The Procedure to Apply for Soon to be Spouse's PR

[sher68]

I am in the final stages of my Canadian PR application where I have undergone the required Medical Exam and expect to obtain the approval in one to two months. The application was done at the Canadian High Comm. in Malaysia. I am a Malaysian planning to get married to my fiance who is from India and wish to bring her along with me to Canada. How best would it be for me to apply for her PR?

[Leon]

You have two options.

1) Marry her now and let immigration know immediately that you are adding her to your file.  This will delay your visa because she will also have to have her medical etc. but you can go to Canada together when you both get it.

2) Do not marry her yet, go to Canada, land as a PR.  Then go back, marry her, go back to Canada and sponsor her for PR.  This can cause immigration to question if you marry her very soon after you got your PR, why you did not marry her already before you got the PR and add her to your file.

In any case, it would be best for you to advise the embassy that you have a fiancee that you want to marry so they know and they can maybe better advise you which would be the better option.

Whatevery you do, do not marry her and not let them know and land as a single PR because that will prevent her from sponsoring her later.