Happy Labour Day to my fellow Canadians!!! and Happy Monday to my Jamaican friends
CharlieD - I agree with Godblesswife, I went through the applications and filled them out in rough, some parts twice, before I did my final draft.... you may already know this but in case you don't.....
you should have police check and medical done BEFORE you submit your app....have them done as close to the time you submit the applications as you can. The instructions do ask you to submit these with your application. You have to have your medical done by a DMP (designated medical practitioner) which can be found here
http://www.cic.gc.ca/dmp-md/medicalinfo.aspx?CountryID=2056&CountryName=Jamaica
I copied this out of the guide
If you are required to undergo a medical examination you must follow these steps
Step
Action
1
Make an appointment with a Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP) for you and each required family member. DMP in your region: http://www.cic.gc.ca/dmp-md/medical.aspx
2
Fill out the Medical Report: Section A – EDE form (IMM 1017 SCL) and bring it and the following items if applicable for you and each of your family members to your medical appointment:
•Medical Report: Section A – EDE form (IMM 1017 SCL)
•Passport and photocopies of the biographical data pages (this is the page that shows the date of birth, the country of origin, etc.)
•If no passport is available, provide an official identity document bearing a photo and the date of birth of the family member
•Eye glasses or contact lenses
•Previous medical reports, prescriptions or treatments
•5 recent photos, taken within six months preceding the date of your examination
•Immigration client identification number (ID #), if known
3
The DMP will send your results to the appropriate medical office for processing.
Only examinations performed by a physician on Canada's list of Designated Medical Practitioners (DMPs) will be recognized for immigration purposes.
The doctor cannot provide you with the results of the medical examination however he or she will tell you if you have a health-related problem. The doctor cannot provide any advice on the immigration process.
Police Certificates
SUBMIT THE CERTIFICATES
Include the police certificates and any supplementary forms
with your application.·If the police authorities notify you that they will submit the certificates directly to us, include this notice with your application.
·All police certificates must be originals; photocopies are not acceptable.
·If your certificates are in a language other than English or French, attach an original translation prepared by an accredited translator.
Instructions for obtaining a police certificate in JA can be found here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/central-south-amer/jamaica.asp
Something important you should know is to follow the photo specifications in the guide. Take the page with you when obtaining a photo because the size is different than the passport photo and Canada is very very anal about the photos - they have to be exactly right! My husband obtained regular passport photos and I had to send him back for new ones using the guide instructions.
There is a Country Specific guide for Jamaica that you can find here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3909e.pdf
Read the guides front to back!! Read the document checklists from both guides as they are slightly different and require slightly different things. For example: the sponsorship application requires a photocopy of your marriage certificate but the application for permanent residence requires the original marriage certificate
Here is another copied exerpt from that guide
PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP TO SPONSOR
If you are being sponsored by your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, you must send evidence of the relationship between you and your sponsor such as wedding photos or proof that you are partners, letters between you and your sponsor, and telephone bills showing contact between you and your sponsor. Note: Photos must be loose. Do not send them in binders, albums, frames or other such containers. Do not send video discs or video cassettes. Do not send musical greeting cards or other similar documents containing electronic or mechanical devices.
Proof of your sponsor's visits such as airline ticket coupons, boarding passes, copies of pages of your sponsor's passport showing entry/exit stamps.
If you are a common-law or conjugal partner, provide evidence that your relationship is genuine and continuing and has existed for at least 12 months prior to your application. Also provide details of the history of your relationship and at least two statutory declarations from individuals with personal knowledge of your relationship supporting your claim that the relationship is genuine and continuing.
I had photos that we already had and copies of our wedding photos printed and sent the original photos. I sent everything and anything I had to show the relationship is genuine and went a step further and sent in letters from both of our family and friends giving their own account of our relationship.
One more thing, get your husband to order an Option C printout from Revenue Canada at 1-800-959-8281 - have him call now so he will have it when you are ready to submit your application. He also needs a letter from his employer and the instructions for that can be found on the documents checklist.
Try to follow the instructions in the guide to a T !! if you are able to, pay for the sponsorship and RPRF (right of permanent residence fee) up front. I paid the sponsorship fee and the RPRF fee a few weeks later right before the file went to KG.
The less KG has to ask you for, the faster the processing time!!! Every time they have to ask you for something, it could delay your processing time by 30 to 90 days. Which is why it is important to have everything they ask for in the application when you send it rather than waiting until later when they ask you for it.
I know that's a lot of info but I really hope it helps!!! and I apologize if you already know this stuff - consider it a duplicate lol
