Hey all,
we received this apparently generic (as other recent HK applicants have all gotten the exact same) document request email:
"This message is in reference to your application for permanent residence in Canada as a member of the family class. Your file has now been transferred to the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong for further processing.
This letter is comprised of two parts: the first part is a request for documentation that requires your immediate action. The second part contains general information which you should carefully review.
PART ONE – DOCUMENT REQUEST
In order to prepare your application for further processing, the following documentation must be received by our office within 30 days from the date of this letter:
For the principal applicant and all dependents, whether accompanying you to Canada or not:
If not yet submitted: Copy of Hukou (household register) if you reside in the People’s Republic of China or Taiwan, accompanied by a notarized translation into either English or French. Translation must be part of the notarized booklet.
If not yet submitted: Copy of the bio-data page of your valid passport. DO NOT submit your original passport at this time.
If not yet submitted: Two (2) recent photos respecting precise specifications that can be found at: www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/pdf/5445EB-e.pdf
For the principal applicant and all dependents 18 and over, whether accompanying you to Canada or not:
Updated Schedule A Background/Declaration form (IMM 5669): You must declare your personal history and addresses from the age of 18 (not only the past 10 years).
Updated Additional Family Information form (IMM 5406)
If not yet submitted: Original police certificates from each country in which you have spent 6 consecutive months or more since the age of 18. For instructions on how to obtain police certificates for specific countries, click here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp. If you are unable to submit police certificate(s) within the 30 day deadline, submit proof of having applied for the certificate with your package.
For the principal applicant:
If not yet paid and not exempt: Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF). To avoid processing delays, we strongly encourage you to pay your fees online and to submit a copy of your receipt to our office. To pay your fees online, click here: https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/epay/welcome.do.
For all dependent children, whether accompanying or not:
If not yet submitted: Copy of the original hospital birth certificate. For children born in the People’s Republic of China: You must submit a scanned notarized copy of the original Medical Certificate of Birth issued by the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China (If this is not available, you must submit an explanation as to why this document cannot be submitted).
For all dependent* children 19 and over:
Evidence that (s)he has been continuously enrolled in and attending a post-secondary institution that is accredited by the relevant government authority, and that (s)he is actively pursuing a course of academic, professional or vocational training on a full-time basis. Documentation must include transcripts.
OR
Evidence that (s)he is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition.
*Note: To review the definition of a dependent child, please visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2014-06-23.asp
Please submit all the requested documents with a copy of this letter in a single package. If there are any documents you are unable to submit in your package, please include a detailed explanation.
All documents must be in either English or French. Any documents not in English or French must be accompanied by a certified translation.
The above documents must be received in our office within 30 days from the date of this letter. If you fail to comply with this requirement, a decision concerning your application will be made based upon the information already submitted with this application. This may result in the refusal of your application.
Documents should be submitted by mail or courier to:
Immigration Section
Consulate General of Canada
8/F, Berkshire House, 25 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay
Hong Kong
As you can see I highlighted the "if not yet..." and assume that is taken care of with the initial application.
And in regards to IMM5669, I can only assume that Hong Kong requires Mainland Chinese to disclose their near entire life history. And there is no problem there.
What does confuse me, however is the request for an "Updated Additional Family Information form (IMM5406)" as What was completed was exactly as asked, and the available form was dated 2013-09, the same as what we submitted.
The was also a generic request in the comments of other other HK visa applicants who had received the same letter.
What we will do is update the the IMM5669 to reflect her history even further, and simply resend the IMM5406 that we sent originally.
I assume it's the best course of action to send what I suppose is needed and asked for, and perhaps even too much is better than not enough.
So I'm just putting this out there as a reference for others working through the HK visa office.
