goodman36 said:
Thank you Pinder123, Veradis, Scylla and Computergeek.
May I ask, how I can make sure that I can be in the 20% for Singapore -RPC?
My employment history is not that great, although I am employed at present and got a Job Letter from the Employer which I am attaching.
Do I still need to include Option-C Printour from CRA? Also, my wife works full time in a multi national company in the home country. She got a job letter too. Should I include that too, even though they don't ask for it?
Since we are married less then a month, I am attaching a few pages of chat history. Is more required?
Sorry to ask so many question. I am just feeling lonely without her
The point is not you (your approval should be granted within 3-4 months) but your wife (and your relationship). The visa office will be primarily concerned with the legitimacy of your relationship and your wife's own background. Assuming she has no criminal record, there shouldn't be much of a hold-up. While it isn't necessary, being able to show that she has skills that can be employed in Canada is certainly useful. If her employer is willing to offer her a position in Canada, I'd include them although there's technically no reason to do so.
Your emphasis should be on your relationship. The reason that there is a long delay is likely because the visa office sees a significant number of questionable relationships (the dreaded "marriage of convenience"). So you should try to demonstrate the basis of your relationship - how you met, how you came to know one another. What I tried to do is put myself in the position of a jaded and distrustful immigration officer looking at my evidence and said "would this convince me (the jaded, distrustful officer) that this is truly a genuine relationship"? If the answer is not a resounding "absolutely" you need to do more work - because if you cannot convince yourself, you won't convince the real visa officer.
Indeed, I had that concern about my own spousal application - we have quite an age difference and quite an income difference, plus I was already refused. I'm objective enough to realize that this is going to look questionable. I assembled my first set of evidence and wasn't convinced. I found more material and STILL wasn't convinced. At that point I really had to dig - I found our early communications with one another that pre-date my even filing that first (refused) application. With that information I realized that I now had a very convincing story - if my goal had been to "buy my way in to Canada" I wouldn't have ever bothered spending three years on the original application. The story all of the evidence (chat logs, phone records, travel records, pictures and letters from our friends and family) told is actually now convincing.
There is no income requirement for sponsorship. With that said, you have to be able to convince CIC that you will be able to provide for yourself and your partner (that's why showing your partner has useful skills is, while not required, useful.) But there really isn't that much to being approved to sponsor. The scrutiny will be on your wife - she is the one that CIC might suspect of "buying her way" into Canada. Build your case - convince them that it isn't the case and you can be in the 20%. Make sure your application is persuasive and COMPLETE - dot all the i's and cross all the t's. Check and re-check. Make sure the documents are ALL there. Arrange them so they are in exactly the right order.
When you are done, keep a copy of EVERYTHING. That way if anything goes missing, you will be able to replace it quickly.
When you reach the point that you know everything is there because you've reviewed it all so many times you're sick of looking at the application, it's complete. Make your copy, send it in and wait. At that point there's nothing more you can do to make it go faster, other than just hope it DOES go faster for you.
Others may have further suggestions, of course.
Good luck!
