spouse sponsorship living away from husband for a year now

[Dominica]

Hi , i got married in 2010, there after my application submitted till date i have been living away from my husband but we are intouch on the phone, emails and skype.  will this be of any concern to the visa officer regarding our relationship.....since my husband cannot get leave he could not visit me and for me i heard i cannot visit canada till the RP is processed.my file is being processed form abu dhabi visa office

[Kazakhstan]

Is your husband a permanent resident or citizen of Canada?

Absence of visits in itself will not be a negative factor. They are considering all the documentation that you have already submitted a year ago and will base their decision on them... (Unless they call you for an interview, and even then, they will look at your marriage history before applying for PR).

It is obvious that it is the Canadian immigration laws that have made you guys to live separately all this time, especially if your husband is a permanent resident of Canada, because he has to reside in Canada in order to be eligible to sponsor you. So, it's done out of necessity and does not in any way imply your marriage is fraudulent... The whole purpose of the spousal sponsorship is to be together eventually!!

So many couples have to be separated for the time of their application processing, it's absolutely normal. And not everyone has the time and resources to fly around the world for a visit, unfortunately. Or they decide to endure a little in order to save up money and be in a better financial position when the spouse does join them in Canada.

So, no worries too much, please. What's the current status of your PR application, do you know?

[Dominica]

thanks so much for your response, it has so much of positiveness in it, hope the visa officers think the same way. my husband is already a citizen. I have no idea of the status of my application on the website it says in process.....the visa office only sent me two more forms to fill Residency questionery and supplementary information.