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Batuhan1988

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Mar 12, 2017
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I'm sponsoring my wife under family class. I got my PR thru express entry CEC and on that time we were married and I declared her as non-accompanying spouse. Do you think this will make the processing time faster than usual?

We are not living together now so I have to provide wedding photos. Document checklist says write your name and date of birth on the back of the each photo and provide a brief description... this is under principle applicant so for the name and date of birth will be principle applicant or both of us?

below this there are 4 options and min 2 of them needs to be chosen.

Important documents for you and your spouse showing that you are recognized as each other's spouse(such as employment or insurance benefits)
*we don't have common insurance so i can't pick the first one

Documentary evidence of financial support between you and your sponsor, and/or shared expenses.
*we have a join account and I am planing to put a letter from the bank saying that we have a joint account.

other proof that your relationship is recognized by your friends and/or family (e.g. Letters from friends/family, social media information showing a public relationship, etc.)
*I have 2 letters from my friend and my boss congratulating our wedding. in the letter, they just put their names so immigration officer wouldn't know that is my boss or relatives. Do you think I should write an explanation about it? in addition to that I also printed my facebook relationship status when I got married and also that shows my friends messages. There are Turkish messages in there too and I'm not sure If i need to get this translated.

proof of past cohabitation, if you are not currently living together but did at one point in the past
*we lived in canada after we got married for 4-5 months but she was visitor so I don't know if I can use this. Her name is on our lease agreement but I don't know if this would be a proof.
 
In general, having declared your spouse as non-accompanying will not speed up the process of them being sponsored for PR.

The name and date of birth on the photos is the principal applicant only.

Yes, you can include your proof of past cohabitation in Canada, even though she was a visitor, you were still living together and her name was on your lease agreement, so you should absolutely include it.