Complicated Spousal Sponsorship Situation, Need some advise please!

[edgarsitow]

Hey guys!

Wow I have been to other forums before and none of them have been as informative as this one. I have read some of your stories as an "Anonymous" reader, and I want to congratulate all of you who are already reunited with your loved ones.

Now my Fiancee and I believe we're ready to make the move. But we have many questions and we haven't been able to find the answers. Let me provide some background information on myself. We immigrated as refugees to Canada 2 years ago from Mexico, however, I was a minor at that time (17 years old). My father was the main applicant, not me. The Refugee Application was denied, so we decided to apply for Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds. And.. No luck, denied as well. So we decided to go back to Mexico. During this time I met this lovely girl and we have been together ever since. She had to stay in Canada because of school, and other reasons, but she is planning to come here and we will get married in October, submit the application so I can go back and be with her. I have a few questions and nobody has been able to answer me though. I'll try to make it as concise and self-explanatory as possible.

1. I understand there is no LICO (Low Income Cut Off) for our situation, however, and "Option-C Printout" has to be included. She turned 18 this year, and she just started working a month ago, therefore, she has never filed Taxes. Is it compulsory to include it? What can we do in this situation?

2.Will my previous stay in Canada affect the application even though I was not the principal applicant? I have a letter from the Canadian government stating that I left voluntarily. Should I include this with my application?

3. This might be somewhat of a dumb question, but I rather ask than stay with doubts. She is Native and registered under the Indian Act. Will this have any implication on our application? I'm mainly referring to a positive one or something since the government tends to be very lenient and flexible with them.

4. I speak both English and French fluently, and I graduated from Secondary School in Ontario, so I assume my level of adaptability is very high. Is this relevant to them?

Any questions, comments and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to hear from you guys

Edgar H.

 

[Leon]

She should call immigration and ask about the option-c printout. You are allowed to sponsor at age 18 so they must have provisions for that. While she's on the phone with immigration anyway, she can also ask them about your refugee episode but I don't believe it will be held against you since you were a minor at the time.

As far as I know, there are no special rules for first nations people with immigration. Adaptability is not relevant when sponsoring a spouse. They mainly look at if they think the relationship is real or not. Keep copies of phonebills, emails, chat logs, photos and other things you can think of to send in with your application to prove your relationship.

 

[canthai]

Edgar,

2. If you left Canada voluntarily without any complications then, by all means, add that proof to show CIC that you were responsible and trustworthy by obeying the immigration laws. I think it is similar if you were granted a TRV into Canada and you obeyed the visa and left at the time it expired.

3. This is not a dumb question since most of us applying are minorities and wonder this as well. Every application should be given equal opportunity regardless of financial status, same s.e.x. couples, or ethnicity (we all hope!).

4. Yes this helps! Once you read through the required forms they will ask this.

Hope my comments help!

canthai

 

[edgarsitow]

She should call immigration and ask about the option-c printout. You are allowed to sponsor at age 18 so they must have provisions for that. While she's on the phone with immigration anyway, she can also ask them about your refugee episode but I don't believe it will be held against you since you were a minor at the time.

As far as I know, there are no special rules for first nations people with immigration. Adaptability is not relevant when sponsoring a spouse. They mainly look at if they think the relationship is real or not. Keep copies of phonebills, emails, chat logs, photos and other things you can think of to send in with your application to prove your relationship.

Yeah thanks for your answer Leon, I'll get her to call on monday to ask about that, that's pretty much the only doubt that we have right now, the rest is just paperwork and lots, lots of $$$. I don't have any phone bills, since we used to go to the same school and we saw each other basically 24/7. And now I communicate using this marvellous thing called Magicjack, So no record is kept. I do found however some chat logs, and some pictures of us in Montreal, Hamilton, etc etc, we used to take a lot of pictures kissing each other so I guess that's a point on our side.

Edgar,

2. If you left Canada voluntarily without any complications then, by all means, add that proof to show CIC that you were responsible and trustworthy by obeying the immigration laws. I think it is similar if you were granted a TRV into Canada and you obeyed the visa and left at the time it expired.

3. This is not a dumb question since most of us applying are minorities and wonder this as well. Every application should be given equal opportunity regardless of financial status, same s.e.x. couples, or ethnicity (we all hope!).

4. Yes this helps! Once you read through the required forms they will ask this.

Hope my comments help!

canthai

Thanks for the Comments canthai, I've followed some threads and I notice how you're always replying and willing to help. This is greatly appreciated trust me!

And yeah I guess I'll include the original sheet stating that I left Canada voluntarily. I asked the 3rd question because, I don't know if you've heard this before, but people registered under the Indian Act (first and six nations) have a LOT of benefits, which is considered fair in my humble opinion, after all, they got there first and it's their land right? won't get into history/politics but yeah, they are exempt from some taxes, get loans for basically everything, university/college for free, etc, that's why I guessed it was fair enough to wonder whether or not that could have any implications on our application.

Keep the comments coming guys, If I can be of any help, trust me I'll be the first one putting comments.

Edgar

 

[edgarsitow]

Come guys =( Question N. 1 anyone?

I really don't know what to do for the Option-C printout.

The call centre isn't very concise.

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