Getting married next year. How to sponsor, applying for Citizenship

[draxz1289]

Hello everyone,


I am a PR since April 2012 and as per the CIC's website I am eligible for citizenship in 2014 April since I have been in Canada since 2006. We are planning to get married in August 2014 in India and she is there.

I would have applied for citizenship before I sponsor her in August, does it make any difference?
Since I will be sponsoring her only in August 2014 and it takes a year to get her PR, could she come here on a visit visa after the wedding then come back after getting her PR - Is it possible and will it be a problem to get a visit visa.


Please advice if there is a better way.

Any advice is appreciate

 

[Iay]

Being a PR or Citizen doesn't make a difference, it will go through the same process and same processing times.

About the visit visa, I believe the chances are zero in getting a visit visa (unless a person is from a visa exempt country) for a wife even they know you are already processing her sponsorship. The rationale behind this is that they are afraid the sponsored person might live illegally in Canada if the sponsorship application is denied.

 

[draxz1289]

Thanks for your reply, what other best option is there to get here after the wedding

 

[fandv]

Being a PR or Citizen doesn't make a difference, it will go through the same process and same processing times.

About the visit visa, I believe the chances are zero in getting a visit visa (unless a person is from a visa exempt country) for a wife even they know you are already processing her sponsorship. The rationale behind this is that they are afraid the sponsored person might live illegally in Canada if the sponsorship application is denied.

I wouldn't say that the chances are zero...I personally know at least 2 persons from a NON visa exempt country, who were able to get a visit/tourist visa to visit their Canadian spouse. They had to show a strong tie to their homeland though...they provided a letter from their employer, certifying that they were coming back to work, and that they wouldn't overstay their tourist visa.
And of course, they provided a copy of a return ticket as well...

And when they applied for the tourist visa, they had already submitted the sponsorship application in advance, and they also included their UCI number for the sponsorship application...

So yeah, not zero chances...more like, almost zero ;D

 

[draxz1289]

Thats why I was thinking as well, first apply for PR then apply for visit visa.

She would have just graduated her masters so wouldnt have any work ties.

 

[Iay]

I wouldn't say that the chances are zero...I personally know at least 2 persons from a NON visa exempt country, who were able to get a visit/tourist visa to visit their Canadian spouse. They had to show a strong tie to their homeland though...they provided a letter from their employer, certifying that they were coming back to work, and that they wouldn't overstay their tourist visa.
And of course, they provided a copy of a return ticket as well...

And when they applied for the tourist visa, they had already submitted the sponsorship application in advance, and they also included their UCI number for the sponsorship application...

So yeah, not zero chances...more like, almost zero ;D

Thanks for citing a real life example here.
You're right, if the spouse could provide a strong tie with their homeland then I think you have a bit of chance to get a visit visa. Also, I think the visitor should prove that he/she has enough money to support herself for vacation. I'm not quite sure about this, esp if you're visiting your spouse.

If money wasn't an issue for you tho, then forget about it.

 

[draxz1289]

I was under the impression it wasnt hard to get a visit visa to see your spouse since I would have sponsored her

Boy was I wrong

 

[Iay]

I was under the impression it wasnt hard to get a visit visa to see your spouse since I would have sponsored her

Boy was I wrong

I hope it was that easy too. We were thinking the same thing, like for my husband to visit me while waiting, then I realized how almost impossible it is.

 

[draxz1289]

What did you do,


any other way other than us going for a visit

 

[Sweden]

What did you do,


any other way other than us going for a visit

you can try getting a student visa. BUt most likely it will be refused for the same reasons that a tourist visa will be refused - lack of ties to own country.
I'm afraid there is not much else to do. If you are a citizen by the time you apply to sponsor her, you can stay outside of Canada with her for the whole process.
If you're still a PR ( even if you have applied for citizenship) then you will need to be in Canada to be able to sponsor her. You can go and visit her (2 weeks at a time, 3 maximum even if CIC doesn't put any specific limit, 3 weeks if the advice people here will give you) in India, but you must return to Canada.

If you prepare well your application, and it is straightforward case, with all the proofs, you'll most likely be done before the 9 months - 9 months is the time it takes to complete 80% of the applications, but quite a few get done faster than that.

Good luck,
Sweden

 

[draxz1289]

guess it looks like the only way is for a short term visit considering I would be working then.

Should we still apply for her visit visa and if it did get rejected would it have any impact on her PR application or is it completely unadvisable to apply while being processed for PR

 

[Sweden]

guess it looks like the only way is for a short term visit considering I would be working then.

Should we still apply for her visit visa and if it did get rejected would it have any impact on her PR application or is it completely unadvisable to apply while being processed for PR

you can still apply for a visitor visa, and if it is rejected it doesn't have an impact on the PR application.