Hello!
This is my first time posting in here,even though my husband and I have been following this thread for a while now, looking at people's timelines so that we could get an idea of what to expect of CIC. I am a Canadian resident sponsoring my Nigerian husband.
Our timeline is as follows:
Applied May 12, 2015
Sponsor approved and application sent to Ghana July 10
Started processing PR application July 22,2015
February 17, 2016 we received an email from Accra requiring further proof of genuine relationship, an updated backround declaration form, plus one more document from Canada(my husband lived there for 4 years as a student).
We are now in the process of gathering all these documents. We have 30 days to send them to Accra. I am not completely surprised by the request of extra proof as my husband and I applied only 5 months after getting married with just my family and a few close friends there as his family couldn't make it to Canada. But in August 2015 I came to Nigeria to stay with him and meet his family. I have been in Nigeria for 6 months now, we have pictures taken at weddings, family birthdays, child dedications, etc. lots of pictures of me with his family, letters of support from them and from my own family back in Canada.
We also celebrated our 1st anniversary here in Nigeria, we had a party with all his family and friends. Also screenshots of social media accounts of members of his family and of my own showing pictures of us with dates and comments of friends going as far back as 2 years or more. We will send copies of my plane tickets, my Nigerian visa, screenshots of our Skype conversation with my mom and dad.
Any ideas of what else we could send?