Spousal sponsorship

[hankbuster]

Wow, this thread is full of great info, thanks for everyone answering questions, very appreciated!

I'm just to about to embark getting married process and its has been some sleepless night worry about how I should proceed.

My situation is that my Fiance and I met back in June this year when she came to Canada, her company sent her out here for 2 week trip to the sales office here to do some training and study of how the manufacturing plant back in Taiwan can be better serving the sales office here. We knew a mutual friend and I end up taking her sight seeing around Alberta and we fall in love. Since then we chatted through skype averaging 3 hours a day on weekday and 8 hours a day on weekends. I have been back to Taiwan last month and we traveled for 2 weeks together. She is planning to come end of this month for 2 week vacation.

We decided we want to be together and I've been looking into marrying her and sponsoring her through Family Class Sponsorship.
My original plans was to have a quick wedding when she is here in Canada end of the month and start an outland application. She'll still have to go back to work but she already told her boss she is quitting at end of February 2013.

My concern is, would the optic of this seems too quick? the timeline of getting together and a quick marriage ceremony in Canada? Taiwan is an visa exampt country for visiting hence I thought outland would be better because even she quit her job, she still can stay here up to 6 month while waiting for her outland application being processed. Am I on the right track thinking this is the best way?

 

[chipits]

Another quick question from me!

Under appendix A for the outland application, one of the things requested under identity and civil status documents is:

"Photocopy of citizenship Certificate or Immigrant Visa for any family members who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada."

My husband's sister has been a permanent resident of Canada for years, but doesn't have anything to do with the application at all. Do we still have to send in a photocopy of her immigrant visa (I guess it would be her permanent residency card?) or is that just for family members included in the application?

 

[Leon]

My husband's sister has been a permanent resident of Canada for years, but doesn't have anything to do with the application at all. Do we still have to send in a photocopy of her immigrant visa (I guess it would be her permanent residency card?) or is that just for family members included in the application?

Your husbands sister is for immigration purposes not a member of your family. Her only mention on the application is that if your husband is the one being sponsored, he will mention his sisters name in his additional family information form.

 

[chipits]

^^ Ah, perfect, thank you!!

 

[Popo012]

Every case is individually considered, so that 8 months isn't a guarantee. However, 16 months for AIP is quite a bit outside the norm - it suggests there may be something unusual about your application. Either that or you're the unlucky soul whose application fell behind the filing cabinet.


Computergeek,so that mean I might not get approved? ,what did you mean about fell behind the filing cabinet?.Man,now I'm even more stress about this situation..Let me know if you have any thought cuz that would of help me a lot ,Thanks.

 

[amikety]

Wow, this thread is full of great info, thanks for everyone answering questions, very appreciated!

I'm just to about to embark getting married process and its has been some sleepless night worry about how I should proceed.

My situation is that my Fiance and I met back in June this year when she came to Canada, her company sent her out here for 2 week trip to the sales office here to do some training and study of how the manufacturing plant back in Taiwan can be better serving the sales office here. We knew a mutual friend and I end up taking her sight seeing around Alberta and we fall in love. Since then we chatted through skype averaging 3 hours a day on weekday and 8 hours a day on weekends. I have been back to Taiwan last month and we traveled for 2 weeks together. She is planning to come end of this month for 2 week vacation.

We decided we want to be together and I've been looking into marrying her and sponsoring her through Family Class Sponsorship.
My original plans was to have a quick wedding when she is here in Canada end of the month and start an outland application. She'll still have to go back to work but she already told her boss she is quitting at end of February 2013.

My concern is, would the optic of this seems too quick? the timeline of getting together and a quick marriage ceremony in Canada? Taiwan is an visa exampt country for visiting hence I thought outland would be better because even she quit her job, she still can stay here up to 6 month while waiting for her outland application being processed. Am I on the right track thinking this is the best way?

Immigration Canada recommends Outland when possible. It is generally faster.

Whether or not your relationship is fast or slow, you will need to prove it's real. Copies of your trips and Skype logs will be helpful. (I copy and pasted mine to a Word document.)

In my opinion - and I don't work for Immigration blah blah blah - yes it seems quick. If I was reading what you wrote about as your application for PR, I would require an interview at the very least. Why? People don't fall in love in two weeks. Infatuation lasts up to 18 months. Six months is not that long... there's no hurry. You have your entire life ahead of you.

 

[amikety]

Feeling kinda stupid here, but I can't figure this out.

I'm American and require Appendix C. I'm trying to figure out the total number of pictures I will need for an Outland spousal application.

I know I need 3 passport size photos and 2 "citizenship" sized photos for my medical appointment. It seems I need 4 more "citizen" photos for my application, but I'm so confused I can't figure it out. (I've also been dealing with a bad cold the past week. That's totally what's wrong with me, ha ha.) What is the number of photos needed? Thanks in advance.

 

[VPS]

Hi;

We received the passport request from NewDelhi VO. Have few concerns

1) How long would the VO hold the passport? Applicant has got a travelling job and long time passport hold might affect his job? Any solution to this problem?

2) Once the passport request is made, how long can the passport despatch be delayed?? Along with the PR processing, applicant is also trying for an internal transfer (still to get an answer from the company). So wondering it would be better to wait and hear from company about internal transfer as obtaining work visa might be quicker than Passport stamping?

3) The applicant lives in Singapore whereas the VO is NewDelhi. Can the passport be couriered to India? heard that passport sending cross country is illegal. Is it true?

Would appreciate a reply
Thanks
Vee

 

[angel32]

Hi Everyone

I dont know if anyone has had this issue or knows anything about it. I have applied for permanent residence under family class after living with my Canadian partner for a year in Canada. His sponsorship application has just come back with rejected stating we hadnt lived together for a year. We are actually 14 days short! We have stayed with each other lots of other times apart from that. (Had a long distance relationship for a couple of years)
Immigration have sent my part of the application to London still to be processed but I dont understand how this can still be processed if the sponsorship part has been rejected?

We are a little shocked to be honest assuming the first part would be accepted.

If my part of the application gets rejected too then we would appeal, is it just me or does the resaon for rejection seem a little harsh?!

 

[computergeek]

Computergeek,so that mean I might not get approved? ,what did you mean about fell behind the filing cabinet?.Man,now I'm even more stress about this situation..Let me know if you have any thought cuz that would of help me a lot ,Thanks.

Sorry, I was attempting to be humourous. You should be inquiring about the status of your file to make sure it did NOT get lost because you are beyond normal processing time. I'd strongly suggest that you both request your CAIPS/GCMS notes via the ATIP process as well as contacting CIC to find out what is happening on your application.

 

[computergeek]

I dont know if anyone has had this issue or knows anything about it. I have applied for permanent residence under family class after living with my Canadian partner for a year in Canada. His sponsorship application has just come back with rejected stating we hadnt lived together for a year. We are actually 14 days short! We have stayed with each other lots of other times apart from that. (Had a long distance relationship for a couple of years)
Immigration have sent my part of the application to London still to be processed but I dont understand how this can still be processed if the sponsorship part has been rejected?

I've seen similar cases before.

The point is that you must have lived together for one continuous year by the lock-in date (the date the completed application is received by CIC). 14 days may not sound like much, but it means you don't meet the statutory requirements.

You'd be better off withdrawing your application before they start processing it (you get the $475 fee back) and submit a new application (with the requisite number of days).

Good luck!

 

[Popo012]

Quote from: Popo012 on October 03, 2012, 03:18:09 pm
Computergeek,so that mean I might not get approved? ,what did you mean about fell behind the filing cabinet?.Man,now I'm even more stress about this situation..Let me know if you have any thought cuz that would of help me a lot ,Thanks.

Sorry, I was attempting to be humourous. You should be inquiring about the status of your file to make sure it did NOT get lost because you are beyond normal processing time. I'd strongly suggest that you both request your CAIPS/GCMS notes via the ATIP process as well as contacting CIC to find out what is happening on your application.

Thanks for the advice,I will give them a call tomorrow because I'm so stress about this.Thnx.Thats weird bc they wrote us a letter on December 2011,they told us to drop an application for sponsorship in Quebec n we did that,we got approved by Quebec.The office from Quebec sent them all the informations about the applications,the CIC wrote us on April 2012 because they needed more informations n we sent them,not even a couples of days after.Since then,nothing been upgraded,no letter,nothing.So I really don't know

 

[parker24]

Feeling kinda stupid here, but I can't figure this out.

I'm American and require Appendix C. I'm trying to figure out the total number of pictures I will need for an Outland spousal application.

I know I need 3 passport size photos and 2 "citizenship" sized photos for my medical appointment. It seems I need 4 more "citizen" photos for my application, but I'm so confused I can't figure it out. (I've also been dealing with a bad cold the past week. That's totally what's wrong with me, ha ha.) What is the number of photos needed? Thanks in advance.

You cannot use passport size photos. Just so you know. Make sure to call the doctor before the appt and find out how many photos you need, we needed 8 of them. And then another 4 go with the application. All photos are NOT passport sized!! They are Permanent Resident sized.

 

[scylla]

I've seen similar cases before.

The point is that you must have lived together for one continuous year by the lock-in date (the date the completed application is received by CIC). 14 days may not sound like much, but it means you don't meet the statutory requirements.

You'd be better off withdrawing your application before they start processing it (you get the $475 fee back) and submit a new application (with the requisite number of days).

Good luck!

This is good advice. You should withdraw the application since you didn't qualify for common law when you applied. There's no point appealing since you were correctly refused. You need a minimum of one full year (close, even very close, unfortunately doesn't cut it). Hopefully you meet the one year requirement now and can reapply immediately.

 

[amikety]

You cannot use passport size photos. Just so you know. Make sure to call the doctor before the appt and find out how many photos you need, we needed 8 of them. And then another 4 go with the application. All photos are NOT passport sized!! They are Permanent Resident sized.

That's weird, because this is exactly what the doctor's office tells people:

If you do not bring your photos, the doctor is unable to perform your medical examination. Please go to your appointment with your photos ready.

Ages 1-4: 1 passport photo
Ages 5-10: 2 passport photos
Ages 11 and up: 3 passport photos
If you require an "Appendix C", you are required to bring an additional 2 CITIZENSHIP sized photos (regardless of age). Please read all your requirements!

(http://www.grunberg.ca/)

I will call him and verify what size he needs. 8 sounds like a good bet anyway. Thanks!