How I organized our applcation and a summary of all helpful tips I have learned

[pelipeli]

Very Informative, this should be stickied for future references ;D

That would make my day ;D

 

[trizienne]

Nice compilation!

BTW what we did for emails was just a screenshot of the sent and received emails
showing the dates of course. We felt we didn't really need to show our
personal conversations. Also for Skype calls, we also gave screen shots of some
conversations like one for each month.

We also didn't include translations for anything, since we provided
a summary for every document that we included.

Also for payments done on-line, we found out that people
usually had problems when they input even a minimal inconsistent detail
for their credit card information for example, using the word "street" for
your address whereas your credit card company's record shows "st." on file.

We also did like a relationship summary where we re-told our story
and give references to the proof of relationships folder that we had
like "(please see page --)" so the Visa Officer can relate to our files easily.

All the stuffs that we submitted for our proof of relationship were later returned
when I got my Visa package.

 

[pelipeli]

Nice compilation!

BTW what we did for emails was just a screenshot of the sent and received emails
showing the dates of course. We felt we didn't really need to show our
personal conversations. Also for Skype calls, we also gave screen shots of some
conversations like one for each month.

We also didn't include translations for anything, since we provided
a summary for every document that we included.

Also for payments done on-line, we found out that people
usually had problems when they input even a minimal inconsistent detail
for their credit card information for example, using the word "street" for
your address whereas your credit card company's record shows "st." on file.

We also did like a relationship summary where we re-told our story
and give references to the proof of relationships folder that we had
like "(please see page --)" so the Visa Officer can relate to our files easily.

All the stuffs that we submitted for our proof of relationship were later returned
when I got my Visa package.

Thank you trizienne
I felt we had to show emails coz we didnt have much, since we werent on long distance relationship,i must say we dnt have enough in communication proof since we saw each other almost evryday of our rel'p.

Now that im going back to canada in two weeks and will be separated for months (for the first time ), i also provided an explanation that we will now have more communication proof (chat logs, emails) and we will be sending them after a few months (probably once the file will be transferred to CEM)

i agree with the online payment, ive read that too, but i didnt wana risk it and undergo hassle of waiting for refund and all that and since i have time to "kill" before i go back to canada, i can order the receipt form online and it will be waiting for me when i arrive, i can head to the bank the next day and i can send the app off right away

Wow lucky for you, they returned all your rel'p proof! Ive read that some ppl dont get back theirs so being a very sentimental person, i didnt wanna lose our rel'p stuff

I remmber you were one of the people who have answered some of my questions a few months back in the Manila thread and from ur posts i have gathered many tips too. So thank you happy new year! Hope u r enjoying Canada so far, seeing you have just landed in November

 

[trizienne]

Yup they returned everything.
I also just sent them scans

We weren't on a long distance relationship for so long as well.
But we have tons of photos to show proof that we have been
together since 2007 and a whole bunch of wedding photos in 2010.

And yeap, I think Canada has been spoiling me a bit.
They say the weather in Winnipeg right now is pretty decent
compared last year. Plus I got a job in my field as well.

Good luck on your application!
Don't worry too much. Just make sure you
complete all the legal documents and I'm sure
your app will do great.

Positive vibes for 2012~

Thank you trizienne
I felt we had to show emails coz we didnt have much, since we werent on long distance relationship,i must say we dnt have enough in communication proof since we saw each other almost evryday of our rel'p.

Now that im going back to canada in two weeks and will be separated for months (for the first time ), i also provided an explanation that we will now have more communication proof (chat logs, emails) and we will be sending them after a few months (probably once the file will be transferred to CEM)

i agree with the online payment, ive read that too, but i didnt wana risk it and undergo hassle of waiting for refund and all that and since i have time to "kill" before i go back to canada, i can order the receipt form online and it will be waiting for me when i arrive, i can head to the bank the next day and i can send the app off right away

Wow lucky for you, they returned all your rel'p proof! Ive read that some ppl dont get back theirs so being a very sentimental person, i didnt wanna lose our rel'p stuff

I remmber you were one of the people who have answered some of my questions a few months back in the Manila thread and from ur posts i have gathered many tips too. So thank you happy new year! Hope u r enjoying Canada so far, seeing you have just landed in November

 

[pelipeli]

Yup they returned everything.
I also just sent them scans

We weren't on a long distance relationship for so long as well.
But we have tons of photos to show proof that we have been
together since 2007 and a whole bunch of wedding photos in 2010.

And yeap, I think Canada has been spoiling me a bit.
They say the weather in Winnipeg right now is pretty decent
compared last year. Plus I got a job in my field as well.

Good luck to your application!
Don't worry too much. Just make sure you
complete all the legal documents and I'm sure
your app will do great.

Positive vibes for 2012~

Thank you so much! We need all the luck and all the good vibes, i love how fast ur timeline is.. Would love to be as fast as urs and thats really great that u got a job already, i hope i also can land soon after i arrive. I need to start saving up for hubby's (together with our dog's) arrival

 

[trizienne]

Thank you so much! We need all the luck and all the good vibes, i love how fast ur timeline is.. Would love to be as fast as urs and thats really great that u got a job already, i hope i also can land soon after i arrive. I need to start saving up for hubby's (together with our dog's) arrival

Yay!!! You're a Chow owner too? XD

 

[pelipeli]

Yay!!! You're a Chow owner too? XD

Yup! U just saw my baby's photo right? hehehe, u have one too?

 

[trizienne]

Yup! U just saw my baby's photo right? hehehe, u have one too?

Yes!!! But I had to leave them back home
We have a female red and male cream.
Our babies when we weren't married yet.

 

[trizienne]

Here they are when they were just 3 months old.

 

[pelipeli]

Awwwww theyre so cute!! I was thinking of getting a cream one in canada. We will bring our baby with us, he has been our baby even before we got married too, and no 1 will take care of him here so he will be living the canadian dream with us !

 

[trizienne]

Awwwww so cute!! I was thinking of getting a cream one in canada. We will bring our baby with us, he has been our baby even before we got married too, and no 1 will take care of him here so he will be living the canadian dream with us !

Can you share the process on how to take them here?

 

[pelipeli]

Can you share the process on how to take them here?

I would love to. This will be an additional "tip" for other pet owners who wanna bring their pets with them as well =)

We have two options:

1. do the relocation by ourselves
2. use the service of a pet relocation company

Under 1.) Doing the relocation ourselves, you just need to the following:

a. purchase an IATA approved crate for your pet. You may check websites of different airlines as to what their specifications are. Ours look like this:

(and now you probably can see in the photo that my user name pelipeli is actually our dog's name) lol

note: we did all the required stickers on the crate by oursleves (Live Animals, This side up, Handle with care, etc)

b. Get their vaccinations updated (especially rabies)
c. Have your vet make a rabies vaccination certificate and a health certificate that your pet is healthy enough to travel
d. You may check this website for Canada regulations on importing pets. Canada has no quarantine period so its good =)

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/imp/petani/canine.shtml

e. Choose what airline you want to use (research on what airline is the most pet friendly. i'll share which airline on a private message ill send to you )
f. Call ahead to "reserve" , some airlines may only take several pets on board.


Under 2.) use the service of a pet relocation company


We will go with this option. It gives me a mini heart attack on the cost, and you will still need to do (a) to (c) under option 1, but I think it will be safer and more sure if we have professionals doing it because they have the experience on relocating pets for years. They will do everything from getting in touch with you to know your pet's specifics and requirements, get in touch with your vet to handle and prepare the paperwork, choose the best airline, book the flight, pick up your pet, monitor the pet throughout the flight, take care of your pet on layovers during the travel, handle clearing your pet through customs/immigration then deliver your pet to you at your home in Canada. What's great with this is you can get your pets even if you are not accompanying them on the flight, like on your case that you have landed already. Just make sure you have someone back here in the Phils. who can prepare them (purchase the crate, get them updated vaccinations, get the paperwork and turn them over to the handlers on the flight day)

I will send u a private message to give you the website of the relocation company we have contracted with =)


It also helps to do research on tips on bringing your dog with you on an airplane, we have learned many great tips that would make the process easier.

hope this helped out

 

[shamsia]

Awesome tips!! This should be extremely helpful for people doing their applications now. Good work!!

 

[pelipeli]

Awesome tips!! This should be extremely helpful for people doing their applications now. Good work!!

thank you shamsia added tips for bringing pets too, reminds me of the times when we both were talking about our pets

 

[missmini]

amazing!!!!! thanks for ur patience on posting all this i'm happy to see that other people organized it similar with us; but it was soo much work; the only thing i didn't put yet was those red tabs, cuz many say they will remove any tab anyway; my big dilemma now was in what kind of box / envelope we can put all these papers; ur expanding envelope is really cool, hope we can find it here
another thing different is that we included more originals - phone statements, cards, receipts, courier deliveries at home on either name, etc; i don't like this but that's how they ask in our region checklist, so we have a small envelope with each of these groups included in the bigger relationship envelope
also, we r still sending the old forms - hope it won't cause an issue but i'm just tired of working on this; i just want to finally start!!!!!!
good luck!! let's keep in touch, maybe we'll both join the January thread with what courier r u planning to send it and if u didn't already, take a picture with the box