Hi,
I am a canadian citizen but my wife is foreign, we live overseas due to work but we visit Canada on a regular basis, we have a new born baby as well who was born canadian, due to which the only person that needs to apply for a visa each time is my wife, its a lengthy process which includes things such as bank statements etc and for some reason they dont give visa's longer than a year at most.
Due to this reason we are contemplating whether it would be feasible for me to apply PR for her, even tho we don't plan to live in Canada full time at the moment, it would solve the hassle of Visa's and all the paper work each time, however im wondering whether it would be possible or even a good idea to do that ? since most likely she will not be able to meet PR physical presence requirements, would it be a problem once the PR expires to renew it ? we do plan on moving to Canada later on so its not justified to say the PR is only for convenience but due to my work that would not be possible for the next few years atleast, i have read somewhere that if your spouse is a Canadian Citizen and working overseas even for a private company, they can renew the PR card based on that point if you can prove that your spouse has been working overseas and you had no option but to stay with him and couldn't fulfill the physical presence requirements.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
I am a canadian citizen but my wife is foreign, we live overseas due to work but we visit Canada on a regular basis, we have a new born baby as well who was born canadian, due to which the only person that needs to apply for a visa each time is my wife, its a lengthy process which includes things such as bank statements etc and for some reason they dont give visa's longer than a year at most.
Due to this reason we are contemplating whether it would be feasible for me to apply PR for her, even tho we don't plan to live in Canada full time at the moment, it would solve the hassle of Visa's and all the paper work each time, however im wondering whether it would be possible or even a good idea to do that ? since most likely she will not be able to meet PR physical presence requirements, would it be a problem once the PR expires to renew it ? we do plan on moving to Canada later on so its not justified to say the PR is only for convenience but due to my work that would not be possible for the next few years atleast, i have read somewhere that if your spouse is a Canadian Citizen and working overseas even for a private company, they can renew the PR card based on that point if you can prove that your spouse has been working overseas and you had no option but to stay with him and couldn't fulfill the physical presence requirements.
Any feedback would be appreciated.