Hi, Although I've been reading this forum as a guest for a long time, this is my first post as a registered member.
A little background, I, the Mrs. am Canadian, and the Mr. is American. We were married Feb. 2012 after dating for 5 years, I still live in Canada he still lives in the U.S. he is a professional over the road truckdriver, our plans are for him to immigrate here to Canada, we see eachother usually once a month for 4 days, and at times(vacation) spend 7-10 days together, yes it's difficult but quite frankly to us it has become "normal", it's the normal we have to live with for now anyways. Even when the Mr. DOES immigrate to Canada we're probably not going to see alot more of eachother because of the nature of his work. We have recently undertaken some significant financial obligations,( MY son's college, my sons' car FOR college etc). My husband wants to delay his immigration for a little longer simply for financial reasons,( to attempt to SAVE as much as possible in the event that he does not immediately find work here in Canada after he immigrates.)
Here's my current issue. BEFORE we were married, this is what I said at the Canadian border when the 2 of us were coming to Canada to spend our days off together, " This is my boyfriend, he's coming to my house in Canada for his days off, he's returning in 4 days". Usually a couple more questions from the border official( at the drive-up kiosk) and we were on our way. Since we have been married, VERY different, almost every time the border official at the kiosk directs us to park and go inside for an immigration interview. My husband an I have always been honest, and we definately want to to everything the right way, and I understand the suspicion on the behalf of CIC.
At our last interview with immigration the officer indicated that if we did not formally begin the immigration process soon, we may encounter some difficulties. I was not aware that there was some kind of timeline that we were expected to follow. I know it sounds odd because MOST peoples' concern is being together in the same country as soon as possible, WE on the other hand are trying to delay his immigration for the time being because we want to be as prepared as possible when the time comes. I know the process doesn't happen overnite, I'm aware that it will take up to a year to get him to Canada legally. I want to proceed with this the way that is best for US in our specific situation, and not be forced to act too quickly because it's what CIC EXPECTS of us. To us everything is the same as it always was.....except we're married now.
Is there a specific timeline that we are expected to follow? If we delay his immigration to Canada are we asking for significant problems? Can CIC deny him entry to Canada? He does not own a home, but he HAS been with his current employer for almost a decade. Would Nexus be an option that may help with our border crossings or should we just get divorced already? ( Kidding on that last one...)
Thanks for your advice.
A little background, I, the Mrs. am Canadian, and the Mr. is American. We were married Feb. 2012 after dating for 5 years, I still live in Canada he still lives in the U.S. he is a professional over the road truckdriver, our plans are for him to immigrate here to Canada, we see eachother usually once a month for 4 days, and at times(vacation) spend 7-10 days together, yes it's difficult but quite frankly to us it has become "normal", it's the normal we have to live with for now anyways. Even when the Mr. DOES immigrate to Canada we're probably not going to see alot more of eachother because of the nature of his work. We have recently undertaken some significant financial obligations,( MY son's college, my sons' car FOR college etc). My husband wants to delay his immigration for a little longer simply for financial reasons,( to attempt to SAVE as much as possible in the event that he does not immediately find work here in Canada after he immigrates.)
Here's my current issue. BEFORE we were married, this is what I said at the Canadian border when the 2 of us were coming to Canada to spend our days off together, " This is my boyfriend, he's coming to my house in Canada for his days off, he's returning in 4 days". Usually a couple more questions from the border official( at the drive-up kiosk) and we were on our way. Since we have been married, VERY different, almost every time the border official at the kiosk directs us to park and go inside for an immigration interview. My husband an I have always been honest, and we definately want to to everything the right way, and I understand the suspicion on the behalf of CIC.
At our last interview with immigration the officer indicated that if we did not formally begin the immigration process soon, we may encounter some difficulties. I was not aware that there was some kind of timeline that we were expected to follow. I know it sounds odd because MOST peoples' concern is being together in the same country as soon as possible, WE on the other hand are trying to delay his immigration for the time being because we want to be as prepared as possible when the time comes. I know the process doesn't happen overnite, I'm aware that it will take up to a year to get him to Canada legally. I want to proceed with this the way that is best for US in our specific situation, and not be forced to act too quickly because it's what CIC EXPECTS of us. To us everything is the same as it always was.....except we're married now.
Is there a specific timeline that we are expected to follow? If we delay his immigration to Canada are we asking for significant problems? Can CIC deny him entry to Canada? He does not own a home, but he HAS been with his current employer for almost a decade. Would Nexus be an option that may help with our border crossings or should we just get divorced already? ( Kidding on that last one...)
Thanks for your advice.