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Questions
- Married after application
- CCC translation
- Where to obtain fingerprint FBI card
- Where to get U.K police certificate
- Which application form to use? Entrpreneur or skilled worker?
- What's exactly approved-in-princple?
- Approved for processing from within Canada
- What is the status about my case?
- Previous Contracts/Statements of Duties
- Passport will expire soon
Answers
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- Married after application
Q: I have sent the sponsorship forms to Canadian
government to sponsor my financee in China
last month. But I have a chance to go back
to China next March and plan to marry her at
that time. Because I've already said to sponsor
my financee in the application forms, can I marry
her or I have to marry her after she got the
immigration visa? If I can marry her next march,
it is too bad because I think I have to wait at
least 8 months for her immigration visa.
A: No problem. If you marry while in China simply
provide a copy of the mariage certificate to the
visa office and she will be processed as a spouse.
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- CCC translation
Q: I received a letter from the Canadian Consulate
General in LA, asking me for CCC translation of my
name. Could you please tell me what CCC translation
is? By the way, I am Chinese citizen from Beijing.
A: CCC means "Chinese Character Code" which is usually
used in telex transmission. Every Chinese character
is represented by a 4-digit code. What the consulate
wants is the codes representing your name in Chinese
characters. In Beijing, I think you can check with
any telex service provider for your Chinese name in CCC.
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- Where to obtain fingerprint FBI card
Q: I am starting processing the application procedure on
my own. But either I went to poclice department or
sheriff's office in town to ask for the fingerprint card,
they will ask me for the blank card with which they can
provide the service of fingerprint on it. It's not like
what has been said in the checklist that I can obtain
it in any police agent. Where should I turn to for the
fingerprint FBI card, or i didnt make myself clear in
what I want when asking for it, or the rules have been
changed in the way to get the no criminal record? I am
really confused. Anyone know something about it? Thank
you very much for your advice.
A: You can be printed on the standard ten print card used
by most law enforcement agencies. There are also other
government agencies (e.g Dept. of Motor Vehicles),
private companies and security firms which will do the
prints for you. It is a good idea to have your passport
with you when printed and have the printing agency identify
you by name (include all aliases and maiden names), date
of birth, passport number indicating the country of
issue (e.g. British passport # 123456) and also note your
US Social Security Number if you have one. USINS provides
their own fingerprint cards for checks for applicants for
US immigrant visas and requires that applicants for US
visas be printed on this particular card and no other.
THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO IMMIGRANTS APPLYING FOR VISAS TO
CANADA. Often police in the US are confused by this USINS
requirement and want to see the special print card which
is supplied by USINS. This print card is not required
and advise the officer that the prints are being checked
for the purpose of Canada Immigration and that a standard
ten print card is all that is required for the FBI check.
The address where applicants for Canadian immigration visas
send their fingerprints for an FBI background check has
changed. Send your fingerprint card (one for each applicant
age 18 and over who has been in the USA for 6 or more months),
the PC-1 letter or equivalent and US$18 in a certified check
or money order for each applicant to: FBI, CJIS Div.,
Attn: SCU-Mod D2, 1000 Custer Hollow Road, Clarksburg, W.V. 26306
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- Where to get U.K police certificate
Q: Hi, any one can tell me how I could get the U.K policate
certificate? I neet this certificate to show my good
conduct druing my one year stay in U.K. Canada immigration
needs this certificate.
A: If you're still in the UK just call in to your local cop
shop and they should point you in the right direction.
They gave me a number and address of the regional office
that dealt with these things.
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- Which application form to use? Entrpreneur or skilled worker?
Q: My profession is on the occupation list but what I really want
to do in
Canada is set up in business. I have funds and experience to do so.
My question is this.
If I go as an entrepreneur and there are any delays in setting up in
business, would I be allowed to work as an employee for a while rather than
see my savings dwindling away?
If I go as an employee, will I be allowed to set up in business?
Which application form is best in the circumstances?
A: I would recommend that you apply as a skilled worker rather than an
entrpreneur if you are qualified. This is an easier, less complex and
less costly aplication than as an entrepreneur and you obtain an
unconditional immigrant visa. As an entrepreneur you will be issued a
conditional visa and if you do not live up to the terms and conditions
with 2 years you can be ordered removed from Canada. See:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.html
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- What's exactly approved-in-princple?
Q: what's exactly approved-in-princple?
How do you know you are approved-in-princple?
A: Approval-in-principle (A-in-P) usually refers to a case where an
applicant seeks an exemption from the visa requirement and requests to
be processed from within and landed in Canada as an exception to the
usual procedure. Once the A-in-P is granted applicants are able to
obtain a employment authorization.
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- Approved for processing from within Canada
Q: My common law partner sent the PR application to CPC-H&C Grounds
in Vergeville in November 1999. She received in the end of
December letter from CPC with her client ID number and note that
her file was transfered to the CIC in Etobicoke for decision,
and that this office will contact her if they need any aditional
information.
Can someone please tell us if this letter means that she has been
"approved for processing from within Canada" or not yet?
She wants to apply for employment authorization, but as she was
told, she has to wait for this kind of approvement (approved for
processing from within Canada) at first.
We are not sure if she has to wait for another letter....
A: In general if an H&C application for spousal sponsorship has been
"approved in principle" the letter confirming this is sent by Vegreville
within approximately 3 months of receipt. This approval is given in the
case where there is nothing in the file which signals to the immigration
officer reviewing the application that there are questions regarding the
bona fides of the marriage. If further assessment and interviews are
needed the file is referred to the local CIC and you will be called for
an interview.
In your case the referral to Etobicoke means that approval in principle
has not been granted and you cannot apply for a work authorization.
You should call the Etobicoke CIC to find out their current delays in
processing H&C files. In Montreal the delay is now between 12 and 14
months.
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- What is the status about my case?
Q: I have applied my PR as skilled computer engineer to HongKong
consulate on Dec 9,1998. And I have wrote IELTS test on July 9 1999 as
said in their letter to me. They also said that I will get the result
within 3 months after my test in the letter. On August 11 1999 I received my
score. It is as following: listening 6.5 reading 7.5 writing
7 speaking 7. But I haven't received any information about my case
till now. I don't know what happened to my case and i have enquiried
the HK consulate with 3 emails and 1 fax but still no response. Can
anyone please tell me what is the status about my application and how
can i contact them and get the response.
A: This a common frustration for applicants and their counsel since visa
offices often do not respond. It is my practise to make one request and
then apply to have the entire file disclosed under the Privacy or Access
to Information Act (depending upon the circumstances) so it can be
determined what precisely has been going on with the file. Sometimes
such a request will prompt the visa office to process the case further
particulalry where it appears the file has just been gathering dust on a
desk.
The particular method of gaining access to one's file information held
by Canada Immigration in Canada and abroad in visa offices depends upon
the person's status (Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident) and whether
the person is physically in Canada. If you are not of such status or
physically in Canada, you have no direct legal right to obtain such
information although a Canadian representative can do so on your behalf.
If not a citizen nor PR and the person is outside Canada, then the
person must sign a waiver and consent form to release the file
information to a desiganted Canadian representative. The designated
representative files an application for disclosure under the "Access to
Information Act" to the designated office in Canada Immigration
Headquarters in Ottawa for a visa office file or, if the file is located
in an immigration office in Canada, to the designated access officer.
If the applicant is a citizen or PR or if the person is physically in
Canada, then application is made under the "Privacy Act" to the
appropriate office or officer.
Canada Immigration has 30 days in which to respond to a request,
although they may be granted a further 30 day period to comply. If they
refuse to release all or part of the information to which the applicant
is entitled or do not release the information within the time limits, a
complaint may be filed with the Information Commissioner or the Privacy
Commisioner, as the case may be.
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- Previous Contracts/Statements of Duties
Q: Under the section where you list previous employment, do you have to supply
previous contracts/statements of duties/references from ALL my previous
employers? Some of my earlier jobs bear little relation to what I now do and
it may be difficult to get those employers to provide me with statements of
duties since it was so long ago.
Also, most of my contracts are very vague and they really don't describe
what I actually did, would only a statement of duties be enough together
with a reference?
A: Whenever possible evidence of all past and present employment should be
provided. If no documentation at all is possible, explanation should be
included. Even vague documentation is better than no documentation,
however.
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- Passport will expire soon
Q: I am going to apply for PR soon, though my passport expires in February
2001. My passport validity can be extended without changing the document
physically (they just add a stamp with new date), though only 6 months
before the expiration date, which is around September.
I've heard that PR visa is valid as long as the passport is. Since it takes
6-7 months for independent applicant (without interview) approval on
Buffalo, in the best case my PR visa will be ready in October / November.
This leaves me with two-three months, which is too short.
Is it possible to extend / renew PR visa (i.e. in my case for additional
nine or ten months to get the usual one year validity) when passport is
extended or should I wait till September, renew the passport and then apply?
If extension is possible, how complicated the procedure is ?
A: Yes, you may apply now with the existing passport, and submit the updated
passport information once it is available. This would allow the validity
of your landing documents to be based on the completion of medical
examinations (I.e., one year thereafter).
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