DID ANYONE NOTICE on CIC ? Easier checklist :)

[cookie1234]

Effective today, Immigration Canada updated their guides and checklists for the spousal sponsorship program to make them even easier to use and understand. They will still accept applications made using the old checklists until July 15, 2017. You can check it on the cic website, when you download the new IMM5533E.

I wish they had done it earlier but it's a good thing now anyone can understand and people applying from outside won't struggle anymore to show documents they don't have. Also everything is simple they even help us double check the forms and signatures

Cheers

 

[Forte]

Thanks for this! However, this is a little unsettling. So do we have to keep checking their site for updated forms, etc. after we have already downloaded them?

I guess it's time to bookmark this page
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2017-06-13.asp

 

[mr-moose]

Thanks for this! However, this is a little unsettling. So do we have to keep checking their site for updated forms, etc. after we have already downloaded them?

I guess it's time to bookmark this page
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2017-06-13.asp

One useful piece of advice once given to me was to gather all of your evidence and supporting documentation and when you are ready to fill out the forms, then go to the website and get the latest copies.
Submitting anything other that the latest copies may mean you run the risk of having your application returned and it takes extra time then to get processed.

 

[Forte]

One useful piece of advice once given to me was to gather all of your evidence and supporting documentation and when you are ready to fill out the forms, then go to the website and get the latest copies.
Submitting anything other that the latest copies may mean you run the risk of having your application returned and it takes extra time then to get processed.

Thanks. Will do.

 

[WeegieInOttawa]

Effective today, Immigration Canada updated their guides and checklists for the spousal sponsorship program to make them even easier to use and understand. They will still accept applications made using the old checklists until July 15, 2017. You can check it on the cic website, when you download the new IMM5533E.

I wish they had done it earlier but it's a good thing now anyone can understand and people applying from outside won't struggle anymore to show documents they don't have. Also everything is simple they even help us double check the forms and signatures

Cheers

Oooh thanks for posting this! I do like this new checklist more but now i need to go through and reorganize my stuff I know i can submit with old checklist but i prefer the new one as find it easier to see what to submit.

At least it shows they are listening and actively improving the system/process.

 

[jptskt]

One useful piece of advice once given to me was to gather all of your evidence and supporting documentation and when you are ready to fill out the forms, then go to the website and get the latest copies.
Submitting anything other that the latest copies may mean you run the risk of having your application returned and it takes extra time then to get processed.

Oh gosh. I just realized I've fallen victim to this. My spouse and I starting working on our application in the beginning of April. I downloaded all the forms and saved them on my laptop on the very first day. Turns out later in April they updated the IMM 5532 form (Relationship information and spousal evaluation). I only found this out today when I saw this thread and clicked on the link. The IMM 5532 form that we filled out and mailed with the application package last week is the December 2016 version. CIC received our application few days ago. After this unfortunate discovery, I thoroughly compared the December 2016 version and the April 2017 version word-for-word. The only thing different is the image of a hand holding a pen next to all the signature boxes. I guess this addition was made so people don't forget to sign, especially since IMM 5532 has multiple signature boxes on multiple pages. We have no problem with this since we signed in all the required places and don't have missing signatures in any of our forms. It is indeed a helpful addition to the form but other than this irrelevant addition, everything is exactly the same as the December 2016 version.

Besides IMM 5532 all our other forms were the most recent versions at the time of our mailing. I'm worried they may return my application package because our IMM 5532 wasn't the latest version. I really hope not since the two versions are word-for-word identical except for the image of a hand holding a pen next to all the signature boxes. What do you guys think? Is CIC returning our application ONLY because of this a real possibility?

 

[kcward7]

Oh gosh. I just realized I've fallen victim to this. My spouse and I starting working on our application in the beginning of April. I downloaded all the forms and saved them on my laptop on the very first day. Turns out later in April they updated the IMM 5532 form (Relationship information and spousal evaluation). I only found this out today when I saw this thread and clicked on the link. The IMM 5532 form that we filled out and mailed with the application package last week is the December 2016 version. CIC received our application few days ago. After this unfortunate discovery, I thoroughly compared the December 2016 version and the April 2017 version word-for-word. The only thing different is the image of a hand holding a pen next to all the signature boxes. I guess this addition was made so people don't forget to sign, especially since IMM 5532 has multiple signature boxes on multiple pages. We have no problem with this since we signed in all the required places and don't have missing signatures in any of our forms. It is indeed a helpful addition to the form but other than this irrelevant addition, everything is exactly the same as the December 2016 version.

Besides IMM 5532 all our other forms were the most recent versions at the time of our mailing. I'm worried they may return my application package because our IMM 5532 wasn't the latest version. I really hope not since the two versions are word-for-word identical except for the image of a hand holding a pen next to all the signature boxes. What do you guys think? Is CIC returning our application ONLY because of this a real possibility?

I wouldn't worry about it as there is nothing you can do now. Hopefully not though. When did you send it in?

 

[jptskt]

I wouldn't worry about it as there is nothing you can do now. Hopefully not though. When did you send it in?

We mailed our application on June 8 and CIC received it on June 9

 

[kcward7]

We mailed our application on June 8 and CIC received it on June 9

Don't worry. There's a grace period for these types of things. Stay positive and don't think about it

 

[jptskt]

Don't worry. There's a grace period for these types of things. Stay positive and don't think about it

I hope so. Hopefully they won't even realize that our IMM 5532 isn't the latest version since, like I said, the text is 100% identical.

 

[kcward7]

I hope so. Hopefully they won't even realize that our IMM 5532 isn't the latest version since, like I said, the text is 100% identical.

What country are you applying from?

 

[jptskt]

What country are you applying from?

United States

 

[kcward7]

United States

Awesome, don't worry. I am sure it will be fine.

 

[jptskt]

Awesome, don't worry. I am sure it will be fine.

Thanks