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  1. marlasinger

    Stepkids' mother wants to move to Canada...

    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.
  2. marlasinger

    Stepkids' mother wants to move to Canada...

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

    Stepkids' mother wants to move to Canada...

    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...
  4. marlasinger

    Canada/US Taxes???

    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...
  5. marlasinger

    Finding work after landing...

    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...
  6. marlasinger

    Finding work after landing...

    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...
  7. marlasinger

    Finding work after landing...

    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...
  8. marlasinger

    Generic App Form Question

    No problem. Good luck!
  9. marlasinger

    Generic App Form Question

    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...
  10. marlasinger

    Sponsoring a 27 year old nephew

    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...
  11. marlasinger

    Need urgent answers!

    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...
  12. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    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...
  13. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    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...
  14. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    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...
  15. marlasinger

    Provide proof of completion of the Immigration medical examination

    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...
  16. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    You have no idea how happy the kids and my husband would be if something like that was put into writing. He deserves it. So do the kids. Bottom line. We're feeling pretty confident now. Or at least I am. My husband will worry about this until it's over. Thanks! :)
  17. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    Oh it definitely wasn't taken as a reprimand. No worries :) Our lawyer wants to see the list my husband has been keeping for the last 3 years about things his ex has done/hasn't done. For example, kicking the kids out because she couldn't "deal with them anymore", hitting them, name calling...
  18. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    I wouldn't want to bring up anything that would seem like a smear campaign. And I don't want to see my husband's chances of getting what he deserves, and the children deserve, hurt because of personal anger towards the woman. You know, we're not out to take the kids away from her or trying to go...
  19. marlasinger

    Custody / PR legal question...

    I thought as much. During my Googling, it was reading like a long shot. In which case my fear would be that because the kids are from NY that a NY court would be biased, for lack a better term, and say they have to move back there despite having a better living situation here.
  20. marlasinger

    Wedding certificate

    You will probably find multiple instances where, between the forms and the two document checklists, you are asked from something more than once. You don't need to send the same thing twice, unless it specifically says "send two copies", "send 4 photos", etc. CIC will take apart your...