missmywife said:
newbie to the forum...I posted in the sticky thread as wel.... first I would like to thank all the contributing members on this forum...you guys take time off your regular day and help people like me out....no amount of gratitude is sufficient for what you guys do.
I joined this forum to seek some help and guidance with my situation and hopefully there will be a time when I can repay the community back by helping others in the future.
I am a canadian citizen living and working in Toronto. I just got married to a wonderful lady back in my home country India. It was an arranged marriage. Now I am back in Canada and want to apply for my wifes PR so that we can start out lives together here.
1) To start off I was wondering if there is a list here on this forum somehwere of the total forms that need to be filled out and submitted for this tedious process.
I did a lot of reading here on this forum and on CIC's website. Here is a list I came up with for the forms that I, as a sponsor, need to fill out:
IMM1344E
IMM5481E
IMM5491E
IMM5540E
IMM5406E
IMM5490E
Document Checklist IMM5491E
Can someone please let me know if this is the right list or if I hve missed anything.
2) Does anyone have a list of forms that my wife would have to fill out?
3) Are there any tips and pointers that members can share so that people like me can benefit by not making some simple errors, or certain things in order to expedite the process.
Thank you all in advance!!!!
My advice:
1. Do your medicals right before you submit your application. This will avoid remedical headaches that we had.
2. Write good long answers for relationship questions. And be happy and positive in answers.
3. Ask yours and her parents and friends to give you letters saying how good a couple you both are. I know your parents will say "Nooooooo, I can't write, you write and I will just sign", but somehow provide these letters of reference with your application.
4. When your spouse sends you their application package from India, ask them to send multiple packages, all signed. You never know when coffee will spill over on your application. Also ask them to send blank papers from India. Indian paper size is different, and you may need to make a correction in one of their forms after you receive them (hopefully not the page that has the signature).
5. Attach chats, phone logs, travel documentation etc. and reference them in your relationship answers ("I went to India to see my spouse on this day - see this boarding pass").
6. Put everything in Dropbox or some such place where you can organize things properly between you two. Also avoids computer crashes problems, and can work from anywhere on these forms. This includes all the final forms, and all the answers, and all the evidences you are attaching. God forbid, if there is an interview, you will both need to go through this to recall what you said and synchronize.
Good luck, and hope you get a quick visa!
