bladi said:
I know it's about $1800 to submit our paperwork to the Immigration, but do you know the fees in RD$ for criminal background check and the complete physical he has to get? Thank for all your help. I love this website
The fees for the police check are minimal plus those little tax stamps. The specific doctor in the DR is mandated by the Canadian Government and I think it is around US$100 for the exam. I think the immigration Canada site even says who the three or four doctors are in Santo Domingo.
Make sure NOW he has a DR passport as well, that is mandatory as are copies of it, and a proper DR birth certificate.
It is not $1,800 for the paperwork to immigration unless you are including the right of landing fee which is not payable unless the decision is positive. The fees are much less around CDN$550.
As for the documents he does not have to be able to read anything at all (English or Spanish for that matter) , fill out the forms with his information which you ought to know already, the lawyer will mark where he signs and he sends it back and the lawyer here files it in Canada. Just send the forms FedEx. Both ways - never the mail, even registered mail.
You know the interview is not mandatory - when I went through this it took about 3 months and Immigration Canada said they weren't gong to bother with an interview. Once they established I exceeded the LICO by about 2000% they seemed less inclined to worry about legitimacy and so forth.
If you are using an immigration "consultant" it is a good time to stop and use a lawyer versed in immigration matters in Canada.