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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Hello folks, Asking for a friend: - his wife is in pakistan, and he is a PR - Should he submit original police certificate or copy? If copy would it be certified copy, or copy is good enough - What marriage certificate/nikkah nama should he provide? Should he provide original nikkah nama with...
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Thanks. Yeah I was also thinking of preparing everything. doesnt hurt anyone does it :D
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Check by entering your PA information and not sponsor information. This will give you update on PA side of the application
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Hey guys, Does my wife have to declare the gold jewelry she will be bringing in to canada? if yes then is it necessary that she produce the receipts as well and do the receipts have to be in english? Also what name should be on the receipts?
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    It took a little over 4 weeks. Submitted the passport on 15th June. On 16th June they sent to islamabad office. Got it on 17th July.
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    PS: I got DM in 5 months, so I must have done something right :D
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Post 2/2 - Letters from friends Like i mentioned earlier we had a lot of mutual friends, so I asked 15 of my friends to write a letter explaining how they know us and to shed some light on our relationship. I asked them to send me the letters as the body of the email and NOT attach word...
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Post 1/2 Assalam o Alaikum everyone. This forum has been a great help throughout the visa process and I will like to give back by putting into detail everything I submitted with my application. Pleasse note that I sent the NEW application package. A little background about myself and my wife...
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Nikkah nama was in urdu (since the original nikkah nama was sent). However i did send a marriage certificate which I got from the disctrict council the nikkah was registered at. I also got the family registration certificate (FRC) from nadra showing me and my wife as a family (this only happens...
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    My wife got a message from VFS global that her "processed passport" is ready to be collected from VFS karachi :) So in sha Allah will be posting about getting COPR on monday :)
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    You dont need caramel popcorns :D they serve you on the flight :D and if you are as lucky as I am, and have an empty flight, you will have plenty of popcorns :D
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    I have travelled with PIA, Etihad and Emirates. It depends on who is coming and how and what their needs are. PIA allows 2 bags of 28kg each (people have brought in as much as 30Kg easily; they did reduce it to 23Kg once, but since their flights declined they bumped it up to 28 again). Etihad...
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    in my case it always remained at "the documents you provided have been uploaded". Not until did we get the PPR did that change
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    I think so the reason for that was that they provided a lot of proof. Mostly nikkah only cases of couples who dont know each other before the nikkah, their process takes a while. But in their case they provided 2 years worth of chat and call history, which would have sped up the process. I too...
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    SPOUSAL Sponsorship PAKISTAN @ London Visa Office

    Congrats. 1 - You will be taking everything to the VFS global office in Karachi. Since they will ultimately be sending it to Islamabad, the letter from CIC states that you need to send your passport to Islamabad. 2 - Yes you will have to take this with you and these will be submitted (please...