If anyone can shed some light on this I'd be very thankful...
My wife and I have been reading the pages on the government website about sponsoring a spouse but it doesn't seem like the different options apply to us. Here are the essential details:
- I'm a Canadian citizen, we got married in NY, she's American
- We are currently living in Paris, France
- We were here on a three year visa, its renewal was rejected and we have 30 (now 27) days to leave the country. Needless to say, things for the move are already underway.
- I have as of right now no job lined up when I get back to Canada nor enough money personally to provide for my wife at this moment. We live on shared finances, savings.
So, if you read through all the info it asks you to decide if your spouse is outside the country or inside. But "outside" implies, by the questions it asks, that the spouse is outside and you're not. That's not our case. Because they say, paraphrasing, "show proof you've been corresponding and keeping in touch" ...well, we haven't been apart! We haven't got ANY proof that we've been keeping in touch because we've been right next to each other in the US and in France since getting married.
Now, "inside" implies that you're both inside which isn't the case here either. I wrote to the Paris visa office and they sent basically the info about how to proceed but it doesn't clear up this question about the two of us being outside together, I'm guessing the person didn't fully read or get the details of my request.
I've replied to them again for clarification but does anyone happen to know what our proper path would be here?
Our main concerns are:
1. we don't want to not do something now that we'll be told we should've done later that could have expedited things
2. we've heard it's faster to do this from outside rather than in. But with both of us outside and with less than 30 days to go before having to head back, how does that work? 3. the person that replied from the visa office said you don't need to show a minimum amount of money or proof of income or job to support your wife. But then the forms suggest you do. I don't understand.
If anyone could help us get our head around this while we pack up our lives and get out of here in an unreasonable 30 days, we'd be very appreciative.
Thanks!
My wife and I have been reading the pages on the government website about sponsoring a spouse but it doesn't seem like the different options apply to us. Here are the essential details:
- I'm a Canadian citizen, we got married in NY, she's American
- We are currently living in Paris, France
- We were here on a three year visa, its renewal was rejected and we have 30 (now 27) days to leave the country. Needless to say, things for the move are already underway.
- I have as of right now no job lined up when I get back to Canada nor enough money personally to provide for my wife at this moment. We live on shared finances, savings.
So, if you read through all the info it asks you to decide if your spouse is outside the country or inside. But "outside" implies, by the questions it asks, that the spouse is outside and you're not. That's not our case. Because they say, paraphrasing, "show proof you've been corresponding and keeping in touch" ...well, we haven't been apart! We haven't got ANY proof that we've been keeping in touch because we've been right next to each other in the US and in France since getting married.
Now, "inside" implies that you're both inside which isn't the case here either. I wrote to the Paris visa office and they sent basically the info about how to proceed but it doesn't clear up this question about the two of us being outside together, I'm guessing the person didn't fully read or get the details of my request.
I've replied to them again for clarification but does anyone happen to know what our proper path would be here?
Our main concerns are:
1. we don't want to not do something now that we'll be told we should've done later that could have expedited things
2. we've heard it's faster to do this from outside rather than in. But with both of us outside and with less than 30 days to go before having to head back, how does that work? 3. the person that replied from the visa office said you don't need to show a minimum amount of money or proof of income or job to support your wife. But then the forms suggest you do. I don't understand.
If anyone could help us get our head around this while we pack up our lives and get out of here in an unreasonable 30 days, we'd be very appreciative.
Thanks!