4 months vs 9 months for vienna was really fast!! Can you share how you submitted your apps?
Im not sure if you are asking for detailed information on how I put them together, lol But I will just assume so, and write out everything I can remember.. If its not what you were asking, then I hope it can help someone else lol
Also, my husband did his medical 4 months before we sent his application, I am not sure if this makes a difference in the timing, but we did it pretty early.
I followed the document checklist to sort our papers, and I first made 2 main piles of
forms and
supporting documents. After I sorted those out, I made 2 more subgroups for each called
sponsor and
sponsored person.. Each section had a title page saying either sponsor, or principal applicant heres a visual of those groups and what they included:
" Forms" Sponsor- All of the forms that were required from me (sponsor)
- Payment receipt
- Option c printout
- Letter from parents acknowledging our relationship/future plans to live with them
- School enrollment/ Income proof
- Short letter of our plans in Canada once PR is granted
Principal Applicant- 8 photos
- All of the forms that were required from my husband (principal applicant)
- School enrollment proof
" Supporting Documents "Sponsor- Photocopy of my citizenship card, passport
- Photocopy of all of my passport pages showing my visits stamps
- Our marriage certificate
- My 7 page story of how our relationship developed
- Copy of 7 months worth of phone bills
- 200 pictures from our 2 year relationship (incl wedding)
- Scanned birthday/holiday greeting cards his family sent mine
- Print screen of our facebook pages
- Skype record I typed out
Principal Applicant- Copy of his passport
- Copy of National identity document
- His 7 page story of how our relationship developed
- Medicals
- Police clearance
- Birth certificate
Everything was paper clipped together in those 4 groups above
The pictures were loose and I put them in 2 seperate envelopes "2009-2010" and "2010-2011"
In my opinion I think I sent just the right amount of papers, not too many.. I have seen some people here that put packages together that weighed more than 5Kgs, if you think it will help you then by all means do so, but in my opinion, thats too much.. Quality vs Quantity.. Less is more to them, they will probably process way faster and won`t hold up the line if you send them things they want to see..
With all of those things above including pictures, my package weighed almost 1Kg
Hope that helps