Sorry it took forever to reply but this is the exact email we had received and the questionnaire..
Here is the email word by word for those who are interested...
Dear ****** ********,
This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada. Please send the following documents:
-The attached Residency Questionnaire should be completed and signed by yourself after consultation with your sponsor.
-Military service card and Military Service Background Record, or Proof of Military Exemption
You must send photocopies of the Arabic/Farsi originals of all documents. Only send ORIGINAL documents when requested. All documents, in a language other than English or French must be accompanied by original certified translations into English or French, except the passport.
Please note that if you do not comply with this request within 60 days of the date of this letter, your application for permanent residence in Canada will be assessed on the basis of the information already before the officer. Failure to provide the requested documents could result in the refusal of your application.
Please note: It is your responsibility to ensure that the information you provide our office is accurate and up-to-date. Please inform us immediately if there are any changes to the information or documents you have submitted. If there is a change in your legal status or that of any family member (marriage, birth, death, divorce, etc.) you must notify us before visas are printed.
Note: Any passport changes after the visas are printed will result in a Replacement of an Immigration Document charge of $30.00 CDN/1400 SYP for each visa that needs to be reprinted. Please visit our website www.syria.gc.ca to determine the fee required and method of payment.
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS AND PASSPORTS:
All correspondence/documents must be sent directly to the Canadian Embassy in Damascus at the address indicated above. DO NOT send or submit any documents to our offices in Amman, Beirut or Tehran. Any correspondence you send to these offices will be returned to you.
Please note, if you are successful and a visa is issued you will be requested to send your ORIGINAL PASSPORT directly to the Canadian Embassy in Damascus via commercial courier. Passports cannot be submitted to our offices in Amman, Beirut, or Tehran. DO NOT send your original passports until you are requested to do so. At that time you will be provide with additional information on procedures.
Your file is being processed in Damascus. No representations, faxes, telephone calls or correspondence can or will be answered by these Embassies; all inquires must be sent directly to the visa office in Damascus.
Please quote your file number, as well as your telephone & fax numbers on all correspondence and on every document you send to us.
Regards,
Immigration Section / NRJ
Canadian Embassy, Damascus
P.O. Box 3394
Fax: (963-11) 611-8034
Web site: http://www.international.gc.ca/missions/syria-syrie/
E-mail: damascus-im-enquiry @ international.gc.ca
Consent & Disclaimer: By supplying your email address (in your enquiry or previously in your application), you are initiating an email communication with CIC, and CIC is thereby authorized to use the email address provided by you for communication with you including the transmission of personal information on your file/case. When you supply your email address to CIC, it is also understood that you are aware that this channel may not be a secure channel. CIC is not liable for the disclosure of personal information to a third party where CIC has taken reasonable means to ensure the identity of the party. CIC is also not liable for the misuse of this information by a third party
To view the CIC policy on Internet, click on the following link: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/notices.asp.
Here is what the questionnaire looks like.. word by word..
RESIDENCY QUESTIONNAIRE
EMBASSY OF CANADA
DAMASCUS, SYRIA
To be completed by the Principal Applicant
Name: _____________________________________________ FILE Number: ______________________
1) Is your sponsor currently a Canadian citizen or a Permanent Resident?
Canadian citizen Permanent Resident
2) Is your sponsor currently in Canada?
YES – If yes, you must answer questions A and B below.
A) My sponsor has most recently been physically residing in Canada from _____ /______ to
mm yyyy
_____ /______ .
mm yyyy
B) I last saw my sponsor in ________________ from _____ /______ to _____ /______.
Place mm yyyy mm yyyy
NO – If no, you must answer question A below.
A) My sponsor has been living outside of Canada since _____ /______.
mm yyyy
3) Will you and your spouse be both moving to Canada and reside together permanently?
YES NO
4) Have you, as the principal applicant, made any particular plan to establish yourself in Canada?
YES – Please provide details about your plans: ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
NO – If no, please explain why not? _____________________________________
5) Does your sponsor own any assets in Canada? Please tick one or more:
Bank Account House Credit card
Apartment Business
Other assets | Please specify _______________________
6) Has your sponsor filed the most recent annual tax filing with the Canada Revenue Agency as a factual resident of Canada?
YES – If yes, when? _____ /______.
mm yyyy
NO – If no, please explain why not? _____________________________________
7) Is your sponsor currently employed in Canada?
NO, my sponsor is currently not employed.
YES - If yes, you must complete the details below:
My sponsor is currently employed as a _________________________ since _____ /______
Job Title mm yyyy
My sponsor works:
Permanent Full-time Permanent Part-time
Temporary Full-time Temporary Part-time
Details of your sponsor's employer:
Company Name: __________________________________________________________________________
Location of employment (Complete address): ___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number.: ___________________________ Fax Number: _________________________________
Starting with your sponsor's current employer, if applicable, give details of all employers your sponsor has worked for since the time your sponsorship application was submitted:
Employer Job Title From
DD / MM / YYYY To
DD / MM / YY
9) Please give the name of the countries where your sponsor has resided, your sponsor's complete address(es), and telephone numbers in these countries, as well as period of residence at each address since the time your sponsorship application was submitted:
Country Complete address(es) and telephone numbers From
DD / MM / YYYY To
DD / MM / YYYY
I declare that the information I have given in the foregoing application is truthful, complete and correct.
_______________________________________
SIGNATURE dd/mm/yyyy
Hope this helps .. And good luck to all inshallah !!
