Hello guys.
I have quite many questions related to an outland application to sponsor a spouse. I tried asking some things in other topics but without any results. I appreciate your time and help.
Additional Family Information
1. If there are family members that I haven't been in contact with, can I just put "unknown" for the address?
2. The principal applicant has to fill out this form. There’s a space to include information about the spouse (sponsor). Does the sponsor also have to fill out a form like that? I know that when you download the forms from Canada’s website, it doesn’t say that, but the wording on top of the form is a bit confusing, I don’t want to make a mistake. It's probably for dependent children that have spouses/common-law partners.
3. If my birth certificate has to be translated to English, do I provide a copy of the translation, or the original of it? And is it fine if it’s a translation made from a few years ago?
4. Do I need to have our copy of the marriage certificate certified? Our marriage certificate is in a different language than English, but we have a document from a National Registry Office of that country that’s in many languages. So we are providing them with a copy and the original of the English version, just like the embassy told me to, but do I need to have the copy certified as well?
5. What is the highest level of education completed?
If I choose “university”, should I still put the number of years for other categories, like primary/secondary?
6. “Were the formal ceremonies or events to recognize…”
In this question, we listed marriage ceremony and honeymoon. Should we also put “engagement”? It lists “engagement ceremony”, is it the same? It's not like we threw a "party" and invited friends, but just the fact of getting engaged itself.
7. Place of birth on IMM1344 form:
Born in North York, which is a “district” in Toronto. North York is how it’s shown on the birth certificate. Therefore should we use North York or put Toronto?
8. Forms need to be in the order listed on the checklist. Does that mean that every other thing listed there, that isn’t a form, has to be in a specified order? Because I was thinking to put all the documents in one envelope (birth certificate, marriage certificate, notice of assessment, receipt etc), then the forms in another envelope, and then all the additional evidence of relationship in a third envelope. Is that fine, or should every single thing be listed just like it is on the checklist? They only mention “forms”.
9. In sections like "Is there more information you wish to share to support your relationship?", or "If no to any of the above, explain", is it okay to just type a short sentence saying that a full explanation is on the next page or there is an envelope full of evidence to support our relationship? Knowing that we have provided so much, it would be pointless to write up summarized things in those boxes knowing that everything will be repeated in the following documents in full detail, but is it ok to just write a short sentence like that, or is that not good?
10. If I have to provide police certificates from two countries, will CIC require from me to just use my name and date of birth to obtain them, or will I also have to submit fingerprints to get the police certificates? For my country of residence it's not a problem, but I will also have to get a police certificate from Canada, and even though I read so many things about how it's done, it still confuses me a little bit. Do I have to go to a place that will take my fingerprints (for example, I can do it when I get the certificate from my country?), send the fingerprints to a company in Canada, which then will convert them to an electronic version and send them to RCMP? Do any of you know how long that could take? I'm 20 years old and after I turned 18, I spent just a few months more in Canada than in my country of citizenship, therefore I will have to get a police certificate from there and I'd rather start the process quicker than they ask me to.
11. Notice of Reassessment is equal to Notice of Assessment? And if submitting the application now, it should be for the year 2015? I'm sorry, we are new to the tax game.
Thank you for all of your answers.
I have quite many questions related to an outland application to sponsor a spouse. I tried asking some things in other topics but without any results. I appreciate your time and help.
Additional Family Information
1. If there are family members that I haven't been in contact with, can I just put "unknown" for the address?
2. The principal applicant has to fill out this form. There’s a space to include information about the spouse (sponsor). Does the sponsor also have to fill out a form like that? I know that when you download the forms from Canada’s website, it doesn’t say that, but the wording on top of the form is a bit confusing, I don’t want to make a mistake. It's probably for dependent children that have spouses/common-law partners.
3. If my birth certificate has to be translated to English, do I provide a copy of the translation, or the original of it? And is it fine if it’s a translation made from a few years ago?
4. Do I need to have our copy of the marriage certificate certified? Our marriage certificate is in a different language than English, but we have a document from a National Registry Office of that country that’s in many languages. So we are providing them with a copy and the original of the English version, just like the embassy told me to, but do I need to have the copy certified as well?
5. What is the highest level of education completed?
If I choose “university”, should I still put the number of years for other categories, like primary/secondary?
6. “Were the formal ceremonies or events to recognize…”
In this question, we listed marriage ceremony and honeymoon. Should we also put “engagement”? It lists “engagement ceremony”, is it the same? It's not like we threw a "party" and invited friends, but just the fact of getting engaged itself.
7. Place of birth on IMM1344 form:
Born in North York, which is a “district” in Toronto. North York is how it’s shown on the birth certificate. Therefore should we use North York or put Toronto?
8. Forms need to be in the order listed on the checklist. Does that mean that every other thing listed there, that isn’t a form, has to be in a specified order? Because I was thinking to put all the documents in one envelope (birth certificate, marriage certificate, notice of assessment, receipt etc), then the forms in another envelope, and then all the additional evidence of relationship in a third envelope. Is that fine, or should every single thing be listed just like it is on the checklist? They only mention “forms”.
9. In sections like "Is there more information you wish to share to support your relationship?", or "If no to any of the above, explain", is it okay to just type a short sentence saying that a full explanation is on the next page or there is an envelope full of evidence to support our relationship? Knowing that we have provided so much, it would be pointless to write up summarized things in those boxes knowing that everything will be repeated in the following documents in full detail, but is it ok to just write a short sentence like that, or is that not good?
10. If I have to provide police certificates from two countries, will CIC require from me to just use my name and date of birth to obtain them, or will I also have to submit fingerprints to get the police certificates? For my country of residence it's not a problem, but I will also have to get a police certificate from Canada, and even though I read so many things about how it's done, it still confuses me a little bit. Do I have to go to a place that will take my fingerprints (for example, I can do it when I get the certificate from my country?), send the fingerprints to a company in Canada, which then will convert them to an electronic version and send them to RCMP? Do any of you know how long that could take? I'm 20 years old and after I turned 18, I spent just a few months more in Canada than in my country of citizenship, therefore I will have to get a police certificate from there and I'd rather start the process quicker than they ask me to.
11. Notice of Reassessment is equal to Notice of Assessment? And if submitting the application now, it should be for the year 2015? I'm sorry, we are new to the tax game.
Thank you for all of your answers.
