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Spousal sponsorship

nanediniz

Hero Member
Aug 2, 2012
295
3
124
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Category........
Visa Office......
Sao Paulo-Brazil
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-01-2013
AOR Received.
never
File Transfer...
12-03-2013
Med's Done....
05-11-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
19-09-2013
VISA ISSUED...
24-09-2013
LANDED..........
Flight booked to Oct 26th
amikety said:
I copy and pasted the whole thing into Word and edited out the spaces. It was mostly video calls - just to show we talked.
I have done the same thing with our Skype log and it was over 300 pages only from the last 12 months prior to the application. I reduced the letter size and removed as much space as I could. ;)
 

amikety

VIP Member
Dec 4, 2011
4,905
143
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-01-2013
AOR Received.
2-2-2013
Med's Done....
12-10-2012
Passport Req..
9-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
7-08-2013
LANDED..........
7-08-2013
nanediniz said:
I have done the same thing with our Skype log and it was over 300 pages only from the last 12 months prior to the application. I reduced the letter size and removed as much space as I could. ;)
I had 13 pages from the six months we actually used Skype (minus the vacations we took) before I "visited permanently." I felt 13 pages was okay. I printed out 70 pages from YIM - one convo per month! - for our first 5-6 months together. I felt that was too much. I don't know how I would feel if I had to print out 100s upon 100s of pages! Then again, we live together, have the joint lease, etc. That makes me feel more secure about my application despite my "red flags."
 

nanediniz

Hero Member
Aug 2, 2012
295
3
124
Sao Paulo - Brazil
Category........
Visa Office......
Sao Paulo-Brazil
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-01-2013
AOR Received.
never
File Transfer...
12-03-2013
Med's Done....
05-11-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
19-09-2013
VISA ISSUED...
24-09-2013
LANDED..........
Flight booked to Oct 26th
amikety said:
I had 13 pages from the six months we actually used Skype (minus the vacations we took) before I "visited permanently." I felt 13 pages was okay. I printed out 70 pages from YIM - one convo per month! - for our first 5-6 months together. I felt that was too much. I don't know how I would feel if I had to print out 100s upon 100s of pages! Then again, we live together, have the joint lease, etc. That makes me feel more secure about my application despite my "red flags."
If you live together off course you would not have near as much pages I had. I am in Brazil and my husband in Canada and we chat and call through Skype every single day, sometimes more than once a day... Donn't you worry you seem to have lots of evidences. :D
 

Ysstal

Full Member
Mar 27, 2013
47
1
123
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 2, 2013
Passport Req..
November 8,2013
Hi everyone! I am a PR since sept 2010 and am planning to sponsor my husband who is in the philippines. I understand that a sponsor doesn't need to be employed. I am currently pregnant and is expecting our baby to be born very very soon since i am already full term. Right now, while i am unemployed, my father is supporting me financially. I just want to know what documents do i need to include in our application about this current situation.

Also.. According to the doc checklist found in country specific instructions for the philippines, a photocopy of a canadian passport or a citizenship cert of a canadian dependent child should be included in the application if the principal applicant (my husband) has one. As i've said, we are just waiting for our baby to be born soon, mu question is this: can we just wait for the birth cert of our soon to be canadian child and include a photocopy of it in replacement to the passport/ citizenship cert requirement? Or do i really need to apply for a passport for our child after i receive the baby's birth cert.

The birth cert alone takes a month to get in our hands because it takes 4 weeks for a birth to be registered. If a passport is really needed, i will have to wait another 20 business days for the baby's passport to be delivered on our doorsteps after applying for one.

Thanks in advance
 

Steph C

VIP Member
Nov 11, 2009
3,052
71
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 30 2012
Doc's Request.
N/A
File Transfer...
Sep 27 2012
Med's Request
April 15 2013 (re-med)
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
March 18 2013
VISA ISSUED...
May 22 2013
LANDED..........
June 6 2013
Steph C said:
I'm looking for help from Leon specifically please if you can - I just want to make sure we are doing this absolutely correctly.

My partner got his passport request from Manila, along with another Appendix A form for him to fill out. We applied as Conjugal as he is unable to divorce his previous spouse. I just want to confirm that under his martial status he will write "Conjugal" even though technically his legal status is married. Although we of course included this information as the basis of our conjugal application, I don't want to be seen as lying on the forms. Thanks!
Is there any takers on this question who really know the answer? :D thanks guys.
 

McDutch

Hero Member
Dec 20, 2011
340
19
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13-06-2012
AOR Received.
26-09-2012
File Transfer...
11-08-2012
Med's Done....
REDONE: 22-01-2013
LANDED..........
26-04-2013
Turns out i am still stuck in the antecedent research.
Vienna has no idea how long it takes because it is done by "third parties".

Sigh
 

Korea2Canada

Hero Member
Mar 4, 2013
675
11
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-05- 2013
Doc's Request.
18-11- 2013
AOR Received.
29-05-2013
File Transfer...
30-05-2013
Med's Request
sent with app.
Med's Done....
03-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
waiting
LANDED..........
waiting
Ysstal said:
Also.. According to the doc checklist found in country specific instructions for the philippines, a photocopy of a canadian passport or a citizenship cert of a canadian dependent child should be included in the application if the principal applicant (my husband) has one. As i've said, we are just waiting for our baby to be born soon, mu question is this: can we just wait for the birth cert of our soon to be canadian child and include a photocopy of it in replacement to the passport/ citizenship cert requirement? Or do i really need to apply for a passport for our child after i receive the baby's birth cert.

The birth cert alone takes a month to get in our hands because it takes 4 weeks for a birth to be registered. If a passport is really needed, i will have to wait another 20 business days for the baby's passport to be delivered on our doorsteps after applying for one.
It will take some time for you to gather all of the documentation for the application. Maybe you can get your newborn a birth certificate, citizenship certf. , and passport while you prepare your application?
 

chala

Hero Member
Mar 17, 2013
275
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa - LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-04-2013
AOR Received.
15-04-2013
File Transfer...
25-04-2013
Med's Request
upfront
Med's Done....
09-01-2013 ext till 2015
Interview........
Aug 5-2014 passed
Passport Req..
21-10-2013
VISA ISSUED...
25-11-2014
LANDED..........
Dec 8, 2014
Is there a spreadsheet for April 2013 applicants yet?
 

abscott

Hero Member
Feb 24, 2013
285
2
Manila
Visa Office......
Manila
App. Filed.......
07-08-2013
AOR Received.
23-08-2013
File Transfer...
04-09-2013
Med's Done....
10-06-2013
Passport Req..
15-May-2014
VISA ISSUED...
12-22-2014
LANDED..........
02-20-2015
Leon said:
From your other posts, I see that you have included your son as not accompanying. You now want to change his status to accompanying? You can do this but in fact, the criteria for him to be considered a dependent child and get PR under your application, would have been that you applied before he turned 22 which would have meant that his age was locked in or if you applied after he turned 22, that he was a full time student since before the age of 22 and financially dependent on you. He is now enrolling at 23 so that criteria is not filled. However, you can check if you get away with it and change his status now to accompanying. If he gets his PR, he should move to Canada because if he stays in the Philippines to complete his education, he will have two problems. 1) He will have been outside Canada for too long and may lose his PR because of that and 2) His education will not be worth the same in Canada as a Canadian degree would be.

If you are unable to bring him now, it will definitely not be easier to sponsor him later. It is very hard to bring adult children as they are not considered to be a part of your family unit. If you miss this chance now, the best you might be able to do would be to try to help him come to Canada on a work permit or a study permit so he can immigrate himself.
Hi Leon, thank you so much for all the info, I have now the idea on what to do. We're planning to send him to Canadian Tourism & Hospitality Institute branch here in the Philippines for a one year diploma course in Hospitality & Tourism Management wherein the diploma comes from Canada directly from Canada then after that help him to come to Canada on a work permit. Would it be helpful this way? Or you have some more advice on what we could do about it?

Another question Leon, under the Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking, on the 2nd page onwards top part of the form whose name must be put there under the Applicant's name opposite the Date of Birth, is it my husband's name or mine?

Thank you so much...God bless...

abscott
 

CanadianJeepGuy

Champion Member
Jun 24, 2012
2,666
99
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
NOC Code......
N/A
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-05-2012; "In Process" 26-04-2013
Doc's Request.
docs and pics resent 04-09-2012
AOR Received.
16-08-2012 (Unofficial. Received email missing docs)
File Transfer...
09-10-2012
Med's Request
April 14th 2013
Med's Done....
Dec 2011; re-med May 06 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 06 2013
VISA ISSUED...
May 27 2013
LANDED..........
June 15th 2013
McDutch said:
Turns out i am still stuck in the antecedent research.
Vienna has no idea how long it takes because it is done by "third parties".

Sigh
That is not an answer. Find out how to contact the "3rd party" and either you or your spouse should be able to have a relatively good idea how long the process will take. Talk to your MP and if they won't help find one that will.
 

gango girl

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Apr 3, 2013
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Leon, thnx for sharing these.
anyway my husband stayed with me for 8 months in sri lanka after my baby born. and also his sponsorship was approved too. And now i'm waiting for the PR visa. still the website mentioned "application received" for the permanent resident.
can u plzzz go to my post & leave me a suggestion according to my details what I have mentioned there?
I'm glad if u can plzz
 

chala

Hero Member
Mar 17, 2013
275
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa - LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-04-2013
AOR Received.
15-04-2013
File Transfer...
25-04-2013
Med's Request
upfront
Med's Done....
09-01-2013 ext till 2015
Interview........
Aug 5-2014 passed
Passport Req..
21-10-2013
VISA ISSUED...
25-11-2014
LANDED..........
Dec 8, 2014
roambee said:
anybody applied after March 14 2013?????
Yes April 2, 2013 Outland Common-Law (living in Canada)
 

Frida19

Hero Member
Apr 2, 2013
393
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-03-2013
Doc's Request.
05-05-2013
AOR Received.
05-05-2013
File Transfer...
28-03-2013
Med's Request
ARC REQUEST 21-02-14 ARC SEND 26-02-14
Med's Done....
14-12-2012
Interview........
19-02-2014APPROVED
Passport Req..
26 -03-2014 PASSPORT SEND 26-03-14
VISA ISSUED...
14-04-14
LANDED..........
28-04-14
Hello guys ,

My application was already send to the embassy in my home country Mexico , I went online check my status & it showed this :

application for permanent residence received on March 4, 2013.

I do know that means they recived my application at the embassy right ?

what is the next step ? does anybody has an idea of how long it will take before I hear from the again asking for my non criminal record ?

Thank u :)