Recent content by James W

Yes it sure sounds that way! I have been living in Japan for twenty years so gathering documents for the Family Class and doing it right was a challenge. I also have my business that I need to close down. So I guess I need to prove that I am tied to Canada. Thanks for your input!

Oh I see! Thank you very much!

Hello! I am returning to Canada in June because I have many affairs to handle in Japan before moving back. I have to submit my income tax to the Japanese government and wait for it so that I can get it translated to English for my Canadian accountant.

Mar. 1, 2019 Hi I am a Canadian citizen residing in Japan. My spouse is Japanese and I applied for her PR under the Family class. We also have three children and they all have Canadian citizenship. I moved my family to Canada in August 2017 and enrolled our children to local schools. I had...

Hi! I am a Canadian citizen who sent a Family Class Sponsorship application for my wife last December. Is there an interview that we both must go to? I am out of the country working but she is in Canada with our kids. By the way, our kids are Canadian citizens. If there is an interview, how...

No! My wife was on a Working Holiday Program which allows holders to work in Canada legally and she was given a SIN. 20 years we moved back to Canada with our family. My wife is on visitor visa and we are applying for her PR under the Family Class Sponsorship. She went to Service Canada to...

Hi if we use the current financial statement it will show that we have little money in our account. i am worried if our account shows that we have little money in it, my wife will not be granted an extension. However my son who lives with his mom has money that I gave him but that account is...

Hi! We got a letter from Child Tax Benefits recently requesting my Japanese wife file income tax for 2017. She does not have any legal status in Canada yet. We are applying under Family Class sponsorship. How do I go about this? Twenty years ago, she came to Canada on a Working Holiday Visa...

Hi! My Japanese wife is applying for her extension visitor visa online. CIC is asking for her financial statement. Our joint account is much lower than it used to be. Will that be an issue? We have a place that we rent. Can I use her previous financial statement that we used before for her...

Hi! How long do we have to wait for a reply from immigration? Is there an interview process? If so, how should we dress to it? Thank you!

Thank you for the hard truth!

Hi! I am a Canadian who is married to a Japanese native. I moved my family to Canada in Aug 2017. We have a place there and our kids are enrolled at local schools. Our kids are Canadian citizens but my wife is not. She has been in Canada on a visitor visa ever since. Of course I had...

Hi! My wife is in Canada with me. She is a Japanese national. She’s been in Canada since September 1 of this year and we know she has an automatic six month visa waiver. We just sent out her family class application recently so we would like to know if she needs to extend or change her status...

Yes! I got the updated checklist. Thank you!

LOL! Thanks!