Providing Additional Information

[CkMaddall]

I am applying for PR status via the common law route, having had my application received back in May.

Last week I received the following... i have highlighted bits with related questions:

Dear Mr Doyle,

I refer to your application for permanent residence in Canada. In order to continue processing your application, we require the additional documents listed below.

Schedule A Background Declaration form listing your full personal and address history from the age of 18 to date with no gaps. Please account for your personal history from 09/99- 03/03 on Question 8 & address history from 09/99 - 06/02 on Question 12 of the form. It is not necessary to fully complete a new form. You may provide the information via email. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp

Please forward all requested documents together to the address below within 60 days from the date of this email. If we do not hear from you within that period, your application will be assessed on the basis of the information on file and your application may be refused. Please allow four months for us to review incoming correspondence. All documents submitted in support of your application are subject to verification with the issuing authority. Please do not contact us unless there are significant issues which need to be brought to our attention. Please quote your file number on all correspondence, including the envelope. Your file number is included in the subject field of this email.
Should your personal circumstances (address, marriage, divorce, birth, death, adoption) change between now and the time you leave for Canada you must report the changes to us. Visas issued without the correct information concerning family status are invalid and admission to Canada will be refused.
The issuance of an immigration visa does not ensure your eventual acceptance into the practice of your profession or occupation in Canada. It is your responsibility to determine whether any licensing/registration requirements apply to your occupation or profession in the province where you wish to settle. Do not leave employment, sell property or take any irrevocable step in anticipation of immigrating to Canada until you have received your visa(s).
We look forward to hearing from you within 60 days.
Kind regards,

CDD

Immigration and Medical Services Division
High Commission of Canada
38 Grosvenor Street
London
W1K 4AA
United Kingdom
Government of Canada

A few points and questions from those who may have had the same sort of email...

Re: Dear Mr Doyle - My name is Mr Hall... We have emailed to check it is actually for me, but may as well give them the information just in case

re: It is not necessary to fully complete a new form - Am I to assume they require the information in an incomplete form? Ie just the sections required, or would a pdf table suffice? Since I cannot get all the information in to the pdf slots, I will need an additional sheet of paper anyway!

Re: You may provide the information via email - No address has been provided, and they ask for the additional information to be sent to a London address further down the email... Can I just reply to the email, or should I send a physical letter? Or both?

And my own question - I have read somewhere that additional information requests delays an application by 2 months... is this the case? So irritated!!!

 

[canadianwoman]

Re: Dear Mr Doyle - My name is Mr Hall... We have emailed to check it is actually for me, but may as well give them the information just in case

Send in the info. They presumably just forgot to change the name on the form letter - at least if the dates fit your age.

re: It is not necessary to fully complete a new form - Am I to assume they require the information in an incomplete form? Ie just the sections required, or would a pdf table suffice? Since I cannot get all the information in to the pdf slots, I will need an additional sheet of paper anyway!

You can put the info into a table. Just make sure you indicate what form and question you are answering. I would include a copy of the relevant form anyway.

Re: You may provide the information via email - No address has been provided, and they ask for the additional information to be sent to a London address further down the email... Can I just reply to the email, or should I send a physical letter? Or both?

I would do both. The physical letter is more important, since they specifically say you should send your reply there.

And my own question - I have read somewhere that additional information requests delays an application by 2 months... is this the case? So irritated!!!

Requests for additional information certainly delay the processing of the application. Since they have asked for it, though, there is nothing you can do to speed things up now other than sending the info in as soon as possible.

 

[little_apple]

My boyfriend was accepted as a sponsor on May 27, 2013. On June 4th, 2013 I received the same request as you because I had a 1 month gap in my background (although I checked my application several times - s..t happens). They wanted the information by email within 30 days so I sent them the additional information at the same day. I hope this stupid mistake doesn't delay my application for too long. But I was surprised that I got an email from the embassy in Vienna only 8 days after sponsorship approval. This seems quite fast to me.

"Please allow four months for us to review incoming correspondence" WOW! The same happened to my co-worker who's applying through London. Vienna didn't say anything about the reviewing time only "Further processing of your application will be suspended until our office receives the information listed below".