How Relatives Can Help Your FSW Application

Your relatives in Canada are your life savers once you arrive there.  They are the ones that can help you in case you need support, may it be financially or emotionally. They can also help you with your application for the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program.

How Can Relatives Help?
Canada FSW have a point system where they base the eligibility of the applicant.  This system is composed of different selection factors and one is the Adaptability.

In the Adaptability factor,  an applicant must have a relative living in Canada who is a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident and 18 years or older.

Your relative should be one of the following:

• Grandparent
• -  The parent of your mother or father
• Parent
• -  Your mother or father
• Spouse
• -  Your wife or husband
• Child
• -  Your son or daughter who is 18 years of age or older
• Grandchild
• - Your grandson or granddaughter who is 18 years of age or older
• Siblings
• - Your brother or sister who is a child of your parent (mother or father)
• Uncle or Aunt
• - The child of your grandmother or grandfather
• Niece or Nephew
• - The grandchild of your mother or father

If you have one of this relative, you can earn a maximum of 5 points.

What are the Primary Documents Your Relatives Should Provide?
If your relative is a Permanent Resident, he or she needs to provide one of the following:

• Record of Landing (IMM 1000) or
• Confirmation of Permanent Residence or
• Permanent Residence Card

If a Canadian Citizen, your relative should provide one of the following:

• Photo page of the Canadian Passport or
• Canadian Citizenship Card

They also need to prove that they are living in Canada,  may include copies such as:

• Lease Agreements
• Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency (latest)
• Employment Letter confirming employment
• First page of monthly bill, telephone bill, etc...
• Credit card invoices and bank statements

This should show the full name and address of your relative and must be 6 months old from the date of your application.

How to Prove that you are Related?
To show the relationship between you and a relative in Canada, you should provide the applicable document such as:
Grandparent - Birth Certificate of your grandparent and your father or mother (the child of your grandparent)

Parent - Birth Certificate of your mother or father

Spouse - Marriage Certificate

Child - Birth Certificate or an Adaption certificate (if applicable).

Grandchild - Birth Certificate of your grandchild and parent (your child).

Siblings - Birth Certificate that shows your common mother or father's name.

Uncle and Aunt - Birth Certificate of your Uncle/Aunt and your parent (mother or father, his or her sibling)

Niece or Nephew - Birth Certificate of your Niece or Nephew and his or her parent (your sibling)

Where to Send the Documents?
I have a sister in Canada, she prepared the documents above and sent it through a registered mail. Although it was one of the best way of sending the documents, but I recommend that they can just scan each document in A4 size (jpeg or PDF) and send them through e-mail and print it yourself.

This is the quick way since Canada only wants the copy as of this moment of your application.  But, in case they ask for the original, the registered mail is quite feasible.

Aside from being cheaper than the DHL, Fedex or any other courier, sending by registered mail from a Canadian (Canada Post) to a Singaporean (SingPost) post offices are efficient and you can even trace the mail online.

It took 8 days of the document to arrive from Canada, which is not bad at all since I'm also preparing for some of my other documents.

The best thing to do now is call your relative about these requirements and ask them to send it to you as soon as possible.

You can let them read my blog.  If you or they have questions regarding these requirements, please feel free to leave a comment below.