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    DM in ECAS, but no email (Inland)

    We are inland applicants (August 2019). After silence since January, we received SA on June 22, AIP on June 23 and saw my husband's (applicant) ECAS account change from "In Progress" to Decision Made on June 24. We have not received any emails regarding DM, and our IRCC account still does not...
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    Confused - Change in ECAS: We Started Processing Your Application

    We are August 2019 inland applicants who today received SA and AIP, no DM yet. I recently ordered GCMS notes and see that they have been working on our file - medicals have been passed and background checks have been started. However, today, our ECAS account updated to say "We started...
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    Identification for Youth Medicals

    We just received our medical requests today, and as such, my husband will be flying from Nova Scotia to Texas to bring his 8 and 13 year old to their exams. To my knowledge, neither child has photo ID, but they do have birth certificates which we have in our possession. I understand each...
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    Is Criminal Rehabilitation Necessary?

    Looking for advice on whether we should apply to have my husband deemed criminally rehabilitated?: - juvenile adjudication (NOT a criminal conviction) in the USA for sexual assault as a 16 year old. This is not on his record as an adult. - 2006 DUI arrest that he was found not guilty of and...
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    URGENT - Huge Mistake on Schedule A!

    Tonight I realized my husband and I incorrectly answered question 6 B on the Schedule A form. We incorrectly read the question regarding whether he had ever been convinced of a crime in any country and checked “no” when we should have checked “yes” (marijuana possession in 2010). We did...
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    Very worried about misrepresentation

    My husband and I submitted our PR application on August 21 and just received AOR today. Last week during a trip to Houston to visit family, my husband went to get a replacement copy of his drivers license made as his had been stolen and he wanted to trade it in for a Nova Scotia license ASAP...
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    Disagreement with immigration lawyer: seeking opinions

    My husband, and American and I just submitted his permanent residency application this month. We did majority of it ourselves, but I did go see an immigration lawyer twice to review our case and then review our final application before submitting it. The only sticky part of our application is...
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    Form validation issues...

    The Schedule A background declaration was just updated by the gov in June 2019. When they updated the form they failed to include a button for document validation, yet, in their document checklist it says to validate this form or the application will be rejected. I submitted a signed letter...
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    Visitor extension after applying for PR?

    My American husband and I have recently completed all paperwork to file for his permanent residency, and are awaiting an appointment with an immigration lawyer next week to have our application reviewed for any errors prior to sending it off. He arrived in Canada on May 2, 2019 (our first...
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    Need for Criminal Rehabilitation? Spousal Sponsorship.

    My husband and I are in the process of completing our paperwork for our PR application. He is from the United States, I am from Canada. He has one "conviction" on his record, which was a fine of $600 for simple marijuana possession of under 7 grams on January 1, 2010. I understand that as of...
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    Medical timeline for non-accompanying dependant children

    My husband has three children in the US who we will include on his application as non-accompanying dependants. He is in Canada for a visit right now, and is going back to the USA from March-May. We have a baby due in June, and will be submitting our PR application this summer after he is born...
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    PR Trigger Exclusion Order?

    Long story short - the PR process calls for divorce certificates for prior marriages. In Texas where my husband was divorced, they do not produce divorce certificates - only divorce decrees, which highlight all details of the divorce in full. In his divorce decree, he stated that he was working...
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    Marijuana Possession Charge & Legalization

    Does anyone know if marijuana possession charges (small amount, less than 7 grams) are considered an indictable offense in Canada now that the drug has been legalized nation-wide? I'm in the process of applying to sponsor my husband into Canada from the United States, and he has a marijuana...
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    Will Work Permit Affect PR?

    Will accidental incorrect information submitted on an expired work permit issued in 2011 affect a Permanent Residency application in 2019, since all information submitted on the PR application will be 100% accurate and may not correspond with the information submitted for the expired 2011 work...
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    Misrepresentation due to expired work visa

    My spouse and I are in the process of applying for permanent residency. In 2011, he came to Canada on a temporary work visa as a professional athlete, which is when we met. Representatives from the professional team completed all work visa paperwork for him, and he does not remember being asked...
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    Timeline: Visitor Eligibility and Permanent Residency

    My fiance and I are getting married in 33 days. He is an American Citizen, and came to Canada to visit with me in July 2018 (we have been in a long distance relationship since 2016). During this trip, I became pregnant, and as such he ended up staying here longer than planned to attend...
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    Child Support and PR Waiting Period

    My case is a little messy. I am engaged (I understand this is not a legal relationship status), and awaiting my American fiance's divorce to become finalized in the court system. As soon as we are able, we will file for his PR Card, likely inland, so he is able to start working here as soon as...
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    Dependent Children & Estranged Spouses Non-Accompanying

    My fiance is currently going through the process of a divorce and has 3 children who are currently living with his soon-to-be ex-wife. We will not be bringing them to Canada. I am planning to sponsor him as my conjugal partner so he is able to work in Canada and travel back and forth between...