border questions....HELP!!!

[squidly]

I am a Canadian married to an American. I have lived in the States for
the past 8 years. We have 2 children born in the US.

Due to a job loss we are considering relocating to Canada. I have a
job already lined up in BC starting June 1 and
we have a place to live. We are planning on moving at the beginning of
June.

I am planning on doing an inland sponsorship of my husband and kids
once we are settled in BC. But would we have problems at the border
with the moving truck, him and the boys being American, animals, cars, etc? What
would we say? Would we say that we are planning on doing the inland
sponsorship but know that after 6 months if he doesn't have a permit
that he would have to leave??? And how long would it be before he could get a work permit?
And medical insurance? I would have medical through my job after
3 months - would he and the boys qualify for that??

I am SOOOOO confused. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you in advance.

 

[mehrdado]

I don't think you have any problem.
You can apply right know as you want to live in canada after sponsorship granted,
Just one point use regular sponsorship application and don't follow Canada class as if something goes wrong you can appeal.

Good luck

 

[Leon]

Your kids are Canadian because you are, and don't have to be sponsored. Talk to the Canadian embassy on getting them Canadian temporary passports for now. Ultimately you should apply for their citizenship certificates, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/proof.asp but that takes several months.

Your husband could have problems though if showing up at the border with a truck full of stuff and only a visitor status. At that point, immigration will not know if you are going to sponsor him, if you will be approved as a sponsor or what. All they see is a guy with visit status moving in with all his stuff.

It might be better if you start an outland sponsorship right now. As a Canadian citizen, you are allowed to sponsor from another country if you show proof that you are going to be living in Canada when your husband gets his PR. You say you have a job and a place to stay. Show proof of that with letters whatever and should be fine. The sponsor approval for outland takes a bit over a month right now, after that, you would have some kind of documentation that you have applied to sponsor your husband so when you arrive at the border with the truck, you can say that at least you and the kids are Canadian and that you have been approved as a sponsor although his PR application will still be in process at the time. The border guards know if he's called for an interview, he will have to go to the US for it so the risk of him overstaying is less. Outland also takes less time, after the sponsor approval of one month, it takes 4-9 months in the US and then your husband would have his PR.

If you do inland, first of all he's not supposed to leave Canada while you are doing it which could be a problem if he needs to go to the US. If he's denied entry again for any reason, that application becomes invalid since he's not in Canada anymore and you would have to apply again outland. If you apply for a work permit with an inland application, the average time to get it is 6-7 months. The PR itself takes 12-18.

It's up to you what you do. Just keep in mind that if he's in Canada with you on a visit status and it's getting close to expiry, he needs to apply to extend it, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp

As for the medical, BC has a 3 month wait time to be covered by their health care. You and the boys and citizens would have that. The husband needs to wait until he gets his PR or if you do inland, he might get it when he gets work permit.

 

[Boncuk]

I think she needs to still have the application for Citizenship in process for the kids to be issued a temporary passport. This is what I was told in my case. Showing the receipt that you have the applications in process then they are able to issue a temp passport.