I (the sponsor - Canadian by birth) realized that if they scan my Canadian passport, they won't find evidence of my entries into Europe visiting my common law spouse (before we started living together) because I have dual citizenship and used my Polish passport (not by birth - my parents are both from Poland). Should I also include scans of my polish passport behind my Canadian one?
Should the sponsor include ALL passports?
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I'm sure there are people with a specific correct answer to this, but I'd say YES. If there are any holes or omissions (even if they make sense) it can delay things. Providing both (and, again I bow to more experienced people on this forum) and a little note stating that you may have used either/both to enter either country would help them know what they are looking at and which foreign countries to contact to build a complete picture. Should all be linked up together in their systems and enquiries into your background/security - but the easier you make it for them, the quicker it will be! From doing, reading and seeing this process: The more open, clear and specific you can be, the better. If anything is missing, intentionally or not, the IRCC will have to mark it as 'check this' and that results in delays, questions and maybe even suspicion. (Again, I am not an expert, but that is what I get from all the guidance notes and questions).
I'm a dual citizen, and I didn't include a scan of my British passport, only my Canadian one. But, because I only ever visited my husband in the UK, I did not have any stamps in the British passport to show that I'd traveled. I had the boarding passes/itineraries from those trips and included those, but if you have travel stamps in your passport that can support your trips to see your partner, I think that would be a good thing to include for the proof of visits. But I don't think they really care otherwise. Remember, as the sponsor you are not the one that will have the background checks or anything like that done, they just need to see you meet the base requirements of being a sponsor -- that you are a Canadian citizen/PR, live in Canada/intend to move to Canada soon, are not on government assistance, and can provide financially for your spouse. It doesn't really matter to IRCC that you have a second nationality.