ameenah12 said:
Hi everyone,
I'm new to this forum in hopes that someone can help me with the steps of completing the sponsorship applications. I'm currently living in Cairo with my husband and will be living here when we apply.
I've never done this before and I really don't know where to start... What is the first step we need to do? Any advice would be grateful.
Thanks
-Ameenah
welcome ameenah to cairo forum
first of all i will assume that you get married in ministry of justice in LAZOUGHLY so steps u need to do is
1- translate ur marriage certificate in Darr el kadaa (in ramsis street) then get it legalized from egyptian ministry of forriegn affairs (ahmed orabi street) then get it legalized from canadian embassy in cairo
2-download the applications forms fill them out .. and follow all instructions in the GUIDE u download
heres link http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp
3- collect all documents u think it proves ur relationship is genuin such as:
wedding photos -photos with family-letters bewteen u and ur hubby-e mails- cards-chat screen print out- letter of support from both families-if u living in rentd flate ,, get contract mention both of ur names-ur passport papers showing ur visias to egypt - phone bilss showing ur calls to ur hubby -anything any papers even u think it is useless
4-ur hubby should get some documents...
- criminal record ...from police station belong to his area
-family record composition (kaed 3aely) ..from sigel madny (civil registration)
in order to get this family record composition he will need to change the marital statue in his EGYPTIAN ID from single to married
- then get those papers legalized from ministry of foreign affairs then translated by any authorizerd translation office
-after he changes the marital statue in his ID ,,,get it translated as well
-his military service certificate should be translated as well
-his birth certificate he can get it translated from ministry of health in cairo (he will get english copy stamped by egyptian stam already)
all this papers u should attche a copy of the original arabic version and the english copy together
5- theres medical examination for ur husband he should go through and i sugesst he make this step at the end coz it is valid for 12 monthes only .. here is the link for the authorized doctors by canadian embassy http://www.cic.gc.ca/dmp-md/medicalinfo.aspx?CountryID=1940&CountryName=Egypt
6- if he has bank account or car or real estate in egypt ,,he better show a proofe to show hes in good position etc
i went thorugh al this with my wife it was alot headache lolol to get these papers from egypt plus the papers from my wife side
anyway thats what i can remember from what we did ,, i hope this will be useful and helpful ,,really i hlike to make this process easier for u coz i know bad it is ,,,so plz feel free to ask any question and we wil help u from all experince we had
GOOD LUCK AMEENAH