Hi everyone! Hope someone can help with this...
TL;DR:
Concerning the 'Addresses' section of the Schedule A – Background/Declaration (IMM 5669)
I'm a UK citizen.
I was a visitor on a tourist VISA in Canada for nearly 12 months. Should I add the address at which I was living during that 12 month period, or leave it as my address back in my home country?
Background:
I'm a citizen of the UK and am the principal applicant applying for permanent residency in Canada. My common-law partner is my sponsor.
I'm currently filling out the Schedule A – Background/Declaration form (IMM 5669) and am on the previous addresses section. The form says:
"Provide all of the addresses where you have lived in the past 10 years or since your 18th birthday, whichever is most recent. Do not exclude any period of time during this timeframe."
At one point in that timeframe I was in Canada as a Visitor on a standard tourist VISA which gives me 6 months. In those 6 months, I applied for a IEC work VISA, and while waiting for that Visa to come through I applied and got accepted for an extension of my tourist Visa for a further 6 months. I waited until somewhere around the 10th month and then booked a flight home to the UK as there was still no response from my IEC Work VISA application. I finally got accepted for the work VISA but decided to take the flight home anyway. So I ended up living in Canada for just under 12 months with Visitor status, supported by savings and my common-law partner who is now sponsoring me for PR.
The question is, where was my address in those 12 months?
Was it in Canada where I had Visitor status, or was it still back in the UK? How long do you have to be somewhere to be 'residing' there, or is that completely determined by your status in that country?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Many thanks,
Jamie.
TL;DR:
Concerning the 'Addresses' section of the Schedule A – Background/Declaration (IMM 5669)
I'm a UK citizen.
I was a visitor on a tourist VISA in Canada for nearly 12 months. Should I add the address at which I was living during that 12 month period, or leave it as my address back in my home country?
Background:
I'm a citizen of the UK and am the principal applicant applying for permanent residency in Canada. My common-law partner is my sponsor.
I'm currently filling out the Schedule A – Background/Declaration form (IMM 5669) and am on the previous addresses section. The form says:
"Provide all of the addresses where you have lived in the past 10 years or since your 18th birthday, whichever is most recent. Do not exclude any period of time during this timeframe."
At one point in that timeframe I was in Canada as a Visitor on a standard tourist VISA which gives me 6 months. In those 6 months, I applied for a IEC work VISA, and while waiting for that Visa to come through I applied and got accepted for an extension of my tourist Visa for a further 6 months. I waited until somewhere around the 10th month and then booked a flight home to the UK as there was still no response from my IEC Work VISA application. I finally got accepted for the work VISA but decided to take the flight home anyway. So I ended up living in Canada for just under 12 months with Visitor status, supported by savings and my common-law partner who is now sponsoring me for PR.
The question is, where was my address in those 12 months?
Was it in Canada where I had Visitor status, or was it still back in the UK? How long do you have to be somewhere to be 'residing' there, or is that completely determined by your status in that country?
Any help is greatly appreciated
Many thanks,
Jamie.
