Can a person have two applications at the same time

[CMLR]

Hi everyone. This is a question for a friend who does not know who to use forums. Can a person trying to become a PR have two different kinds of applications going at the same time. Our friend married a Cuban over a year ago and is concerned that his wife will not be granted PR, there are a lot of red flags so I understand his concern. He is now trying to find other ways she might be able to become a PR. She is a Doctor in Cuba and he is encouraging her to make a resume so he can send it in for her to help her try to get PR that way. She had to quit practicing in order to marry him because at least at the time they were getting ready for their wedding the government would not let Doctors immigrate out of the country, would that change anything, I think it has been more than a year and a half since she practiced if that makes any difference. If a person can have two applications going at the same time would she best qualify for the Express Entry application? Thanks for any help our friend is very stressed.

 

[scylla]

Yes - a person can have two applications at the same time provided they are not in the same category / class.

So you could (for example) submit both a outland spousal sponsorship application and an express entry application. However you cannot submit both an outland and inland spousal sponsorship application at the same time.

Note that she will have to be re-certified in order to work as a doctor in Canada. This process typically takes a few years.

 

[CMLR]

Scylla, thank you for this info. I will let him know. He had been wanting her to do up her resume and has told us that he knows several places would would consider hiring her as a Doctor. I know though that he worries that she does not have a good command of English he actually says instead of getting better at speaking the language she is getting worse over time. I know part of what she will need to do is pass either an English or French test. I also figured it was not going to be an easy quick fix to become a PR through her experience and training, we had already heard that she has to pass several tests within her training to qualify too.

 

[scylla]

If she doesn't have a good command of English, then I would strongly recommend she focus on this first and significantly improve. Without a strong command of English, she won't have any chance of passing the series of tests she needs to take to be certified as a doctor in Canada and be able to accept a role as a doctor in Canada.

 

[CMLR]

Yes our friend knows she needs to have a good command of English and even brought her something like Rosetta Stone, not sure if that was actually the program or not, for her and a way to listen to the CD's or Tapes, but it appears she has not yet taken advantage of the program. Would she need to both be able to speak and read/write English to a level that would be considered commanded? I assume this is the case.

Another question, if for some reason she does not get here under spousal sponsorship but is able to get here under Express Entry will there be any issue with the fact that she would be bringing a child with her? She has a 7 year old right now.

 

[scylla]

Would she need to both be able to speak and read/write English to a level that would be considered commanded?

Yes.

Another question, if for some reason she does not get here under spousal sponsorship but is able to get here under Express Entry will there be any issue with the fact that she would be bringing a child with her? She has a 7 year old right now.

She would include the child as a dependent regardless of how she immigrates.

 

[CMLR]

Thank you for all your help