Originally Posted by Waggle (Post 8769396)

Hi guys,

We're in the final process of getting documents ready to submit our initial application to Sydney (hopefully only just over 1 week to go, so getting excited!) and have a few questions I wonder if anyone can help:

- Where it asks on the Application for Permanent Resident in Canada form where you intend to live in Canada (question 20), what significance does this question have? Does it influence or limit where you need to complete your record of landing? Or where you settle? At the moment we would like to live around Vancouver but it largely depends on the job situations for both our professions (I am a software developer, my wife is a research scientist) so we simply don't know for sure at this stage.

THIS DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY SIGNIFICANCE! YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND AT THE LAST MO - THOUGH OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAEV SIGNIFICANCE IF YOU WANTED TO GO TO QUEBEC

- Photographs, vaguely remember reading something about this but can't seem to find it, do we need to get anyone to certify the photography, do we just write names on the back or just send them plain? (we have 4 photographs each to the specifications in Appendix B)

WRITE THE NAME OF THE PERSON APPEARING ON THE PHOTO ON THE BACK OF ONE OF THE PHOTOS

- Sorry if this has been asked before, but on the Additional Family Information form, do you put your mother's maiden name or married name?
HER NAME AS IT IS NOW

- This may sound trivial but we want to get it right - when you get your checklist, forms and documents together, it mentions placing all the documents in a sealed envelope. Does this mean all the supporting documents go in a separate envelope within the main envelope you are sending your checklist + forms in, or just everything in a single envelope?
EVERYTHING IN A SINGLE ENVELOPE, IN THE ORDER MENTIONED ON THE CHECKLIST

- Once again may sound trivial, but do visa offices have any preference for attaching related pages together (such as all the pages for a single form etc). Paper clip? Stapled? In a plastic wallet?
THEY PREFER THAT YOU DO NOT STAPLE THINGS - THEY ONLY HAVE TO UNSTAPLE IT ALL TO PUT IT IN THE ORDER THEY WANT IT IN

Thanks for any tips on any or all of these questions :)

Wayne.

Originally Posted by AmyDavid (Post 8770767)

EVERYTHING IN A SINGLE ENVELOPE, IN THE ORDER MENTIONED ON THE CHECKLIST

Originally Posted by 4Shores (Post 8780945)

Hi

We included the Use of Rep form but struck it out with "Not Applicable".

We also didn't use paperclips etc - but separated each section with an aditional sheet printed with the title of each section on the check list that was included in our 90 day request. All that got stuck in a plain brown envelope.

Seemed to work. We land later this year :-)

4Shores

Originally Posted by Waggle (Post 8781023)

Hi can I ask what of the forms themselves? For example if you have a 4 page form and they get separated it actually is not necessarily easy (or even possible) to collate them properly again especially things like the background declaration when husband + spouse submit one each?


Forms are numbered - we simply added our file # to each. In terms of the spouse's forms (and children) we simply did another sheet with the name of the spouse/child with ref to the form.

I think you are worrying a little too much :-)

Originally Posted by roraimap (Post 8781069)

Waggle,

Did you ask for the police certificates?. I just read that

"All applicants must submit police certificates/clearances as part of the application process.
Note: Do not submit your police certificates to the CIO. If your application is placed into processing, you will be required to submit the police certificates to the Canadian visa office indicated on your application."

It was a change from the cic guide, I got them all and I am planning to send them to CIO anyway :(

Originally Posted by Waggle (Post 8782583)

Hi - yes we just read the same thing. We got a spare copy each so we have 2 police certificates each. The CIO checklist asks for all documents requested in the visa-specific checklist, and the London checklist certainly asks that the police certificates are included.

Thing is we got our police certificates over 1 month ago when we first started gathering documents, so they only have 2 months left before CIC would require us to get new ones.

Anyway, I think we are going to send police certificates with our documents and then either send the spare copies, or get fresh ones done, if London office ask for it.

Wayne.

Originally Posted by AmyDavid (Post 8785791)

Police Certs are now valid for a year.

Originally Posted by CanadaJimmy (Post 8785847)

Wow I hadn't heard this, thats awesome news. Hopefully that puts an end to the stories of people having to buy 4 or 5 police certificates over the course of the immigration process, and spending a fortune at the mercy of CIC for doing so.