iSuperman said:
Thanks for your awesome reply. You made my work easier!
Questions:
1: Why did you put the barcodes at the top when they are related to some forms?
2: The extra sheer for answers and the photos (nor sure), did you both signed them or just the one to whom it was related?
3: What is Part B cover sheet?
4/ Schedule A for my country was said to be asked later. Shall I put it along or wait then to ask for it?
5: Option C is not required, right? Only NOA?
To answer your questions:
#1- I put the Barcode’s at the top of the entire packet/application because it says to keep these on top. When CIC gets them they scan them into the system, and by having the barcodes for the applications + fee’s, they know it’s all there and won’t have to send back the application for any reason. The only reason they send back applications is either the Sponsor Application or PR Application not being filled out completely (at least that’s what people from this forum said). After reading around these forums before sending my packet I was told some people put the Barcodes under the Checklist, and some put them on top of everything- both works, I just figured all barcodes can go at the very top to be safe.
#2- Extra sheets for the questions were signed by either both of us, or just one of us, and dated. The reason I say it depends is because if the form was supposed to be filled out by both parties we both signed it. In my case, I had some forms only signed by me (the applicant), and some “extra sheets” signed by both of us (such as Relationship Questionnaire). For example, my wife signed the form on the Part A of the Relationship Questionnaire which was only to be filled out by the Sponsor. We added an extra form for her employment history and wrote the addresses on it because they want you to write them out in full and the boxes in Adobe didn’t allow us enough space. In the form itself we wrote “Not Enough Space- SEE ATTACHED SHEET.”
So to answer your question, just check to see if the question your answering is supposed to be filled out by the sponsor, applicant, or both – and figure out who needs to sign it from there. I don’t even think this is a requirement; it was just us playing it safe. I wrote our names and DOB on the back of each photo, for both of us, we didn't sign them though.
#3- I just “separated” the Part A documents (applications) from the “Part B” of the document checklist, which includes all of the “Supporting Documents”. It was just to create some organization. You don’t need to do this. I didn’t want a third envelope as I felt like that was unnecessary. All this consisted of was me printing out on a white piece of paper “PART B of Document Checklist- Supporting Documents” and put it after all of the Part A stuff.
#4- You’ll want to get the Schedule A later if that’s what applies for you. The only reason I included it was because I already obtained my Police Certificate and everything, so I didn’t want to leave anything out.
#5- Not sure what you mean about Option C? We didn’t include any forms we didn’t need (such as previous relationships, children or other dependents). We also didn’t fill out the forms for Use of a Representative, etc.
Let me know if I can be of any more assistance. I must have read over my forms 100 times before sending them out. Keep in mind you’ll want to probably write-in “Present” on the Relationship Questionnaire form which requests your Sponsor’s employment + address history. We also ended up writing in the Year/Month for the question which asked about visits to see each other. Adobe tries to default it to Year/Month/Day but the forms themselves say YYYY/MM-YYYY/MM, and we weren’t 100% clear on the exact dates we returned from seeing each other (it was 4-5 years ago now). On the “validated” forms I didn’t write anything in empty boxes as they have been validated, but on the Family Information form, and Relationship Questionnaire, you’ll want to put “N/A” in every blank box which doesn’t apply to you.
