Problem with max document size

[fl_pie]

My proof of funds is very long, mostly because the transaction list includes a lot of noise (lots of meaningless stuff like daily account revaluations show up as transactions). I was told that the maximum size of an uploaded document is 4 Mb. If I compress the whole pdf to 4 Mb, it becomes unreadable. Can anybody advise what to do in this situation? I'm thinking of two things:
- under "Proof of funds" section, only upload the documents relating to my main bank account, and upload document for my other accounts (which don't have any reasonable money on them and don't really matter) under "Other documents" section;
- not upload the scans of the copies of the original bank letters (see below for where the copies come from), and then upload these copies' scans under "Other documents" section.
Also, I have a couple of related questions:
1. Do you show documents for all the accounts that belong to you, or only only for those accounts which matter for the proof of funds?
2. In addition to the original bank statement, I also scanned the certified translation. The translation includes black-and-white copies of all the pages of the translated document, because in my country, that's how translations are certified: a notary figure sews together a copy of the original document and the translation, and then certifies that the translation was made by a recognized translator and corresponds to the original, copy of which is included. Is it the same in other countries? If so, did you scan the copies as well as the original documents?

 

[MedZed]

My proof of funds is very long, mostly because the transaction list includes a lot of noise (lots of meaningless stuff like daily account revaluations show up as transactions). I was told that the maximum size of an uploaded document is 4 Mb. If I compress the whole pdf to 4 Mb, it becomes unreadable. Can anybody advise what to do in this situation? I'm thinking of two things:
- under "Proof of funds" section, only upload the documents relating to my main bank account, and upload document for my other accounts (which don't have any reasonable money on them and don't really matter) under "Other documents" section;
- not upload the scans of the copies of the original bank letters (see below for where the copies come from), and then upload these copies' scans under "Other documents" section.
Also, I have a couple of related questions:
1. Do you show documents for all the accounts that belong to you, or only only for those accounts which matter for the proof of funds?
2. In addition to the original bank statement, I also scanned the certified translation. The translation includes black-and-white copies of all the pages of the translated document, because in my country, that's how translations are certified: a notary figure sews together a copy of the original document and the translation, and then certifies that the translation was made by a recognized translator and corresponds to the original, copy of which is included. Is it the same in other countries? If so, did you scan the copies as well as the original documents?

Why don't you send the last balance you have in your account if it is more than the minimum criteria?
They don't need all your transactions!

 

[fl_pie]

Why don't you send the last balance you have in your account if it is more than the minimum criteria?
They don't need all your transactions!

Hmm, they're asking for "the balance of each account over the previous 6 months". I was told by somebody that this amounts to the whole history of transactions from the last 6 months.

 

[MedZed]

Hmm, they're asking for "the balance of each account over the previous 6 months". I was told by somebody that this amounts to the whole history of transactions from the last 6 months.

I have never heard such a thing !!!!
You send your bank statement which includes your name,the opening date and the balance of account.If they don't convince the money is yours,then they will ask you to send more documents like transactions!

 

[fl_pie]

I have never heard such a thing !!!!
You send your bank statement which includes your name,the opening date and the balance of account.If they don't convince the money is yours,then they will ask you to send more documents like transactions!

Did you get ITA already? In my checklist, they want

Document: Proof of Means of Financial Support

If you are applying for permanent residence in Canada, you must provide an official letter issued by your financial institution indicating your financial profile.

Your financial profile includes a listing of all your bank (chequing and savings) and investment accounts. The official letter must be printed on the letterhead of the financial institution and must include your name, the contact information of the financial institution (address, telephone number and e-mail address), the account numbers, dates of when each account was opened and the balance of each account over the previous 6 months.

You must scan all proof of funds documents and save them as one file.

 

[MedZed]

Did you get ITA already? In my checklist, they want

No I didn't. But they haven't mentioned anything about the transactions.

 

[fl_pie]

No I didn't. But they haven't mentioned anything about the transactions.

Well, they certainly want a 6 month history. Somebody on this forum told me that it means the history of transactions. Also, I'm not sure what the "history of balance" would look like anyway without the transactions part.

 

[aj355]

@fl_pie try the methods listed here:
www.wikihow.com/Reduce-PDF-File-Size

if nothing works, you can send it to me and I can do it for you

sending less documents because of file size limitation shouldn't even be a question.

 

[etkuo]

I used this site: http: // smallpdf . com/compress-pdf
One of my files (passport scans) was 18MB and was compressed to just below 4MB by this website

 

[fl_pie]

@ fl_pie try the methods listed here:
www.wikihow.com/Reduce-PDF-File-Size

if nothing works, you can send it to me and I can do it for you

sending less documents because of file size limitation shouldn't even be a question.

Thanks for the offer. It's not that I'm not tech-savvy; I have compressed the pdfs, alright, it's just that compressing a 80 Mb pdf to 4 Mb results in a incomprehensible document, and I'm afraid there's nothing any program can do about it.

 

[fl_pie]

I used this site: http: // smallpdf . com/compress-pdf
One of my files (passport scans) was 18MB and was compressed to just below 4MB by this website

Thanks, but my file is just too big (83 Mb) to be successfully compressed like that.

 

[MedZed]

Well, they certainly want a 6 month history. Somebody on this forum told me that it means the history of transactions. Also, I'm not sure what the "history of balance" would look like anyway without the transactions part.

You made me worried,I think it would be better the applicants who have sent their documents and passed this section shed some light on this situation!

 

[fl_pie]

You made me worried,I think it would be better the applicants who have sent their documents and passed this section shed some light on this situation!

Yep, people who got your AORs already, could you please describe what you do for the "Proof of funds" in some detail?

 

[aj355]

Thanks for the offer. It's not that I'm not tech-savvy; I have compressed the pdfs, alright, it's just that compressing a 80 Mb pdf to 4 Mb results in a incomprehensible document, and I'm afraid there's nothing any program can do about it.

I use adobe acrobat professional, use save-as:adobe pdf, optimized ; and customize the settings for image compression/downsampling. It works pretty well for me.

Also, you might want to break the documents in multiple parts, identify which pages are taking huge size and specifically downsample those and then merge back. Usually, images take huge size. If you scanned the images, you might also consider scanning them again at lower dpi (100dpi might be enough for pdf).

 

[MedZed]

Yep, people who got your AORs already, could you please describe what you do for the "Proof of funds" in some detail?

Any idea?