Extension before sending application?

[Roseyyeong66]

Hello!

I've been in the process of my spousal sponsorship application but we are missing a few documents. I requested an extension last year and currently am allowed to stay from April 24 2024 - April 24 2025. Our documents that we need are arriving past the date that I should send in an extension (march 25). Should I request a 2nd extension and explain in the letter that I am currently working on our spousal application but unfortunately some of the documents will be arriving too late? Should I add documents such as our marriage certificate and a proof of address to prove that we're in the process of it? Anything else I should add maybe? I'm just worried they'll think I'm not actually filling out a spousal sponsorship but I have been since June.

Please let me know, thank you!

 

[armoured]

Hello!

I've been in the process of my spousal sponsorship application but we are missing a few documents. I requested an extension last year and currently am allowed to stay from April 24 2024 - April 24 2025. Our documents that we need are arriving past the date that I should send in an extension (march 25). Should I request a 2nd extension and explain in the letter that I am currently working on our spousal application but unfortunately some of the documents will be arriving too late? Should I add documents such as our marriage certificate and a proof of address to prove that we're in the process of it? Anything else I should add maybe? I'm just worried they'll think I'm not actually filling out a spousal sponsorship but I have been since June.

Please let me know, thank you!

Yes. Use your judgment as to what to include. I'd say don't overdo it. To me the strongest would be stating what doc you need, empahsize it's required, and expected date.

 

[Roseyyeong66]

Yes. Use your judgment as to what to include. I'd say don't overdo it. To me the strongest would be stating what doc you need, empahsize it's required, and expected date.

That sounds good to me! It's government identification for proof of address for my husband, so I think they'll understand. Thank you very much!

 

[armoured]

That sounds good to me! It's government identification for proof of address for my husband, so I think they'll understand. Thank you very much!

Actually I'd question whether that is critical to applying at this stage at all - but it does depend on what other proof you have and type of app, etc.

Or put differently: the perfect can be the enemy of the good. If you've been working on it since June, may it just be time to submit?

 

[scylla]

Hello!

I've been in the process of my spousal sponsorship application but we are missing a few documents. I requested an extension last year and currently am allowed to stay from April 24 2024 - April 24 2025. Our documents that we need are arriving past the date that I should send in an extension (march 25). Should I request a 2nd extension and explain in the letter that I am currently working on our spousal application but unfortunately some of the documents will be arriving too late? Should I add documents such as our marriage certificate and a proof of address to prove that we're in the process of it? Anything else I should add maybe? I'm just worried they'll think I'm not actually filling out a spousal sponsorship but I have been since June.

Please let me know, thank you!

You've really dragged your heels on the PR application which isn't great optically. Is it possible to pay the PR application fees now to show some sort of evidence that you are in fact serious about submitting the application? That sort of proof would be good.

 

[armoured]

That sounds good to me! It's government identification for proof of address for my husband, so I think they'll understand. Thank you very much!

A serious question: why do you think this piece of government ID is critical?

 

[Roseyyeong66]

You've really dragged your heels on the PR application which isn't great optically. Is it possible to pay the PR application fees now to show some sort of evidence that you are in fact serious about submitting the application? That sort of proof would be good.

A serious question: why do you think this piece of government ID is critical?

The underlined sentences are for paraphrasing.

Hello! The piece of ID is critical since I'm just following the document checklist for IMM5533e which states that in "supporting documents for sponsored person - question 7" I need two documents of either:

- proof of joint ownership of property (we don't own property)
- rental agreement together (I have submitted already)
- vehicle insurance with both our names (not usable as the car we use is his mother's, it has been in the auto-shop for 3 months, and I am not on the insurance yet since I have just gotten my G1 last month),
- copies of government issued documents showing same address (this is what we are currently waiting on, but like I said it would only allow him to schedule a G test for march 25 (he applied for it feb 20), plus my official G1 license still hasn't arrived after 2 weeks)
- other documents showing proof of address (none would be applicable in this case, would take longer, etc.)

I've been working on everything as fast as I can, it's simply waiting on government, family, and banks which have been difficult thus far. We attempted to apply for a joint credit card in January and the service was extremely alarming to us so we cancelled the process and have been contacting other banks since. And as I said before, the vehicle we use has been in the shop for 3 months now, still in it currently, so we are sadly not able to do these processes as fast as we like to. If you believe paying the PR application fee will help my sponsorship I'll do it, but on their website they warn not to do it until you submit it with everything. I plan to submit my sponsorship the day he receives his full G with the updated address, hopefully that same day but we'll see. I plan to only ask for a 3 month extension if that makes any difference.

Apologies for the late reply, I have email notifications turned off.

 

[Roseyyeong66]

Apologies, I just checked the permanent residence portal and we started application July 15, we received our certificate in June so I thought that is when we started.

 

[Roseyyeong66]

I have sent the extension with our marriage certificate, rental lease, my G1 paper license, and my visitor record. I'll update on what happens, thank you again for the suggestions!

 

[armoured]

Hello! The piece of ID is critical since I'm just following the document checklist for IMM5533e which states that in "supporting documents for sponsored person - question 7" I need two documents of either:
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- copies of government issued documents showing same address (this is what we are currently waiting on, but like I said it would only allow him to schedule a G test for march 25 (he applied for it feb 20), plus my official G1 license still hasn't arrived after 2 weeks)
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I plan to submit my sponsorship the day he receives his full G with the updated address, hopefully that same day but we'll see. I plan to only ask for a 3 month extension if that makes any difference.

I think you are being silly - submit the current ID (license?) with the current address and a copy of the thing you submit for change of address. This has nothing to do with your vehicle being in the shop.

You're overthinking or dithering or both. Get your spousal app in.

 

[armoured]

- other documents showing proof of address (none would be applicable in this case, would take longer, etc.)

I plan to submit my sponsorship the day he receives his full G with the updated address, hopefully that same day but we'll see.

As a side note because I checked the form (as I thought something sounded off from my recollection): you left out the option after this, which is "I am unable to provide" ... and provide a letter of explanation. You had an option available to you and didn't look at it. (As it is, providing current with change of address and short explanation would likely have been perfectly acceptable anyway). You would not have had the package returned if you'd chosen that option and submitted whatever explanation (that license wasn't finalized or whatever, not that IRCC cares whether it's a G1 or G2 or full license anyway). The instructions are already telling you that checking two of these is not critical, because they provide an out.*

Yes, we are telling you that in this case, submitting earlier is in your interests and those of your spouse. I understand you submitted the extension request, but still: you are making the perfect the enemy of the good.

Time to fish or cut bait: read through and check your app one last time, and submit.

*In practice it's even less important than that if you choose the family-class-while-in-Canada class and I suspect you've chosen the so-called inland, the spouse-or-common-law-parter in Canada class. But still not critical and I don't want to complicate things further at this stage (I think it would mean just changing that one checkbox but not certain).

 

[Roseyyeong66]

As a side note because I checked the form (as I thought something sounded off from my recollection): you left out the option after this, which is "I am unable to provide" ... and provide a letter of explanation. You had an option available to you and didn't look at it. (As it is, providing current with change of address and short explanation would likely have been perfectly acceptable anyway). You would not have had the package returned if you'd chosen that option and submitted whatever explanation (that license wasn't finalized or whatever, not that IRCC cares whether it's a G1 or G2 or full license anyway). The instructions are already telling you that checking two of these is not critical, because they provide an out.*

Yes, we are telling you that in this case, submitting earlier is in your interests and those of your spouse. I understand you submitted the extension request, but still: you are making the perfect the enemy of the good.

Time to fish or cut bait: read through and check your app one last time, and submit.

*In practice it's even less important than that if you choose the family-class-while-in-Canada class and I suspect you've chosen the so-called inland, the spouse-or-common-law-parter in Canada class. But still not critical and I don't want to complicate things further at this stage (I think it would mean just changing that one checkbox but not certain).

So since I've already sent the extension request yesterday, should I just send in my application without that last piece of ID and just send a letter of explanation instead? Should I include in the letter that I sent an extension shortly prior because I wanted it to be a finished spousal sponsorship? I thought there would be bigger consequences for not having everything on the checklist, I am pretty uptight with following rules and stuff so I deeply apologize for it seeming like I'm "dragging it on", I just truly wanted it to be a finished application when sent in. I also was reading elsewhere that it would be better to send an extension shortly beforehand rather than a unfinished application, but those were on different forums than this one. I still feel as though sending an unfinished one sends a worse impression, but please correct me if I'm wrong, I just am worried about sending a bad impression.

I'm not aware of if I can send additional documents after submitting, if I can then I'll definitely submit it this Tuesday/Wednesday in that case. Again, apologies for the confusion and whatnot on my end.

 

[scylla]

So since I've already sent the extension request yesterday, should I just send in my application without that last piece of ID and just send a letter of explanation instead? Should I include in the letter that I sent an extension shortly prior because I wanted it to be a finished spousal sponsorship? I thought there would be bigger consequences for not having everything on the checklist, I am pretty uptight with following rules and stuff so I deeply apologize for it seeming like I'm "dragging it on", I just truly wanted it to be a finished application when sent in. I also was reading elsewhere that it would be better to send an extension shortly beforehand rather than a unfinished application, but those were on different forums than this one. I still feel as though sending an unfinished one sends a worse impression, but please correct me if I'm wrong, I just am worried about sending a bad impression.

I'm not aware of if I can send additional documents after submitting, if I can then I'll definitely submit it this Tuesday/Wednesday in that case. Again, apologies for the confusion and whatnot on my end.

You want to send a complete application. The feedback we are giving you here is that it has taken you a very long time to pull this application together since getting married and that it sounds like the additional stuff you are waiting for really isn't material to your sponsorship application.

I'm not sure if there's a way to add documents to the extensive application once submitted. I suppose you can try via web form.

 

[armoured]

So since I've already sent the extension request yesterday, should I just send in my application without that last piece of ID and just send a letter of explanation instead? Should I include in the letter that I sent an extension shortly prior because I wanted it to be a finished spousal sponsorship? I thought there would be bigger consequences for not having everything on the checklist, I am pretty uptight with following rules and stuff so I deeply apologize for it seeming like I'm "dragging it on", I just truly wanted it to be a finished application when sent in. I also was reading elsewhere that it would be better to send an extension shortly beforehand rather than a unfinished application, but those were on different forums than this one. I still feel as though sending an unfinished one sends a worse impression, but please correct me if I'm wrong, I just am worried about sending a bad impression.

I'm not aware of if I can send additional documents after submitting, if I can then I'll definitely submit it this Tuesday/Wednesday in that case. Again, apologies for the confusion and whatnot on my end.

I don't know about the extension, but what's done is done. (My belief is that extensions are routinely granted when an application has been submitted - and when not, they will eventually refuse. Whether you can submit info on that afterwards, I don't know).

For your application: I've already suggested what I think. I believe that the existing license/ID with (I assume) not up-to-date address along with evidence that you've submitted change of address means that you have that piece of ID with the correct address. (Include if you like a short letter of explanation that you haven't received the updated one with change of address yet, although that's pretty obvious). Change of address for a driver's license is routine and it's obvious it takes several weeks.

The whole story about your car and taking the next level license test is a red herring.

If you still feel that something is 'missing' in that particular section, see the box on the app that says "provide a detailed explanation if you don't have all mentioned above." Doing so does not mean an incomplete application. They've provided a means to explain why you don't have all the ID. Not ideal, but they get it.

Again, this would not be necessary if you'd just done it before, but you are where you are, and the priority now should be to submit - forthwith.

I can't comment on the rest of your app. This is the thing you identified as 'missing', and it's not, really. Check the rest of your app carefully of course.