So I am not a PR yet, but my husband is working. Right now, me and my husband are on PGWP and we are in Canada. He hasn't gotten his PR yet either. I want to take care of my mom for one year while we are in Canada as my siblings are not gonna be with her for a year. what are my options? I am so devasted please advise. any help is highly appreciated
Need my mom to stay here for a year as there is no one back home to take care of her, what are my options?
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As of right now if your mom is not in Canada already from what i can tell it would not possible due to the current exemptions only pertaining to the immediate family of a Canadian citizen or pr. In all matters it is truly up to the discretion of the border officer to make the final decision upon requesting entry so it would be hard for anyone here to be able to answer your question at 100 percent certainty. If the border officer allows entry there are two ways you could go about this but the best way is to be completely honest. State the exact duration upon the time of entry and see what the officer says or if they only allow a specific amount of time an extension could always be applied for.
As i try to say with everything take my advice with a grain of salt and call cbsa to see what they say.
As i try to say with everything take my advice with a grain of salt and call cbsa to see what they say.
Very difficult for this to be arranged without a permanent status in Canada at this moment in time.
You would have to wait for travel restrictions to be lifted or for your mom be eligible for a relevant exemption for this to be done.
You would have to wait for travel restrictions to be lifted or for your mom be eligible for a relevant exemption for this to be done.
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As others have said, she cannot come to Canada at this time due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. She is not permitted to travel at this time since her reasons for travel are classified as non-essential. It's unknown when the travel restrictions will be lifted or eased. My guess is that we are looking at next calendar year.
She will need a TRV to come to Canada as a visitor once the travel restrictions are lifted.
what if in 2021 the travel restrictions are lifted? is she gonna be able to come for a year? where should I look into?
If she’s allowed, A typical stay is six months then you request an extension, it’s not a automatic
Once the travel restrictions are lifted, she will be able to come as a visitor as long as she has a valid TRV (tourist visa). She should look into applying for a TRV. She could even apply now. Note that approval is not guaranteed and she will want to show strong ties to her home country and previous travel to have a good chance of approval. She will also want to show that she has enough money to pay for her trip. I would recommend that you ask for a trip of three weeks and not six months. Six months may make IRCC concerned your mother has plans on remaining in Canada long term which she is not allowed to do. If the TRV is approved and she comes to Canada, she will most likely be allowed into the country for six months. You can then apply to extend her stay longer from within Canada. Note that she will not have health coverage so you'll want to take out insurance to cover emergencies.
what if in 2021 the travel restrictions are lifted? is she gonna be able to come for a year? where should I look into?
what if in 2021 the travel restrictions are lifted? is she gonna be able to come for a year? where should I look into?
Would suggest you look into getting someone to care for her in her home country. Covid restrictions will be around for quite a while and there is no guarantees whether she will qualify for a TRV.
If you planned to bring her in as a visitor, you should also look into the possibility of getting her the proper care here. And it's not easy.
If you purchase travel health insurnace, it will only cover emergency.
Also access to medication (she can only bring 3 months of medication when she travels) and doctors for non-residant is not easy. It may be better for you and your spouse, since you have provincial health coverage.
My MIL had travel insurnace and when she was visiting, she got sick and went to emergency. She had surgery, stay in the hospital for a week, then visited a specialist for pos-surgery checkup before she flew back home.
We thought the insurnace would cover most of the expenses since the "coverage" was up to 10 million (that's the crazy big number on the paperwork).
But at the end the insurnace negotiated with the health authority and only paid... roughly half of it. We had to pay the rest out of pock after.
If you purchase travel health insurnace, it will only cover emergency.
Also access to medication (she can only bring 3 months of medication when she travels) and doctors for non-residant is not easy. It may be better for you and your spouse, since you have provincial health coverage.
My MIL had travel insurnace and when she was visiting, she got sick and went to emergency. She had surgery, stay in the hospital for a week, then visited a specialist for pos-surgery checkup before she flew back home.
We thought the insurnace would cover most of the expenses since the "coverage" was up to 10 million (that's the crazy big number on the paperwork).
But at the end the insurnace negotiated with the health authority and only paid... roughly half of it. We had to pay the rest out of pock after.