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Good day to all! A little help, please. I'm working on our spousal sponsorship forms and I'd like to ask for help from those who were already done with their applications. I have the following questions:

Document Checklist> Proof of Medical Examination:
1) Do I have to go for a medical exam before sending our forms and include the results in the application? or should we submit our application first and wait for the embassy's advice as to when I can take the medical exam then submit the results in the middle of the processing?

Document Checklist> Identity and Civil Status Documents:
2) Do I have to have these documents (NSO Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate) authenticated by having them red ribboned through DFA?

Form IMM 0008 (Generic Application Form):

3) Personal Details> Full name> Family name(s), Given name(s) (exactly as shown on your passport or travel document)
* It asks for a full name, but it did not explicitly ask for a "middle name", do I have to include my middle name under "given name(s)"? Or should I drop my middle name and just put my surname and first name?

4) National Identity Document
* Do we have one in the Philippines? If so, what could be provided as national identity document?

5) Contact Information: Current mailing address and email address
* So it says, all correspondences will go to current mailing address unless an email address is specified. I provided an email address. To those who also provided an email address, did the embassy still send you mails to your mailing address? or did you receive notices through email?

Form IMM 5669 (Background Declaration):

6) Question 6d) Have you been refused refugee status, an immigrant or PR visa or visitor or temporary resident visa, to Canada or any other country?

* I was denied a tourist visa a few times. All of those I applied at the time when I was single. The embassies usually provide a generic refusal letter. To those who also answered "Yes" to the question, what type of details did you provide in the box that asks details for refusal?

Thank you for reading my post. I would appreciate any input. :)
 
lady01 said:
Document Checklist> Proof of Medical Examination:
1) Do I have to go for a medical exam before sending our forms and include the results in the application? or should we submit our application first and wait for the embassy's advice as to when I can take the medical exam then submit the results in the middle of the processing?
It will save you time to do it beforehand. The medical will be valid for up to a year before you go.

Document Checklist> Identity and Civil Status Documents:
2) Do I have to have these documents (NSO Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate) authenticated by having them red ribboned through DFA?we just ordered new ones from NSO. They arrived within about 10 days. You can order them online to be delivered to your house.

Form IMM 0008 (Generic Application Form):

3) Personal Details> Full name> Family name(s), Given name(s) (exactly as shown on your passport or travel document)
* It asks for a full name, but it did not explicitly ask for a "middle name", do I have to include my middle name under "given name(s)"? Or should I drop my middle name and just put my surname and first name?
Given name(s) indicates plural, list every name in order that is not your last name, exactly as shown on your passport.

4) National Identity Document
* Do we have one in the Philippines? If so, what could be provided as national identity document?
We didn't have any, make sure though your passport is the newer maroon one that is machine readable

Form IMM 5669 (Background Declaration):

6) Question 6d) Have you been refused refugee status, an immigrant or PR visa or visitor or temporary resident visa, to Canada or any other country?

* I was denied a tourist visa a few times. All of those I applied at the time when I was single. The embassies usually provide a generic refusal letter. To those who also answered "Yes" to the question, what type of details did you provide in the box that asks details for refusal?

us also. We just said that he was denied for a visitor's visa on these dates and to see the attached refusals which we included.
 
Thank you for sharing, Steph C.

A little clarification for:

3) Personal Details> Full name> Family name(s), Given name(s) (exactly as shown on your passport or travel document)
* It asks for a full name, but it did not explicitly ask for a "middle name", do I have to include my middle name under "given name(s)"? Or should I drop my middle name and just put my surname and first name?

Ans: Given name(s) indicates plural, list every name in order that is not your last name, exactly as shown on your passport.

Follow up Q: Since middle name is not a last name, does that qualify as given name and therefore should be included? TY :)
 
Yes, given names includes your middle name(s) but don't forget it's to be exactly as written on your passport.

I found with my partner's family they always forgot to mention the middle name they have that was their mother's maiden name as is Filipino custom to give the mother's maiden name as middle name. For example Mary Grace (Mother's maiden name) (Last Name) has two middle names or was it two first names. So the term given name(s) is supposed to be more clear.. For her I wrote under given name "Mary Grace (Mother's maiden name)"

lady01 said:
Thank you for sharing, Steph C.

A little clarification for:

3) Personal Details> Full name> Family name(s), Given name(s) (exactly as shown on your passport or travel document)
* It asks for a full name, but it did not explicitly ask for a "middle name", do I have to include my middle name under "given name(s)"? Or should I drop my middle name and just put my surname and first name?

Ans: Given name(s) indicates plural, list every name in order that is not your last name, exactly as shown on your passport.

Follow up Q: Since middle name is not a last name, does that qualify as given name and therefore should be included? TY :)