Sponsorship Questionnaire...questions!

[SassyBee23]

So I have just started the process to sponsor my new American spouse to move to Canada. I am a PR, so I know the process will be a little different for me, but I have a few questions.

1. The questionnaire asks if I was previously sponsored to come to Canada. I received my PR status when my dad received his under the skilled worked program. Would that make me a dependent child? If so, then what date to I have to provide, the day I got my PR status (which was already asked for beforehand) or the date that my dad's application went out?

2. I've lived in several countries prior to living in Canada. Do I have to provide every single address, or is it enough to provide addresses of countries where I lived since I turned 18?

3. Will I need to provide any sort of police clearance letter for myself as a sponsor?

4. I know we shouldn't leave any fields blank. Do I need to write "N/A" in spaces even if I checked "No" that I've never submitted another application to sponsor someone before?

5. When it asks about my education, do I write down years for every category? (i.e. 9 years of elementary, 4 of high school, 4 of university?)

*I know this isn't relevant to the subject line, but my spouse and I have not had our big wedding ceremony yet and will have only been married a few weeks/months before we submit the application. Will this count against us? We've had a relationship for over 3.5 years now! How can I prove that this is all genuine and in good faith?

**Also unrelated, how can my spouse prove that he has submitted a police clearance request to the FBI?

Thanks for your help!

 

[bethanycupcakes]

I can't for sure answer all these questions, but here is what we did:

1) I would put the date YOU received YOUR PR, even if it was the same of your day your dad got his, they want to know about you. Sometimes, they ask you the same question on every form/multiple times.

2) Usually, they say after 18 or the past ___ years, whichever is more recent. So whichever one is more relevant3) to you is what you should put down.

3) No, they don't require that from you unless it specifically says. My husband didn't need to do any of that

4) I wrote N/A in most blank spaces just to be safe. Better safe than sorry. If I already answered a Q NO, I did not put N/A. The reason it's good to put N/A is to show that you read an understood the whole form.

5) If there is a space for years completed, yes.


My husband and I got "legally" married in July and didn't have our "real" wedding/ceremony till February but submitted our forms in September. I can't guarantee that won't mess things up, but as long as you're honest on your forms about it and send proof of a genuine relationship, there shouldn't be a problem. We sent 60+ photos, 3 months worth of phone logs, our first FB chat, etc.

Good luck to you!

 

[Mapleson]

My husband and I got "legally" married in July and didn't have our "real" wedding/ceremony till February but submitted our forms in September. I can't guarantee that won't mess things up, but as long as you're honest on your forms about it and send proof of a genuine relationship, there shouldn't be a problem. We sent 60+ photos, 3 months worth of phone logs, our first FB chat, etc.

Good luck to you!

All these answers were right. To clarify on question 1, the issue is in some cases (eg sponsored ex-husband wants to sponsor new wife) there is a time limit between receiving PR and being able to sponsor in turn.

As for the bethany, you were "really" married in July and had a "church ceremony" in February.

 

[SassyBee23]

All these answers were right. To clarify on question 1, the issue is in some cases (eg sponsored ex-husband wants to sponsor new wife) there is a time limit between receiving PR and being able to sponsor in turn.

As for the bethany, you were "really" married in July and had a "church ceremony" in February.

I wasn't sponsored by anyone. I received PR, I believe, as a dependent child of my dad's who received PR status under the skilled workers class. This was almost four years ago. I think I would be qualified to sponsor someone by now?

 

[bethanycupcakes]

You might be eligible.

I would recommend looking over things on the cic website under "sponsorship"

 

[canadianwoman]

I wasn't sponsored by anyone. I received PR, I believe, as a dependent child of my dad's who received PR status under the skilled workers class. This was almost four years ago. I think I would be qualified to sponsor someone by now?

You can sponsor someone. If someone was sponsored as a spouse or common-law/conjugal partner, this sponsored person must wait for 5 years before he or she could sponsor a new spouse or common-law/conjugal partner. This scenario does not apply to your case, a dependent on a skilled worker application.