Original Proof of employment or copy

[rogerset]

Hi, I am sponsoring my wife who lives in India and I just sent off all the paperwork to CPC- Missisauga.

However, I realised that I sent only a printout of the proof of employment required to be provided by the sponsor (me).

In the checklist however, it says 18: Provide a 'original' letter of employment from your employer.....

Will my application package get returned since I did not provide the original but a copy of it? My employer allows me to download the letter from our internal website to avoid paper mails and so I just printed out my employment letter.

Pl advise

 

[SenoritaBella]

Get your employer to sign and date an original letter of employment. Send that original and a photocopy of it to CPC-Mississauga. Also, include a cover letter explaining the error and kindly ask they add it to your file. Put your name, date of birth and client ID #(if you have one) on the letter to help them identify your application package.

 

[rogerset]

Hi Senorita

I want to ask if this is indeed a very important point for CPC just to return my entire package? I mean, I did send a photocopy of the employment letter, past years T-4, recent payslips. Will they still just return the entire package (If I dont do as you recommend by sending a letter along with original letter)?

Pl advise.

 

[SenoritaBella]

I don't know whether they will return it or not. But you will agree it is better to be proactive now than leave it to chance?

 

[rogerset]

Hi Senorita

Thank you for your reply. I agree with you that we should be proactive.

I an just wary of creating more confusion by making them pull out of my file out of the que (in case I send something afterwards like in this case) and then that causing things to go out of natural rythm. If it is a big deal (sending a photocopy of the employment letter vs sending original), then I just want to leave it be. For eg: what if i worked for a company who does not give employment letter? I am sure CIC will accomodate such cases right? I also to be on safe side, did attach my latest 2 payslips and my past years T-4 (though checklist #18 says 1) proof of employment and/ or for past 12 months, provide proof of income).

Pl let me know your thoughts.

 

[Dharahemant]

Hi roger set,
I just filed for my spousal sponsorship and had provided a copy of employment letter by mistake instead of the original one. I decided to wait until the cpc asks for original employment letter and got a reply yesterday that my file has been forwarded to new delhi for further processing. So I guess only at times they ask for original letter. You might get away with it. Don't worry if they require it they will ask for it. Hope it is helpful.

 

[rogerset]

Hi Dharahemant

That is very encouraging to hear. Did you actually also send recent paystubs and/or Past year T-4? I am assuming you DID send Option C printout as well.

 

[Dharahemant]

Hi,
I did send past year t4 but no recent pay stubs. Also I didn't have option c printout so wrote on a paper explaining my situation and provided them with my copy of filed tax returns. I was worried about that as we'll but they have not asked for it so far and I received an email yesterday stating they forwarded my file to NDVO. Hopefully they don't ask for it later on. Hope you will feel relaxed.

 

[rogerset]

Hi Dhara

Could you pl tell me what your timelines are? Like when did you send in your application package to cpc-m and when did they reply to you that your file has been transferred? How long did you wait to hear from them back?