I have a question about documents in the sponsorship application to Canada. I am sponsoring my wife to come and we want

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Having both of your names on your rental contract is important and that should be translated by a translation company and submitted. The utility bills help if they are in both names but if they are not, you do not necessarily have to submit them.

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I have reviewed the document checklist. Do you not have any of the other requested items, like joint credit card or bank statements ?

They don't necessarily show you are living together but they show you have a life together because you have joint assets and credit cards. On the document checklist I am referring to, joint credit cards and bank statements are mentioned in the same section you are referring to ( the 2 out of 3 items) in the last box. Do you see that on your checklist ?

Yes, I think so .. My version is from June, 2019. A lot of people have trouble downloading the forms from Canada Immigration's website even though they have Adobe Reader.

Here is the link to the checklist - When I click on it, I see a message which says I can't open it . I then go the upper right corner where there is a download symbol and I download it - then it will ask me if I want to save it as Adobe Acrobat Reader which I do - I can then open it.

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/kits/forms/imm5533e.pdf

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Regarding your questions :

1. You submit your application under family class. You can visit Canada after you have submitted it. This should not be a problem. As EU passport holders, you should be visa exempt to visit Canada.

2. No - dependents only means children.

3. The IMM 8 is that actual application for permanent residence. This is the most important form and must be submitted. Are you perhaps referring to IMM 5406 "Additional Family Form." ?

4. You do not have to submit the representative form if you are not using a representative.

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Hi - Before I answer questions 1 to 3, let me answer question 4 first.

If you do not plan to Canada to live when your wife after she gets her PR, perhaps you should wait to submit the sponsorship. Once your wife's application is processed to completion, which is probably within one year, she will be given a Confirmation of Permanent Residence document which has an expiry date. She will have to enter Canada at a port of entry , like the airport, before this date to formally be given her PR. So, if you are not planning to come to Canada until three years from now, maybe you should submit the sponsorship when she is starting her last year of school.

As long as you are able to come to Canada once she gets her Confirmation of Permanent Residence to finalize her permanent resident status, you should be okay. You also have to keep in mind that she has to be Canada long enough after she gets her PR, to fulfill the residency requirements of being in Canada 2 years out of 5 years, to retain her permanent resident status.

Sure - Here is my response :

Question 1 - The main page is the most important but to avoid delay in case they want the entire rental agreement translated, I would submit the translation for the entire document

Question 2- You indicate this at Section 1 of the IMM 8 which is your spouse's Application for Permanent Residence at Section 2 - Your choose "family class" from the drop down menu for Section 1 and "spouse" from the drop down menu for Section 2

Question 3 - If the bank statement clearly states your names on a Bank letterhead, you don't need to translate it because bank statements are pretty self explanatory. For the hydro bill, the first page usually has all of the relevant information such as the current charges so translating the first page should be sufficient

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