Recent content by marlasinger

Thank you Scylla and Rob. I was 99% sure I knew what I was talking about. But I've been out of the immigration game for a couple years, so that 1% of doubt crept in. This is exactly what I needed to know.

Trust me, I wish it was. There's a reason she wasn't given custody.

Hey everyone :) This might be a stupid question, feel free to laugh, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something or having a blonde moment. My husband and my stepkids landed in Canada as PRs, from New York state, in Jan 2015. The kids had their mother's consent, all paperwork was...

Hey guys! My husband and I are trying to figure out how to do taxes for the first year he's lived in Canada. Prior to being together we always filed our taxes ourselves, using an online tax program, but this year we will be doing it jointly, so that's a little different. And on top of that...

thank you for sharing this with me. I feel like perhaps he's headed for a similar situation - taking something much lower than what he expected and working his way up. i'd definitely agree that there seems to be a discrimination against PRs for their lack of canadian work experience. when i...

thanks for your kind thoughts. i guess i didn't realize it would be this difficult. it shouldn't be. it's not like he's a 20 something with a light resume. he's been working for two decades. previously he worked for a new york state max security prison. not as a guard, but within the...

so, my husband has been out of work going onto 6 months. we live in kitchener, ontario. he has a great resume, is coming from a career he held with New York state for 14 years, tons of experience and gives a good interview...and, despite getting a couple dozen of interviews, putting a million...

No problem. Good luck!

Your wife is your sponsor so she is not included in the total. You would need to explain a little more about your wife. Is she PR? Is she a naturalized Canadian? Was she born in Canada? Assuming it's a straightforward situation - your wife is a Canadian citizen born in Canada - then your...

My understanding is that your uncle would need to meet these requirements: -be a blood relative, -have no spouse, no children -parents and grandparents deceased -and have no brother/sister/aunt/uncle/niece/nephew in Canada already. Then he could sponsor one relative (plus dependents) in the...

Others can add to this, and correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that you have two options: 1. If you wish to go by your married name legally in Canada - have it listed on your COPR and PR card at the time of your application being totally processed - then you should update your...

Thank you all for your kind words and well wishes. It's been nice to have a place to go and talk to objective people. My husband needs to be reassured and to talk this stuff out, but at a certain point he'll say to me, "ok we need to stop now." We did try this. It was hard to get her to call...

My husband and I were just saying that. It seems to me that this needed to happen - as much of a pain in the ass as it is - so that we knew the law and we could establish what is best for the kids. My husband had no idea there was no custody agreement in his divorce. He had no idea he didn't...

On her custody petition, she specifically wrote "Full custody of daughter given to mother. Enforce 50/50 time split with son." In their separation agreement, it says my husband gets them one week and his ex gets them one week. They've never followed this pattern, my husband has always had them...

no one will be able to tell you exactly what the email said. best guess is you are supposed to mail in the medical receipt to your VO. the address was likely listed in the email. but you can find it online, as well. make sure you list your file number and UCI somewhere when you mail it in so...