Spousal sponsorship

[GustavesF]

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[Majromax]

It makes me nervous though coz I've said, we prepared the application package according to Abu Dhabi visa office requirement and now it was sent to Manila office. Anybody who went through the same experience? pls enlighten me

The application/documentation requirements are based on your country of origin, not the visa processing office.

 

[Swati26122011]

My upfront medical is complete with the passport I already have. If I re issue for my passport to get my spouse name added in the spouse name column of the passport, the govt passport office would re issue me a new passport with a new passport id unlike the one I have provided as proof in the medical.

I wonder if this would create any problem. It seems necessary to get the spouse name added nevertheless to strengthen my case. I am not changing my name at all. I just have to add my husbands name in the column of spouse name. It is so coz I have no good pictures of the exact wedding ceremony. I am trying to solidify my case with this. Advise plz...

There is a really worried girl requesting help in here.... plz plz plz help.

 

[Majromax]

I wonder if this would create any problem. It seems necessary to get the spouse name added nevertheless to strengthen my case. I am not changing my name at all. I just have to add my husbands name in the column of spouse name. It is so coz I have no good pictures of the exact wedding ceremony. I am trying to solidify my case with this. Advise plz...

The medical exam is valid for you, not for your passport. Your situation is no different than that of an applicant who's passport expires and is renewed during the application process.

 

[Swati26122011]

"Your situation is no different than that of an applicant who's passport expires and is renewed during the application process."

Exactly.

So what happens in such situation?? I mean do I have to submit any other document from the passport office etc saying I got my passport changed.. or just go with the application with the new passport and the medical id without any worries???

Thank you so much for your reply

 

[PatrickD]

I need help with the Sponsorship Evaluation IMM 5481 form.


The question asks "NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND PERSONS INCLUDED IN UNDERTAKINGS IN EFFECT AND NOT YET IN EFFECT".

I'm trying to Sponsor my wife and her 7 year old son.
I don't know what to put in the boxes from 4. to 7.

 

[sweet_ivy32]

It makes me nervous though coz I've said, we prepared the application package according to Abu Dhabi visa office requirement and now it was sent to Manila office. Anybody who went through the same experience? pls enlighten me

Don't worry much...the CIC requirements are the same wether you are in Abu Dhabi or in manila embassy..

 

[KelseyTVS]

I need help with the Sponsorship Evaluation IMM 5481 form.


The question asks "NUMBER OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND PERSONS INCLUDED IN UNDERTAKINGS IN EFFECT AND NOT YET IN EFFECT".

I'm trying to Sponsor my wife and her 7 year old son.
I don't know what to put in the boxes from 4. to 7.

They are asking how many people are/were involved in all the sponsorships you are doing or have done, even if you are just doing this one. Box 4 is yourself, so it automatically says 1. In box 5A you put 2, for your wife and her son (this should be the same as the number in IMM 0008). Then for all the boxes under 5B, they should be zero if you have never sponsored or co-signed anyone before now. In 6A, you would put 0 because your wife is included above in box 5A. In 6B put any other dependents you may have, besides your wife's son . In box 7 you add them up. Hope this helps!

 

[kangamoose]

Just curious at how people answered question 20 on the partner questionnaire - "Provide written and documented evidence of your relationship"

I have written a summary of all the evidence we are including in the application, almost like a table of contents. Would this be ok?

Any thoughts?

 

[Catherine27]

I am a little bit worried because I applied for visitor visa 4 weeks ago and I inclued the letter from my husband who is Canadien and it says that we are beginning the process for PR spousal sponsorship. I had the visitor visa the last year but it expired due to my passport expired. I got married this year and send the application again. Someone told me that they don't use to deliver the visitor visa in these cases when you are applying for PR. I am just starting to collect all documents and evidences but anyway it is indicated in the letter.

Any information? I don't what to do if the visitor visa is refused. I have not seen my husband for 5 months

Thanks

 

[joelnberg]

I have a question. I am looking to sponsor my girlfriend either Conjungal or Common-law, and am not sure if either would qualify?

I am Canadian and we have been together for just over 1 year. However, one year ago last September, a few months after we started seeing each other, she applied and was refused 2 applications for a work visa extension and new work permit. Therefore she had to leave back to Brazil, now she is back in Canada as a tourist since May and come September will have been living together for 5 months. I did visit her in Brazil over Christmas and i'm wondering if these 2 refusals could count as "unable to live together". And count towards a common-law, or conjungal partnership? I have been supporting her since she has been here currently, as stated in my letter for her Tourist Visa.

I can provide evidence of being together from June 2014, and the refusals of Visas, and visiting her ect.

She only had 6 months of a work permit in the first place and was unable to get any extension. So if this fails it seems extremely difficult for someone who only gets a 6 month visa to be supported entirely for another 6 months or even a full year before they can apply for sponsorship.

Thank you!

 

[hcseeker]

Yep, it sucks. It's also one of a few workable compromises. Alternatives would be to double or treble application fees, such that they came a lot closer to covering staffing costs, or to apply a strict quota to family-class applications such that you'd have to be "invited to apply," as in the express entry system.

I would've gladly paid triple to get it processed like a real business, such a BARGAIN! We've been waiting for 14 months now and the extra medical exam will probably tack on another 6 months. At $2,500 a month in lost income and storage fees for our stuff in the US, we've currently lost $30k and counting to CIC idiocy and delays. We applied outland cuz on this forum many US citizens got approved in 6 months.
A guy named Obama told us when we lived there, we'd have to pay $1k US (currently about $1.3k CAD) a month for 30% coverage on their "affordable health care act." And it would be compulsory. So we decided to move. BAD, BAD choice.

But in retrospect, that also would have been SUPER cheap compared to what waiting on CIC cost us. But they have given a purpose in life: dodging bankruptcy is a daily affair. Yay Canada!!!

 

[taffy7]

I have a question. I am looking to sponsor my girlfriend either Conjungal or Common-law, and am not sure if either would qualify?

I am Canadian and we have been together for just over 1 year. However, one year ago last September, a few months after we started seeing each other, she applied and was refused 2 applications for a work visa extension and new work permit. Therefore she had to leave back to Brazil, now she is back in Canada as a tourist since May and come September will have been living together for 5 months. I did visit her in Brazil over Christmas and i'm wondering if these 2 refusals could count as "unable to live together". And count towards a common-law, or conjungal partnership? I have been supporting her since she has been here currently, as stated in my letter for her Tourist Visa.

I can provide evidence of being together from June 2014, and the refusals of Visas, and visiting her ect.

She only had 6 months of a work permit in the first place and was unable to get any extension. So if this fails it seems extremely difficult for someone who only gets a 6 month visa to be supported entirely for another 6 months or even a full year before they can apply for sponsorship.

Thank you!

You do not qualify for either . You will have to wait till you have been living together for 12 continues months to become common law . Conjugal is not for you either you don't qualify for this as you have been able to live with your girlfriend . Only way to speed this up is to get married.

 

[akhurana487]

Hello guys I just got pr and will be moving to Canada in sept is it possible to get married now or should I do a short landing and come back n get married n go back n apply for visa of my spouse? How much time will it take please enlighten me

 

[bryanbonode]

Sir I would like to know if taking a tourist vacation could affect a pr application? the situation is that my wife is in Canada and filed her permanent residency including mine as she want to sponsor me, I her husband is working in a different country and sometimes we have a company tourist vacation, would this affect my wife's application. My wife is a bit worries if going out of the country would affect our application. Thank you