Hi All,
I am in the process of helping out some friends with their application and I was wondering if you could help us out?
Background: she was born in Canada but her parents took her back to Colombia as a baby. They never brought her to visit and didn't teach her english. Now that shes grown and a professional, she wants to come out here to live with her husband. Her husband has a daughter from a previous relationship who will not be coming along at this time. Here are my main questions:
1. Since they both live in Colombia, and she's never even been to Canada ever since she was taken back, what would be some good things that they could do to prove that they will be moving here once he gets his PR? So far, we have a letter from her father (who now lives in Canada again) and registration to ESL schools in Toronto for both. Any other suggestions?
2. For proof of relationship, what are some good documents to use? They don't own any places together and they currently live in her dad's apartment so they don't have a rental agreement either and all of the bills are under his name. The only bill that they pay are their cell phones but they do not have joint accounts as they have had the accounts for 10+ years way before they were together. Both of their cell bills do show the same address. What could we include for the official documents? Obviously Colombian driver's licences and documents don't have an address. The only other thing that they have is a life insurance policy for him that she is a beneficiary for. Any other suggestions that could be added to strengthen the application? They also have 3 notarized letters from friends and family.
3. Does every single document that's in spanish need to be translated? Including la cedula? If so, do they all need to be certified by an official translator or can I do it for them and go to a commissioner for oaths here in Canada?
4. The new guide states that photocopies need to be certified. Can anyone shine any light in how they went about this? Does that apply for every single photocupy? I.e. cedula, passport, birth certificate, libreta militar, etc.?
Thanks so much in advance! We would highly appreciate any help!
I am in the process of helping out some friends with their application and I was wondering if you could help us out?
Background: she was born in Canada but her parents took her back to Colombia as a baby. They never brought her to visit and didn't teach her english. Now that shes grown and a professional, she wants to come out here to live with her husband. Her husband has a daughter from a previous relationship who will not be coming along at this time. Here are my main questions:
1. Since they both live in Colombia, and she's never even been to Canada ever since she was taken back, what would be some good things that they could do to prove that they will be moving here once he gets his PR? So far, we have a letter from her father (who now lives in Canada again) and registration to ESL schools in Toronto for both. Any other suggestions?
2. For proof of relationship, what are some good documents to use? They don't own any places together and they currently live in her dad's apartment so they don't have a rental agreement either and all of the bills are under his name. The only bill that they pay are their cell phones but they do not have joint accounts as they have had the accounts for 10+ years way before they were together. Both of their cell bills do show the same address. What could we include for the official documents? Obviously Colombian driver's licences and documents don't have an address. The only other thing that they have is a life insurance policy for him that she is a beneficiary for. Any other suggestions that could be added to strengthen the application? They also have 3 notarized letters from friends and family.
3. Does every single document that's in spanish need to be translated? Including la cedula? If so, do they all need to be certified by an official translator or can I do it for them and go to a commissioner for oaths here in Canada?
4. The new guide states that photocopies need to be certified. Can anyone shine any light in how they went about this? Does that apply for every single photocupy? I.e. cedula, passport, birth certificate, libreta militar, etc.?
Thanks so much in advance! We would highly appreciate any help!