Sponsoring my Korean wife for permanent residency

[PatientCanuck]

Congratulations, I'm green with envy!

 

[CanAsian]

I got a strange request from Manila. I need to show support that I intend to move to canada before or when my wifes applicatuon gets approved. I thought that was all done when i got sponsorship approval. Anyways i need to send them proof that im in canada now. How should i send the additional documents? Email or mail?

 

[bartjones]

I got a strange request from Manila. I need to show support that I intend to move to canada before or when my wifes applicatuon gets approved. I thought that was all done when i got sponsorship approval. Anyways i need to send them proof that im in canada now. How should i send the additional documents? Email or mail?

You may want to reply to their request and ask if you can send them by email. If they don't respond, I'd send them by courier or some form of delivery that provides you with proof of delivery.

 

[CanAsian]

I replied to the email and asked them. I'm getting everything ready to courier just in case they don't get back to me. They say I have 45 days to get back to them. It seems like most of us on this forum have had some kind of bad luck or they are giving us a more difficult time.

 

[ctcruiser]

I would recommend using only her Korean name as it appears on her current passport and other official government documents. CIC will be using that name when they do their normal background checks/cross referencing during the course of your application. Using any other name will only confuse them and potentially delay the processing of your application. Perhaps you can make the name change after she gets her PR.

We'll, crazy as it sounds, this will be her first passport. She has never had one, having never left the country before. She wanted to change to my last name since she has no prior passport, and thought it would look better for us. Would you advise against that and have her use her maiden name? Also, should I at least include her English name under the nicknames part? Correspondence I'm sending is under her English name(specifically kakao talk excerpts that I've chosen from our records)

 

[bartjones]

I replied to the email and asked them. I'm getting everything ready to courier just in case they don't get back to me. They say I have 45 days to get back to them. It seems like most of us on this forum have had some kind of bad luck or they are giving us a more difficult time.

I tend to agree. I think in some of the cases in this thread they have asked for additional information that seems utterly useless and unnecessary. Sometimes I think they send those requests so they will have an excuse to throw the file back on the pile for a couple more months.

 

[Daantaat]

Congratulations, I'm green with envy!

Thanks! It's been such a long, stressful journey; I hope this means his visa is on the way and we can really begin to make Canada our home together!

 

[bartjones]

We'll, crazy as it sounds, this will be her first passport. She has never had one, having never left the country before. She wanted to change to my last name since she has no prior passport, and thought it would look better for us. Would you advise against that and have her use her maiden name?

I see. I think the problem you might have is that the name on her passport will be different than what appears on all the family census documents/criminal background checks you'll be submitting from the gu office and police station. You might be able to explain this in the covering letter that you submit with your application, but it doesn't seem to take much to confuse those Manila VOs. As a result, I think you're better off changing it all after she has PR.

Also, should I at least include her English name under the nicknames part? Correspondence I'm sending is under her English name(specifically kakao talk excerpts that I've chosen from our records)

Yes, or you'll want to explain that she uses her English name in those communications.

 

[bartjones]

My husband's status changed to Decision Made in ECAS this morning! I hope this means his visa is finally on the way!

Congratulations! I'm also green with envy, lol.

 

[Daantaat]

Congratulations! I'm also green with envy, lol.

Thanks bartjones. I hope things go smoothly for you from here on out and your wife gets her visa soon!

 

[PatientCanuck]

We'll, crazy as it sounds, this will be her first passport. She has never had one, having never left the country before. She wanted to change to my last name since she has no prior passport, and thought it would look better for us. Would you advise against that and have her use her maiden name? Also, should I at least include her English name under the nicknames part? Correspondence I'm sending is under her English name(specifically kakao talk excerpts that I've chosen from our records)

My sentiments are the same as what bartjones mentioned, me and my wife also decided to not change any names until after the PR process was through. It seems that any trivial matter can bung up the process, so anything that isn't completely necessary to do now, ( by which I mean you can change names after you are both living here with PR), I would recommend holding off on.

I can just imagine having to get certified translations, confirming the person on the certified translations from the family census and any other document is the same person and the silly emails from Manilla that might follow.

 

[ctcruiser]

Alright, I'll definitely hold off on the name change then. Last thing we want is a reason for a delay. We'll be gathering all the documents for translation and notarizing in the next week. We need to do this for the 3 Korean documents from my soon to be wife, so that should be 3 of them?
Family registry
Marriage certificate
Cancelled old registry.

Is that correct? Anything else that will need it? Is the criminal check in English?

 

[Rob_TO]

so that should be 3 of them?
Family registry
Marriage certificate
Cancelled old registry.

Is that correct? Anything else that will need it? Is the criminal check in English?

That seems correct. Criminal check will be in Korean so you need to get it translated. Also make sure you get it within 3 months of when you plan to submit your application to CPC-M.

 

[ctcruiser]

On a slightly different topic, my soon to be wife and I want to start having a family fairly soon as we are both pushing 35. However, we don't want to mess up the paperwork or cause a ton of extra immigration problems. Is it advisable to wait until her pr is in hand before even considering children?

 

[Rob_TO]

On a slightly different topic, my soon to be wife and I want to start having a family fairly soon as we are both pushing 35. However, we don't want to mess up the paperwork or cause a ton of extra immigration problems. Is it advisable to wait until her pr is in hand before even considering children?

Basically CIC doesn't care about pregnancy, they only care about when a baby is actually born. And if you are Canadian and can pass on citizenship, it's really not a big deal as the baby would not need to be sponsored as it would already be Canadian citizen upon birth. So updating an application in progress would just be a minor detail (would be a major issue if baby was not Canadian and had to be added as dependent).

However there are many other things to consider:
- if she gets pregnant before the application is submitted, she may be unable to do medicals due to x-ray risk
- if the application takes over 1 year, they may ask you to do re-medicals and again if pregnant at that time she will not be able to do and app could be delayed until after birth
- if she intends to stay in Canada during processing as a visitor, make sure she will have provincial health coverage to cover pregnancy and delivery costs. Only some provinces (like Alberta) offer this to visitors while applying outland.