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jaivikpatel said:
Hey,

I am stucked in an unexpectedly horrible situation. i applied to sponsor my spouse. They refused my sponsorship stating i didnot declare my marriage during processing of my permanent residence application. However i did notify both offices twice regarding my marriage. Also since i selected to continue processing of my application even if i cannot sponsor thereby they are continuing the Spouse evaluation (Part II).

I have email communication as evidence that i notified them of my marriage. But i dont know how to resolve this. I send a case specific enquiry with attached evidences. Please advice if anyone faced this situation and how can i handle it. >:( >:( >:( :'( :'( :'( :'(

After you got married, you needed to submit the additional paperwork (including new application forms) to formally add your spouse to your application - including having your spouse complete a medical and provide PCCs. If you received your COPR and it was for a single person, you should have returned it and not used it because it didn't include your spouse. By using a COPR that was issued to a single person when you landed, you effectively stated that you weren't married and this is why you have the problem you have now.

At this point I would hire a very good immigration lawyer. This isn't a do-it-yourself case. Even with a lawyer, there's absolutely no guarantee of a successful outcome. The odds are against you unfortunately.

Good luck.
 
scylla said:
After you got married, you needed to submit the additional paperwork (including new application forms) to formally add your spouse to your application - including having your spouse complete a medical and provide PCCs. If you received your COPR and it was for a single person, you should have returned it and not used it because it didn't include your spouse. By using a COPR that was issued to a single person when you landed, you effectively stated that you weren't married and this is why you have the problem you have now.

At this point I would hire a very good immigration lawyer. This isn't a do-it-yourself case. Even with a lawyer, there's absolutely no guarantee of a successful outcome. The odds are against you unfortunately.

Good luck.

Right, I read a case like this, and they eventually won the case by proving that they told the officer about the spouse at the border when they landed. If this is not the case, then you have little chance.
 
scylla said:
After you got married, you needed to submit the additional paperwork (including new application forms) to formally add your spouse to your application - including having your spouse complete a medical and provide PCCs. If you received your COPR and it was for a single person, you should have returned it and not used it because it didn't include your spouse. By using a COPR that was issued to a single person when you landed, you effectively stated that you weren't married and this is why you have the problem you have now.

At this point I would hire a very good immigration lawyer. This isn't a do-it-yourself case. Even with a lawyer, there's absolutely no guarantee of a successful outcome. The odds are against you unfortunately.

Good luck.

PO at risk of losing his own PR status due to misrepresentation .
 
Good evening guyss

I need some help please, so my husband is sponsoring me, his sponsorship was aproved like a week ago but we didnt pay the $490 of resident fee yet, I'm wondering when should I pay, shoul I wait for a notification to do it or just do it now?

Thank you for your help!
 
Bluemoon0606 said:
Good evening guyss

I need some help please, so my husband is sponsoring me, his sponsorship was aproved like a week ago but we didnt pay the $490 of resident fee yet, I'm wondering when should I pay, shoul I wait for a notification to do it or just do it now?

Thank you for your help!


You can pay it anytime you want or you can wait until they request it. Either way is fine :). I am doing my husband's and that's what the lawyer told me. I paid mine when they requested it :) Hopefully this will help
 
meaning of Special Program code

I sponsored my wife, and she just got her CoPR, we noticed that on her CoPR, under the APPLICATION DETAILS section, below the "Category: FC1" , there is "Special program: OSI". Does anyone know what OSI means ? I don't recall we are in any Special program. Thanks in advance.
 
Good Day

I am the sponsor , I am sponsoring my wife and her child from the Philippines. We have paid both fees, the 490 and the 50 or so in Manila. The child is still in the Philippines and my wife is here in Canada. These fees have been paid over 3 months now. We call immigration and they indicate that all is ok with the application, its just a matter of time. Its is now heading to 30 months. Has anyone been dealing with this and can offer any insight as to way it is taking so long to get PR

Thank you
My email is rpurcell@shaw.ca
 
Good luck to everyone. Being away from our spouses is hard enough. I hope everything works out.
 
RobertGP said:
Good Day

I am the sponsor , I am sponsoring my wife and her child from the Philippines. We have paid both fees, the 490 and the 50 or so in Manila. The child is still in the Philippines and my wife is here in Canada. These fees have been paid over 3 months now. We call immigration and they indicate that all is ok with the application, its just a matter of time. Its is now heading to 30 months. Has anyone been dealing with this and can offer any insight as to way it is taking so long to get PR

Thank you
My email is rpurcell@shaw.ca


Has she been scheduled for an interview? Have you ordered notes? Contact your MP.
 
Re: meaning of Special Program code

Stantheman said:
I sponsored my wife, and she just got her CoPR, we noticed that on her CoPR, under the APPLICATION DETAILS section, below the "Category: FC1" , there is "Special program: OSI". Does anyone know what OSI means ? I don't recall we are in any Special program. Thanks in advance.

Only time I've heard of "special program" is in regards to refugees. The only OS code I know of is OSLT (language training). Did she have a refugee claim? What country?
 
Re: meaning of Special Program code

Aquakitty said:
Only time I've heard of "special program" is in regards to refugees. The only OS code I know of is OSLT (language training). Did she have a refugee claim? What country?

Definitely not refugee claim. Is it true that most people CoPR has the Special Program field left BLANK ? If no one knows what is OSI, then what may OS mean ? The country is China. FC outside Canada class. With Sponsor residing outside Canada. Thanks for all inputs in advance.
 
Re: meaning of Special Program code

Stantheman said:
Definitely not refugee claim. Is it true that most people CoPR has the Special Program field left BLANK ? If no one knows what is OSI, then what may OS mean ? The country is China. FC outside Canada class. With Sponsor residing outside Canada. Thanks for all inputs in advance.

What I think it means after a bit of research is the batches the apps are put in. Many inland people have "SPI" which I think means spouse in Canada, so OSI would be something like Outside spouse. "SPI" was listed in an operational bulletin in July, something to do with speeding up processing. Nothing to worry about!
 
guys, did you guys experience on ECAS i have only 1 of 4 lines in SA side. what does it mean...