Hello,
I am a british citizen. I went to Canada on a working visa in September 2009. However, after about a year and a half I decided (wrongly) to change jobs and work - but not update/request a new work permit. To cut a long story short, I was excluded from canada for a duration of 1 year on 31st October 2010. About September 2010 I met my current girlfriend. In december 2010 we decided to start a relationship and have been together ever since. She is a Christian and so am I. We didn't want to live together until we are married (which we hopefully plan to do later this year or next year) All of our friends and family know we are together, and she has taken trips from Canada to come and see me but isn't allowed to stay more than 3 months in a year. So we have decided to split her 3 months over the course of a year (currently she has 2 months remaining if i understand british immigration what they said to her when she entered) - currently she is back in Canada and I am in UK working. While we were together, we have photographs of us together and together with her family. We do not have much more evidence as us as a couple apart from flight history and also the mentioned photos and friends/family testimonials.
She has decided to sponsor me as a conjugal partner. However, I am unable to return to canada as I know I need ATR (authorisation to return) I would ideally, like to get a ATR so I can still go and visit her while my application is being processed. Is this at all possible or do I need to wait until November 1st where I can enter without permission?
In addition, Since she is in Canada and I am in UK - does she have to submit the application to an office in Canada or can we submit it to London (as I believe the processing times for London are a lot quicker)
Any advise, help or steps to help us would be excellent. We haven't started any paperwork or anything yet as we just don't know what to do and I can't seem to find any information on the websites which would describe which steps we need to take in our case. Hopefully, this forum may be able to help us.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can help.
I am a british citizen. I went to Canada on a working visa in September 2009. However, after about a year and a half I decided (wrongly) to change jobs and work - but not update/request a new work permit. To cut a long story short, I was excluded from canada for a duration of 1 year on 31st October 2010. About September 2010 I met my current girlfriend. In december 2010 we decided to start a relationship and have been together ever since. She is a Christian and so am I. We didn't want to live together until we are married (which we hopefully plan to do later this year or next year) All of our friends and family know we are together, and she has taken trips from Canada to come and see me but isn't allowed to stay more than 3 months in a year. So we have decided to split her 3 months over the course of a year (currently she has 2 months remaining if i understand british immigration what they said to her when she entered) - currently she is back in Canada and I am in UK working. While we were together, we have photographs of us together and together with her family. We do not have much more evidence as us as a couple apart from flight history and also the mentioned photos and friends/family testimonials.
She has decided to sponsor me as a conjugal partner. However, I am unable to return to canada as I know I need ATR (authorisation to return) I would ideally, like to get a ATR so I can still go and visit her while my application is being processed. Is this at all possible or do I need to wait until November 1st where I can enter without permission?
In addition, Since she is in Canada and I am in UK - does she have to submit the application to an office in Canada or can we submit it to London (as I believe the processing times for London are a lot quicker)
Any advise, help or steps to help us would be excellent. We haven't started any paperwork or anything yet as we just don't know what to do and I can't seem to find any information on the websites which would describe which steps we need to take in our case. Hopefully, this forum may be able to help us.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can help.