With the new sponsorship application procedures streamlined, the immigration department has also revamped the documents needed for common law applications. IF YOU ARE COMMON-LAW AND CURRENTLY LIVING TOGETHER (or have lived together for 12 full months), provide the following: Joint ownership of residential property or joint residential leases or joint rental agreements listing both of[…]
With the new application process for spousal applications effective January 31, 2017, the first questions asked by immigration are as follows. Are you and your spouse currently living together? Do you or your spouse have at least one child together? Is this a first marriage for both you and your sponsor? Have you and your[…]
Clients who file inside Canada spousal applications will receive a letter from Immigration just prior to the foreign national spouse being granted permanent status. At this interview, the foreign national spouse is given the confirmation of permanent residence. Immigration asks the foreign national and the sponsoring spouse to come for a scheduled permanent residence interview[…]
If you have made an application for your spouse or common law partner and have been scheduled for an interview by Canadian Immigration, your first concern will be the nature of the questions to be asked. In the case that you are both attending, you must understand that the interview will be conducted separately to[…]
One of the frequent questions that I am asked is whether an interview is necessary for all sponsorship applications involving immigration applications concerning marriages or common law relationships. The answer is – no. Generally interviews are not conducted on spousal sponsorship interviews so long as enough documentation is provided that shows a real and on-going[…]
When making a sponsorship application based on marriage or on a common-law relationship, a number of the specific documents are always required by immigration. The following is a list of documents that can constitute evidence that a couple has been in a bona fide relationship of marriage or cohabitation: Family memberships in clubs or associations,[…]
The International Experience Canada (IEC) program itself does not allow for ‘accompanying dependents’ however, the Act and Regulations do allow for dependents who meet specific requirements to apply for work / study permits. Spouses or common-law partners of IEC participants cannot be included as ‘accompanying dependents’ in the principal applicants’ work permit applications. Instead, spouses[…]
I had an inquiry recently where an individual had married at a foreign consulate in the UK and wondered whether the marriage officiated at the consulate there was valid. In that case, the specific UK law required that, for the marriage to be valid in the UK, the building in which the consulate was located[…]
Sponsorship is not just restricted to spouses or children. Occasionally a sponsored spouse may have an elderly relative or a member of the extended family living with them. They naturally want to have that person immigrate as well, but they do not fit the legal definition of a dependent. CIC describes such individuals as “…a[…]
The answer to that question is – No. Recently a client who was applying for permanent residence, based on sponsorship by a Canadian, was concerned about the conditional status of the visa. His concern was that the immigration department could at any time within two years after he obtained his permanent residence take his permanent[…]