Hi Guys
I've Been Following the thread for a while. although our case is a pretty straight forward spousal Sponsorship, i decided to have a lawyer in Dubai represent us. Anyway, the application was submitted Yesterday. so wish us luck.
For any newbies, find below a list of docs we sent in. keep in mind, i had more than what is stated below, however, my lawyer (who has sucessfully submitted about 45 cases in the last couple of years with only 1 interview request, actually asked us not to make the file too big or give too much, as it looks like we are overcompensating, so she took a very simple, rather minimalist approach to the case). keep in mind, we only had a civil marriage here in dubai, my biggest worry was that we didnt yet have a wedding and are waiting to move to canada to have a reception and a ceremony. except for that I and my wife both reside in Dubai, I obviously am the sponsor, and the rest is pretty normal.
so here is a list of what we sent it except for the applications.
marriage certificate translation
about 80 photos
joint bank account
joint credit card
phone call history (since we met in 2012)
letter of invitation to live with from my parents in Canada
letter of invitation to work (job Offer) from my brother
3 quotes from moving companies
(i wanted to send in our Whatsapp massages which was mostly in Farsi, and over 150 pages only for the past year, the lawyer advised not to do so, as they may ask us to translate the whole thing, and god knows how much that would've cost)
letter of employment from my company
personal and join account bank statement
my wife's divorce papers as she was married for a short time 10 years back
Applicant's medical certificate
abudhabi Residency Questionnaire ( although my lawyer has advised not to send it in now, its too soon)
and that's pretty much it.
I hope this list helps some of the new members, as this forum helped me find a direction on how to put everything together.
Good Luck to all of us
