Changing Date of PR Entry

[The Realist]

Hello Everyone,

A Query. My Wife and i submitted our Spousal Sponsorship application, in May 2016. I was SA Approved, and the PA Side is currently "In Process" as of July 2016. For her country, current processing time is 15 months....but of course typically, that is not the average. I will be visiting my Wife and living with her [I am a Canadian Citizen] for a portion of this processing time. My Question is this:

There is a chance that while i am visiting her, her PR may be approved. If this occurs, with the Expiry Date given [in which she must enter Canada by], is she able to lodge a "Stay of Entry" so-to-speak...[until the Sponsor is due to leave....and thus the PA can leave WITH the Sponsor]...given that her sponsor[myself] is actually NOT in Canada at that given time, but is actually visiting her. For, surely CIC does not expect the PA to arrive in Canada [within their designated period of time]....if the sponsor is NOT there??

Any Thoughts on this....would be greatly appreciated.

 

[scylla]

She needs to land by the expiry date listed on her PR visa. This date cannot be extended.

If she's not ready to "move" - she can fly to Canada, "land" to become a PR and then immediately leave again. However she must "land" in Canada before the expiry date on her PR visa.

 

[cheng9999]

She needs to land by the expiry date listed on her PR visa. This date cannot be extended.

If she's not ready to "move" - she can fly to Canada, "land" to become a PR and then immediately leave again. However she must "land" in Canada before the expiry date on her PR visa.

Typically the "expiry date" is 12 months from the date of the medical. If you did upfront medical, then it is assumed that for that region/country, applications would be completed and approved before this 12 months (in fact a fair bit earlier). For those instruction packages which do not ask for upfront medical, after sponsorship approval, the applicant will get an email/letter saying the case is now at the VO, and the person will have to do the medical exam.

If you have a straightforward case, and the processing time from your wife's country is typically way less than 12 months, what you can do is not do the medical upfront (even if the application package tells you to do so). Then you buy more time as you will be doing the medical after sponsorship approval, which altogether probably adds about 3 months extra.

In cases where the application takes longer, VO will ask applicant to redo the medical, and when the COPR is issued, it will have the expiry 12 months from the date of the new medical.

The other poster is correct. Your spouse will have to land before expiry, but can leave immediately. The PR card will be sent to a Canadian address, so supply a friend/family address to receive the PR card. It can then be Fedex/DHL to you.

CIC's official line is the COPR expiry date is non-negotiable.