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Dear friends My wife (sponsored) is pretty much done with collecting and organizing all her supporting documents (police certificates etc.) from India and about to send me this week. I am the sponsor. I live and work in Canada. Now my question is about signatures. All her forms have been...

Dear friends I am in the process of filing PR for my wife, as we got married recently. 1) For my wife on her PR application forms, what last name she should use? I heard that if she uses my surname (sponsor's last name), it is much better in the long run when she comes to Canada, as otherwise...

Hi My wife is preparing her checklist of documents. On the checklist here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3904E.pdf CIC is asking for the following Identify and Civil status documents. **** IDENTITY AND CIVIL STATUS DOCUMENTS Birth and/or baptism certificate Note: If the birth is...

Dear friends My wife recently gave the upfront medical exam in Bangalore. On the document checklist here, item 27 asks for "Copy 1 of medical report: Client biodata and summary (IMM 1017), signed and provided by the panel physician'. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/forms/IMM5491E.pdf...

Dear friends For question 17 of the form IMM5490 (Sponsored Spouse/Partner Questionnaire), it asks: When was the marriage arranged? Where was the marriage arranged? For these questions, would the answer be the ACTUAL date/place the marriage took place, OR would it be the date/place the...

Dear friends I became a Canadian citizen recently and got married recently, and in the process of filing my spousal PR application for my wife. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp On the question 7 of the form IMM1344 from the above link, it asks "If you are a...

Hi I am in the process of filing spousal PR application for my wife in India. My situation is simple. I live and work in Canada. I just married her last month, and she does not have any children. On the CIC link mentioned here below...

Hi I am in the process of filing spousal PR application for my wife in India. My situation is simple. I live and work in Canada. I just married her last month, and she does not have any children. On the CIC link mentioned here below, does my wife need to fill the form "Additional...

Hi I'm in the process of filing my spousal sponsor application as I got married last month. In the document checklist in the "supporting documents" section, it asks for photocopy of passport or citizenship certificate. Does this (or any of my certificates) need to be notarized or certified true...

Hi I have just seen that the new processing times for spousal PR applications living outside Canada is 26 months! http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/ Kidding me! Last month I remember seeing it as 17 months for New Delhi applications, and yesterday I remember seeing it as 18...

Hi friends I became Canadian citizen recently. Recently, on my visit to India, I got married. I will be travelling back to Canada next week, and sponsoring PR application for my wife, who is an Indian citizen. Two questions: 1) Do I need to submit the medical and police clearance certificates...

Hi My PR card is expiring this November. There is a strong chance that I will be visiting India in September/October and will be returning by October. Will I have any issues at the port of entry into Canada? Are there any minimum number of months I should be maintaining on the number of months...

Hope everyone is enjoying a good day. I am a citizen of India. I have been living and working in Canada as PR for almost 5 yrs. Recently, I have written my citizenship test (last month), and hoping to receive oath letter for Canadian citizenship soon. I am seriously considering my marriage this...

Hi I am an Indian citizen holding Canadian PR. Sometime this year, I am expecting to become a citizen of Canada. If I wanted to marry an American citizen (she just holds American passport and not a citizen of any other country), what do you think is the best course of action of the below...

Hi I became a permanent resident of Canada last October and then moved to Canada for good in November. I came to India (I am an Indian citizen) for a long vacation starting January first week of this year. I will be coming back to Canada in about a week. My understanding is that all I need to...

Hi, I am working in USA on H1B visa. I became permanent resident of Canada in this October 2010. I moved to Canada now. I still work for my employer in USA from my home in Canada for the time being. Once I find some job in Canada here, I plan to quit my USA job. I file my tax returns for USA...

Hi, I live and work in Detroit. I have landed in Windsor a few days ago and used AVR to return to USA. Now I want to go to Canada again for formalities like import my car, apply for SIN etc. Can I use AVR again? Thanks.

Hi friends, I have been working in USA on H1B for the past 4 years. I became a Canadian permanent resident very recently, and moving to Canada soon. It is likely that I may get married to a girl from India (who I am going to see when I visit India this winter) within the next few months. Is it...

Hi, I am planning to prepare "Affidavit of Support" to support my my dad's visiting visa. Can anyone tell me where I can download this "Affidavit of Support" form? Is this a letter that I need to sign in presence of attorney in Canada? I do not seem to find any form for this. Please guide me...

Hi, I work in USA on H1B visa. Recently, I landed in Canada and became a permanent resident, and came back to USA for working. Within next few months, I plan to move to Canada. My dad who is in India is applying Canada visitor visa and I am being the host. I want to show him around Canada...