Form fill up for Canada Immigration - Schedule 1, Background declaration

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Here I discuss the way of form fill up for Canada Immigration - Schedule 1, Background declaration.

Be aware that form fill up for Canada Immigration - Schedule 1, Background declaration should be done for every 18+ persons accompanying the applicant. For example if there are parents with one child, then two forms of Schedule 1, Background declaration should be filled up. One for the applicant and the other for the spouse of the applicant.

First of all, make sure, you have checked the box indicating for whom the for is being filled up.

I am describing the procedure of form fill up according to the number of the box.

1. Your full name: At first box write down your family name. Put the given name in the next box. If you have more than one given name, put all of them in this box.
2. Your full name in your native language: Write down it in your native language (for example, if your native language is Arabic, you'll have to write your name is Arabic). Probably this will not be supported by the PDF form. In that case you'll have to write it manually (with a pen)
3. Other name you are or have been using: Give your nick name here (if you have any). Other wise write "Not applicable"
4. Your date of birth: Put it in the box following the given format i.e. first year of birth followed by month and date.
5. Current country of residence: Give the name of the country where you are living right now.
6. Your status in that country: If you are a citizen of the above mentioned country, write citizen.
7. Personal details of your father:
   Fill up the spaces as you did in the previous sections
8. Personal details of your mother:
   Fill up as before
9. Now read every parts and check the corresponding boxes. Don't forget to provide details in the subsequent area if any of the boxes are checked for yes.
   This box also applies to all of your family members above 18 years.
10. Education:
    Fill up the boxes and table according to your educational achievements.
    
11. Personal history:
    Fill the table starting the latest work you are doing. Be cautious not to leave any space time not mentioned. If you did nothing for the time put unemployed against the time space.
12. Membership or association with organization.
    If you are member of any organization, write it in the table with the specified time in the specified area of the table.
    If you do not have any membership of association just write "None" at the first row.
13. Government positions:
    Fill it you ever have served the government. Put "None" as before if you haven't done before.
14. Military services:
    Again do it as previous two. Put "None" on the first box if you don't have served any.
15. Addresses:
    Put all the addresses where you have lived since your 18th birthday.

This is very important: Don't forget to sign at the box in the last page and write down the date.

Leave the remaining last portion of the form empty.

To remind again, form fill up for Canada Immigration - Schedule 1, Background declaration is mandatory for everybody above 18 years accompanying the principal applicant.

Application form for Canada Immigration- Tips for IMM008

Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]is the first form to be filled up. Remember, you can not save the PDF format of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]after filling the spaces. You need to take print out before you close the file after filling up. No changes can be saved in Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]. So be careful when you fill up this form and take a print out. If there is a mistake you see after closing the PDF file, you'll have fill it again from the starting.

1. Check mark the under which category under you are applying (most likely Skilled worker if you are an IMG).
2. Then put the number of you family member in the allocated space.
3. Now choose the language you are going to communicate or if there is an interview, you would like to use for conversation. Check both for correspondence and interview.
4. Now fill the space asking for "Visa office requested for the process of your application" (it is the space next to the words).
You will have to go to
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/apply-where.asp
and find out your country and its corresponding visa office from the chart. For example, from Afganistan the visa office for processing Applications for Permanent Resident Visas would be Islamabad.
5. Now fill up the areas for "Your full name", "Your sex" , "Date of birth" , "Your country of citizenship" , "Your country of residence" , "Your native language" , "Your height" , "Color of your eyes" , "Your current marital status" , "Have you been previously married or in a common-law relationship?" and "Your knowledge of English and French"
Don't forget to follow your passport to fill up the above mentioned areas, where applicable.
6. Now comes some tricky parts of the Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008] . That is the "years of education" is Education area. Put the years that are mentioned in your papers - certificate or syllabus or course description. Do not put the years that you have used, only the years that your papers say the course have. For example in our country a B.Sc. usually requires 4 years of study. Some person may not be able to complete by 4 years. He may need 5 years. But still he,ll count it as 4 years.
7. Put your current occupation and mailing address in the respective areas (number 13 & 14 of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008])
8. Put your residential address only if it is something else than your mailing address (number 15 of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008]). Otherwise, write "Not applicable" in the area.
9. Now fill up the remaining areas of Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008].

If you have provided an ID card number (no 19 of the Application for Permanent Residence in Canada [IMM 0008] form), you'll have to send a photocopy of it with the application papers.

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