I hope you application doesn't get sent back too. There seem to be varied experience with regards to this.countrygal said:
I wish I had an answer to that too. It looks like it depends on the officer.countrygal said:
Tell me about it! I was devastated when I received the application back. I sent it nicely organized, with clips and tabs. I got a pile of loose papers back, not even in order. I was SO mad and bitter about it. I got over it though and now I'm just patiently waiting. I should have gotten the AOR yesterday (judging by the December spreadsheet) but still nothing. This is a really frustrating process for most people.countrygal said:
When did you send your application the first time around? Yes I could imagine it is very frustrating. I am crossing my fingers that it does not happen to me.canusa13 said:
I think it was December 3 or 4 and I got it back 2 weeks later. I worked my butt off to re-do it and managed to send it right before Christmas. It was received December 21. I am still nervous that they may send it back (call me paranoid!). I should have received my AOR on Thursday and didn't get anything. I'm just hoping that if they sent my first application within 2 weeks, they would have sent it back by now if there was something wrong with it. Fingers cross AOR will come next week.countrygal said:
I live in a country with no personal mailing addresses so we have no choice but to have different residential and mailing addresses, CIC must know of these nuances or they wouldn't make it an option to have different addresses....or that is my hope!biag_ni_lam-ang said:
They know this so well, and I used seperate addresses but in the same country. I think it becomes a different ball game when the addresses are in different countries (say US and Canada). I think that is the common trend for those having their application returned.MRheaB said:
I agree with you Mandie. Maybe it is because if an applicant puts another country as their residence and a Canadian address as their mailing address then CIC doesn't know if you are in Canada or not. They can only go by what is listed. In that case they want you to appoint a representative. It's like you are giving permission for someone else to receive your mail. Bottom line, if you are "living" in Canada you should be putting that address for both addressess as well as answering all questions as your residence is in Canada.mandiebraxton said:
Again, I did this (addresses in two different countries) and had no issues. I know many other people on this forum who did this successfully as well. The returned applications are a tiny minority. I think the key is also listing Canada as the place where the applicant is currently staying/living in the address history part of the application (in addition to listing the Canadian address as the mailing address). The person who had their application returned listed a Canadian mailing address but did not say the applicant was currently staying/staying in Canada. I think that's why the application was returned.TracyCa64 said:
Hello ,countrygal said:
That's probably the likely reason, but it doesn't hurt to have the sponsor fill out the "use of a representative" form if the applicant has the same mailing address as the sponsor but a different residential address, just in case.scylla said:
