My girlfriend wants to come to Canada!! Help pls !!

[jehanmpatel]

Hi,

   I am Canadian landed immigrant and i have completed 3 years in Canada on 18th august 2007. Now my girlfriend who is living in U.S for past 2 years and she has P.R card of us .. Now i want to ask whether she needs a visa to come to Canada .. if she doesn't than can we marry here when she come here and become landed immigrant like me? please suggest me some advices and if u can please give me some goos lawyers to follow or some information websites.. This is urgent situation ..

[Libra]

Hi,

   I am Canadian landed immigrant and i have completed 3 years in Canada on 18th august 2007. Now my girlfriend who is living in U.S for past 2 years and she has P.R card of us .. Now i want to ask whether she needs a visa to come to Canada .. if she doesn't than can we marry here when she come here and become landed immigrant like me? please suggest me some advices and if u can please give me some goos lawyers to follow or some information websites.. This is urgent situation ..

A U.S. Permanent Resident does not need a visa to enter Canada.  If she visits you now in the U.S., she can cross the border with just her U.S. PR card and her State I.D./Driver's License.  And whenever she visits you after December 31, 2007, she will need to cross the border with her passport.

She can marry you in Canada, and come back to the U.S.  The sponsorship process goes very fast - usually between 5 to 7 months, when the person you are sponsoring lives outside of Canada.  It is best that you sponsor her while she lives in the U.S. and NOT Canada.

You do not need a lawyer for this.  Your situation seems straightforward.

Start your reading through this link and follow the link at the bottom of that web page: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/index.asp

[jehanmpatel]

does that mean after we marry in canada she has to go back? but isnt there any way she can stay here after marriage and we do the process ? will it be illegal? coz aftermarriage she doenst wanna go back to U.S leaving me alone ...

[Libra]

does that mean after we marry in canada she has to go back? but isnt there any way she can stay here after marriage and we do the process ? will it be illegal? coz aftermarriage she doenst wanna go back to U.S leaving me alone ...

She does not have to go back.  She can always extend her stay.  Initially, when she comes to Canada, she is entitled to stay in Canada for 6 months, and then apply for an extension if she wishes to stay longer.

The reason for my advice for her to come back to the U.S. is because I have heard that when the sponsoree (your future wife) lives in Canada, the completion of the process, for her to finally receive her PR status /card can take longer.  Whereas, they tend to speed up the process when the sponsoree lives out of Canada in order to reunite them.

So, at the end of day, even if she applies while she is in Canada, she will receive her PR at some point in the future.

You might want to read this also: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5289E10.asp

And, this is the beginning of the guide if she plans on living in Canada during the application: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5289ETOC.asp

CIC's home page: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

[jehanmpatel]

thnx a lot libra .. this info helped me a lot .. thnx again ..