Immigration Forum / Canada / September 2004

I am a UK citizen with a Canadian wife. I want to apply for PR but we are
temporarily living in Japan.
Can I apply from Japan by posting my application to the office in London? I
have a home in London which is being looked after, so could get any

I have a question regarding the Quebec selection process (CSQ program):
Is the profession "Software engineer" (code 2173) ("Ingenieur en
logiciel" in French), mentioned on the
list of Occupations in Demand on:

I would like to sponsor my parents but I am not working. However my husband
is making enough.
Can I sponsor my parents based on the houshold income or do I have to work
and make my own

Will I get back all the documents from the Canadian immigration
office after my application for PR is completed?
Thanks.
Timmy

To the experienced and/or experts:
I have some additional information that might effect the evaluation of
my file, specifically my new job and additional evidence of ability in
the second official language.

When I landed to get married and start the spousal sponsership within
canada, the customs officer said that I could submit my application before
actually getting married, since we are engaged. Is this true? Any additional
information would be helpful.

Hi, I have a close friend in the US who is interested in visiting Canada.
He's been here before, but since the Sept 11, our borders are more tight.
We've already reviewed rules for getting a passport, but he will not
qualify because the laws are very tight (he lives in a remote ...

Does anyone know or have experience of it? When responding to the
Buffalo Office request about the updated FBI clearance, updated proof
of funds, employment and residence history, is it necessary to write a
cover letter or simply providing those updated documents will suffice

I am a self-employed US citizen. Unfortunately, I do not qualify for
immigration as such because my business is not athletics, cultural or
farm management. I get a passing score of 67 on the skilled worker
assessment test, using my last 7 years of self-employed experience in

my citizenship timeline so far is:
We received your application for grant of Canadian citizenship (adult)
on June 11, 2004.
We sent you a letter acknowledging receipt of your application, and a

Is this rule, which is mentiond in the FAQ for real?  If a person is out
of Canada 183 day in any 12 month period, he may lose his PR status?
I thought the only requirement for maintaining PR status was 730 days in
5 years.  I have included my son on my application, but he has 2 ...

           I recently received notice to pay the right of permanent
residence fee. For personal reasons I am having to cancel my permanent
resident application.  Does anyone know how to do it? Are there any
forms to be filled in and sent to the visa office where the permanent

Dear Experts,
Please advise me how I can change status of my spouse from
Non-accompanying to Accompanying in my application for permanent
residency. My status is as following:

Mr. Miller and others members of the group,
Here is the situation. I got my initial assessment from buffalo office in
July first week. Asked to get medicals within 60 days and rest by 90 days.
At that time my family happens to be  in India. So after consulting the

There are few things that get liberals more excited than the idea of
socializing medicine. Just imagine all the new regulations they could use
to boss people around, all the new government workers who'd probably vote
Democratic, how much they could raise taxes, and the enormous ...