Travelling outside of Canada while applying for sponsorship

[zabrodov]

Hi everyone,

I want to visit my wife and son for around 3 weeks and I know that it's usually fine but my situation is a bit tricky.
We need to collect some of the original documents in my home country and I want to send the entire application when I am there.

So technically at the moment of CIC receiving our sponsorship paperwork, I will be outside of Canada.

Is it going to be a problem or am I just thinking too much?

 

[steaky]

If you are a PR, I suggest you gather the documents, bring them with you to Canada and mail them.

 

[zabrodov]

If you are a PR, I suggest you gather the documents, bring them with you to Canada and mail them.

The cost mailing will be pretty much the same but the time is at stake. I want send the documents the first thing upon arrival.

Is it a problem? I won’t be outside of Canada for more than 3 weeks.

 

[steaky]

The cost mailing will be pretty much the same but the time is at stake. I want send the documents the first thing upon arrival.

Is it a problem? I won’t be outside of Canada for more than 3 weeks.

The application might need to be originate from Canada. You can double check to make sure.

 

[zabrodov]

The application might need to be originate from Canada. You can double check to make sure.

That's what I want to find out

 

[k.h.p.]

Be safe and send it from Canada.

Even if you are technically in Canada when it arrives, the stamps/postage/etc are relatively easy to see it's not Canadian. That may raise a visa officer's suspicions and cause extra processing.

 

[zabrodov]

Be safe and send it from Canada.

Even if you are technically in Canada when it arrives, the stamps/postage/etc are relatively easy to see it's not Canadian. That may raise a visa officer's suspicions and cause extra processing.

Can my wife send it? She is the one to be sponsored. Does it matter who mails the application?

 

[k.h.p.]

Here's a question for you: you said you're going to be outside of Canada for three weeks. You want to send it as soon as possible.

Imagine if the fact that you were outside of Canada caused a visa officer to hold your application until she could verify you were back in Canada, and then do an investigation to determine if you had been outside Canada when the application was made. That hold and investigation may take 3-5 months to complete, since IRCC would need to request from CBSA to get outgoing aircraft manifests to see if your name was on one, and then compare it to landing records from all Canadian points of entry to see when, precisely, you returned. Total delay: 3-5 months.

Alternatively, you could wait until you're back in Canada and not raise this red flag. Total delay: 2.5-3 weeks.

Which would you prefer?

 

[zabrodov]

Imagine if the fact that you were outside of Canada caused a visa officer to hold your application until she could verify you were back in Canada, and then do an investigation to determine if you had been outside Canada when the application was made. That hold and investigation may take 3-5 months to complete, since IRCC would need to request from CBSA to get outgoing aircraft manifests to see if your name was on one, and then compare it to landing records from all Canadian points of entry to see when, precisely, you returned. Total delay: 3-5 months

So no sponsor can leave Canada while the sponsorship application is in the process?

 

[DiiDii]

So no sponsor can leave Canada while the sponsorship application is in the process?

I honestly don't think it's that serious. The sponsor is allowed to travel while the application is in process. Include your reason in a cover letter noting your expected return date to Canada. You're not applying Inland. That's where the problems are in regards to co habitation. If your spouse is Outland it is an Outland application.

Did you ask the Call centre? I'm not a specialist but I don't see the issue. Do your research regardless

 

[k.h.p.]

I honestly don't think it's that serious. The sponsor is allowed to travel while the application is in process. Include your reason in a cover letter noting your expected return date to Canada. You're not applying Inland. That's where the problems are in regards to co habitation. If your spouse is Outland it is an Outland application.

Did you ask the Call centre? I'm not a specialist but I don't see the issue. Do your research regardless

A PR must be in Canada to apply, is what the issue is.

If the OP were a citizen, this wouldn't be an issue at all.

 

[zabrodov]

I honestly don't think it's that serious. The sponsor is allowed to travel while the application is in process. Include your reason in a cover letter noting your expected return date to Canada. You're not applying Inland. That's where the problems are in regards to co habitation. If your spouse is Outland it is an Outland application.

Did you ask the Call centre? I'm not a specialist but I don't see the issue. Do your research regardless

I have asked on a Russian forum as well (I am Russian), waiting for people there to respond.
Call center often gives contradictory information but I will definitely call them tomorrow.

We are applying outland. I've seen some threads in which people say it doesn't matter who sends the application and where it's being sent from but I want to make sure. Maybe someone had gone through this

 

[zabrodov]

A PR must be in Canada to apply, is what the issue is.

It says "must reside", right?

 

[k.h.p.]

It says "must reside", right?

And if you read what I'm saying is that if a visa officer gets an application package from outside Canada, their first thought is "now I have to verify that the PR was residing in Canada when this was submitted," and your application may be delayed while they verify that you reside in Canada.

If you wait until you get back to submit, then that particular flag is not raised.

Your travel isn't the issue, it is that sending the application from outside Canada may raise an unnecessary concern in the eyes of a visa officer.

Ultimately, I don't think I'm going to convince you that waiting three weeks is better than a month or two delay while IRCC verifies that you meet eligibility requirements, so you should do whatever you want.

 

[zabrodov]

And if you read what I'm saying is that if a visa officer gets an application package from outside Canada, their first thought is "now I have to verify that the PR was residing in Canada when this was submitted," and your application may be delayed while they verify that you reside in Canada.

If you wait until you get back to submit, then that particular flag is not raised.

Your travel isn't the issue, it is that sending the application from outside Canada may raise an unnecessary concern in the eyes of a visa officer.

Ultimately, I don't think I'm going to convince you that waiting three weeks is better than a month or two delay while IRCC verifies that you meet eligibility requirements, so you should do whatever you want.

Thank you for help! I really appreciate it. I am just looking for either similar experience or a rule that determines how exactly an application has to be submitted.