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Sponsoring US wife, how many photos to include, 3-4?

rice-racer

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Aug 15, 2012
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I'm confused here. I read they wanted 4 photos , took them to medical exam, he put one on completed form. I asked wife and think we have 3 left, or maybe 2 ( not sure if kept or sent one away). So how many pics do they want sent along with docs? Do we need to send 4 and can we just get 4 new ones, similar to medical one, since we don't have 4 now the same as on medical exam copy?
The photographer has no negative or saved copy of the 4 he took, so what do we do?
Thanks
 

Canuck20

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Nov 5, 2012
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Beaverton, ON
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16/08/2012
AOR Received.
NA
File Transfer...
24/09/2012
Med's Done....
24/07/2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
19/02/2013
VISA ISSUED...
9/05/2013
LANDED..........
24/05/2013
rice-racer said:
I'm confused here. I read they wanted 4 photos , took them to medical exam, he put one on completed form. I asked wife and think we have 3 left, or maybe 2 ( not sure if kept or sent one away). So how many pics do they want sent along with docs? Do we need to send 4 and can we just get 4 new ones, similar to medical one, since we don't have 4 now the same as on medical exam copy?
The photographer has no negative or saved copy of the 4 he took, so what do we do?
Thanks
The same happened to us. The medical exam took 2 and we still needed 4 to go with the application. We got ours done at a Walmart photo place. The girl was excellent and knew exactly what we needed in terms of the difference between these pictures and passport pictures. When we went back to get the extra pictures she even remembered us and gave us a discount because we needed more.
 

parker24

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Nov 26, 2011
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Ontario
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05-06-2012
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16-11-2011
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16-11-2012
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04-01-2013
rice-racer said:
I'm confused here. I read they wanted 4 photos , took them to medical exam, he put one on completed form. I asked wife and think we have 3 left, or maybe 2 ( not sure if kept or sent one away). So how many pics do they want sent along with docs? Do we need to send 4 and can we just get 4 new ones, similar to medical one, since we don't have 4 now the same as on medical exam copy?
The photographer has no negative or saved copy of the 4 he took, so what do we do?
Thanks
Get more done. We had to take five to medical, they used all of them. Then had to send them four more and finally they get two more with the PPR (Passport request). The government of Canada now has 11 photos of my husband :-X

But yes, just get more done.
 

Sweden

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Mar 31, 2012
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London
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12/04/2012
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13/07/2012
Med's Done....
02/02/2012
Interview........
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Exempt
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05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
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rice-racer said:
I'm confused here. I read they wanted 4 photos , took them to medical exam, he put one on completed form. I asked wife and think we have 3 left, or maybe 2 ( not sure if kept or sent one away). So how many pics do they want sent along with docs? Do we need to send 4 and can we just get 4 new ones, similar to medical one, since we don't have 4 now the same as on medical exam copy?
The photographer has no negative or saved copy of the 4 he took, so what do we do?
Thanks
the immigration pictures and the medical pictures don't need to be the same.
you need one set for the medical ( and each DMP asks for a different number) and one set for immigration (number depending on your guideline, mine was 8...). It doesn't matter that they are not the same, as long as the immigration ones (specified in your guideline etc) are all from the same batch.
Hope it clarifies...
Sweden
 

Creampop

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Jun 15, 2012
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Waterloo ON
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Buffalo closed > Ottawa > Finalized in LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 23rd, 2012
Doc's Request.
RPRF-September 14th, 2012
File Transfer...
7/23/12 > Ottawa 10/9/12 > LA
Med's Done....
April 10th, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
October 9th, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
CoPR issued Oct. 29, 2012 DM November 6th, 2012
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November 23rd, 2012
I had 4 with my Medicals sent none with my application and sent 2 with my PPR had the ones for my medical done at walmart cost me 6 bucks for 4 and the others done at shopper's they cost me 14 bucks... it's abit confusing on what they need when we read the guide it said 4 photos were needed so when I called and set up the medical she said 4 photos were needed so I just figured they were the same ones mentioned in the guide... they never asked me for any more...
 

rice-racer

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Aug 15, 2012
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Thanks folks! That was my only move and choice I figured, but saves the worry in-between. We will get 4 more taken and submit,