File Appeal Without Refusal Letter Received by Sponsor / Wait

[Jagpreet]

My wife had an interview for our spousal sponsorship 3 days ago at Canadian High Commission New Delhi. The officer told my wife that her application is refused and told about appeal right. Yesterday, my wife received a refusal letter by email but I did not receive any refusal letter so far. Can I appeal the refusal of my wife without the refusal letter to be received by me or can I appeal without it?

[Rajpal (Admin)]

Technically, the sponsor is supposed to receive the refusal letter and right of appeal to challenge the refusal by an officer at visa post. But practically, you do not need to wait and waste your time as you can file the appeal notice with the letter received by your wife overseas. As soon as you receive the letter, it could be updated with IAD at Immigration and Refugee Board. I don’t know why you didn’t receive the refusal letter as you should have received by now if you had provided proper email. The other reason for why you may have not received the letter is because the letter could have been mailed to your counsel, who was representing you with respect to your spousal sponsorship or any previous matter because the officer may have selected the representative on the record. The officer may not have realized that this belongs to your previous immigration matters.