"Dual Intent": why are so many afraid to come as visitor with PR in process?

[phoebe.tran]

Could anyone please give me some of your thoughts on my case? Wondering if Dual Intent works for me.

- I'm holding Vietnamese passport, need a visa to go to Canada.
- I studied and worked in Canada for the last 3 years. I left Canada in April. Now Im staying in Singapore with my parents as a visitor.
- My husband is Canadian. He submitted the PR application for me in April.

Now I want to apply for a TRV (multiple entries) to visit my husband while waiting for my PR result (which may take up to 20 months as listed in CIC website). I don't need to work as my in-laws and my husband can support me. I just want to stay in Canada with my husband as long as the visa allows me to as I seriously think family members should stay together as much as possible. A long distance relationship is not good at all. My problems are:

- I don't have strong ties to my home country Vietnam as I left from 2008 for Canada
- My mother in law can be my sponsor for me to apply TRV from Singapore
- My PR application is under processing

Do you think the Dual Intent can work for me? I want to stay with my husband badly.

 

[canadianwoman]

Bangkokcanuck just reported a similar situation. His wife is Thai, and he has applied for her PR visa. They applied for a TRV for her, and it was refused, even though she had received two TRVs before she applied for a PR visa, and they had lots of evidence of her ties to Thailand.
So with few ties to Vietnam, and a husband in Canada, you will probably not be able to get a TRV now.