My husband is Canadian and he is sponsoring me from outside Canada. We have been married and living in Egypt for 10 years and we have kids, who hold Canadian passports like their dad.
We applied in Sept 2015, and he got the email from Mississauga in Nov. saying he is eligible to sponsor. Then in April I received an email from the visa office saying that we have to submit proof of his intention to resettle in Canada (job offer, housing purchase or rental or proof that he severed his ties to Egypt). We sent them a job offer he received from Canada.
Then a few weeks later they emailed me again asking if my husband is now working in Egypt, given that if he is working we have to provide an employment letter (letter from his employer). We replied saying that he's currently not working in Egypt (which is the case) and we re-sent the job offer + his CV (a good CV with good employment history in Egypt and Canada)
Does anyone here have similar experiences?
Was that sufficient from us? Shall I send them something else, e.g my CV (I had sent my CV in the original application to Mississauga back in 2015, shall I send it again?) I am not Canadian but I have native-level knowledge of English and I have held prestigious jobs in Egypt over the years.
Shall we also send them an email of airplane tickets documenting my husband's latest visit to Canada, which he made in the summer right before we filed our application? He made that visit specifically to search for jobs, opportunities etc. and to find out about good schools for our kids.
I am confused why they sent us this last email? Do they want to make sure he has cut his ties to Egypt (and therefore being unemployed in Egypt would be an asset and what they want to hear)? Or do they want him to be working in Egypt to make sure he has an income, in which case it would be bad that he's not working?
Another point to bear in mind, in the cover letter we have originally sent, we said we had a preliminary plan to move to a certain city in Canada, but the job offer my husband received came from another city. Is it a problem? We are very genuine. It's just that our initial plan was for one city then we changed plans depending on our search and the opportunities we later found after making the initial plans.
We applied in Sept 2015, and he got the email from Mississauga in Nov. saying he is eligible to sponsor. Then in April I received an email from the visa office saying that we have to submit proof of his intention to resettle in Canada (job offer, housing purchase or rental or proof that he severed his ties to Egypt). We sent them a job offer he received from Canada.
Then a few weeks later they emailed me again asking if my husband is now working in Egypt, given that if he is working we have to provide an employment letter (letter from his employer). We replied saying that he's currently not working in Egypt (which is the case) and we re-sent the job offer + his CV (a good CV with good employment history in Egypt and Canada)
Does anyone here have similar experiences?
Was that sufficient from us? Shall I send them something else, e.g my CV (I had sent my CV in the original application to Mississauga back in 2015, shall I send it again?) I am not Canadian but I have native-level knowledge of English and I have held prestigious jobs in Egypt over the years.
Shall we also send them an email of airplane tickets documenting my husband's latest visit to Canada, which he made in the summer right before we filed our application? He made that visit specifically to search for jobs, opportunities etc. and to find out about good schools for our kids.
I am confused why they sent us this last email? Do they want to make sure he has cut his ties to Egypt (and therefore being unemployed in Egypt would be an asset and what they want to hear)? Or do they want him to be working in Egypt to make sure he has an income, in which case it would be bad that he's not working?
Another point to bear in mind, in the cover letter we have originally sent, we said we had a preliminary plan to move to a certain city in Canada, but the job offer my husband received came from another city. Is it a problem? We are very genuine. It's just that our initial plan was for one city then we changed plans depending on our search and the opportunities we later found after making the initial plans.
