IMM5490E - SPONSORED SPOUSE / PARTNER QUESTIONNAIRE QUESTION

[chelidio]

Hello all again,

Almost completed the forms. I guess I am about to fill the trickiest form, IMM5490E. I believe the form is prepared for the couples who are married for a short term and lived apart for most of the time during their relation, which is not the case for me. Ok... The questions in the form start with FIRST MEETING. I answered this question. I had no contact with my spouse's family or friends before I met her and I have no family in Canada except my in laws. So this is taken care of too. Coming to DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, here it gets a bit confusing. I believe, the aim of this part is to cover the information between the meeting and marriage. Please correct me if I am to add the information on our relation after the marriage.

As well the questions such as 10. and 11. are a bit too long to answer. I have been married for almost 6 years now and my spouse and I had been living together until only last July. She is in Canada now waiting for my PR to be approved. She met almost all of my family. As well, we shared a two story house for 2 and a half years with my parents, basically lived together. The list of people who knows her can reach up to hundreds. Suggestions are welcomed for this part too.

The most confusing part for me is MAINTAINING CONTACT part. My wife only returned to Canada last July and before her departure, there is pretty much not even a 3 days of staying apart from each other. How would you recommend me to answer questions 24. and 25. I believe those questions are targeting couples who lived away from each other at times during their relation.

This has been a long topic with too many questions. I appreciate all the suggestions.

Best wishes and good luck to all the applicants

[faycal75]

hello  mate just fille  up  the  right ansewers mate my  story  is  similaire  to  urse so  don,t   be  confused  i  filled  up  that  questionnaire in  4  dayes so  just  take  it  easy  and  take  u  r  tame  to  do  that  u  dont  have  to   tell  the  hall  story  minute  by  minut  just  fill  up  the  most  important  things  plus  if  u  ansewer shortly  and  brifly  it   will  not affect  u  r  applic  easy  qustion  mate  just   ansewer   theme    like   in  school  that   kind  of   forme  it  is  like   a  garentie that  u  r  relation  is  genioun so   dont   woory  mate   and  good   luck

[dan-carol]

Hi,

If you get what the caseworker is looking for it may make completing the form a little easier. You are trying to provide proof or evidence them that you and your spouse have a genuine and enduring relationship and that it is not simply a relationship that was contrived for immigration purposes.

From what you stated, you should have loads of "proof."

What we did is attached a few extra pieces of paper with friends & family names, and additional information. Sometimes it what's NOT on the form that has impact. We have provided letters from family that say a lot. I even sat down at the computer and wrote a history of our relationship, that fills in a lot of background information. That info, coupled with receipts, photos, bills, cards, some emails, a birthday or anniversary card pulls it all together over the period of the relationship. It's pretty hard to look at all of that and say it's a marriage of convenience. :-)

Time is on your side when it comes to the enduring part. Not a lot of people would build a long term relationship, live together for 6 years, solely for beating the immigration system. Your caseworker probably knows every scam in the book. Just be honest and provide as much honest "evidence" as you can. If there is something missing, don't sweat it, just attach a note explaining why.

Easy as,

Best wishes,

Dan & Carol
Philippines

[faycal75]

hello   mate  just  iwont  to  tell  you   that  u  relation  is  similar  to  mine  exept   that  we   have   one   years  old  boy   i   been   whith  my   wif   since   2003   we  meet   in  london  our   relation   has   progressed   we   got  maried   in  2005   so   like   our  frend   who  replayed   you   just  be   honest  in  u   r  ansewring  6  yeares  relation  u  have   a  lot   of   proof  that   u   r  relation  is   geniune  plus   mintining   contactes  is   easy   mate   emailes   phone   billes  post   cardes   thats   what   u   need   my   wife   got   back   to  canada  in   june   so   she  is   providing   emails  and   phone   billes   same  as  me   so   our   relation  of   corse   is   genuine   and  continouen thats  how   it   works  any   way   good  luck   my   frend   we   r   all    witing   for   our   PR to  be   united   againe   whith   our   loved   one   so   just   take   it   easy   and   good  luck   againe 

[chelidio]

Thank you Faycal75 for the support.

You are right the situation I guess is similar. We got married in 2001 and we have a daughter who is almost 4 years old now. That's the harder part. Adults can survive seperation for awhile but my daughter can't understand the situation and wants to come back to Turkey. She doesn't realise this is a desicion mainly to enable her to grow up and study in Canada.