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For my Canadian partner, I just submitted a print-out of our Hydro-Quebec payments for the past 1-2 years (it was all on one sheet), and maybe his letter of employment that showed he had been working the same job for X years. Our proof was essentially "the Canadian sponsor has been living in...

Sorry, I missed this. If the receipts are in both your names, for 12-straight months, with the same address, then yes, it should be good proof. Also have your parents write up a "statutory declaration" letter (they can sign it in front of a city clerk or lawyer/notary) that you guys were...

Here is CIC's explanation: How can my common-law partner and I prove we have been together for 12 months? The thing is: if you don't have a marriage certificate, then you need 12-months-exactly, no skipped months, of something like bills or other things that tie both of you to the same address...

I believe Gemmie means in the sense that: An Outland applicant must maintain their status in Canada on their own, independent of their PR application, if they wish to stay in Canada. Many US-Canada Outland applicants stayed in Canada during the Outland sponsorship by enter on a visitor visa...

How to get a police certificate There's a list of all the countries that CIC wants a PCC from if the PR applicant has spent 6+ months in country (regardless of status). Click on the applicable country and it will give you instructions on how to get the PCC needed.

Read your country-specific guide, the last page should be the photo requirements. Double-check that the instructions are followed regarding what is written on the back (of ONE?) of the photos (may not be both, just one).

For Family Class: Spouse/Partner, if your sponsor gets approved, then it's unlikely that your application for PR would get rejected without warning unless you lied about something or a had a criminal record without rehabilitation period (5 years). They would most likely call you in for an...

izalixe, I mean this with all the kindness in my heart, with all sincerity: take a deep breath and step away from this subject until you can clear your mind. You are getting caught up in a trap of despair. There is hope. It is not a hopeless case. There are ways to make this work. But if...

A visitor status (like he would get from being a US passport holder) does NOT entitle him to work. He can apply to extend as many times as he wants (each time is $100), but he has to justify each extension with good reasons and proof of funds. Lots of us on this board have had 2-3 extensions...

No tape! Too fussy, things can fall off and then that will make it worse. I sent 25-ish photos printed at the pharmacy, real photos, 3x5-inch. I wrote on the back with a non-smudging pen the date with a short caption about where the photo took place and comments about who else was in the...

To sponsor him in the Family Class, you guys need to be either married OR common-law partners (conjoint de fait au Quebec). If being married affects your Solidarité Sociale, are you positive that being common-law will not? Isn't it the case that married and common-law are almost considered the...

I am so sorry that your husband waited until he signed his COPR to show his true face. :( I believe Condition 51 is meant to discourage non-Canadians from using Canadians as a means-to-an-end, so in that sense, it is a form of protection by way of discouragement. You cannot change who your...

The CIC PR sponsorship for US-Canada couple is really straightforward and simple, so long as you guys have a good grasp of either English or French to read the guides and forms, and also so long as there are no difficulties like an applicant's criminal history or applicant's child custody...

The difference may be that CBSA asks her where her primary residence is. Right now, when she is visiting you, her primary residence is in the US (along with her job, etc). Once she comes up to Canada to establish common-law with you -- she will be transitioning from visiting you to staying...

Yes... BUT each time she makes an entry attempt into Canada without a valid work/study permit or without Canadian citizenship or PR (in other words, as a visitor), she will be risking being denied entry by CBSA. They may question her, etc. Your best bet is to get her into Canada once, apply...

I'm going to assume she applied online, yes? Here is where you can check the processing timeline. Once CIC has her visitor extension request, she can remain in Canada under "implied status" while CIC processes her extension request. This "implied status" is only valid as long as she stays in...

If she can get a job on her own, get a company to go through the LMIA process for her and get herself a work permit, she can get a SIN. If she gets a study permit, she might be allowed a limited work permit (sometimes just on-campus), so she can get a SIN. There is more than one way to get a...

US-Canada spouse/partner sponsorship is among the easiest and quickest if doing OUTLAND. If you go Inland, it can take 2+ years. Outland for US-Canada averages between 6-10 months for most straight-forward cases (no criminal history, etc). An Outland application does not grant the applicant...

My application was Outland, but as far as I can tell from the Quebec website, you use Kit A in your case. Read the instruction guide(s). Follow the instruction Guide. Use the English version for practice -- the actual forms you send to Quebec MUST BE FRENCH. How to download the French forms...

I'm pretty sure that CIC has made a change in recent years to the study permit, that if the student is not enrolled in the program according to their study permit for 90 days, the study permit is no longer valid. If her study permit was issued after June 1, 2014, then she must take steps to...