Question on sending documents to CIC

[OntarioBound]

Q1. Is it OK to staple the sheets that are part of one document? Or you need to put paper clips? What is the accepted procedure? I am asking since I read somewhere that you need to keep photos loose. (I will send them all to my sponsor and he will send all documents together.)

Q2. Is it OK to put boarding passes,etc into an envelope and mark them as boarding passes?

Q3. Also, am I supposed to send the irrelevant documents (for example, dependent documents since we do not have dependents) back to them also by maybe marking them "Non Applicable" and sign it or something?

So many small questions...

I would appreciate any help/comments....

 

[andrew-brit]

Q1. Is it OK to staple the sheets that are part of one document? Or you need to put paper clips? What is the accepted procedure? I am asking since I read somewhere that you need to keep photos loose. (I will send them all to my sponsor and he will send all documents together.)

Q2. Is it OK to put boarding passes,etc into an envelope and mark them as boarding passes?

Q3. Also, am I supposed to send the irrelevant documents (for example, dependent documents since we do not have dependents) back to them also by maybe marking them "Non Applicable" and sign it or something?

So many small questions...

I would appreciate any help/comments....

1. Do not staple any of the application forms or supporting documents. You can use paperclips if you wish. What I did was separate the photos by event (such as wedding, vacation in 2011, 2012 etc) and put each group in an envelope. As long as they are loose then you are okay.

2. Yes that is fine.

3. This is down to interpretation. I have seen some members say yes and some say no. Personally I do not see the point in sending a form if you do not require it. For example I have no dependents so why would I send the additional dependents form? The checklist is there to mark the documents you are sending. Only tick the documents you are sending and only send the required documents.

Good luck!

 

[OntarioBound]

Thank you very much for your response.

I think I will follow your lead and not put non-required documents, I guess I could state on the checklist for doc's I don't need as "non-applicable".

I will definitely not staple documents that have multiple pages. I will get paper clips instead.

 

[BeShoo]

Assume that they are going to scan all your material by feeding them into a sheet-fed scanner. (They probably will, from what I understand.) Putting any staples anywhere is just going to annoy them at best. You really want to avoid annoying your immigration officer.

 

[handsup]

Keep your app as simple as possible, send only relevant and to the point information.

 

[mcbeth]

I used paperclips to keep the forms organized so the officer wouldn't have to separate a hundred pages him/her self. My boarding passes were photocopied and not labeled, they do this every day, I think they know what a boarding pass looks like. If something doesn't pertain to you or your application don't send anything, mark NA on the forms and leave it at that.

It appears many people over think this and send cover letters, indexes, table of contents, bibliographies, autobiographies, etc. Again, don't over think it, use the checklist they give you and send what they ask for, if it's strong evidence you won't have to worry. The sound of silence after you submit is what sucks the most.

 

[blueangel371115]

I used paperclips to keep the forms organized so the officer wouldn't have to separate a hundred pages him/her self. My boarding passes were photocopied and not labeled, they do this every day, I think they know what a boarding pass looks like. If something doesn't pertain to you or your application don't send anything, mark NA on the forms and leave it at that.

It appears many people over think this and send cover letters, indexes, table of contents, bibliographies, autobiographies, etc. Again, don't over think it, use the checklist they give you and send what they ask for, if it's strong evidence you won't have to worry. The sound of silence after you submit is what sucks the most.

Good advice. Personally I think that's why things take so long because in trying to make things easier, people make things harder because their organization system is different than the checklist and/or what the VO was trained to expect. So they sift through all this extraneous stuff, pull things apart and reorganize everything. Our was short and sweet. We put all the stuff requested in one envelope, in order and with each page of the specific form paperclipped together. not every single one in one clip for each the sponsor and the applicant or all in separate folders. I tried to think of it as if I was the officer reading it. No offense to anyone, just how I reasoned it.