IMM

(04-2008)
English
5490
PROTECTED WHEN COMPLETED - B
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SPONSORED SPOUSE/PARTNER QUESTIONNAIRE
To be completed by persons living outside Canada and being sponsored as spouses,
common-law partners or conjugal partners
Citizenship and
Immigration Canada
Citoyennet et
Immigration Canada
7. Prior to your spousal/common-law/conjugal partner relationship, was your sponsor or any of your sponsor's family members related to you or
any member of your family?
No
Yes Give their names and relationship to you or your sponsor, as applicable.
This form is made available by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and is not to be sold to applicants.
(DISPONIBLE EN FRANAIS - IMM 5490 F)
NAME RELATIONSHIP TO YOU OR YOUR SPONSOR
FAMILY MEMBERS
FIRST MEETING
2. When and where did you first meet your sponsor in person?
Date Place
6. Give any additional details describing the circumstance of your first meeting with your sponsor.
If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
No
Specify
3. Did anyone (individual or organization) introduce you to your sponsor?
Yes
Name of individual
or organization
Relationship
to you
Relationship
to your sponsor
Date of
introduction
Year Month Day
No
4. Did you give your sponsor any gifts?
Yes
Specify
No
5. Did your sponsor give you any gifts?
Yes
How did you first contact your sponsor
(e.g. by phone, letter, e-mail, etc)?
1. Did you have any contact with your sponsor before you met in person?
No
Yes When did you first contact your sponsor?
FIRST CONTACT
Year Month Day
This document must be completed and included with your application for permanent residence in Canada if you are being sponsored by your
spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner. Provide a complete and precise response to each question. Failure to provide this information
will delay processing and could result in a refusal of your application.
Indicate your name, the form's title and the number or letter of the question you are answering on all additional sheets of paper on
which you will provide your answers.
A number of the following questions ask that you provide documentary proof. For expediency and security reasons, do not include documents
containing mechanical or electronic devices (such as musical greeting cards) nor containers / storage components for pictures such as binders,
albums, frames, video discs (DVDs) or video cassettes.
Year Month Day
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Fillable Form
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8. Do you have family members or other relatives (i.e. aunt, uncle, cousin, etc.) living in Canada?
No
Yes Provide their full name(s), address(es) and relationship to you.
If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
NAME AND ADDRESS RELATIONSHIP TO YOU
9. Describe how your relationship developed after your first contact/meeting with your sponsor and if you and your sponsor dated or went on any
outings or trips together. Provide photos and documentary evidence of events or activities in which you both participated.
If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP
10. Was your relationship known to your close friends and family?
Yes
No Explain why. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
11. Did your sponsor meet any of your close friends or family?
Yes Give their names below, their relationship to you and the date your sponsor met them.
NAME RELATIONSHIP TO YOU DATE SPONSOR MET
Year Month Day
No Explain why. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
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INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE
16. a) Did your sponsor have to travel to your country for the marriage?
b) If you answered "Yes" to 16a), did someone travel with him/her?
Name
What is the relationship
of this person to you or
your sponsor?
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Who arranged
the marriage?
When was the
marriage arranged?
17. Was your marriage arranged?
An arranged marriage is a marriage that was arranged by relatives, friends or brokers (matchmakers).
Where was the
marriage arranged?
Are you and your sponsor married?
No Go immediately to question 20.
Yes Complete questions 12 to 19.
12. Who proposed?
14. Was there a formal ceremony to recognize/celebrate the engagement?
13. When and where did the proposal take place?
Date
Place
Year Month Day
Yes
No Explain why.
Provide details on number of attendees. Indicate if your sponsor, your sponsor's family members/relatives and your family members/relatives
attended and if not, why not. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper. Attach photos, if any.
15. Was there a formal ceremony to recognize/celebrate the marriage?
Yes
No Explain why.
Provide details on date, location, number of attendees. Indicate if your sponsor, your sponsor's family members/relatives and your family
members/relatives attended and if not, why not. Specify the rite (religion) in which the marriage was performed and to what religion you and
your spouse belong to, if any. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper. Attach photos, if any.
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GO TO QUESTION 24.
20. Are you in a common-law relationship?
You are in a common-law relationship if you and your sponsor have lived together in a conjugal relationship* for a period of at least one year.
* Conjugal relationship refers to a committed and mutually interdependent relationship of some permanence where a couple has combined their affairs to
the extent possible (marriage-like).
INFORMATION ON YOUR COMMON-LAW/CONJUGAL PARTNER RELATIONSHIP
21. Are you in a conjugal partner relationship?
You are in a conjugal partner relationship if you and your sponsor have maintained a conjugal relationship* for a period of at least one year but cannot
meet the definition of common-law partner, that is you have been unable to live together continuously for one year, usually because of an immigration barrier.
If you plan to marry your sponsor, you may not be considered a conjugal partner.
* Conjugal relationship refers to a committed and mutually interdependent relationship of some permanence where a couple has combined their affairs to
the extent possible (marriage-like).
Provide written and documentary evidence of your relationship. (For example, insurance policies, wills, anything naming your partner as
beneficiary, documents showing travel together, documents showing joint ownership of possessions, long distance calls, letters, e-mails,
documents showing recognition of each other's significant events, etc.) Explain why you were not able to live together continuously for one
year. If possible, provide evidence - visa denials, for example - that you tried to live together but were unable to do so. If insufficient space,
use a separate sheet of paper.
No
Yes
No
Yes
Provide written and documentary evidence of your relationship. (For example, insurance policies, wills, anything naming your partner as
beneficiary, documents showing travel together, identity documents showing same address, documents showing joint ownership of
possessions, joint mortgage/loan/rental agreement/bank accounts, etc.)
18. Was there a reception?
No
Yes Provide details on date, location, number of attendees. Indicate if your sponsor, your sponsor's family members/relatives and your family
members/relatives attended and if not, why not. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper. Attach photos, if any.
Explain. If you plan to have a reception later, give date and place.
19. Was there a honeymoon (a holiday or trip taken by you and your sponsor after the marriage)?
No
Yes Provide details. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper. Attach photos, if any.
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MAINTAINING CONTACT
24. Has your sponsor visited you during the period of your relationship?
No
Yes Indicate number, dates and length of visits, and if you stayed together at the same location during the visit. If space is insufficient, use a
separate sheet of paper. Provide documentary evidence, for example visas, tickets, etc.
Explain why.
25. Have you visited your sponsor during the period of your relationship?
No
Yes Indicate number, dates and length of visits, and if you stayed together at the same location during the visit. If space is insufficient, use a
separate sheet of paper. Provide documentary evidence, for example visas, tickets, etc.
Explain why.
26. a) How do you and your sponsor communicate when you are not together?
b) How often and in what language?
Provide documentary evidence, e.g. phone bills, letters, etc. Provide any additional details, if any, on a separate sheet of paper.
22. Was there a formal ceremony to recognize/celebrate the relationship, e.g. commitment or partnership ceremony?
No
Yes Provide details on date, location, number of attendees. Indicate if your sponsor, your sponsor's family members/relatives and your family
members/relatives attended and if not, why not. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper. Attach photos, if any.
23. Was there a reception?
No
Yes Provide details on date, location, number of attendees. Indicate if your sponsor, your sponsor's family members/relatives and your family
members/relatives attended and if not, why not. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper. Attach photos, if any.
Explain. If you plan to have a reception later, give date and place.
Explain why.
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This section must be fully completed if an interpreter assisted you in the preparation of this form.
I, , solemnly declare that I have faithfully and accurately interpreted in the
language the content of this application and any related forms to the person concerned.
I have been informed by the person concerned, and I do verily believe, that he/she completely understands the nature and effect of these forms, and I make this
solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath.
Interpreter's
signature
Date
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
27. Have you and your sponsor lived together?
No Explain why. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
Yes Give dates of periods of cohabitation.
TO
Year Month Day
FROM
Year Month Day
28. Are you currently living with your sponsor?
Yes
No When did your sponsor return to Canada?
TO
Year Month Day
FROM
Year Month Day
30. Do you receive financial support from your sponsor?
No
Provide documentary evidence, such as Western Union receipts, bank drafts, etc.
On a separate sheet of paper, provide any additional details of your current relationship
that you believe would help to prove your relationship is genuine and continuing.
Year Month Day
29. Are you living with someone other than your sponsor?
No
Yes Give the name and relationship to you of the person(s) you live with. If insufficient space, use a separate sheet of paper.
NAME RELATIONSHIP TO YOU
Applicant's
signature
Year Month Day
Date
How much? How often? Yes
INTERPRETER DECLARATION
Year Month Day