Hi guys, I am new to this forum. My husband is a Canadian citizen and we applied online for my Spousal PR on February 22nd 2023. On March 25th, we received a notification that my birth certificate was missing (our fault). Also my marriage certificate consisted of both of my solemnization and registration dates which is the usual format of wedding certificates in South India. The wording confused them I guess, and they said that they needed just the certificate showing the official registration date not the solemnization certificate. So we sent them the birth certificate. And sent an explanation letter saying that the marriage certificate was in the regular format of certificates for marriages in South India. They consist of both wedding solemnization and registration dates. In addition, we provided a screenshot of our wedding registration information as it shows up on the website.
On June 3rd we received our AOR with the file number as well as the Medical and Biometric requests within a few days. We also received sponsor eligibility approval on June 5th. I completed the Biometrics on the 8th and the medical on the 13th of June. We were glad things were picking up. However on August 9th, we received a request from the Canadian Consulate in Delhi, for more proof of our marriage. So more pictures of our ceremony, required to prove solemnization. Since we are catholic, we only had a church ceremony and we had sent pictures of those already. We checked with our lawyer and she suggested sending an explanation letter mentioning that this was a second marriage for both of us, and we are christian, so we kept our ceremony small with just the ring and garland exchange in the presence of our close family. We also sent pictures of the reception lunch which we had later and extra pics we didnt send the last time, like outings etc. In addition we sent an updated log of our chats. Since he is in Canada and Im in India we don't have a joint account or shared lease. We got an acknowledgement of receipt on August 10th that the Delhi high commission had received our info and its quiet again.
We are really worried that our proof of marriage won't be enough? Is it normal to be asked for proof of marriage twice? Why are the marriage certificate and pictures not enough? Its almost as if they didnt see our wedding pictures. What more proof did they need? Has anyone faced this issue and what did you do? Also, is them asking for more marriage of proof a bad sign? Is it a form of a PFL? They just stated that they needed the photos to continue processing the application.
So just to summarize here is a timeline:
Application date: Feb 22, 2023
Request for more docs: March 25, 2023
Docs sent: March 30th, 2023
AOR: June 3rd, 2023
Biometrics request: June 3rd, 2023
Sponsor eligibility passed and file transferred to our Delhi VO: June 5th, 2023
Medical request: June 6th, 2023
Biometrics completed: June 8th, 2023
Medical completed: June 13th, 2023
E-Medical sent: June 16th, 2023
Request for more relationship proof: August 9th, 2023
Relationship proof sent by Lawyer: August 10th, 2023
Acknowledgement of proof docs received: August 10th, 2023