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How to Avoid the Residence Questionnaire for Canadian Citizenship
Applicants who receive the Residence Questionnaire can expect a minimum increase in the processing time of their application of one year, but it is extremely common for delays to be 1 or more additional years while the RQ documentation is examined by immigration officers.
Family Sponsorship Application Document Checklist
When following this Sponsorship Application Document Checklist, make sure that you check each item in the list as you enclose each document or form with your application. If any document or form on the list is missing in your application, the application will be returned to you. You should also remember that all documents and…
Marrying and Sponsoring a Dutch Citizen
Marriage to a Dutch Citizen Every country has laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Dutch citizen to bring them to Canada to live eventually is a process with many steps. If you want to bring your Dutch spouse or partner to live in Canada,…
How Long Am I Responsible for My Sponsored Spouse?
Can Your Sponsored Spouse Run Away and Leave You With Bills to Pay? Sponsor liability is limited by time, not amount How much have people paid? What kinds of sponsors end up liable? How often does this happen? In 2011, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that families were liable for the social assistance payments of relatives…
Marrying and Sponsoring a New Zealander Citizen
Marriage to a New Zealander Citizen Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a New Zealander citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps. The New Zealander government imposes strict requirements…
Which Countries Have Documentation Issues for Immigration to Canada?
In many countries every moment of our lives is documented with some kind of paper or electronic trail. But in many parts of the world that is not the case at all, and immigrants can sometimes have trouble coming to Canada because their home country doesn’t have the same documentation standards as Canada. But part…
Common Mistakes that could cause your Spousal Sponsorship Application to be returned
It’s a fact that you can do any immigration application yourself and send it to IRCC (formerly CIC) – it is not required that you hire an immigration consultant or lawyer. But, there are many pitfalls to submitting your application on your own without even having a professional review it for mistakes which could cause…
Conjugal Sponsorship Vs Common Law Sponsorship
Are you thinking of sponsoring a significant other? In other words, are you in a stable relationship with a foreign national that you wish to sponsor to come to Canada and obtain permanent resident status? Although you will use the same application form to sponsor your partner or spouse, the steps you have to take…
Apply for OAS as a Non-Resident of Canada
You might have some savings with you in your local bank, as well as back home in Canada, and perhaps a private pension or retirement fund. But how about your OAS pension as you approach 65? How does one go about applying for an OAS pension from abroad as well as collecting your pension in…
