Dear experts,
I am in need of help as I have all the documents ready to go and just a few things are missing. This will be a wall of text with a few questions and I would really appreciate some help:
1 - Will FSW 2014 be open until January 2015 or April 2015? April 2015
2 - I just realized that the place I took the photos at did a poor job cutting them and some are like 3.5 / 4.7 (should be 4.5) and I already wrote behind them. SHould that be a problem? If you can go back and demand re-cutting, you might as well, otherwise don't worry about it, it's not a problem.
3 - I can't find the envelope they request anywhere in my state. Can I put the documents in a different envelope? As close to 23 x 30.5 that I can get. I think I saw one that was 24 x 35. Just use your courier's standard envelope.
4 - The bank provided bank certificates with the currency of my country. Nowhere does it say canadian dollars. I did, however, inform how much it was in the economic classes form IMM0008. Should I have done any different? It's fine, but you can consider providing information on how you converted (including a printout).
5 - This is the cover letter I intend to send along with the application. Could anyone take a look and tell me if it's ok?
"2014-10-05
To
The Reviewing Officer,
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Centralized Intake Office (CIO)
Sydney, NS, Canada
Application for Permanent Residence –Federal Skilled Worker Class (NOC: 0113)
Respected Officer,
We have enclosed the document check list (IMM 5612) along with application and supporting documents in connection with Federal Skilled Worker Program.
We have submitted photocopies of supporting documents and originals where required.
Please consider our application for processing.
We would like to make some remarks regarding some aspects of our application in order to clarify some PECULIARITIES of it.
1 – We have enclosed the police clearance certificates, but, in our country, they are only valid for 3 months. Since it takes a couple of months for CIO to process the applications, we don't know if it will be valid when you do so. We can always request new certificates at any time though;
2 – In the form IMM 0008 you will notice that we wrote the name of the occupation using a pen. The reason for that is because it wouldn't fit in the provided box as well as because we were uncertain whether we should write the name of the occupation as it appears in the NOC list or the name of my occupation itself. You will see, however, that we are only applying for NOC 0113 and that my main duties match as per stated in the form and in the reference letter;
3 – You will also notice from the reference letter analysis that my duties are very BROAD and that I manage both the purchasing and the property area. Even though the group's company is present in countries all over Europe, it is relatively new in Brazil so one person usually takes care of more than one area;
4 – In the form IMM 5669 I mentioned a job I had from 2011-12 to 2012-04. It is a very small company and everyone I knew in there has already left therefore I was not able to obtain a reference letter from it as no one felt comfortable to make one. Even though I am not claiming any points for this specific job experience I did provide the proof I could gather which is the sheet of the government's labor contract document that mentions it. Reference letters were provided for every other job experience.
5 – In the generic application form (IMM 0008) where I was asked to provide the highest level of education the option chosen was Master's Degree. I was uncertain which to choose since my ICAS assessment report mentions “Post-Bachelor's Diploma” as a comparable level for my MBA course and that option was not available in the list in IMM 0008.
Funds shown on bank statements are in REAIS and if converted to Canadian Dollars (CAD) should be quite a bit more than the minimum settlement funds required. Recent paystubs and reference letter were attached for supporting current employment.
We request that you approve the enclosed application. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Daniel Gonçalves Coutinho"
Thanks a lot for the help
