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    Open Work Permit - IMM5409 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union

    Hi, I am sponsoring my wife for permanent residency. She is currently living with me in Canada under a Study/Work permit and we are submitting an Open Work Permit with the Spousal application. The document checklist includes the form IMM5409 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union. It says...
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    Remaining in Canada While Waiting for Spousal Application

    When you say, "when approved" did you mean to say, "when received"? If it takes four months to approve the OWP, she will be outside her current status. When we submit the application, she will still have legal status. When they receive it, she will still have legal status. Just confirming that...
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    Remaining in Canada While Waiting for Spousal Application

    Hi, I am sponsoring my wife who is living with me in Canada under a Study/Work permit that expires on Mar 31, 2019. We are submitting a Open Work Permit extension but we have less than the four months processing time before her current visa expires. We plan to submit the PR application this...
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    Financial Sponsorship Requirements

    Hi, I am sponsoring my wife who is from Brazil and living with me right now in Canada under a Study/Work visa. I am not working right now. I am in school doing my MBA and it will finish in December 2019. I have assets of over $100k. Is this enough? What are the financial requirements? Thanks...
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    Open Work Permit (IMM5710) - Spousal Application from Within Canada

    Hi, We are applying for the Open Work Permit with my wife's spousal PR application. She has been living in Canada for over a year, currently under a Study/Work permit. Her status expires at the end of March. We are submitting the IMM5710 form for the Open Work Permit. Question 3 on the form...
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    Schedule A – Background/Declaration (IMM 5669)

    Hi everyone, On the detailed guide online it says this form (IMM 5669) only needs to be filled out by (direct quote): The principal applicant (the person being sponsored, including those under 18); and all dependent children aged 18 years or older (whether accompanying you to Canada or not)...
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    Spousal Application - Family Members (Forms IMM 5406 and IMM 0008DEP)

    One more question: on form IMM 0008 it asks for "how many family members, including you, are in this application?" Is this asking how many family members including her mother, father, and sister? Or is this just referring to herself, the principal applicant? We were assuming this should just be...
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    Spousal Application - Family Members (Forms IMM 5406 and IMM 0008DEP)

    Hi everyone, I am working on a spousal application for my wife. She is from Brazil. I am a Canadian citizen. We got married in Canada this past August. There is one section we are a little confused about. On the 5525 guide it says: "Family members who are not declared and examined are excluded...