Family Class Sponsorship - Filling in payment receipt

[mad_dr]

Hi there,

Long time lurker, first time poster and all that. I've used the search function but am still unable to find an exact hit for what I'm after - hopefully someone on here can help me briefly.

Here's the situation: I'm a Brit (since birth), living in England with my Canadian wife (who moved to England in 2005 on an ancestry visa but who is still 100% Canadian).
We're about to submit our application for her to sponsor me into Canada so that we can move there permanently.
I paid the sponsorship fees and my application fee (total $550CAD) using my credit card.

From what I gather, the receipt form needs to be completed with a name and address to tie it to our application. However most people seem to suggest one of two conflicting things:
1. The credit card holder should complete the form for 'security purposes' or
2. The sponsor should complete the form

Could someone clarify for me whether (given our situation above) my details (credit card holder) or my wife's details (sponsor) should be put on the form?

Many thanks!
Andy

P.S. Have read the note on the CIC site about how the Permanent Residency fee will be taken later, I notice that this sentence is immediately followed by something along the lines of "we suggest paying the permanent residency fee at the start of the application process to speed things up... Question: Should I make a second payment of $490CAD and print a second receipt (and fill it in) to cover this, or should I just forget the PR fee until the application is approved? Thanks!

 

[MadeInCanada]

I believe the details you are supposed to put are those of the person that is on the credit card. It says payer information on the receipt.

Also, pay the second fee before sending your application. It could cause delay in your application since they would have to send you a request for that portion, and then wait for you to send then confirmation(receipt) of the payment, and so on....


Take Care
MadeInCanada

 

[MadeInCanada]

Just to make sure, you would then include BOTH receipts in your application package.

 

[mad_dr]

Many thanks for the advice. I have now paid the $490CAD for the Permanent Residency fee. I'll print off this second receipt, put my details (Credit Card holder and immigrant/applicant) on them and submit them with the application. I'll pop a post-it note on each of them to specify that one of them ($550) is for the sponsorship application fee plus the principle applicant's immigration fee and the other is for the principle applicant's permanent residency fee.

I hope this sounds right!

Thanks again,
Andy

P.S. Is it just me or could the whole process, website and documentation do with a bit of a re-write to make it a little more intuitive to complete? Oh, I forgot - we're dealing with a government entity here!

 

[vctbs1107]

Just to make sure, you would then include BOTH receipts in your application package.

What do you mean by both?

 

[cempjwi]

What do you mean by both?

For some reason they paid the fees separately instead of together so that's why they have two receipts.