Sponsoring my Korean wife for permanent residency

[bartjones]

Did they ding you on customs on the other end or was that all included in the price?

The shipping company will make a list of the boxes you ship and give you a copy. Bring that list with you when you come to Canada. At the airport in Vancouver, tell the CBSA agent you have goods to follow and show them the list. They'll have you complete a form B4. As a returnee to Canada (assuming you've been out of Canada for one year) you can import all that stuff customs/duty/tax free

Do they base it on size / weight / value.

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[ad rasheed]

hi, I am starting the same process and really need advice from u people. I am a naturalized Canadian citizen living in US for 10years. I am on TN work visa, I got married on Sep 2013 my wife is from Pakistan, she was in Canada on student visa for one year from Sep 2012 to Aug 2013 doing her masters, then in Sep 2013 we got married in Pakistan, she has dropped her semester now as she is with me in US on B2 visit visa. I have taken printouts of all the forms for sponsorship application of family class. and started to fill them. there are some things I really need to know.

1. do I have to fill statutory declaration of common law union form?
2. additional family information? as I am only sponsoring my wife.
3. what should I do with option C printout as I am in US for almost 10 years.
4. police certificate? does she have to get it from US or Pakistan or Canada as she was in Canada for one year as a student.
5. what about assurance that we will move to Canada after she get her PR, how can I show that as my job is here in US.

thank you so much.

 

[Rob_TO]

hi, I am starting the same process and really need advice from u people. I am a naturalized Canadian citizen living in US for 10years. I am on TN work visa, I got married on Sep 2013 my wife is from Pakistan, she was in Canada on student visa for one year from Sep 2012 to Aug 2013 doing her masters, then in Sep 2013 we got married in Pakistan, she has dropped her semester now as she is with me in US on B2 visit visa. I have taken printouts of all the forms for sponsorship application of family class. and started to fill them. there are some things I really need to know.

1. do I have to fill statutory declaration of common law union form?
2. additional family information? as I am only sponsoring my wife.
3. what should I do with option C printout as I am in US for almost 10 years.
4. police certificate? does she have to get it from US or Pakistan or Canada as she was in Canada for one year as a student.
5. what about assurance that we will move to Canada after she get her PR, how can I show that as my job is here in US.

thank you so much.

This thread is for people applying for Korean spouses. To not bog down the thread with unrelated info, please post your question as a separate question in the forum, or under the Islamabad thread where people are in the same situation as you!

 

[earthbound14]

Thanks earthbound14!

Did they ding you on customs on the other end or was that all included in the price?

We are essentailly bringing back a king size bed, clothing, a few keepsakes, some books, and other personal stuff. Also selling our heavy appliances due to the voltage difference (and a not bad resale value here!)

Also, I'm sad to see that you can't ship back booze (always knew you couldn't through mail, but thought maybe massive shipping companies might have some loophole)... because I have quite the collection from my travels around Asia. Oh well, I'll survive haha


Do they base it on size / weight / value. Anyways, appreciate this lead. (also thanks bartjones, for your recommendation) I'll get the wife on Naver to track down their details. We'll need our stuff picked up / shipped from Daegu to Kelowna come Fall!

You can bring all your possesions with you, so they shouldn't ding you for anything, unless it might appear that you are trying to pass off items you just purchased and may intend to sell once you land...like say 2 crates of brand new terabyte drives. You can also have things shipped over after you have landed in Canada (I think you have a 6 month window, might be a full year, I can't remember). I had a camera that I had accidentally left there sent back that way and I even managed to sneak in a lens that I had bought off eBay from Australia. Once your stuff arrives in Canada you will have to go report to a border official and explain what you have and how much everything costs (don't give them the new prices, give them the used prices). I actually wrote zero value for many items, which caused the border official some grief until I explained that it was all used clothing, books and personal items that I would have simply thrown out or donated...so it had no monetary value to me.

The rate is based on size and weight. Not sure the exact formula they use, but the guy told me that size was the most important thing.

 

[CanAsian]

We used Hyundai shipping (they have several shipping departments though, so you want to get the door to door service that they have for people who are moving internationally).

They were fantastic. They came to our house, measured all the items we said we would bring, gave us an estimate, then came by with a truck and 2 movers, packaged everything up in thick carboard boxes and packing material (including many glass items) and then shipped them to our door (we had to wait a while without furniture as it takes longer than the flight) then unpacked everything and put it all in place. All for just over 2 grand (that was all our clothes, dishes, my bike, our sofa, our bed and all sorts of other items). They said they could have taken everything in our place for 4 grand (including the fridge), but as the voltage is different here we opted to leave our appliances. The final cost was very close to the estimate too even after we added all sorts of things and not one item was lost or broken.

Very stress free and considering the cost of things here, it was well worth it to ship most of stuff than it was to start all over again, even the older items like my 10 year old bike were worth shipping.

Where did you ship your things to? 2 grand for all that seems like a good deal. I got quoted 2 grand for about 2 kimchi size fridges from the same company.

 

[earthbound14]

Where did you ship your things to? 2 grand for all that seems like a good deal. I got quoted 2 grand for about 2 kimchi size fridges from the same company.

Vancouver. They will do door to door service here but other places in Canada, not so much. I think they have to use either a local moving company (which would be very expensive) or rely on you picking your stuff up and shipping it the rest of the way.

 

[bp06km13]

Hi, I am starting to begin the process to sponsor my Korean spouse. I have went through all the required documents and such, everything seems to be in place but can be a little confusing at first glance. I'm wondering if someone can help me by briefly running through the documents/information my spouse will need in the application. Things like family registry etc? a brief point form layout would be of great help. Thank you!

 

[Rob_TO]

Hi, I am starting to begin the process to sponsor my Korean spouse. I have went through all the required documents and such, everything seems to be in place but can be a little confusing at first glance. I'm wondering if someone can help me by briefly running through the documents/information my spouse will need in the application. Things like family registry etc? a brief point form layout would be of great help. Thank you!

The guide here shows the Korean docs you require: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3907e.pdf
For nationals of Korea:
• Family Relation Certificate and one certified true translation into French or English of your Family
Relation Certificate. This document should have been recently issued.
• Marriage Relation Certificate and one certified true translation into French or English
• Old (deleted) Family Census Register and one certified true translation into French or English

In addition to this you'll also need:
- Korean police certificate
- Photocopy of Korean ID (passport and/or national ID card)

I think that was it.

 

[hwanlj]

The guide here shows the Korean docs you require: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3907e.pdf
For nationals of Korea:
• Family Relation Certificate and one certified true translation into French or English of your Family
Relation Certificate. This document should have been recently issued.
• Marriage Relation Certificate and one certified true translation into French or English
• Old (deleted) Family Census Register and one certified true translation into French or English

In addition to this you'll also need:
- Korean police certificate
- Photocopy of Korean ID (passport and/or national ID card)

I think that was it.

For bp06's wife-
1.가족관계등록부
2. 혼인증명서
3. 제적등본
4.범죄경력회보서
5. 주민등록증/여권

 

[Red Tape Sucks]

Hey everyone,

I sent my application to CIC a month ago. It arrived in Mississauga on January 17. I still have not heard anything back, and we are still not registered in the system. I thought that CIC in Mississauga had my part of the application completed within a month. Has anyone else taken this long?

I hope that this isn't a sign of things to come!

Thanks

 

[bartjones]

Hey everyone,

I sent my application to CIC a month ago. It arrived in Mississauga on January 17. I still have not heard anything back, and we are still not registered in the system. I thought that CIC in Mississauga had my part of the application completed within a month. Has anyone else taken this long?

I hope that this isn't a sign of things to come!

Thanks

I wouldn't be too concerned at this point. You should hear something in the next week or two.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hey everyone,

I sent my application to CIC a month ago. It arrived in Mississauga on January 17. I still have not heard anything back, and we are still not registered in the system. I thought that CIC in Mississauga had my part of the application completed within a month. Has anyone else taken this long?

I hope that this isn't a sign of things to come!

Thanks

Read here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp
Step 1
Assessment of Sponsor
33 days
Working on applications received on January 10, 2014

They most likely haven't even opened your app yet if it was received Jan 17. Wait another week or so.

 

[Marticus]

Hey everyone,

I sent my application to CIC a month ago. It arrived in Mississauga on January 17. I still have not heard anything back, and we are still not registered in the system. I thought that CIC in Mississauga had my part of the application completed within a month. Has anyone else taken this long?

I hope that this isn't a sign of things to come!

Thanks

Hey there, to give you a timeline, since we pretty much sent ours in at the exact same time (mine arrived January 13th to CIC) and I got my AOR (aka "yes, we got your package") on February 13th. So I expect you will have an email this week!

 

[Red Tape Sucks]

Yesterday (February 19) I received the confirmation e-mail that CIC received our package on January 17th.

Today I received an email informing me that I have been approved at that our application has been sent to Manilla!

I am assuming that we won't hear anything again for quite some time?

 

[bartjones]

Yesterday (February 19) I received the confirmation e-mail that CIC received our package on January 17th.

Today I received an email informing me that I have been approved at that our application has been sent to Manilla!

I am assuming that we won't hear anything again for quite some time?

Sit back and wait. You probably won't hear another word for four or five months.