Hi everybody....holy smokes i been reading ALOT....anyways im about to send in my application....
i have a couple questions to ask...i read so much already on the websites but cant find accurate yes or no answers
QUESTION 1: so my first question is... in the application where it asks how long have i been living with my husband (my current address) on the frm start date - "to date"...what date do i put? the day im gonna send it in? or the day my vistor pass expires? or do i just write "current" because when i send in the app, ill still be living with him at that same address.
second question..where it ask for my client number and document number...which is the document number? (i knw which is the client number) is it the big number in red in the top right corner?
QUESTION 3: and final important answer...i need a yes or a no...when i send in my app...do i send in my extension app with it, or separate??...and i have read i can ask for up to a year where it asks wut date i want to extend to...this correct?
thank u guys so much for ur time!!
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Hi there. Here are my answers to questions 1 and 3:
ANSWER to #1: Here's what I did.
1. I filled up the FROM field using computer
2. I did not use computer to write on the TO field. But I manually filled it up using a pen and wrote "PRESENT".
3. Then I attached a sheet of paper as annex and wrote there : SUPPLEMENT TO SPOUSE QUESTIONNAIRE, ITEM 4. Period of cohabitation. January 1, 2005 to present. (write your own date, ok? This is just an sample date).
ANSWER TO #3: As long as you send your PR application BEFORE the expiry date of your status, you are not required to renew your visitor visa because CIC says that you will be given an IMPLIED status once your PR is sent to them BEFORE your visitor status expires. The visitor status expires within 6 months after your airport arrival stamp date on your passport. Example, if you arrived here on january 1, 2012, your visitor status will expire on july 1, 2012. So make sure you send your PR application before July 1, 2012 to CIC and you will be eligible for the APPLIED STATUS.
But if you want to send a visitor extension application, it's fine too. Pay $75 online and atttach all papers necessary. In the REASON FOR APPLYING FOR EXTENSION FIELD in the application form, just write: "I am applying for PR under IN Canada Class. And it is required that both I and my sponsor should be physically inside Canada during the processing of my application". Someting like that.
As I've said in the preceding paragraph, if you renew your visitor visa after july 1, 2012, the fee will no longer be $75. Instead it will be $200 because you will now apply for restoration of status.