I have a few remaining questions as to what to do/write in a form (most of them you kindly answered already):
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- 18 - anyone knows which/where to find which crimes these are? My husband (sponsor) was arrested about 20 years ago as a part of a group that protested against something and I think pulled out a few plants out of a garden, or tried to plant them (activism); they were to be prosecuted but on the day of the trial the prosecutor withdrew the case, so they were never convicted of anything. Later, my husband had his record cleaned. should he say 'yes' to this question and explain on a separate sheet? or say 'no'? How can I check what sentence that crime he was accused of carried? (I doubt it was 10 years, but I don't know).
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- 1-2 what are the proper names for the categories? family class/family sponsorship, or something else? please help.
- 6 - do I say 'no' and/or leave blank?
- 10 - temporary resident, or temporary worker?
- 14 - can I add on a separate sheet that as I've met my now common law husband I was separated, though not legally, from my then-husband, with whom the official divorce came through in 2014?
- as for languages: all my degrees are in English (BA, MA, PhD), and I've studied and worked in English-speaking countries - can I just explain that on a separate sheet? I will not have taken any tests confirming my grasp of English before we apply for PR
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I am the principal applicant, correct?
- 2 - is this necessary?
And just to confirm: can I leave the inapplicable parts of the forms blank? or write N/A, which is best? And also: income is proved by paystubs, yes?
Thanks a lot!
IMM 1344
- 18 - anyone knows which/where to find which crimes these are? My husband (sponsor) was arrested about 20 years ago as a part of a group that protested against something and I think pulled out a few plants out of a garden, or tried to plant them (activism); they were to be prosecuted but on the day of the trial the prosecutor withdrew the case, so they were never convicted of anything. Later, my husband had his record cleaned. should he say 'yes' to this question and explain on a separate sheet? or say 'no'? How can I check what sentence that crime he was accused of carried? (I doubt it was 10 years, but I don't know).
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- 1-2 what are the proper names for the categories? family class/family sponsorship, or something else? please help.
- 6 - do I say 'no' and/or leave blank?
- 10 - temporary resident, or temporary worker?
- 14 - can I add on a separate sheet that as I've met my now common law husband I was separated, though not legally, from my then-husband, with whom the official divorce came through in 2014?
- as for languages: all my degrees are in English (BA, MA, PhD), and I've studied and worked in English-speaking countries - can I just explain that on a separate sheet? I will not have taken any tests confirming my grasp of English before we apply for PR
IMM 5996
I am the principal applicant, correct?
- 2 - is this necessary?
And just to confirm: can I leave the inapplicable parts of the forms blank? or write N/A, which is best? And also: income is proved by paystubs, yes?
Thanks a lot!
and he had his record cleaned, so he says there will, or should be, no record of it, but I guess it doesn't hurt to check. I think the charge was something like causing serious property damage (not break in, it was a flower bed or something like that in front of a government building and they, a whole group of young activists, either planted some extra flowers or tore out some of the plants, I think), they were discharged (I guess that's the term? They were put on trial 2 years afterwards, and could not leave a designated area before that trial or go to jail, and then during the day of the hearing the crown just withdrew the charge) so from what I'm seeing through the links you sent it doesn't seem neither of the serious crimes applies (they have info that there is no discharge available). anyway, I guess what we'll do is we'll say 'yes' on the form and then explain the whole situation. The thing that bothered me was to establish if the crime he was charged with carried the sentence of max 10 years or not. But I guess that doesn't matter, I mean, if we say 'yes' and explain,and then CIC sees that the crime actually did not have a sentence like that, then that will not be a problem, right? I suppose I could also just ask him to get in touch with the RCMP and have them check what it exactly was etc, but I do hope it is actually not such a big deal because he was not convicted, there was even no case as it was dropped before trial,and he did have his record cleaned, and it was not a felony, definitely, just some kind of property damage so from what i'm seeing here https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Sentencing/Appendix/Offence_Charts it could be mischief, maybe theft, or theft to cause damage. I remember he said the officer who arrested them was aggressive and the charge was not proportional to the damage they've done, which is why the prosecutor dropped the case himself. But, I guess we'll just say 'yes' and explain... although I do hope that this won't be a problem! 
(btw, is it ok to put something in pen on a computer-filled and printed application? in particular i mean indicating where we need to say up to which date we lived together, i am planning to give the date of the application, and then put in pen 'and continue' or something like that, if possible).