That's awesome, congratulations!!!! What's your timeline??muh_elsayed said:
My husband is in the US but he visited me many times and his background never came up. I don't think they ever even checked his background. At one point he lived in Buffalo and drove up to see me every other weekend (for a few months) and was always allowed in, but I don't think they ever checked his background. They always just look at his passport and hand it back to him. We're still putting the application together but we should be ready to mail it this month. We don't have his FBI check yet. I think we should just mail our application with proof of payment for his FBI. We have his state background check, we could give that while we wait for the FBI check. This whole process is so stressfulryanntheredhead said:
App. Filed: 30/6/2016AladdinsGirl said:
Got the same request. Replied and sent docs via MyCIC as the request was coming from there.goldman_64 said:
Give it a little bit more time. Some people get PPR after a week, some have to wait for a month.lumpyfive said:
It could really go either way for you. In the background declaration form, definitely respond yes to ever having been detained and then attach a page with the explanation and any proof you have that it was a misdemeanor. Be sure to include dates that it was all over. I'm guessing that even though the arrest was a felony, maybe his record says misdemeanor so it doesn't show up when he crosses the border? Hard to say. I didn't know what would show up on my FBI sheet so I waited until I got it to send in my application so that I was very clear in my explanation about what happened.tigermilo said:
In the declaration we put yes to ever being detained and in jail. He wrote about the incident and what the outcome was. Hopefully he's not considered inadmissible since he never had a problem entering Canada before. I guess we'all use a third party for the FBI clearance to get it back faster.ryanntheredhead said:
The rehab application is much shorter than the sponsorship one. You need a detailed description of the law that was broken (I googled the code next to my charge and printed out the whole US law describing it from a website), the state clearance and a few forms I think. The most stressful part of it is writing out a full description of the situation surrounding the arrest and also why you're rehabilitated and what you learned from the process or something to that extent. Do a bit of googling around criminal rehab apps and read up on how to word it properly and make sure you're including everything they're looking for. I read a few attorney's websites that detailed out what they would be looking to see in your descriptions. Since you already have state police sheet, you could feasibly do the rest in a day. I did it just in case and don't regret it.tigermilo said:
Sorry I meant how long did it take to put together the sponsorship application.ryanntheredhead said:
Oh that one...a long time haha. Obviously the longest part is gathering all the info, especially because I found I would get two forms done, start back up on them the next day then find I did something wrong or my info was changed (like an old address or the form wasn't the newest one which I think happened back in Feb). All in all, it probably took me a solid two months to get it all together. And since I did outland so I could cross the border, I made two hard copies of everything to travel with and saved all documents to my computer and a flash drive. Inevitably I would print a form thinking it was done then have to go back and change it because I did all of the paperwork while my boyfriend was at work so facts got lost in messaging. Certain things that took time were trying to find the correct info, asking my family back home, and asking questions here before going back to paperwork.tigermilo said:
My husband and I are in that long process of gathering things. We just finished all our forms. We have all almost all of our supporting documents (we have to get his FBI clearance and I'm still waiting for my option C printout). We have all of our photos and phone bills and text messages in word documents (now I just have to print them all). I feel like we're almost done getting everything together but I feel like I'm missing something.ryanntheredhead said:
