Able to stay in Canada during spouse sponsorship application?
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Yes, you can. If you file an inland application with OWP, and upon your OWP approval, you can stay and work through the entire process time. Or if you file an outland application, you can extend your TRV.
The key words here is to keep yourself in status. Otherwise, you have to leave Canada.
i have TRV that expires in year 2020 . So if i file an outland application, can i work in canada?
or with my TRV, can i still file an inland application?
This is because if i can work during that period will be great.
If you file an outland application then you cannot file for an open work permit which means you cannot work in Canada. The TRV will only let you stay in canada as a visitor but you will not be able to work. If you file for an inland application then you can apply for an Open Work Permit at the same time. It will take a few months to be processed before you will be able to work.
Since you are in Canada already, you will be able to file an inland application. The only drawbacks are that it takes a lot longer to process in general than outland and you are highly discouraged from leaving Canada for any reason while your application is being processed. Meaning that you shouldn't plan on any trips overseas for the duration of the application process.
Since you are in Canada already, you will be able to file an inland application. The only drawbacks are that it takes a lot longer to process in general than outland and you are highly discouraged from leaving Canada for any reason while your application is being processed. Meaning that you shouldn't plan on any trips overseas for the duration of the application process.
Yes it is. Tourist visa is just the informal name for it. Officially it is a temporary resident visa.
The validation of your TRV isn't the duration of how long you can stay. In general speaking, when the time you came to Canada, the border agency will allow you max. 6 months to stay in Canada. So, with an outland application, you have to extend your status every 6 months and please noted that the extension approval is not guaranteed.
And currently, it is not necessary that inland application is much slower than outland. IRCC is targeting to process both inland and outland cases within 12 months for 80% of all cases, although it is not guaranteed neither.
Question!
So when my husband apply the spouse sponsorship for me, is it necessary to still applying for the inland/Outland?
Or actually the inland/Outland is part of the spouse sponsorship.
My understanding is they are both different type of application. Sorry for my confusion
It's the same application, separate streams, and some different workflows with respect to how they are processed.
You will need to identify one or the other when you apply, there is a place to tick it off in the application.
Oh I finally get it now! Thank you so much.
I read somewhere that during the inland PR application, I shouldn’t leave the country.
If i need to be away for like 1-2weeks and back to Canada right after, will that affect my application ?
It is advised that you do not travel on an inland application. While many take short trips and are granted admission back into the country pending they meet admissibility requirements, if you are denied at the border, the application will be abandoned.
If you apply outland, you can travel.
That being said, CBSA can deny you at the border anyway. We did outland on a visitor visa and we decided not to travel and just stay in Canada to be safe. Personal decision.
Hey Carmen,
I want to invite my fiance on a tourist visa here and get married. Is that what you did? any suggestion on what to write in the invitation letter thanks??
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