zint said:
friend i applied by myself, second i provided my spouse's uncle pssprt and his statement in our favor establishing his relationship with her. and most of all when u fill family Information form u write your spouse and every dependent family members details. in most of birth certificates the name of grandfather is written in many countries. the govt. institutions like CIC can check their record by click on their citizenship database where any siblings details of every single Canadian is stored. even someones's brother or sister are not living in Canada but they've got all in the record .. thats what they have to verify on security check stage.. not in initial stage .. even i have read op6,in these cases when doubts are born they "cic" can ask the applicant to demonstrate on any issue..
but i would like to say that the story is now end from my side,, i have never been disappointed in my whole life before but cic made me the same .. but the ppl who r still on board waiting for their PERs, Medicals, and Landing [size=10pt]"BEST OF LUCK"[/size]
The passport does not serve (on its' own merit) as a proof of your uncle being related to your husband.
At least in theory anyone can include a copy of a passport of someone in Canada with written statement of relationship.
However, birth certificates (as also mentioned in an article i copy pasted earlier) can serve as a clear proof of relationship (your uncles BC having the names of his parents and one of your spouses parent's having the BC with the matching names of parents etc.)
Thus, having provided the BC you would have satisfied an initial inquiry into eligibility for points and there would be no doubts at this stage as to your husbands relationship to his uncle in Canada (remember, as an applicant the burden of proof is on YOU).
It would then be up to local VO to conduct further background search and to VALIDATE the claims made on submitted documents (and particularly in this order , not vice versa).
By not providing sufficient evidence you are burdening the CIO officer in Sydney to do the job he didn't feel like HE had to do for YOU (why would they want to spend time and resources to start a background check and find out addl proof of your husband's uncle's relationship to your husband?).
As a result your app got returned to you (and perhaps out of frustration, as i suspect there must have been many similar cases where applicants simply assume that it's CIO's responsibility to establish the proof of relationship on behalf of an applicant).
If you applied under category where the CAP has not been reached yet then you can simply do it right this time and resubmit your application with AS MUCH of documented evidence as CIO may deem necessary.
If your category CAP is reached already then good luck and try to apply next year with everything intact.
Many people here write posts and encourage each other just to make themselves and others feel good.
I will not do the same. I believe your objective is to qualify and get a PR in Canada rather than hear sugarcoated compliments to you and useless vilification of CIC.
Be practical. Focus. Do what necessary. Follow the app. guidelines meticulously.
Good luck!