- Dec 15, 2013
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Ottawa
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 11-6-2015
- AOR Received.
- 16/7/2015
- File Transfer...
- 8/13/2015
- Med's Done....
- Upfront
Morning, welcome to my stream of consciousness and I do the final work on our forms for me to sponsor my husband to become a permanent resident.
I've got a high level of stress about this and thought if I got it out there someone might take the time to make me feel better or clarify if I"m screwing something up!
On IMM 5406, we've included us, our kids, his parents and his brother. I'm assuming I don't have to include my sister in-law since it says step and half but says nothing about married in relatives?
We've been married for 8 years so I've got a lot of documents - bank statements, the leases from two places we've lived together, birth certificates for our kids, insurance docs, wills, some cards, emails, facebook messages, copies of taxes filed jointly ...not a ton of pictures. I saw elsewhere where people had sent in something like 70 pages of pictures. I have approximately 60 pictures total from our 10 years together. My husband prefers to be behind the camera and honestly, I never think to take pictures. Most of what I have are formal pictures we had taken together or things like at the hospital after the baby was born. I've literally been through every photo album and every digital file we have and that's all I can find. They do show a nice collection across the years but in order to get more pictures of us together I"d have to put a call out on social media to friends and family and we haven't made it widely known that we are planning on moving because of job considerations with my husband.
There are a ton of posts on facebook that he's taken a picture with me in it and tagged me, so it shows up on his facebook. Should I print some of those? We aren't in the picture together but it makes an obvious connection.
Also, the messages between us from facebook are REALLY utilitarian. A lot of it is like "hey, here's the link to that car I was talking about" or "found these shoes that I thought would be a great gift for our son" and "got an email that the job was filled already." I do have a journal from when we were first dating and married that we did some writing back and forth in. I haven't looked into it in years but photocopying that feels really personal, think it's better that I do or that it doesn't matter that much?
Neither of us can remember the date we got engaged. Nope. No idea. I know approximate month! Is it fine just to stick a date in and write a note that we guessed because we don't remember? We've both forgotten our wedding anniversary on various years so this is not unusual for us.
We filed for an FBI check at the end of April but haven't heard back yet as those long processing times are lovely. I assume I can include a letter that says "we'll send it on it's way once we have it?"
Er...I think that's all. Feel free to ignore my ramblings. I'm sure you are all well aware of how stressful this can feel!
I've got a high level of stress about this and thought if I got it out there someone might take the time to make me feel better or clarify if I"m screwing something up!
On IMM 5406, we've included us, our kids, his parents and his brother. I'm assuming I don't have to include my sister in-law since it says step and half but says nothing about married in relatives?
We've been married for 8 years so I've got a lot of documents - bank statements, the leases from two places we've lived together, birth certificates for our kids, insurance docs, wills, some cards, emails, facebook messages, copies of taxes filed jointly ...not a ton of pictures. I saw elsewhere where people had sent in something like 70 pages of pictures. I have approximately 60 pictures total from our 10 years together. My husband prefers to be behind the camera and honestly, I never think to take pictures. Most of what I have are formal pictures we had taken together or things like at the hospital after the baby was born. I've literally been through every photo album and every digital file we have and that's all I can find. They do show a nice collection across the years but in order to get more pictures of us together I"d have to put a call out on social media to friends and family and we haven't made it widely known that we are planning on moving because of job considerations with my husband.
There are a ton of posts on facebook that he's taken a picture with me in it and tagged me, so it shows up on his facebook. Should I print some of those? We aren't in the picture together but it makes an obvious connection.
Also, the messages between us from facebook are REALLY utilitarian. A lot of it is like "hey, here's the link to that car I was talking about" or "found these shoes that I thought would be a great gift for our son" and "got an email that the job was filled already." I do have a journal from when we were first dating and married that we did some writing back and forth in. I haven't looked into it in years but photocopying that feels really personal, think it's better that I do or that it doesn't matter that much?
Neither of us can remember the date we got engaged. Nope. No idea. I know approximate month! Is it fine just to stick a date in and write a note that we guessed because we don't remember? We've both forgotten our wedding anniversary on various years so this is not unusual for us.
We filed for an FBI check at the end of April but haven't heard back yet as those long processing times are lovely. I assume I can include a letter that says "we'll send it on it's way once we have it?"
Er...I think that's all. Feel free to ignore my ramblings. I'm sure you are all well aware of how stressful this can feel!
