Access to Information Delayed Spousal Sponsorship Application

[Ramanpreet]

I am a permanent resident of Canada and in March 2017 I went to India and got married to my wife who is an Indian citizen. I sponsored my wife in June 2017 but I have not heard back from IRCC about any updates. One of my friends told me that I can obtain information on my wife’s spousal sponsorship file by filling out a form called ‘Access to Information’. Can you please provide me with more details about this?

[Rajpal (Admin)]

As per IRCC, Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any individual present in Canada can make a request under the Access to Information Act. To answer your question, YES you can seek personal information about your spouse’s file by completing the following steps:

1) Send a request under the Access to Information Act by filling out form

2) Get written consent from your spouse

3) Pay a CAD $5.00 application fee

If you are looking to seek information about your own sponsorship file, then you must submit a request under the Privacy Act instead and no fees will apply.