hey guys, i'm just getting started on the rigorous challenge of bringing my beautiful wife to Canada. already off to a rocky start and slightly confused about a couple things. here's my situation:
born in Canada, moved to China in my late 20's to teach ESL for a couple years. met my wonderful (now) wife, a Chinese citizen 2.5 years ago. I moved back to Canada this past August with the plan of her coming over in the future to start a life. in august she applied for a travel visa to Canada and was denied. we concluded the next step was for us to just get married and apply for a PR card. I went back to China in November and we got married (yay!), now I am currently home in Canada and she is in China and we are ready to apply with the hope and expectation of coming over in about 12 months.
so now comes the confusion... am I applying for spousal sponsorship or a Permanent Residence card? or are they just connected and I need to sponsor her in order to get the PR card? if our sponsorship is approved will we need the PR anyways?
I've been reading up on the government website and things are still a little unclear to me, and I just want to make sure everything is done properly and without error so I can bring my wife over and we can be together.
and one of my other questions is do I have to fill out a Use of Representative form 5476 on behalf of my wife, or is that just for if I was hiring a lawyer or someone else to do it on our behalf? should I just fill it in anyways with my information?
anyways, hope this wasn't too long and it all makes sense. im very new to the world of forums...Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone
Grant
born in Canada, moved to China in my late 20's to teach ESL for a couple years. met my wonderful (now) wife, a Chinese citizen 2.5 years ago. I moved back to Canada this past August with the plan of her coming over in the future to start a life. in august she applied for a travel visa to Canada and was denied. we concluded the next step was for us to just get married and apply for a PR card. I went back to China in November and we got married (yay!), now I am currently home in Canada and she is in China and we are ready to apply with the hope and expectation of coming over in about 12 months.
so now comes the confusion... am I applying for spousal sponsorship or a Permanent Residence card? or are they just connected and I need to sponsor her in order to get the PR card? if our sponsorship is approved will we need the PR anyways?
I've been reading up on the government website and things are still a little unclear to me, and I just want to make sure everything is done properly and without error so I can bring my wife over and we can be together.
and one of my other questions is do I have to fill out a Use of Representative form 5476 on behalf of my wife, or is that just for if I was hiring a lawyer or someone else to do it on our behalf? should I just fill it in anyways with my information?
anyways, hope this wasn't too long and it all makes sense. im very new to the world of forums...Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to everyone
Grant