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Hi all, My wife is currently a PR (I am a Canadian citizen), and through doing the Physical Presence Calculator, we calculated that she will be eligible to apply for citizenship on May 25th of this year (when she will have 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada). We want to wait a few days...

Hi there, my wife and I are currently in America and are due to fly back to Canada in a week. She is an American citizen and we are currently in the final stages of our PR process. All of her documents have been approved and they are now just reviewing her background check (she has no criminal...

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Hi there, We are currently trying to fill in the Schedule A: Background Declaration and we cannot seem to open the document in a setting that allows us to Validate the form and generate barcodes. We had tried linking our application online but it is not finding our application - so that option...

Hi there, my wife and I have applied for Permanent Residence status for her under family class and are currently awaiting our result. She is an American and I am Canadian. I believe this question has more to do with moving to Canada from the US than family class sponsorship so I have posted it...

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Hi everyone, just wanted to share some great news - my wife and I have officially submitted our application! I tracked the package and it was received in Mississauga on June 12th. I know I'm being super impatient, but I have not heard anything since the application was submitted. Just wanted...

Hi Scylla, thank you for your response. I was thinking that me being abroad (considering I had 'living in Canada' on my application) might make things a bit tricky. In that case, would you recommend waiting until we know when we will be returning to Canada and applying at that point (from abroad)?

Hi there, my American wife and I have finally managed to get all of our paperwork together and are pretty much ready to send away our spousal sponsorship form! Throughout this process I have been working part time, and just recently was offered a teaching position working abroad. The...

Hi TypsyGypsy (great name) thank you very much for sharing your information!

Sorry all please ignore my questions regarding the letters. I forgot a previous poster had provided a great link to answers regarding the contents of the letters. It's tough to keep track of everything sometimes lol. If anyone else has experience with providing a will and joint bank accounts...

Hi there, just a follow up to anyone else in a similar situation! I called Canada Immigration a few days ago and was told that it is prudent to obtain Criminal Record Checks for ALL countries you have lived in. They may not ask for all of them, but due to time constraints, it is recommended...

Hi Viva C, sorry I have not been on for a little while - been very busy! Thank you very much for sharing this information with us. At the moment our 3 pieces of documentation we will be providing are: I am creating a will and including her as my spouse and primary beneficiary We have created...

Thank you very much for the response! It's tough as so much seems to depend on living together. I'm calling them today to inquire further.

Hi there, I am a Canadian citizen and my wife is a U.S citizen. We are legally married and are applying for spousal sponsorship. Under the PROOF OF RELATIONSHIP TO SPONSOR section, we must prove 3 of the following: Joint ownership or joint residential leases Joint utilities Important...

If you have been in a common law relationship for greater than 1 year and have the documents to prove it (shared lease agreement, shared bills) you may sponsor him. However, if you have only been dating for 1 year but do not have any of the required documents then you will be ineligible to...

Hi Rachel, when you say you are not together - do you mean not a couple?

Thank you both once again! We both were slightly hesitant to drop the money on a consultant considering we both feel pretty comfortable with the application (just small little things like this topic are tripping us up). However, it is very obvious there is a great community of people here who...

Questions like this make us both wonder if we would be better off getting a Consultation Service to help us, but we both feel we have a pretty solid grasp of everything. Saving the $2,700 consultation fee is also a big bonus of doing it yourself. Did you both do your application independently?

Thank you both for your responses! Dana - we also were confused slightly about the wording. It would appear she only needs a U.S. criminal record check, but there's wording that makes it seem that the other countries may be required too! I am going to call Immigration Services to double...