Hello - question on which embassy to request or choose

[MissUnderstood]

Hi! My Canadian husband and I are about to send in our application. I am working legally outside my home country (blue card) for 3 years. Because of this I have an opportunity to request where my file is sent?

The process time in my birth country is 15 months. The process time in my working country is 8 months.

I been told that I would be better to go home to do this because if our application is sent to my work country embassy even if process time shorter, that because I am a foreigner in my work country that file will go back and forth to both embassies and will result in a much longer process time than the 15 months in my home country.

I hesitate to go home because my work supports many family members and would put a lot of strain to my Canadian husband if he supports me solely.

Anyone that can offer advise or in similar circumstances?

Thank you!

 

[driftcars]

I am not sure if it will take longer if you use the working country visa office.

To address your second concern, you can still keep working at your working country even if you select your home country visa office to process your PR application. You don't have to be physically in your home country during the process, you will only need to go back if the visa office wants to interview you.

 

[MissUnderstood]

Okay I understand, thank you! I want to keep working - but I am still afraid if I apply through work country embassy it will really complicate our application if it's going through two embassies. I did read other stories and the applicants appear to be waiting much longer for their applications to even start to process.

So maybe it is best to file at home and I will fly home for interview.

 

[driftcars]

According to the information on this forum, chance of being interviewed is very small with enough proof of relationship.

 

[abbybc]

Okay I understand, thank you! I want to keep working - but I am still afraid if I apply through work country embassy it will really complicate our application if it's going through two embassies. I did read other stories and the applicants appear to be waiting much longer for their applications to even start to process.

So maybe it is best to file at home and I will fly home for interview.

It's probably a good decision to file in your home country. I'm feeling now that we are going to regret, and pay dearly financially and in processing time, having filed ours in the country in which my wife is employed, not where she is a citizen.