PR Application

[fluffydog2016]

My spouse (US Citizen) and I (Canadian Citizen) are about to submit our PR application. We got married last year in Ontario, but currently live and work in the US. Our officiant put the wrong date and location on our license, thus resulting in a marriage certificate with the incorrect date and location. We submitted everything to amend it seven weeks ago, but have not heard back.

Evidence we have to support the correct date and location consists of the following:
1. Letter from officiant admitting to the mistake.
2. Copy of officiant marriage register page with our correct date and location. He had to amend that page since he put the wrong date and location down there.
3. Copy of Save the Date showing correct date and location.
4. Copy of wedding invitation showing correct date and location.
5. Copy of contract with wedding venue showing correct date and location.
6. Copy of contract with photographer showing correct date and location.

Will IRCC accept the current marriage certificate knowing we are working to get it amended. We have ample evidence of the correct date and location to share with our PR application.

We are tired of waiting on ServiceOntario to correct the forms. We want to get the process started on the PR application.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[scylla]

My spouse (US Citizen) and I (Canadian Citizen) are about to submit our PR application. We got married last year in Ontario, but currently live and work in the US. Our officiant put the wrong date and location on our license, thus resulting in a marriage certificate with the incorrect date and location. We submitted everything to amend it seven weeks ago, but have not heard back.

Evidence we have to support the correct date and location consists of the following:
1. Letter from officiant admitting to the mistake.
2. Copy of officiant marriage register page with our correct date and location. He had to amend that page since he put the wrong date and location down there.
3. Copy of Save the Date showing correct date and location.
4. Copy of wedding invitation showing correct date and location.
5. Copy of contract with wedding venue showing correct date and location.
6. Copy of contract with photographer showing correct date and location.

Will IRCC accept the current marriage certificate knowing we are working to get it amended. We have ample evidence of the correct date and location to share with our PR application.

We are tired of waiting on ServiceOntario to correct the forms. We want to get the process started on the PR application.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

This is a very unique situation so I don't think any of us can say for certain.

 

[scylla]

My spouse (US Citizen) and I (Canadian Citizen) are about to submit our PR application. We got married last year in Ontario, but currently live and work in the US. Our officiant put the wrong date and location on our license, thus resulting in a marriage certificate with the incorrect date and location. We submitted everything to amend it seven weeks ago, but have not heard back.

Evidence we have to support the correct date and location consists of the following:
1. Letter from officiant admitting to the mistake.
2. Copy of officiant marriage register page with our correct date and location. He had to amend that page since he put the wrong date and location down there.
3. Copy of Save the Date showing correct date and location.
4. Copy of wedding invitation showing correct date and location.
5. Copy of contract with wedding venue showing correct date and location.
6. Copy of contract with photographer showing correct date and location.

Will IRCC accept the current marriage certificate knowing we are working to get it amended. We have ample evidence of the correct date and location to share with our PR application.

We are tired of waiting on ServiceOntario to correct the forms. We want to get the process started on the PR application.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

I would be tempted to submit with what you have now.

 

[MJSPARV]

My spouse (US Citizen) and I (Canadian Citizen) are about to submit our PR application. We got married last year in Ontario, but currently live and work in the US. Our officiant put the wrong date and location on our license, thus resulting in a marriage certificate with the incorrect date and location. We submitted everything to amend it seven weeks ago, but have not heard back.

Evidence we have to support the correct date and location consists of the following:
1. Letter from officiant admitting to the mistake.
2. Copy of officiant marriage register page with our correct date and location. He had to amend that page since he put the wrong date and location down there.
3. Copy of Save the Date showing correct date and location.
4. Copy of wedding invitation showing correct date and location.
5. Copy of contract with wedding venue showing correct date and location.
6. Copy of contract with photographer showing correct date and location.

Will IRCC accept the current marriage certificate knowing we are working to get it amended. We have ample evidence of the correct date and location to share with our PR application.

We are tired of waiting on ServiceOntario to correct the forms. We want to get the process started on the PR application.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

You mentioned not hearing back yet from Service Ontario… have you been calling them and asking for updates? Seven weeks is awhile and I’d personally be hassling them instead of thinking of submitting the PR application with a set of documents that IRCC may or may not accept. This smells to me of feeling like it would save time to submit it now with all of that documentation, but that doing so has a decent chance of either slowing down the processing or resulting in it getting returned as incomplete, etc. IRCC works best when they get exactly what they are looking for IMO.

 

[armoured]

Our officiant put the wrong date and location on our license, thus resulting in a marriage certificate with the incorrect date and location. We submitted everything to amend it seven weeks ago, but have not heard back.
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Will IRCC accept the current marriage certificate knowing we are working to get it amended. We have ample evidence of the correct date and location to share with our PR application.

We are tired of waiting on ServiceOntario to correct the forms. We want to get the process started on the PR application.

I too would be inclined to submit with what you have - but what's missing from your description is what the significance is of the mistaken entry, and whether it's material.*

If this is either a nothingburger or obvious error (eg off by a couple of days or a month or an obvious transposition of month/day, city misspelling or, say, Toronto vs Unionville) or a clearly impossible set of dates/facts (married in 2052 on Mars), then I'd think not that important and submit. Point being, it's good to have trivial errors corrected, but if they're trivial, I can't see why IRCC would be fussed.

If it's somehow significant, may be an issue and cause delays. (I can't really imagine what would be significant here...like a change to a date before one of you completed a divorce, or the officiant's license was in effect? - eg something that would potentially make the marriage invalid)

Another thing is after you've submitted, you can provide the updated certificate by webform. That might keep delays to a minimum.

Small addl comment: would include copy of whatever you submitted to get the marriage certificate corrected (correction form?). And of course a copy of the existing (uncorrected) certificate.

That said: @MJSPARV has a point that no-one can guarantee it won't be delayed. You'll have to use your own judgment about whether it could be significant or not and your risk tolerance on that.



*Small note here, part of my guess/opinion about why not that important is that it's a Canadian jurisdiction - I don't know I'd have same opinion if this was a marriage certificate from [insert name of country here.]

 

[fluffydog2016]

I too would be inclined to submit with what you have - but what's missing from your description is what the significance is of the mistaken entry, and whether it's material.*

If this is either a nothingburger or obvious error (eg off by a couple of days or a month or an obvious transposition of month/day, city misspelling or, say, Toronto vs Unionville) or a clearly impossible set of dates/facts (married in 2052 on Mars), then I'd think not that important and submit. Point being, it's good to have trivial errors corrected, but if they're trivial, I can't see why IRCC would be fussed.

If it's somehow significant, may be an issue and cause delays. (I can't really imagine what would be significant here...like a change to a date before one of you completed a divorce, or the officiant's license was in effect? - eg something that would potentially make the marriage invalid)

Another thing is after you've submitted, you can provide the updated certificate by webform. That might keep delays to a minimum.

Small addl comment: would include copy of whatever you submitted to get the marriage certificate corrected (correction form?). And of course a copy of the existing (uncorrected) certificate.

That said: @MJSPARV has a point that no-one can guarantee it won't be delayed. You'll have to use your own judgment about whether it could be significant or not and your risk tolerance on that.



*Small note here, part of my guess/opinion about why not that important is that it's a Canadian jurisdiction - I don't know I'd have same opinion if this was a marriage certificate from [insert name of country here.]

Our marriage was registered by the Ontario government thankfully so that should help. Hopefully?

Our officiant put 7/20/24 when we got married 7/27/24. For the location he put the location as Mississauga when we got married in Hamilton.

As I said, our marriage is registered with Ontario but there are small mistakes. For immigration the small mistakes affect you in big ways sometimes.

Appreciate the help!

 

[armoured]

Our officiant put 7/20/24 when we got married 7/27/24. For the location he put the location as Mississauga when we got married in Hamilton.

Yeah, to me, these are not that significant, unless one of you was married to someone else until the 24th or something.

Again, up to you of course, but I tend to think this is a clerical error, not something that renders the marriage invalid.

[My comment about other jurisdictions was more a warning comment to others that might read this thread someday - I feel less confident that IRCC would be comfortable with it from (some) other countries.]

 

[fluffydog2016]

Again thanks for the help!
We called ServiceOntario. They said it might take another four weeks to get the certificate amended.

We are going to ask some friends to provide an affidavit confirming they attended the wedding, the date of the wedding, and the location of the wedding.

If we want to apply for a US green card we have to have the correct certificate. Considering Canada has recognized our marriage the date and location should hopefully not be a major factor.

 

[mcdonald15d]

Hi everyone,
I’m posting to see if anyone else is in the same situation or has any advice.
I applied for Permanent Residence under the Family Sponsorship program in June 2024. Since May 8, 2025, both my Eligibility and Background Check have been showing “In Progress” on the new IRCC tracker. I haven’t received any updates or requests from IRCC since then.
It’s been almost a year since I submitted my application, and I’m starting to get really anxious.
Is this kind of delay normal? Should I be contacting IRCC, or is it better to just keep waiting?
If anyone else is going through the same thing or has already passed this stage, please share your timeline or advice. I’d really appreciate it

Thank you.

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone,
I’m posting to see if anyone else is in the same situation or has any advice.
I applied for Permanent Residence under the Family Sponsorship program in June 2024. Since May 8, 2025, both my Eligibility and Background Check have been showing “In Progress” on the new IRCC tracker. I haven’t received any updates or requests from IRCC since then.
It’s been almost a year since I submitted my application, and I’m starting to get really anxious.
Is this kind of delay normal? Should I be contacting IRCC, or is it better to just keep waiting?
If anyone else is going through the same thing or has already passed this stage, please share your timeline or advice. I’d really appreciate it

Thank you.

Any chance you are a Quebec applicant?

 

[mcdonald15d]

No, I’m not a Quebec applicant. the sponsor lives in brampton , Ontario. So it’s a regular outland family sponsorship PR.

I’m still stuck on “Eligibility in Progress” and “Background Check in Progress” since May 8, and no updates yet.

 

[scylla]

No, I’m not a Quebec applicant. the sponsor lives in brampton , Ontario. So it’s a regular outland family sponsorship PR.

I’m still stuck on “Eligibility in Progress” and “Background Check in Progress” since May 8, and no updates yet.

It's not unusual for background check to take a few months and it can take many months depending on a person's background. Hard to comment without knowing anything about your profile.

 

[Charlamanderxxxx]

No, I’m not a Quebec applicant. the sponsor lives in brampton , Ontario. So it’s a regular outland family sponsorship PR.

I’m still stuck on “Eligibility in Progress” and “Background Check in Progress” since May 8, and no updates yet.

my background check alone took 6 months to be completed - Ontario

 

[mcdonald15d]

ahhh what about eligibility?