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Can you volunteer while youre waiting for the OWP? ive heard both answers; you cant even volunteer on a visitor visa and, you can as long as its never a paid position for canadians. I want to volunteer at the humane society but dont wanna fall foul of the rules. Doesn anyone have a link to...

For the mailing address, if you use a signed for service do you have to send it to the courier address? I always assumed PO boxes meant nobody was present to sign but im still only using canada post with a signature

Hey everyone... just want to check that none of our forms are outdated/old versions. We have; IMM5533 (12-2016) checklist IMM1344 (07-2016) Application to sponsor IMM0008 (03-2017) Generic application IMM5406 (09-2013) Additional family info IMM5532 (04-2017) Relationship info OWP IMM5556...

For documents such as drivers licences, passports and marriage certificates did people use black and white or colour photocopies?

How did everyone organise their application? I've seen some posts stating they separated the pack into envelopes, others that just had everything loose but in order as seen in the checklist. Should we paperclip the evidence and OWP application separate? Since my partner, the sponsor, is...

Is there anyone on here who married their spouse before they'd lived together for 12 months? Both IN canada

What did people put for the section on relationship? For how we met you cant fit very much and i remember the old form asked for your "love story" with people writing pages in some cases... Has anyone done something similar for the new form? We were going to write our future plans in the...

Hey everyone, I recently married my partner in Ontario. I was just wondering if I have to notify anyone back in England such as student loans or revenue and pensions?

How did people fill out IMM5532 for the employment history? When they were at University but had student jobs do you just add the jobs or do you need to state that they were a student also? When theyre unemployed where do you "explain how you supported yourself"...

When printing out an additional page, it states "with appropriate section"... I'm doing this for employment history. Do I need to print out multiple copies of the entire page until I have space for all my employment or can I just insert it into a word document and label which question number it is?

Should the 20 photos ALL have the PA and sponsor in? The only photos we have that show us both with each others family are from the wedding but we have a lot of us with each others family but the other was taking the picture.... would these be good evidence that we interact with each others...

Because my IEC visa expires before we will have everything together to submit, I applied to change my status to visitor and because they are currently taking so long to process these (78 days) I will be submitting my spousal application on implied status.... For IMM0008, Q10. how do I put the...

Because my wife is in school and has no employment, my father-in-law is going to write a supporting letter since they offered to support us if necessary including us moving in with them if my OWP doesnt come through soon enough. I've also seen numerous people on this forum in the same situation...

I'm the PA and I have an aunt and 2 cousins who are Canadian citizens. Between the cousins they have 7 children so do I include them as well? Half of them now live in the states but maintain dual citizenship as canadian/American. Also, one of my cousins children is Transgender and is currently...

I was under the impression that if I have a visitor visa application ongoing (my IEC expires June) I could still apply for the spousal sponsorship on implied status by submitting the application recieved notification. I've recently been informed by an immigration lawyer thato I can't apply until...

This may sound like a dumb question.... but what do I do if I've worked more than 3 jobs in the past 10 years? It asks for 10 years and to add additional pages if neccessary so do I need to print that page... fill it out by hand then scan them in and merge it with the original pdf document?

Hey everyone... I'm applying to have my visa changed to a visitor visa while we wait for our marriage licence to send off our inland PR. I was advised to write an explanation letter and a letter of support from my wife's parents (who will provide financial support if neccessary). Does anyone...

Hi all, quick question... my partner and I will be getting married April 29th. My current IEC visa expires June 5th and I've been told to change my status to a visitor 30 days before it expires. Would it be better to apply for this change before the marriage or after? I understand I would have...

Hi all, quick question... my partner and I will be getting married April 29th. My current IEC visa expires June 5th and I've been told to change my status to a visitor 30 days before it expires. Would it be better to apply for this change before the marriage or after? I understand I would have...

So here's my current situation: I'm on an IEC as a British citizen and will be getting married at the end of April. Because my IEC expires beginning of June I will need to switch to a visitor visa but although everyone keeps saying it's a simple and easy process I keep getting confused when I...