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Hi, my wife and I are planning to drive up from the states and enter Canada at a land crossing. My wife is US citizen currently waiting on PR decision(possibly soon because she just received the instructions to send her photos and passport photocopy to immigration). She's entering as a...

Hi everyone, My wife(US citizen) is coming to Canada as a visitor and I have some questions about what she would like to bring into Canada at this time. We are driving her car up from Texas in July, and she needs to bring her two dogs and a bird so that they can stay at our house here in...

Hi, My wife(principal applicant) just received her request for biometrics, she is in the US and getting them next week. Can anyone weigh in on how long after biometrics are taken and received by the Canadian government an applicant can expect to receive permanent residence? Sorry if this is a...

Hi, my wife and I sent our application in about 4 months ago and just got confirmation that it has been received, and we noticed that the processing time has increased to 20 months. We are currently separated, I(Canadian citizen) am in Canada and my wife(American citizen and principal applicant)...

Hi, we sent our spousal sponsorship package almost 3 months ago, and haven't received any mail back, is that a normal amount of time to hear nothing? One other question, do we have to wait until the government sends us mail with a case number in order to be able to order the GCMS notes...

Hi, I'm wondering if someone can tell us how soon after sending our application we can order GCMS notes? I read something about receiving a file number from the government, do we have to wait until we get that? Thanks in advance

Hi, I'm wondering if someone can tell us how soon after sending our application we can order GCMS notes? I read something about receiving a file number from the government, do we have to wait until we get that? Thanks in advance

Hi, my wife and I are applying for outland spousal sponsorship. She is in the US(her home country) for a few months and intends to return to Canada while a decision is made on our application. Basically, we are concerned about lack of proof of a genuine relationship. Please tell me if I am being...

Hi, just curious if filling in some boxes using pen is an issue if the forms have already been printed after being filled in electronically? Just need to add (N/A) to some boxes that I forgot. Thanks for any help

Hi everyone, so I was searching for a while trying to find an answer to my question but couldn't. Basically, my wife and I have been living together in Canada for the past 18 months. She is US citizen I am Canadian Citizen. She was on a work visa then a 6 month visitor extension, but because of...

Hi, my wife is a US citizen and I am a Canadian citizen. My wife is here with me in Canada on a work visa but has to return to the US next week due to family matters, so we are applying as outland. What we basically want to know is, should we be filling out our forms as if my wife is outside...

Hi, My wife and I are sending in an application for her PR. She is an American citizen, I am a Canadian citizen, and she is in Canada while we fill out her application. She has to go back to the United States for a while and will return once her application is hopefully approved (we are doing...

Hi, My wife and I are completing form imm 1295e, application for work permit, and we are a bit confused on the terminology. A lot of the questions in this application are asking for my wife's current employment status. She has been unemployed due to Covid and other reasons for the past year...

Hi, My wife is trying to apply for a Work Permit to send in with her application for permanent residency, but we are confused about the terminology based on our situation. My wife is in Canada now, but has to return to the United States for six months, and before she leaves we are completing...

Hi, I have a few questions about helping my wife to become a Canadian citizen. I am a Canadian citizen, and my wife, a US citizen, has been in Canada since February 2020 on a working holiday visa. In January this year, she applied for an extension of her visa and was granted one until August, as...

Hi, does anyone know the easiest way to go about getting a US criminal record check done for an American Inland applicant? The checklist doesn't list it but the basic guide does say it is needed as well as the country where you've lived for the past 6 months.. Do you need to have fingerprinting...

Hi, does anyone have any good tips for obtaining police certificates from the US while doing Inland sponsorship? Does the RCMP do fingerprinting so that my wife can send them to the US to get her identity history summary check? My wife has been in Canada for a year on a work visa and I believe...

Hello, I am looking for some advice based on my current situation sponsoring my wife to Canada. I am a Canadian citizen, sponsoring my wife who is a US citizen. My wife has been in Canada since February 15 2020. Her Work/holiday visa expires in nine days. A month ago we applied for an...

Hi, Family name(s) is highlighted in red, whereas given name(s) is not. We are just wondering whether to put our full names in the "family name" box or to put our last names in the family name box and our first and middle names in the "given name(s)" box. Is first and middle name not as...

Hi, my wife is filling out form 5669, and question 4 asks "Have you, or, if you are the principal applicant, any of your family members listed in your application for permanent residence ever: been convicted of, or are currently charged with, on trial for, or party to a crime or offence, or...