Immigration Canada With Family Members

By Author: Alex Berezovsky
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f) Non-accompanying Family Members Declaration (if applicable)

Notarized statutory declaration stating your intention to proceed to Canada without your family members (only in case that you do not intend to include your spouse, common-law partner or dependent children in your application)

You also need to confirm that you understand that your spouse, common-law partner or dependent children must meet immigration requirements by themselves if they wish to immigrate to Canada.

g) Proof of Settlement Funds

Proof of transferable funds in a convertible currency for your settlement in Canada for the principal applicant and family members.

The proof of funds could be:

o A current bank certification letter
o Savings balance
o Fixed or time deposit statements

h) Police Certificates
Police certificates of good conduct (Original document) from each country, state or territory in which you and everyone included in the application (18 years of age or over) have lived for six months or longer (since reaching 18 years of age)

You should submit your original fingerprints ...
... to the authorities conducting the police checks or clearances

If the authority in the country where you obtained your certificate will forward the result directly to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, you should attach a note explaining the situation

Please note that:
A Police Certificate is required from ALL countries where the applicant and his/her family have resided in for 6 months or more since reaching age 18, along with the country where the applicant currently lives

This certificate should be issued by a national or federal police agency if possible. If you do not currently reside in that country, you may need to apply at the local Embassy or High Commission in your country of residence.

A Police Certificate (also called certificate of no criminal record), is necessary for every applicant age 18 and older You should present original Police Certificates and also an original accredited translation if the certificates are not in English or French.

The Police Certificate (s) must have been issued in the last six months.

The table in the following pages indicates some of the local Authorities where you could obtain a Police Certificate in several specific countries. Please note that this information may change from time to time; please confirm with local authorities if this information is still valid.

i) Photos
I recommend sending 10 photographs with your application, in case some of them are lost or damaged. You should send photographs of yourself and each member of your family.

I also suggest that you and your family dress well for the photographs (preferably formal or semi formal dress) and do not forget a sincere and warm smile! It will look much better to the visa officer than if you frown.

You should print each applicant's name and date of birth on the back of each of his / her photographs.

Visa officials have very strict requirements regarding photographs, so make sure that you meet all the requirements.

These photographs must show a full front view of the person's head and shoulders. The person's face should be centered and the photograph should have a white background.

All the photographs should be identical, produced from the same negative, and they should be produced on single weight matte paper.
Education and language ability

a) Education
You should also attach to your application certified/notarized copies of all your diplomas and degrees from all the academic institutions that you have attended. You need to attach certified/notarized copies of the following documents:

Post-secondary education documents
University (or college) degrees
Academic transcripts (original), preferably in university sealed envelopes
Other qualifications (notarized professional qualification certificates)

Please note that an academic transcript is an official statement from the University that you attended, detailing your academic record from the period of enrolment. This document normally includes details of the program that you studied since you enrolled in the institution, exemptions granted and also graduation and details of your course status.

b) Language Ability
You have two options to prove your language skills:

1. Take a language test
2. Provide a support written document

I recommend that you choose the first option and take the language test. Even though it will take some time to prepare for the test, present it and receive the results, I believe that it will actually save you a lot of time (since your application could be either refused or delayed if you do not present the test).

1. Take the language test

One of the options that you have to prove your language skills is taking a language test. You can claim points for both official languages (English and French).

One of the advantages of taking the test is that you can be certain of how many points will you receive based on your test results.

You have to take one of the approved language tests in order to claim points for language ability.