Dear Friends,
My wife received an email from Damascus as below:
Dear...
This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada. Please send the following documents:
- Take new medical exam. You can visit one of our Designated Medical Doctors to pass medical exam without the need to receive medical form from our office. List of our Designated Medical Doctors is attached
- Clear copy of all pages of your sponsor’s passport. Dates should be translated and converted to Gregorian calendar on a separate sheet.
You must send photocopies of the Arabic originals of all documents. Only send ORIGINAL documents when requested. All documents, in a language other than English or French must be accompanied by original certified translations into English or French, except the passport.
Please note that if you do not comply with this request within 45 days of the date of this letter, your application for permanent residence in Canada will be assessed on the basis of the information already before the officer. Failure to provide the requested documents could result in the refusal of your application.
Please note: It is your responsibility to ensure that the information you provide our office is accurate and up-to-date. Please inform us immediately if there are any changes to the information or documents you have submitted. If there is a change in your legal status or that of any family member (marriage, birth, death, divorce, etc.) you must notify us before visas are printed.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS AND PASSPORTS:
All correspondence/documents must be sent directly to the Canadian Embassy in Damascus at the address indicated above. DO NOT send or submit any documents to our offices in Amman, Beirut or Tehran. Any correspondence you send to these offices will be returned to you.
Please note, if you are successful and a visa is issued you will be requested to send your ORIGINAL PASSPORT directly to the Canadian Embassy in Damascus via commercial courier. Passports cannot be submitted to our offices in Amman, Beirut, or Tehran. DO NOT send your original passports until you are requested to do so. At that time you will be provide with additional information on procedures.
Your file is being processed in Damascus. No representations, faxes, telephone calls or correspondence can or will be answered by these Embassies; all inquires must be sent directly to the visa office in Damascus.
Please quote your file number, as well as your telephone & fax numbers on all correspondence and on every document you send to us.