Sponsoring my Korean wife for permanent residency

[JRPW]

Sit back and wait. You probably won't hear another word for four or five months.

Or longer.

 

[CanAsian]

How did you guys get your money back to Canada? we want to wire money back home but what is the maximum we can wire? Did anyone send large sums of money back home? Like over $30,000? are there any penalties are anything?

 

[bartjones]

How did you guys get your money back to Canada? we want to wire money back home but what is the maximum we can wire? Did anyone send large sums of money back home? Like over $30,000? are there any penalties are anything?

CanNZ posted about that back on p. 76 of this thread. He says;

About the Bank, money transfer. Your spouse will need the following:

1. Korean ID Card
2. copy of passport info page
3. document from the tax office which shows where the money is coming from (assuming you are sending a lot) and that you have paid applicable taxes on it.
4. proof of intent to move/live abroad. This should be your spouse's COPR or the email stating that they have been approved to move to Canada. For us we used the receipt you get when you pay the PR application fee and the letter I got from immi stating that I have been approved to sponsor her. This was acceptable, but my wife was told that she has 1 year to get her PR in Canada or she is supposed to return the money sent to canada to her Korean banck account. No idea what will happen to anyone who is refused PR and can't move to Canada and no idea how Korea would enforce this.

Once you get all the documents in order it is a pretty painless process, my wife just had to fill out one form and then we sat at the bank for what seemed like eternity and watched the exchange rate slowly get worse. When we sat down it was 1039.54 when we sent the money it was 1039.90, but we got a discount because we were sending a lot.

 

[Marticus]

How did you guys get your money back to Canada? we want to wire money back home but what is the maximum we can wire? Did anyone send large sums of money back home? Like over $30,000? are there any penalties are anything?

I recently just sent 6 million won home (exchange rate is the best it's been in the 6 years I've been here!) at Daegu Bank (I actually send about 1 million home a month, normally)

It gets wired to my TD Canadatrust account, cost me 15,000 won on this end to do the transfer + I think 10 or 15 bucks on the other end.

You'll need your Alien Card & your home bank details (bank address, swift number, account number, bank name and branch number),

-and either cash or your korean bank card. (for the first time).

I've never had to show my passport, or any immigration-related documents

After the first time, you just roll into the bank with your alien card and everything is on file (bring last transfer receipt for any language breakdowns)

I've never had any problems, questions asked etc about sending money home. Mind you the most I've sent at one time is around 6 to 7 million. Perhaps breaking it down into smaller chunks will save you some extra red tape and transfer fees.

 

[Red Tape Sucks]

Sit back and wait. You probably won't hear another word for four or five months.

The site says that it is taking about 16 month's to process the visa's these days. Is there any chance that we will receive my wife's PR acceptance in the next 4-5 months? We included everything in the application, including full payment and the medical check had already been completed and sent to Manilla a month ago.

 

[bartjones]

The site says that it is taking about 16 month's to process the visa's these days. Is there any chance that we will receive my wife's PR acceptance in the next 4-5 months? We included everything in the application, including full payment and the medical check had already been completed and sent to Manilla a month ago.

Miracles can happen, but I would say the chances of them fully processing your application in the next 4-5 months are pretty slim. Bear in mind, that 16 month figure is just an average time for all applications. Yours could be processed faster.

 

[bartjones]

I recently just sent 6 million won home (exchange rate is the best it's been in the 6 years I've been here!) at Daegu Bank (I actually send about 1 million home a month, normally)

It gets wired to my TD Canadatrust account, cost me 15,000 won on this end to do the transfer + I think 10 or 15 bucks on the other end.

You'll need your Alien Card & your home bank details (bank address, swift number, account number, bank name and branch number),

-and either cash or your korean bank card. (for the first time).

I've never had to show my passport, or any immigration-related documents

After the first time, you just roll into the bank with your alien card and everything is on file (bring last transfer receipt for any language breakdowns)

I've never had any problems, questions asked etc about sending money home. Mind you the most I've sent at one time is around 6 to 7 million. Perhaps breaking it down into smaller chunks will save you some extra red tape and transfer fees.

Yeah, I did it that way many times too and it works fine when you are sending smallish sums. I'm pretty sure the rules change if you are sending larger amounts. It's too bad CanNZ isn't around as much in this thread anymore. He would definitely be able to help.

I think your best bet CanAsian is to have your wife contact your bank branch manager and ask them. My own experience in 11 years transferring money back home, was that every Korean bank had it's own set of rules and each bank employee had a different understanding of them. Good luck.

 

[CanNZ]

I am back! ;D

Yeah what I posted refers to if you are sending large amounts of money home. Also your issue won't be with the bank so much as with the tax office. You have to prove first to the tax man that you have paid taxes on your money then you can go to the bank to send it home. FYI, if you try to go to the bank first, they will just call up the tax office and then tell you to go there.

 

[bartjones]

I am back! ;D

Yeah what I posted refers to if you are sending large amounts of money home. Also your issue won't be with the bank so much as with the tax office. You have to prove first to the tax man that you have paid taxes on your money then you can go to the bank to send it home. FYI, if you try to go to the bank first, they will just call up the tax office and then tell you to go there.

Welcome back! Have you heard anything from Manila?

 

[CanNZ]

Nope, nothing.

 

[Marticus]

The site says that it is taking about 16 month's to process the visa's these days. Is there any chance that we will receive my wife's PR acceptance in the next 4-5 months? We included everything in the application, including full payment and the medical check had already been completed and sent to Manilla a month ago.

Where do you see 16 months? I just checked, it still says 14 months for Manila.

One of the experienced folks on here told me that that time frame is for "80% of applications to be processed" meaning it really isn't the true average (50% would be the average in this case), so if you are trying to gauge a good "average", you are looking at something earlier than 14 months (i have a spreadsheet somewhere that someone sent to me earlier on this thread, and the '50% applications processed' mark was right around 9 months.

Good Luck!

 

[cjkoall]

Hey guys,

I haven't posted here in awhile. Still waiting. CIC says our background checks are still being processed. Something is screwed up somewhere.

I'm back in Canada now without the Mrs.

Does anyone have experience getting the Access to Information from CIC? Did you have to get consent from your spouse? Anybody have direct link to the site?\

As much information that you have would be greatly appreciated.

Also, does anybody have an up to date 1-800 number for CIC in Mississauga?

 

[bartjones]

Hey guys,

I haven't posted here in awhile. Still waiting. CIC says our background checks are still being processed. Something is screwed up somewhere.

I'm back in Canada now without the Mrs.

Does anyone have experience getting the Access to Information from CIC? Did you have to get consent from your spouse? Anybody have direct link to the site?\

As much information that you have would be greatly appreciated.

Also, does anybody have an up to date 1-800 number for CIC in Mississauga?

The link for ordering your notes is here https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do?lang=en

There is an excellent video showing you how to do it here http://goo.gl/zl3UP

Your wife will have to sign the consent form. You can email it to her, get her to sign it and email a scanned copy back to you. You then submit the scanned copy with your application.

Costs $5. You should receive them by email in 30 days or so.

 

[amjad1002]

Can we come back

Hi
i want to know that i apply my Pr case through outside
Canada and right now i am living with my Canadian wife in
South korea she is teaching here and i am on her spouse
visa i am Pakistan national, now my question is my wife
renew her job contract in korea because we dont know
when manila will contact us for visa if manila give us visa
before my wife job contract end in march 2015 can we
move to Canada and she come back after one week?
or i can go alone and get my PR card and come back to
korea and when my wife job contract end in march 2015 we
both go for perminently or if you have any good idea pls
share.
when my wife filing sponsership application CIC ask her
when she will resettle in Canada on that time she mention
when my husband get his PR VISA so if i go alone to Canada
Immigration will ask me where is your wife so what i will
reply can i say that my wife is completing her job contract
and she will come after some months ??

 

[tpx1915]

Hello everyone!
I'm a Canadian, married to a Korean, and we are moving to Canada this spring.
We submitted our spousal residence application in July (2013) and were told in August that the file had been shipped to Manilla.
We plan on moving to Canada at the end of April and were hoping that the process would be complete by that time. However, as our departure date gets closer and closer, we are starting to worry a bit.
Here are my questions (I thank you for taking the time to read and them and giving any input you can!):
1. Is there any way of knowing roughly when we should expect the process to be completed? Obviously it would just be a guess, but has anyone done it recently who could tell me how long it took them?
2. If the process is not complete, we still plan on moving to Canada at the end of April and waiting there for the process to finish. In that case, how should we proceed? Will they email us before sending the paperwork? We'd rather the paperwork went to Canada than to Korea if we've already moved to Canada.
3. My wife submitted a health check with the application, but it expires in the summer. Last month she had to have surgery and she is worried that if the Canadian government sees that she's had surgery they'd be less likely to accept her. This wouldn't be a problem, would it?
4. When we arrive in Canada we will be without health insurance. In Ontario, you need to live there for 3 months before health insurance is activated. Can you recommend a health insurance provider?

I think that's all my questions. I really do appreciate any help you can give us.
대단히 감사합니다.
Thank you so much,

Tom