Hey hey everyone !
My name is Riham, I am new here. I am sponsoring my husband in from Lebanon and I am living in Canada.. we got married in June 2010. Finally after over 2 months of working on gathering all the right documents and getting papers translated.. I'VE SENT THE APPLICATION !! lol That was somewhat of an exciting action.. more so would be getting the approval...
For our application I made sure to fill out every single piece of paper in the application even those that did not apply and wrote N/A all over. Sent over 50 pictures of the wedding/engagement/outings before and after marriage so they won't ask us for anymore lol.. skype call logs, phone bills, cellphone and home, passport copy of stamps in and out of country, plane tickets, 9 passport pictures of my husband with sig, name, dob and date pic was taken on the back. We also included everything else that was mentioned on the checklist... civil documents, family, police clearance, marriage certificate, proof of job (all translated from arabic to english) as well as the medical paper we got in Beirut after doing the medical exam and receipt of full payment of 1040$ + copy 2... I paid it off all at once that way they won't have to contact me later and slow down the process !!
I'm really hoping it doesn't take too long !! I can't remember 1 thing I did not add.... I sent the whole application with all supporting documents on this past Monday November, 8th 2010.
Hope everyone can share experiences in here ! I will keep reading the forum and good luck to everyone !!!
Also .. 1 question... how can I check if they received my application or not ? I got a receipt from PostOffice.. help !! thanks
xoxo Riham