?

And this:

Newfoundland and Labrador have a two stage waiting process. You will need to wait four days between applying for your license and getting your license, and then wait an additional four day between getting your license and getting married.

We thought it was just the 4 days.

 

[sounion]

Well crap! Just read this:

Newfoundland also requires applicants who have been divorced outside of Newfoundland to have a statement from a Newfoundland attorney that confirms they are eligible to get married in the province.

I have the divorce decree from my first marriage and the death certificate of my 2nd husband. Won't that be enough?

And this:

Newfoundland and Labrador have a two stage waiting process. You will need to wait four days between applying for your license and getting your license, and then wait an additional four day between getting your license and getting married.

We thought it was just the 4 days.

I imagine the decree and death certificate would suffice, yes. Just have to find a lawyer who will write something up to say you can legally marry in the province. You could also look at other provincial requirements to get married and just wed in another province.

Sucks about the 4 day thing, but at least it's only an additional 4 days, not 4 months or something.

 

[Benni]

*sigh* another fee to pay then (lawyer). Extra 4 day thing is no big deal, just wanted to be sure. Thanks!!! ;D

 

[sounion]

good luck Benni

 

[Benni]

From the office of Vital Statistics in NL:

If your marital status is widow then we do not require anything.

As for the waiting process there is a 4 day waiting period from the day you apply for your licence and the day you get married. There is no waiting period for obtaining your licence, those are issued the same day.

Woo-hoo!!!

 

[MilesAway]

Ontario has something similar. If you were divorced outside Canada, you need to get a letter from an attorney stating why your divorce should be considered as valid. Then you submit all that to the registry office, wait about a month, they send you back a "permission" to marry again, which you need to take with you when you apply for the license.

So it seems that Newfoundland isn't all that bad.

 

[Benni]

I've been going through the Document Checklist and there a couple that don't apply to us - Dependent Children is one.

Do we still have to include those docs and write N/A on them or can we omit those docs?

From my Guideline list:

Complete all sections. If a section does not apply to you, write “Not Applicable” or “NA”. If information or documents are missing, your entire application will be returned to you. You will need to re-submit your application with the missing information or documents.