Hello, I am looking for some advice based on my current situation sponsoring my wife to Canada.
I am a Canadian citizen, sponsoring my wife who is a US citizen. My wife has been in Canada since February 15 2020. Her Work/holiday visa expires in nine days. A month ago we applied for an extension of her visa to stay as a visitor for another six months, because we did not want to rush our applications for Canadian citizenship.
Our wedding was in January which was a lot later than we had hoped, but a combination of finances and changes to our venue made it the only viable time to do it.
We began completing the spousal sponsorship forms about a week ago, and we knew this would be close to when her work visa expires, this is why we applied for the extension of her current visa.
What we are concerned about is her extension getting denied. She is willing to fly home (obviously), but we are really trying to avoid it with the covid situation (she has an immunodeficiency disorder) since flying is kind of risky.
Should we aim to send our sponsorship application in before her current work visa expires(Feb 15), so that in case her extension is denied(decision on Feb 24), she would still be on implied status while we await a decision on the sponsorship application? Is this legal?
We really aren't the best at this process and just trying to see if anyone can weigh in with some advice, thank you in advance for any information that you can provide
I am a Canadian citizen, sponsoring my wife who is a US citizen. My wife has been in Canada since February 15 2020. Her Work/holiday visa expires in nine days. A month ago we applied for an extension of her visa to stay as a visitor for another six months, because we did not want to rush our applications for Canadian citizenship.
Our wedding was in January which was a lot later than we had hoped, but a combination of finances and changes to our venue made it the only viable time to do it.
We began completing the spousal sponsorship forms about a week ago, and we knew this would be close to when her work visa expires, this is why we applied for the extension of her current visa.
What we are concerned about is her extension getting denied. She is willing to fly home (obviously), but we are really trying to avoid it with the covid situation (she has an immunodeficiency disorder) since flying is kind of risky.
Should we aim to send our sponsorship application in before her current work visa expires(Feb 15), so that in case her extension is denied(decision on Feb 24), she would still be on implied status while we await a decision on the sponsorship application? Is this legal?
We really aren't the best at this process and just trying to see if anyone can weigh in with some advice, thank you in advance for any information that you can provide