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Spousal sponsorship

Lovergirl1215

Full Member
Mar 17, 2015
42
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Port Of Spain
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
October 16th 2014
AOR Received.
January 3rd 2015
File Transfer...
January 7th 2015
Med's Request
Up Front Medical
Interview........
None
Passport Req..
March 11th 2015
VISA ISSUED...
March 24th 2015
aumraiya said:
Hi everyone,

I just got married last week and planning to send the application for PR soon. Did any of you hire agents to do this or its relatively easy to do it on your own ? Thanks in advance
I had a lawyer do mine. He made it so easy and does all the corespondence for me. Thought its a little pricey but all good things are
 

canuck_in_uk

VIP Member
May 4, 2012
31,553
7,204
Visa Office......
London
App. Filed.......
06/12
aumraiya said:
I just got married last week and planning to send the application for PR soon. Did any of you hire agents to do this or its relatively easy to do it on your own ? Thanks in advance
It's straightforward, with guides and checklists. Save your money and do it yourself. If you have any issues, ask here on the forum.
 

IB W8in

Full Member
Mar 21, 2015
20
0
Hi all,

I am new to the blog and have got married last month and planning to have all the docs submitted by end of the month, to bring my wife to Canada.

Just one question: My wife was rejected a visit visa to Canada in which I(we were not engaged or married at the time) was also never mentioned in her application. can someone let me know if this will impact the sponsorship process.

thanks,
 

xxxma3dl

Star Member
Jan 2, 2015
75
1
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
March 2014
Doc's Request.
July 2014
Med's Request
20 Jan 2016
Med's Done....
29 Jan 2016
Interview........
10 Mar 2016
IB W8in said:
Hi all,

I am new to the blog and have got married last month and planning to have all the docs submitted by end of the month, to bring my wife to Canada.

Just one question: My wife was rejected a visit visa to Canada in which I(we were not engaged or married at the time) was also never mentioned in her application. can someone let me know if this will impact the sponsorship process.

thanks,
Be as honest as you can in filling out all the forms.
 

ABCml

Hero Member
Jan 27, 2014
259
13
BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Beijing
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-Feb-2014
AOR Received.
24-Feb-2014, SponsorshipApproved 01-Apr-2014
File Transfer...
01-Apr-2014 Officially rec'd Beijing 24-May-2014
Med's Done....
29-Dec-2013 "Medical Results rec'd" 01-Apr-2014
Interview........
15-Dec-2014
Passport Req..
at interview
VISA ISSUED...
16-Dec-2014
LANDED..........
25-Dec-2014
IB W8in said:
Hi all,

I am new to the blog and have got married last month and planning to have all the docs submitted by end of the month, to bring my wife to Canada.

Just one question: My wife was rejected a visit visa to Canada in which I(we were not engaged or married at the time) was also never mentioned in her application. can someone let me know if this will impact the sponsorship process.

thanks,
The sponsorship portion of our application was accepted within the same timeframe as others, even tho my wife had a prior rejected visitor visa.

Regarding the PR application of the sponsored spouse, it will be a red(ish) flag.., - opinions vary on this. Some say any visa rejection is a negative. Some say, if a marriage follows, and in the event of an interview required by the VO, it might be viewed as a genuine commitment to the relationship.
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
IB W8in said:
Hi all,

I am new to the blog and have got married last month and planning to have all the docs submitted by end of the month, to bring my wife to Canada.

Just one question: My wife was rejected a visit visa to Canada in which I(we were not engaged or married at the time) was also never mentioned in her application. can someone let me know if this will impact the sponsorship process.

thanks,
Having one visitor visa application rejected is not negative in itself. It shows that couples want to share their lives together.
What can/will pose a problem for you is that your wife didn't mention this visitor visa rejection in the application. There is a question in th forms that specifically asks if there has ever been a visa denied to Canada or other countries. So the fact that your wife didn't answer this is a lie and misrepresenting herself. It doesn't matter if you weren't married at the time. It was asking about her visa application history. Now, that being said, because this visitor visa rejection was for Canada, and the vo will be able to see the application history to Canada, maybe it won't be a big deal. But if I were you, and sponsor approval has already happened, I would use the uci number and send an updated form to the visa office abroad and rectify this information telling the truth and explaining that a visitor visa to Canada was denied.
 

agentorange

Star Member
Mar 18, 2015
55
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-05-2014
AOR Received.
23-05-2014 (SA: 16-10-2014)
File Transfer...
29-10-2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
24-04-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
In person 16-04-2015
VISA ISSUED...
16-04-2015*VisaValid 29-05-2015
LANDED..........
22-05-2015*ReallyExcited
Anyone here with the same status as mine?

We received your application for permanent residence on May 23, 2014.

We started processing your application on January 22, 2015.

Medical results have been received.

It still says "In process". :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
 

Lovergirl1215

Full Member
Mar 17, 2015
42
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Port Of Spain
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
October 16th 2014
AOR Received.
January 3rd 2015
File Transfer...
January 7th 2015
Med's Request
Up Front Medical
Interview........
None
Passport Req..
March 11th 2015
VISA ISSUED...
March 24th 2015
agentorange said:
Anyone here with the same status as mine?

We received your application for permanent residence on May 23, 2014.

We started processing your application on January 22, 2015.

Medical results have been received.

It still says "In process". :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
I have

1. We received your application for permanent resident 0ctober 21st 2014
2. We started to process your application March 9th 2015
3. Medical received

And it says in process on Ecas
But I got passport request on March 11th 2015
 

GMG

Star Member
Dec 22, 2014
147
0
124
Category........
Visa Office......
Moscow--->Warsaw
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-04-2014
Doc's Request.
11-02-2015(passport copies of all pages)
File Transfer...
25-06-2014(Moscow)->04-09-2014(Warsaw)
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
03-02-2014,,remedical 23-02-2015
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
01-06-2015 (DM-28.05.15)
VISA ISSUED...
25-06-2015
LANDED..........
10-08-2015
agentorange said:
Anyone here with the same status as mine?

We received your application for permanent residence on May 23, 2014.

We started processing your application on January 22, 2015.

Medical results have been received.

It still says "In process". :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Mine is

We received ur application for permanent residence on April 23th 2014
We started processing ur application on Feb 11th 2015
Medical results have been received.

Hope it will change to Decision made soon..
 

aumraiya

Star Member
Mar 21, 2015
69
1
Thanks everyone for your guidance. Few questions about the forms

- Our marriage was arranged by relatives as in they made the introductions and then we decided to get married after meeting a few times, would that be considered arranged ?

- For proof of marriage, honeymoon, relationship how many pics, chat logs, phone logs should I provide ?
 

IB W8in

Full Member
Mar 21, 2015
20
0
tink23 said:
Having one visitor visa application rejected is not negative in itself. It shows that couples want to share their lives together.
What can/will pose a problem for you is that your wife didn't mention this visitor visa rejection in the application. There is a question in th forms that specifically asks if there has ever been a visa denied to Canada or other countries. So the fact that your wife didn't answer this is a lie and misrepresenting herself. It doesn't matter if you weren't married at the time. It was asking about her visa application history. Now, that being said, because this visitor visa rejection was for Canada, and the vo will be able to see the application history to Canada, maybe it won't be a big deal. But if I were you, and sponsor approval has already happened, I would use the uci number and send an updated form to the visa office abroad and rectify this information telling the truth and explaining that a visitor visa to Canada was denied.
thank you so much for your advice. I may have not been clear, i was not mentioned on her visit visa when she applied some time last year. However she is going to mention the fact that her visit was rejected on the form IMM5669 Q6. We are going to be completely transparent on our forms to show our genuine plea. I am just nervous if it might work against us.

Thanks,
 

RoySka

Newbie
Mar 19, 2015
6
0
Hi.
I just receive this on Feb 28, 2015:
This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2014/06/16 on behalf of the following member(s):

Whats next? Somebody know whats going on?

thanks.
 

Lovergirl1215

Full Member
Mar 17, 2015
42
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Port Of Spain
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
October 16th 2014
AOR Received.
January 3rd 2015
File Transfer...
January 7th 2015
Med's Request
Up Front Medical
Interview........
None
Passport Req..
March 11th 2015
VISA ISSUED...
March 24th 2015
RoySka said:
Hi.
I just receive this on Feb 28, 2015:
This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2014/06/16 on behalf of the following member(s):

Whats next? Somebody know whats going on?

thanks.
This means that's the sponsor will be approved or rejected. If approved the next step is that they will foward the permanent resident application to your local visa office.
 

agarand8

Hero Member
Aug 21, 2013
579
25
Regina, Saskatchewan
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-03-2014
Doc's Request.
10-06-2014
AOR Received.
21-05-2014...#2 - 10-06-2014
File Transfer...
22-05-2014
Med's Request
Additional tests requested on 05-06-2014
Med's Done....
Feb. 2014 & August 5th 2014
Interview........
24-FEB-2015
Passport Req..
24-MAR-2015...received at VO 6-APR-2015
Lovergirl1215 said:
This means that's the sponsor was approved and the next step is that they will foward the permanent resident application to your local visa office.
That's not true it's just her AOR, now she waits for the sponsorship approval letter

RoySka said:
Hi.
I just receive this on Feb 28, 2015:
This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2014/06/16 on behalf of the following member(s):

Whats next? Somebody know whats going on?

thanks.
just looks like they received the application, but the dates are weird. Why did you receive it in February but the date says they received the application in June 2014? Or is that just a typing mistake?
 

agentorange

Star Member
Mar 18, 2015
55
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-05-2014
AOR Received.
23-05-2014 (SA: 16-10-2014)
File Transfer...
29-10-2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
24-04-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
In person 16-04-2015
VISA ISSUED...
16-04-2015*VisaValid 29-05-2015
LANDED..........
22-05-2015*ReallyExcited
GMG said:
Mine is

We received ur application for permanent residence on April 23th 2014
We stareted processing ur application on Feb 11th 2015
Medical results have been received.

Hope it will change to Decision made soon..
Hi GMG. Did they ask you for your passport already? It's taking soo long. :( :eek: