Email Requesting Documents - Proof Sponsor living in Canada

[MJEG]

We received the following email:

This is in reference to your application for a permanent resident visa, which is in progress at our office.

Your mailing address according to our records is indicated above. Please review it and advise us of any errors.

Has your family composition changed since our last correspondence?
• Have you married or divorced?
• Have you given birth or adopted a child?
• Do you intend to get married or divorced prior to becoming a permanent resident?
• Do you intend to give birth or adopt a child prior to becoming a permanent resident?

If any of these conditions apply, you must inform Case Processing Center – Ottawa (CPC-O) immediately:

CPC-CTD-Ottawa @ cic.gc.ca

You will be asked to submit evidence such as a copy of the marriage, divorce, birth or adoption certificate or a letter advising when and where the marriage, divorce, birth or adoption is expected to take place. Any new spouse and/or children must be added to your application and be found admissible to Canada before your case is finalized.


Proof of Residence/Intent to Reside

We wish to ask you at this time to provide additional proof that your sponsor resides in Canada. This includes but is not limited to: pay stubs, T4 slips, utility bills, banking history, employment letters, lease agreements, etc. Driver's licences, Property tax assessments, Social Insurance or Health Insurance cards are not sufficient.

If your sponsor does not currently reside in Canada, please provide proof that he/she intends to reside in Canada. This includes but is not limited to employment letters, lease agreements, copies of correspondence with: potential employers, real estate companies, property rental agencies, health care agencies, insurance agencies, financial institutions, etc. Please provide as many indicators as possible as any single one of these may not be enough on its own to prove intent of residency. Driver’s licences, property tax assessments, social insurance or health insurance cards are not sufficient to show intent to return


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It is my understanding that this is a standard email as most of it does not apply. However it does say that no-matter what we have already sent we need to send documents to verify the sponsor is still living in Canada. The email is not specific as to how to do this? The fee section says to send an email, the police check section says to send an original. There is nothing in the proof of residence section.

Has anyone else received this email?
Has anyone submitted PDF documents in response to this email? After having done so did the application continue to process as normal? or were original documents needed?

Does anyone know the timeline once this email has been received if in fact it is an email they send to everyone near the end of the process to confirm the sponsor is still living in Canada?

Thanks

 

[Panamai]

They definitely prefer you send the documents in pdf form via email. When I sent mine, I just replied to their email. I have no idea what the timeline is after receiving the email. I got this email on Aug 19th or so and I am still "in process." I did get another request around 2 weeks ago for the police certificate (which I had already sent), but no other news. I think this whole thing is new, so no one really knows what's going on, unfortunately. It's already been about 8 months since my application was received.

 

[Mapleson]

I always prefer the belt-and-suspenders approach. An email with PDFs followed by snail mail with the original hard copies. That way they have them ASAP, but also they have them for sure if there is a digital hiccup (which has been known to happen).