Quick question regarding originals and scanned copy for sponsorship forms

[teamduckie]

Hi all,

My wife and I compiled our immigration application in October 2014 when she came to visit me in Canada and we now continue to live separately in the United States and Canada. Because of errors in our marriage registration we had to wait a while to receive our marriage certificate but alas it has finally come and we are ready to send in our application. However, the form IMM0008 was updated November 2014 with just a slight change of a single question. Would we be fine just having her fill out the form from the United States and scanning it over to me to print and include in our application? The checklist requires the originals of all forms so perhaps we can include both the original from October and then the scanned copy from November? Or is the only way out of this situation is to have her mail an original form over to me and thus delaying our intent to send in our application?

Thanks for your help,

JC

 

[rhcohen2014]

if you submit an old form, your application will be considered incomplete. if you send in an updated form without original signature, you are risking your application being considered incomplete. when applications are considered incomplete, they will either be sent back or CIC will request the right form. Either way, it causes a delay in processing. it's far better to just have your wife mail you the new form with original signature than to wait 2+ months to know whether it will be accepted or not. waiting for sponsor approval is tough enough!

 

[teamduckie]

Hey, thanks for your reply.

What if we send the new form scanned from my wife with an attached note saying another "original" copy is on its way, and then send the new one in when my wife mails it to me?

Thanks

 

[truesmile]

If you do try this, let us know how it goes.

Suggest you have her fill it out, sign it, and send it (the original) to you via mail, courier, or however you deem best. You're risking months of delay over a couple of days to do it right.

 

[dominokitty]

Yes, if I were in your situation I would just have her print off that form again and sign it, and send it to you priority mail. My husband and I did this (we were unable to complete all the forms when I was visiting him in Austria) and I will be picking up our signed forms at the post office tomorrow. If you send it priority it will only delay you by a week or two max, this is much better than sending an incomplete application and hoping for the best!