Family moving form US

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I know most of this has probably been asked before but I am getting a headache from reading the forum though it is very educational.

I am a Canadian citizen and have recently resumed residence in Canada after being down in he US for several years. My family is still down in the US and I am looking to bring them up. Now if I am correct I shouldn't really have anything to do for my children besides submitting for their citizenship certificate.

Now the tricky part. My spouse who is a US citizen is still in the states. Should she apply from there? Also if she does apply from there is she able to come live with me in Canada while the application is being processed? Just really confused at this point.

And if she comes in on a visitors visa can she apply inland?

 

[screech339]

I know most of this has probably been asked before but I am getting a headache from reading the forum though it is very educational.

I am a Canadian citizen and have recently resumed residence in Canada after being down in he US for several years. My family is still down in the US and I am looking to bring them up. Now if I am correct I shouldn't really have anything to do for my children besides submitting for their citizenship certificate.

Now the tricky part. My spouse who is a US citizen is still in the states. Should she apply from there? Also if she does apply from there is she able to come live with me in Canada while the application is being processed? Just really confused at this point.

And if she comes in on a visitors visa can she apply inland?

It depends on your wife. Is she still working? If she is, I would suggest that she apply outland. This way she can continue to work while waiting for PR and she can come in and out of Canada as she please.

If she is not working, then inland may be the way to go. She can stay with you the entire time, however she can't leave Canada until PR is done. She can apply OWP inland too once she get past 1st stage (AIP stage).

You are in a very similar situation as me, except my wife came from a non-visa exempt country. We both lived in NJ for 5 years before moving back. We had the Canadian citizenship certificates for our 2 kids before moving back. That made our sponsorship papers a little easier since we can show that the kids are Canadians and thus don't need to be sponsored, only list them under family form.

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