This refers to your application for permanent residence from within Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Recently, you received a letter advising you that a representative of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada approved your request for an exemption from certain legislative requirements to allow processing of your application for permanent residence from within Canada.
This letter also informed you that you were required to meet all other statutory requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for which you have not been granted an exemption, for example, medical, security, passport and arrangements for your care and support.
Before a decision can be made about whether you meet the admissibility requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, further information is required, specifically:
PLEASE NOTE: If you previously provided any of the documents requested below please advise this office in your final document submission. It may not be necessary for you to resubmit these documents at this time.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
At this time, you (and any family member that has been included in your application, whether accompanying or not) are required to undergo a medical examination. The medical form has been send to you in a separate email. Please note that Immigration Health Services (RNH) will only accept an immigration medical performedby one of the designated medical practitioners listed on our website.
Please contact one of these physicians or clinics and make arrangements for them to complete the medical. This form will be sent to the email address which you had provided to us on your application. The completed form will be sent by the physician to Health Management Branch (HMB) in Ottawa.
POLICE CERTIFICATES
It is necessary that you and your dependent(s) spouse and any children over the age of 18, if applicable, provide criminal records check / police certificate from all countries, INCLUDING Canada FOR ABDULGHANI, in which you resided for 6 months or longer since the age of 18. This check must be national and not just local. For more information on how to obtain a police certificate.
The police certificates must include all criminal records under your name or confirm that you do not have a criminal record. You may be required to pay a fee to the agency. These fees are your responsibility. Please forward the ORIGINAL police certificate(s) by mail to this office together with, a certified translation document if the information submitted is not in English or French.
PASSPORT
Please be advised that you (and any family member that has been included in your application) must be in possession of a valid and subsisting passport in order for us to finalize your application for permanent residence. Please send a copy of the bio-data pages of your passport or travel document to our office. If you are unable to obtain a valid passport, please provide us with evidence of your passport application.
RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE
We require you to submit proof that you have paid the $490.00 Right of Permanent Residence Fee. Information on how to pay this fee can be found on our web site at
Please be advised that this fee applies to the principle applicant of this application and the spouse/common-law partner (if resident in Canada AND included in your application). It does not apply to dependent children that may have been included in the application. After you have paid your fees, you must email/fax a copy of your receipt to our office.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Your application for permanent residence could be refused if you are not self-supporting, that is, in receipt of social assistance or welfare benefits, either directly or indirectly and you have not been granted an exemption from the requirement to be self-supporting. Please provide our office with copy of a recent letter of employment, a recent paystub or reasons why you are not working.
Please send all requested documents and/or information to our office within 60 days of this letter. In order to expedite your response please quote your complete application number with the identifier RP3950 in the subject line.
This letter also informed you that you were required to meet all other statutory requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for which you have not been granted an exemption, for example, medical, security, passport and arrangements for your care and support.
Before a decision can be made about whether you meet the admissibility requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, further information is required, specifically:
PLEASE NOTE: If you previously provided any of the documents requested below please advise this office in your final document submission. It may not be necessary for you to resubmit these documents at this time.
MEDICAL EXAMINATION
At this time, you (and any family member that has been included in your application, whether accompanying or not) are required to undergo a medical examination. The medical form has been send to you in a separate email. Please note that Immigration Health Services (RNH) will only accept an immigration medical performedby one of the designated medical practitioners listed on our website.
Please contact one of these physicians or clinics and make arrangements for them to complete the medical. This form will be sent to the email address which you had provided to us on your application. The completed form will be sent by the physician to Health Management Branch (HMB) in Ottawa.
POLICE CERTIFICATES
It is necessary that you and your dependent(s) spouse and any children over the age of 18, if applicable, provide criminal records check / police certificate from all countries, INCLUDING Canada FOR ABDULGHANI, in which you resided for 6 months or longer since the age of 18. This check must be national and not just local. For more information on how to obtain a police certificate.
The police certificates must include all criminal records under your name or confirm that you do not have a criminal record. You may be required to pay a fee to the agency. These fees are your responsibility. Please forward the ORIGINAL police certificate(s) by mail to this office together with, a certified translation document if the information submitted is not in English or French.
PASSPORT
Please be advised that you (and any family member that has been included in your application) must be in possession of a valid and subsisting passport in order for us to finalize your application for permanent residence. Please send a copy of the bio-data pages of your passport or travel document to our office. If you are unable to obtain a valid passport, please provide us with evidence of your passport application.
RIGHT OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE FEE
We require you to submit proof that you have paid the $490.00 Right of Permanent Residence Fee. Information on how to pay this fee can be found on our web site at
Please be advised that this fee applies to the principle applicant of this application and the spouse/common-law partner (if resident in Canada AND included in your application). It does not apply to dependent children that may have been included in the application. After you have paid your fees, you must email/fax a copy of your receipt to our office.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Your application for permanent residence could be refused if you are not self-supporting, that is, in receipt of social assistance or welfare benefits, either directly or indirectly and you have not been granted an exemption from the requirement to be self-supporting. Please provide our office with copy of a recent letter of employment, a recent paystub or reasons why you are not working.
Please send all requested documents and/or information to our office within 60 days of this letter. In order to expedite your response please quote your complete application number with the identifier RP3950 in the subject line.