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vasanth777

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Feb 23, 2019
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Hello guys,

I am currently in the US on a H1B. I got laid off due to covid-19 and planning to move to Canada in late august if i do not find a job here.

My wife is currently with me in the US on a H4. My Canada PR is approved and i am waiting for my PR card. I have the stamped CopR document (the canadian immigration officer told me that the stamped Copr document was sufficient to enter Canada). I already have landed in Canada once.

Now, my dilemma is how to take my wife with me to Canada in August. If, i apply for her PR, it will take about 12 months. That is too long.

Should i try visit visa? or, is there some other way? Please help.

Thanks and regards
Vasanth
 
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k.h.p.

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Mar 1, 2019
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You can try a visit visa but there is no guarantee it will be approved (during COVID times it may be approved).

If a visit visa is not approved, she needs to find another way to come to Canada.
 
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scylla

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vasanth777 said:
Hello guys,

I am currently in the US on a H1B. I got laid off due to covid-19 and planning to move to Canada in late august if i do not find a job here.

My wife is currently with me in the US on a H4. My Canada PR is approved and i am waiting for my PR card. I have the stamped CopR document (the canadian immigration officer told me that the stamped Copr document was sufficient to enter Canada). I already have landed in Canada once.

Now, my dilemma is how to take my wife with me to Canada in August. If, i apply for her PR, it will take about 12 months. That is too long.

Should i try visit visa? or, is there some other way? Please help.

Thanks and regards
Vasanth
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Realistically you have two options. One is the TRV (tourist visa). As said above, no guarantee of approval and you are quite short on time. I would apply asap. Since you are a PR, there's likely a 50/50 chance of refusal since IRCC may guess your wife really isn't a visitor but has plans on remaining in Canada long term. If the TRV is approved, you can both come to Canda and you can sponsor her for PR inland once you are both here.

The other option would be a study permit. The complexities with this option is that realistically I don't think you have enough time to get one approved by August / September. She would need to first be accepted by a school for the September intake and then apply for a study permit. For the study permit to be approved, she would need to make sure that her planned studies in Canada based on her previous education, work experience, etc. Generally speaking, she needs to be taking a higher level of studies in Canada than she completed previously. I would personally try the TRV. I think you're out of time for the study permit.

If the TRV is refused, you'll need to have a plan B since there won't be a way for your wife to come to Canada at this time.

Good luck.
 
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guca

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Aug 24, 2018
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Canada unlike US is very supportive and always considers options and keeps room to avoid breaking family . You are a permanent resident and can reach out to Canadian embassy they will help you on tourist visa .
 
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k.h.p.

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Mar 1, 2019
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guca said:
Canada unlike US is very supportive and always considers options and keeps room to avoid breaking family . You are a permanent resident and can reach out to Canadian embassy they will help you on tourist visa .
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That's a really big and really kind statement that in normal times isn't reflective of reality. Normally, a PR will have a spouse's visitor visa rejected because they should be sponsored - they're not always genuine visitors.

The embassy won't help anyone out if you contact them. They'll tell you to apply for a visitor visa or spousal sponsorship.

COVID has changed things a bit, but still, they need to apply.
 
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canuck78

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Jun 18, 2017
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guca said:
Canada unlike US is very supportive and always considers options and keeps room to avoid breaking family . You are a permanent resident and can reach out to Canadian embassy they will help you on tourist visa .
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As previously indicated spouses are usually denied TRVs because they aren’t temporary visitors they want to remain in Canada. Whether that changes due to covid nobody knows. Would assume it is unlikely to change because Canada wants to limit travel into the country especially from regions with high rates of covid. The other issue is that visitors can’t buy covid coverage unless they have a very expensive executive health insurance plan. It will fall on Canadian taxpayers to cover medical expenses for any visitors with covid. People are under the false impression that Canada will expedite sponsorships which is not the case when the spouse is pregnant and will give birth without their spouse.
 
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niravit57

Full Member
Jul 3, 2020
25
1
guca said:
Canada unlike US is very supportive and always considers options and keeps room to avoid breaking family . You are a permanent resident and can reach out to Canadian embassy they will help you on tourist visa .
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What do you mean by contacting embassy? What type of application would it be ? If you can provide some more details please. Thankyou !
 
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yuvahrk

Star Member
May 7, 2017
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vasanth777 said:
Hello guys,

I am currently in the US on a H1B. I got laid off due to covid-19 and planning to move to Canada in late august if i do not find a job here.

My wife is currently with me in the US on a H4. My Canada PR is approved and i am waiting for my PR card. I have the stamped CopR document (the canadian immigration officer told me that the stamped Copr document was sufficient to enter Canada). I already have landed in Canada once.

Now, my dilemma is how to take my wife with me to Canada in August. If, i apply for her PR, it will take about 12 months. That is too long.

Should i try visit visa? or, is there some other way? Please help.

Thanks and regards
Vasanth
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This is not actually an answer but an additional question, out of curiosity.

Why wasn't your wife listed in your PR application in the first place? I've always assumed that, if an applicant is legally married, both husband and wife will be considered under one application and will be approved/denied PR as one. I could be wrong?
 
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k.h.p.

VIP Member
Mar 1, 2019
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yuvahrk said:
This is not actually an answer but an additional question, out of curiosity.

Why wasn't your wife listed in your PR application in the first place? I've always assumed that, if an applicant is legally married, both husband and wife will be considered under one application and will be approved/denied PR as one. I could be wrong?
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Many people apply with their spouse "not accompanying" in order to preserve points; sometimes having a spouse accompanying reduces points.
 
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