Confused about required documents

[rjessome]

You heard? Sorry, but don't believe everything you hear.

This is taken directly from the link I posted above. Believe me, CIC is the BEST source of information!

6. Print the full address where the principal applicant lives in a). Information you provide in b) and c) will help us determine which visa office will process the application for a permanent resident visa. Under Canadian immigration legislation, an application for a permanent resident visa must be made at the visa office responsible for:

the country where the applicant is living, if the applicant has been lawfully admitted to that country for a period of at least one year, or
the applicant's country of nationality, or
the applicant's country of habitual residence, if the applicant is stateless and has legal status in that country.
The person you are sponsoring will have to provide evidence of his or her status in the country where he or she is living. Should that status change or expire before the visa office has completed the processing of the application, processing of the application will be completed in the office where it was submitted unless circumstances dictate otherwise. The person concerned will be notified in the event his or her case is referred to another visa office. Consult our website for additional information on visa office jurisdiction.


A few things for you to keep in mind. First, there is NO difference for students. Second, if you apply through the visa office where he is currently living and the application is NOT completed by the time he must leave that country, he may have to return for an interview. If he is not able to legally enter the country again and attend an interview, they will refuse the application. However, if you are confident that this will not be an issue, then by all means, apply there especially if the average processing times are faster. Good luck.

 

[armesana]

Thanks , you really helped me .
I have read all the info before but i couldn't recall it .
I should call the high commission and asked them whether they can process my application or not ,considering all the info and your suggestions I think as my husband's staying at his country of residency for about a year and half he won't face some such interview related problems .
and it is a better choice cause the average processing times are faster there .
on the cic website i found out that the police wouldn't give him police certificate unless he's been living there for at least 1 year and since he's been living there for 6 months would it be an issue ? or just the certificate from his citizenship country is quite enough .

 

[Boncuk]

What country is he in now?

 

[rjessome]

He needs to provide police clearance for any country he has lived in for 6 months or more since the age of 18. There is no where on the CIC website where they say they won't give you a police clearance if you are living some place less than a year. Are you talking about the embassy site for the country he is in? I'm sorry but now I'm getting confused too!

 

[armesana]

for example malaysia , because he used to live there for 7 months .
CIC WEBSITE:Certificates of Good Conduct are available upon request by individuals who have stayed in Malaysia for one year or more ...
anyway i should call the malaysian high commision to double check .
I know that most of my documents should be translated by official translator and be notarized but what about the Emails we have sent as proof of our relationship . as you know we don't have joint account or phone bills but we have a lot of emails which they are not in english/french .

Can i translate them? should they be notarized ?

 

[Boncuk]

What I'm asking is what country is he in now. Each region has specific requirements. Hard to help you in general.
As for the emails some translated a few and printed a screenshot of the email folder showing emails between the two of you. Chat logs help as well. They want to see ongoing communication between the two of you. Some offices are tougher than others this is also why I'm asking where you will be filing. And no they don't have to be notarised.
As for Malaysia you could contact the Malaysian embassy or consulate and explain your situation for Canadian Immigration.

 

[armesana]

dear friend ,he's living in Malaysia at the moment , and considering the average processing time and his condition( which he's gonna live there for the next year and waiting for the application to be processed ) the high commission in KL would be the best choice . i hope they'll accept to process his application .

(Indicate whether you want to withdraw your sponsorship application or continue processing if you
do not meet the sponsorship requirements. If your choice is to withdraw your sponsorship, the
application for permanent residence of the person you want to sponsor will not be processed and
you will have no right of appeal.) If i am ineligible what's the point of processing the documents? i read the section ELIGIBILITY ASSESSMENT in the forms and i meet all the
requirement mentioned there ,is there any other assessment besides them ?

 

[armesana]

today I filled the sponsorship form IMM1344EA , i am caught in section C-6-1/b/c .
in the section b)If the above address is not in the country of nationality of the person you are sponsoring, has that person been lawfully admitted for a period of at least one year in the country where
he or she is living?
so he's been living there for 6 months ,so if i choose yes it's not true . (although if he could use malaysian visa office it would have been much easier ) guess i simply can't use that . any suggestion on how i can use the residential visa office with this condition .
can i say yes he's been living there for at least one year then on extra sheet try to explain the situation ?

 

[Boncuk]

no that is misrepresentation essentially you are lying .. he needs to be there for one year at the time of sponsoring.

 

[armesana]

It seems that he should use his national visa office but in addition to all the hard and extra issue it will cause him he has a major issue , if he uses damascus visa office he should provide extra document especially Military service card which he hasn't (because he hasn't attended).
although it's written if applicable but i believe it is necessary for male applicant . what should he do ?

 

[Boncuk]

Is his military mandatory and he escaped it? I dont recall how the system is in Iran. I imagine the typical military state. So we've established he needs to use his national visa office. What is the hard time I don't understand. Perhaps if you are worried about the interview you could write in your cover letter the situation of your husband being in another country less than 6 months etc. Perhaps they could arrange it somehow if the need arises. Otherwise I guess he would have to travel to Damascus perhaps. It is a complicated situation. What other extra documents. Either he has an exemption card or he served.. ? he needs his ID card and police certificates.

 

[armesana]

Is his military mandatory and he escaped it? I dont recall how the system is in Iran. I imagine the typical military state. So we've established he needs to use his national visa office. What is the hard time I don't understand. Perhaps if you are worried about the interview you could write in your cover letter the situation of your husband being in another country less than 6 months etc. Perhaps they could arrange it somehow if the need arises. Otherwise I guess he would have to travel to Damascus perhaps. It is a complicated situation. What other extra documents. Either he has an exemption card or he served.. ? he needs his ID card and police certificates.

Yes because he's student he hasn't serve the military yet and somehow he won't he's planning to skip as he lives abroad and for your information iran's military service is a must and every boy in iran should serve at the age of 18 but if you are student u can postpone it to a later time .
Hard issues are mostly related to traveling to Damascus and preparing military exemption ID . I will try to explain my condition for them but it seems useless as he's taking medical test any day this week and he should choose his visa office and clearly it's going to be damascus .
I am wondering what would happen if he just said yes i've lived there for at least a year . will they check my passport ?do they want any document ?

 

[Boncuk]

Well wouldnt you be giving copies of your passports to show you have visited him and where? Also they will clearly see in his passport that he hasn't .. that is a whole can of worms I wouldnt recommend. It is lying plain and simple. Yes I know how the military system works. I myself am Turkish and my husband is Egyptian so I know how it is. He will need to probably get his military exemption. Unfortunately we have to go by their rules and guidelines, I wish you the best of luck!

 

[armesana]

Well wouldnt you be giving copies of your passports to show you have visited him and where? Also they will clearly see in his passport that he hasn't .. that is a whole can of worms I wouldnt recommend. It is lying plain and simple. Yes I know how the military system works. I myself am Turkish and my husband is Egyptian so I know how it is. He will need to probably get his military exemption. Unfortunately we have to go by their rules and guidelines, I wish you the best of luck!

Thanks , Couldn't he skip military exemption or somehow explain his situation ? I mean is there anyway that i can skip providing military exemption because he's living abroad .
i think it is going to be much easier if he wait for 6 month and then apply using malaysian visa office (it is going to take 3 months for providing documents). if he use malaysian visa office we should provide different additional documents based on there not his national country . is it true?

 

[armesana]

any suggestion .... Should i prepare additional documents based on the national country or the country of visa office ?