CIC SPELLED MY SURNAME WRONG . . .
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Forum Name: Family Class Sponsorship
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Topic: CIC SPELLED MY SURNAME WRONG . . .
Posted By: boundary47
Subject: CIC SPELLED MY SURNAME WRONG . . .
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 7:31pm
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I received a letter from the Case Processing Centre yesterday saying I have met the eligibility requirements to sponsor my wife and her dependent daughter. All good . . . except that they misspelled my surname! I don't want to delay our application being processed, but obviously the spelling mistake must be corrected. Any suggestions as to where I should write to bring this error to CIC's attention? Thanks, ------------- B47 Jan 29 App. sent Mar 1 Sponsor approved Mar 9 Passport requested Mar 24 RPR Fee paid Apr 15 File under review Apr 30 Decision made May 11 Decision mailed May 13 Visa received May 20 Landed |
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Posted By: Siouxie
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 7:55pm
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I would send a case specific enquiry to the office processing your application (and/or where you got the letter from) attaching a scanned copy of the letter and a scanned copy of your Canadian ID showing your full name, etc. and ask them to amend the record.
Alternatively, if you have a client ID number call the CIC call centre and ask them how to go about it.
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Posted By: fountain_80
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010 at 10:25pm
In my opinion, if its just a typo on their letter then its no big of a deal given all the forms had correct spelling. Now once the application is in your spouses's home country, they will have all the forms with correct name (if there was no typo) anyways. They are now suppose to process your spouse's application and not re-qualify you as sponsor again.
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boundary47 wrote:Posted By: boundary47
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 12:30am
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It's not only in the letter. I have to use their erroneous spelling of my name to log into ECAS. ------------- B47 Jan 29 App. sent Mar 1 Sponsor approved Mar 9 Passport requested Mar 24 RPR Fee paid Apr 15 File under review Apr 30 Decision made May 11 Decision mailed May 13 Visa received May 20 Landed |
Posted By: fountain_80
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 12:36am
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Call CIC, they should be able to handle your request. |
Posted By: bflava
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 6:05am
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call CIC to ask for help on going about this, or you can send a case specific email to the visa office processing your wife's application with the correct neame and point them to the wrong spelling.
just try this and lets see.
good luck ------------- the darkest hour lies nearest the dawn |
Posted By: boundary47
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 5:52pm
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Spoke to CIC-Mississauga this morning about the error. I must send a signed letter or fax to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga to them tell them about the error. I'm also sending them a photocopy of the bio-identity page of my passport just to be on the safe side. They will update their database and will also ensure the file is corrected in Beijing.
------------- B47 Jan 29 App. sent Mar 1 Sponsor approved Mar 9 Passport requested Mar 24 RPR Fee paid Apr 15 File under review Apr 30 Decision made May 11 Decision mailed May 13 Visa received May 20 Landed |
Posted By: bflava
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2010 at 6:16pm
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There you go, make sure it done ASAP
good luck ------------- the darkest hour lies nearest the dawn |