Spousal Sponsorship in Family Class Outland

[harshpatelonline]

Hello,

I live in Canada and my wife is in India. I am preparing to sponsor my wife's PR in the Outland category.

I am wondering if you can help me clear a few doubts.

• Do I need to apply for sponsorship approval at Mississauga office first, and then the Mississauga office will mail the application package to an office in India? If so, I will have to ask my wife to mail her documents and signed forms to me in Canada. Is there any option that we can use digitally signed application forms?
  
  
• Do I need any original documents to go in the application package? I heard CIC ask original birth certificates from the spouse and her family. Also, my mother-in-law never had a birth certificate. Is it okay, if I include her School leaving certificate instead of Birth certificate?

Please let me know if you have any experience such as this.

Looking forward!


Harsh Patel

 

[Hurlabrick]

Do I need to apply for sponsorship approval at Mississauga office first, and then the Mississauga office will mail the application package to an office in India? If so, I will have to ask my wife to mail her documents and signed forms to me in Canada. Is there any option that we can use digitally signed application form

No. You apply for everything up front in one pack. The first step is for Mississauga to assess and approve you as sponsor, then they decide which visa office to send the pack on to for that visa office to assess your wife for permanent residence. There is no option to digitally sign anything (other than Schedule A which is sent when requested by Mississauga after submission). All other signatures must be real 'wet' signatures by both of you, so you will have to mail stuff to her and have her mail it back to you etc.

Do I need any original documents to go in the application package? I heard CIC ask original birth certificates from the spouse and her family. Also, my mother-in-law never had a birth certificate. Is it okay, if I include her School leaving certificate instead of Birth certificate?

Download and read the CIC checklists AND the country specific requirements. They will say whether to send originals, certified copies or copies only.

It is all here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse.asp

 

[harshpatelonline]

Hi Hurlabrick,

Thanks for the response. This is really helpful. Only confusion is that in country specific checklist they have mentioned 'copies of' for some documents, and for birth certificates no mention of 'copies' nor 'Original'. No mention of copy word makes me think I should provide original documents. Though I am scared if I would loss them!

 

[Hurlabrick]

Hi Hurlabrick,

Thanks for the response. This is really helpful. Only confusion is that in country specific checklist they have mentioned 'copies of' for some documents, and for birth certificates no mention of 'copies' nor 'Original'. No mention of copy word makes me think I should provide original documents. Though I am scared if I would loss them!

Only provide copies unless they explicitly state that an original or certified copy is required. I am Canada and my wife British and for us everything was a copy (apart from police certificate).

 

[harshpatelonline]

Only provide copies unless they explicitly state that an original or certified copy is required. I am Canada and my wife British and for us everything was a copy (apart from police certificate).

You're awesome! Thank you for clearing these things for me.

 

[Well Wisher]

Hi Hurlabrick,

Thanks for the response. This is really helpful. Only confusion is that in country specific checklist they have mentioned 'copies of' for some documents, and for birth certificates no mention of 'copies' nor 'Original'. No mention of copy word makes me think I should provide original documents. Though I am scared if I would loss them!

No originals is required, and don't send any, it won't be returned, except passport which will be called later for your wife. If you want you can also get the copy of Birth or other documentation attested from any notary in India and attach it. Police certificates for her will be requested original though.
Good luck.!

 

[harshpatelonline]

No originals is required, and don't send any, it won't be returned, except passport which will be called later for your wife. If you want you can also get the copy of Birth or other documentation attested from any notary in India and attach it. Police certificates for her will be requested original though.
Good luck.!

Thanks well wisher. I also have one more question. My mother-in-law doesn't have birth certificate. She does have school leaving certificate. Is it compulsory to attach birth certificates for my wife's family members?

 

[Well Wisher]

Thanks well wisher. I also have one more question. My mother-in-law doesn't have birth certificate. She does have school leaving certificate. Is it compulsory to attach birth certificates for my wife's family members?

No I dont think its even required. For family members you are not even required to attach any birth proofs except their birth dates on Family information form.

 

[harshpatelonline]

No I don't think its even required. For family members you are not even required to attach any birth proofs except their birth dates on Family information form.

I have no idea when CIC says 'Family' to my spouse, is it her family that's just me or her parents and siblings as well.
Below is the screenshot, and highlighted line is where I am little confused.

That said, my wife is still living with her parents' place.

 

[Classic Chucks]

I have no idea when CIC says 'Family' to my spouse, is it her family that's just me or her parents and siblings as well.
Below is the screenshot, and highlighted line is where I am little confused.

That said, my wife is still living with her parents' place.

This has been answered previously. Why do you have to keep asking?

 

[harshpatelonline]

This has been answered previously. Why do you have to keep asking?

Hi Classic Chucks, I am a new member and don't know if different threads have a specific audience or mutual. Also, the member above has Indian Flag as a profile picture, so thought they might give me confirmation based on country of the applicant. (As they said about no original document is required)

But yes, your answer was very clear to me. Just confirming if the 'Well Wisher' user has the same answer.

Thanks once again

 

[Classic Chucks]

Hi Classic Chucks, I am a new member and don't know if different threads have a specific audience or mutual. Also, the member above has Indian Flag as a profile picture, so thought they might give me confirmation based on country of the applicant. (As they said about no original document is required)

But yes, your answer was very clear to me. Just confirming if the 'Well Wisher' user has the same answer.

Thanks once again

Good luck on your app. Again, just your wife's birth certificate will suffice. No need to provide her family's.

 

[Well Wisher]

I have no idea when CIC says 'Family' to my spouse, is it her family that's just me or her parents and siblings as well.
Below is the screenshot, and highlighted line is where I am little confused.

That said, my wife is still living with her parents' place.

This is just Wife's certificate required (copy). and family members means spouse and Kids only. So if you have any kids you have to attach their birth copies as well (whether accompanying or not). Your's they already have in their system, so need not to worry.

Good luck.!

 

[harshpatelonline]

This is just Wife's certificate required (copy). and family members means spouse and Kids only. So if you have any kids you have to attach their birth copies as well (whether accompanying or not). Your's they already have in their system, so need not to worry.

Good luck.!

Thank you Well Wisher.

You're truly a Hero Member

 

[harshpatelonline]

Good luck on your app. Again, just your wife's birth certificate will suffice. No need to provide her family's.

Thank you