So i just registered for this forum so i could hopefully get some questions answered. i've been trying to find a simple compilation of the basic steps needed to make sure my Fiancee and i have everything we need when we cross. so we know what forms are needed to be filled and sent for the actual application and as far as we understand it we can cross and then have the application sent. what we need to know is what we need to cross initially after we get married. will she need to have any visas or anything to cross with or can we just say we just got married and cross and have time to get the application sent and everything
Canadian marrying an American in the US and moving to Canada
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Start here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...-guide-sponsor-your-spouse-partner-child.html
Review the basic checklist as well to start.
Right, I've read through that completely and i understand the application part, and as far as i understand that part is submitted after were married and subsequently move to canada. what I am unclear on is what we need to do when we cross the border initially. do we just say we just got married and have the marriage license and passports and cross just fine? or are there other visas or forms we need to have at that time?
No. Your partner can enter Canada as a visitor for up to 6 months at time. If you are flying many people have a return ticket at the end of that 6 months to demonstrate they will not overstay even if they do not use it.
Then she needs to make sure she maintains visitor status the entire time during processing. Once the 6 months is coming to a close if she hasn't been approved by then, you have to extend her stay as a visitor.
Do not give the impression at any time that she is moving to Canada.
CBSA has the right to deny her re-entry at any point as well.
It can be done online.
She can't move to Canada as a visitor which is the point I am trying to make. If you give CBSA that impression there's a good chance they will deny her entry.
If you apply inland she doesn't have as much freedom to travel back and forth. If she is denied re-entry at the border with an inland app in progress her application will be abandoned.
Many US applicants apply outland because they are typically processed quickly but you need to make sure when she comes in as a visitor you do not give them the impression she is moving to Canada at that time (i.e., showing up with a van full of all her belongings).
Ok. that clears a few things up then. so other than not trying to cross with everything she owns is there anything else that should be done when crossing the border? so what i understand for now is that we cross as normal and just make sure that she's good to stay for the 6 months, get the permanent residence application sent right away and if it's still not done when it's getting close to the 6 months apply online to extend the time she can stay as a visitor. is that a proper understanding of this process?
Yes. The PR spousal app does not give you status so if she applies outland she has to make sure she maintains status for the duration of processing.
ok. and for the outland app would that be sent to the Nova Scotia address? (https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...sponsor-your-spouse-partner-child.html#submit)