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Siouxie wrote: Other ideas..   1) go to a photo booth in a mall (I sent my visitors renewal in using one of these)   2) get one professionally done, take it home, scan it into your computer and then use photo software to size it correctly, print and cut into as many as you need.  (I did this for my next ones I sent in for my PR card, medical etc).   3)  See if there is a 1 hour photo store nearby = they were the cheapest for getting a professional one done.    4)  Phone your local Sears - they have portrait studio's and do immigration photo's

Don't use the photo booth photos, they are usually refused for the PR card as the background is usually wrong, and they have a tendency to fade.

Patience - where in Ontario are you? 

Timing of photos: I waited until just a few days prior to my appointment with the DMP. That is the soonest you need them, and unlike other documents for which the timeline can be slow and somewhat unpredictable (marriage certificate for example, sometimes the police certificate), these sorts of photos are usually printed within the hour (or so), or at least within a day.

My medical got scheduled sooner than I wanted (anticipating timeline for obtaining other documents and especially the marriage certificate), but this is not a big city and the DMP available was headed out of the country for an extended stay in England, so it was do it sooner or travel to see someone else.

I got the FBI cert way early. FBI website said . . . cannot recall specifically, but it was at least several months, yet I got the cert back in four weeks or a little less (others reporting longer timelines during the last year) and thus they were nearly five months old by the time I applied, and of course the conventional wisdom is that they must be dated less than three months old at the time of applying. Did not cause a problem. But yeah, timing obtaining the police certificate can be a bit tricky.

Marriage certificate was our main wait. Ontario's "expedited" service turns out to be, probably, the slower way to obtain the certificate, since you have to wait for a certain number of weeks to pass before they even allow you to make the expedited request. Whereas if you submit a routine certificate request (at least three weeks after the marriage, allowing time for the paperwork to be submitted and received), most report getting the Ontario marriage certificate back much sooner than one can even submit a request for an expediated one.

You should be in good order. We did not even decide to marry and have me apply for PR until early November, and we had the application submitted by late April (and PR visa was issued early August).

Our marriage certificate was sent to us in Vancouver about 4 weeks after our wedding. Our marriage commissioner sent everything in for us. I expected it to take longer. 

Dear heavens. 

I went to Western Union yesterday to acquire an $18 Money Order in US funds for the US Treasury.  That was explained twice, clearly.  I was charged the small fee, and after the calculations paid what I owe. 
Signing the back of it, I then flipped it over and wrote "US TREASURY" on the 'pay-to' part, and went home.  Never before have I gotten a money order, and yes, I was in a bit of a rush to get me and my groceries home.  I did not look at it more than a cursory glance. 

Upon arriving home, I look at this thing more closely.  Claims it's in Canadian funds at the top of the slip.  The amount is for $18.80.  They want exact change, in US funds. 

Alright then, what do I do, please?  Also, when I *do* get the man to the fingerprinter, they scan his fingers and then print on the sheet provided?  I'm still confused on that one.