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    Declaration Card for Sponsored Spouse Immigrant

    My wife will be immigrating very soon and will land by air. I am wondering about how she will fill out the Declaration Card on the flight. Is she a visitor because she will not become a resident until a couple of hours after the plane lands? If a visitor it asks how many days she will be...
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    COPR but wife must care for very sick mother

    My wife is expecting to have to care for her very sick mother and for a few months of recovery. Apart from having to land before her medical expires, what are the rules for the time period being allowed to land and then shortly after go back to look after her mother? Can I send her the PR when...
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    Married last name on Permanent Resident Card

    I'm not sure if we missed something in the spousal sponsorship application or if this happens later ... We got married in China and my wife kept her name on her Chinese passport and all other ID's. My wife will probably want to take my last name in Canada. Was there a place in the application...
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    Bringing some of Spouse's goods back to Canada before Decision Made

    At what point am I allowed to start bringing my wife's used goods with me to Canada duty-free after I have visited her? Do I need proof of Decision Made (and approved)? Or is it still later in the process? I assume I could bring some of her clothes and belongings at any time as long as their...
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    Form IMM 0008 changed in April but we didn't notice

    My wife just told me that she saw that form IMM 0008 was updated in April 2015 according to the website but when she signed that form and everything else on April 30 she had checked to make sure that the forms were up to date including February 2015 for IMM 0008. I also checked before sending in...
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    Last minute questions before sending spousal sponsorship application

    Hi All, I have been through this process before over a decade ago so I know in general what to go through but things change and now I am sponsoring a new spouse from a different country and I have a few last minute questions before sending off the application. The first few are about "Not...