Hi
My wife and I have valid PR cards but our daughter was born outside of Canada and requires paperwork for sponsorship. I am currently in Canada and have sent the documents to Missasauga for processing. My wife is abroad with our baby but she would have to report in by august this year to maintain PR. After august she will have spent over 3years overseas.
Since our child is just over 2yrs old she doesn't have police records etc and her medical stuff is done. The problem is that cic has taken over 3 months due to a backlog and hasn't even gotten to our application yet. Based on the online countdown we're just a few days away but the backlog seems to be dragging on.
Anyway once the application is opened cic will do their thing and send the docs to our home country for final processing. The problem is there are only three months left for my wife to show up in Canada. If the approval drags on longer her PR will obviously expire. I was told that the immigration will take the delay into consideration because she is away for a valid reason. Is this correct? I called cic and one of the call center operators told me this but should I get some documents from cic to back us up so if my wife needs to show up with an expired PR card she will have supporting documents.
Any suggestions?
My wife and I have valid PR cards but our daughter was born outside of Canada and requires paperwork for sponsorship. I am currently in Canada and have sent the documents to Missasauga for processing. My wife is abroad with our baby but she would have to report in by august this year to maintain PR. After august she will have spent over 3years overseas.
Since our child is just over 2yrs old she doesn't have police records etc and her medical stuff is done. The problem is that cic has taken over 3 months due to a backlog and hasn't even gotten to our application yet. Based on the online countdown we're just a few days away but the backlog seems to be dragging on.
Anyway once the application is opened cic will do their thing and send the docs to our home country for final processing. The problem is there are only three months left for my wife to show up in Canada. If the approval drags on longer her PR will obviously expire. I was told that the immigration will take the delay into consideration because she is away for a valid reason. Is this correct? I called cic and one of the call center operators told me this but should I get some documents from cic to back us up so if my wife needs to show up with an expired PR card she will have supporting documents.
Any suggestions?