A little application… 2

It has taken six weeks and has involved a great deal of ferreting out of information, hunting down old photographs, recovering long-lost documents and battling with a sometimes baffling bureaucracy – but, finally, I believe that the job is done and the task is complete. My application for Canadian permanent residency is ready to go!

For the record the package comprises:

• 1 x completed form – IMM 008 – General Application Form for Canada
• 1 x completed form – IMM5669 – Schedule A – Background/Declaration
• 1 x completed form – IMM 5406 – Additional Family Information
• 1 x completed form – IMM 5490 – Sponsored Spouse/Partner Questionnaire

Supporting documentation comprises:

Identity and Civil Status Documents

• 1 x copy of birth certificate
• 1 x copy if driving license
• 1 x copy of marriage certificate
• 1 x copy of previous divorce certificate

Travel Documents and Passports

• 1 x copy of passport

Proof of Relationship to Sponsor

• 11 x copies of photographs of the two of us taken on holidays and at other events over the past 7 years
• 6 x copies of photographs of our wedding and reception in Victoria
• 2 x copies of photographs taken on our honeymoon
• 6 x copies of photographs taken at our wedding blessing ceremony in the UK
• 1 x copy of our wedding invitation
• 1 x copy of our wedding blessing ceremony invitation
• 1 x copy of our wedding ‘thank you’ card
• 1 x copy of a screen-capture showing a small number of the 3000+ emails we have exchanged over the last 7 years
• 3 x copies of flight confirmations for our last three trips between the UK and Canada

Police Certificates and Clearances

• 1 x Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) – Police Certificate

Proof of Medical Examination

• 1 x completed and stamped form IMM 1017 Medical Report – Section A

Photos

• 8 x photographs to the specification in IMM 3901 Sponsorship of a Spouse, Common-law Partner,Conjugal Partner or Dependant Child Living Outside Canada – Part 3 – Country Specific Instruction (Western Europe) – Appendix B: Photo Specifications

Other Documentation

• 1 x completed document checklist from IMM 3901 Sponsorship of a Spouse, Common-law Partner,Conjugal Partner or Dependant Child Living Outside Canada – Part 3 – Country Specific Instruction (Western Europe) – Appendix A: Document Checklist – Immigrant

This bundle will accompany me to Canada when I travel next Friday (hooray!!) and will there we joined to Kickass Canada Girl’s similar agglomeration (see here for details) before – finally – being submitted to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Then we must wait with fingers, legs, eyes – and everything else – firmly crossed.

And then – I think – we will deserve a drink!