How do you do inland sponsorship?

[ari_ari]

Hi, I'm sorry if this has been posted before, I'm new to this website and immigration. I searched "inland sponsorship" and the dates of the posts were very old.

Me and my husband want to begin sponsorship, he lives in the USA. We prefer inland but we're not sure what that means. Does he just come to Canada like he would when he visits us, like a tourist, and then we apply?
Has anyone done this before that can offer me advice or point me in the right direction?

 

[profiler]

Hi, I'm sorry if this has been posted before, I'm new to this website and immigration. I searched "inland sponsorship" and the dates of the posts were very old.

Me and my husband want to begin sponsorship, he lives in the USA. We prefer inland but we're not sure what that means. Does he just come to Canada like he would when he visits us, like a tourist, and then we apply?
Has anyone done this before that can offer me advice or point me in the right direction?

If it's inland that you want to apply for, yes. He can just come as a visitor, and you tender the application(s). It would be a good idea to also apply for the Open Work Permit that is granted to people who apply, that have an inland PR application also in. This would be issued in ~4 months, and would permit your husband to remain in Canada while they process the application. He can also work, if he chooses or needs to.

 

[CDNPR2014]

US applicants are encourages to apply outland. it is much quicker than sitting in the inland line.

inland means those people who have legal status in canada can apply "in canada class". it also means the person is not encouraged to leave canada, since it is required for the couple to cohabitate in canada during the entire process.

there's no real benefit to "inland" for us citizen. more than likely, a us citizen will be fully approved as a pr through the outland route in 6 months. the only reason people choose the inland route is because the applicant can get an open work permit in 4 months. for us applicants, it's not worth waiting 4 months for an open work permit, then another 8-16 months for pr approval, when you can be a pr in less than 12 months through outland.

it is still unknown whether the new application will increase the ottawa visa office (where us outland applications are sent) processing time or if ottawa will remain consistent with it's current speed. until we see the actual results of the "streamlined process", it is best for us applicants to apply outland.

 

[profiler]

US applicants are encourages to apply outland. it is much quicker than sitting in the inland line.

inland means those people who have legal status in canada can apply "in canada class". it also means the person is not encouraged to leave canada, since it is required for the couple to cohabitate in canada during the entire process.

there's no real benefit to "inland" for us citizen. more than likely, a us citizen will be fully approved as a pr through the outland route in 6 months. the only reason people choose the inland route is because the applicant can get an open work permit in 4 months. for us applicants, it's not worth waiting 4 months for an open work permit, then another 8-16 months for pr approval, when you can be a pr in less than 12 months through outland.

We are still using the old timelines for new applications?

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp CIC is stating 12 months inland.

 

[CDNPR2014]

We are still using the old timelines for new applications?

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp CIC is stating 12 months inland.

that has yet to be confirmed through actual experience. i would think until we see that actually play out, then current trends still apply? that's why i specified 8-16 months (8+4 would be 12 months and 16 + 4 would be a bit quicker than the current inland timeline). in general, current outland applicants get approved much quicker than what was posted online for their visa office. Ottawa specifically was at 13 months, even though US citizens are commonly approved in 4.5-6 months.

until we see proof of inland applicants consistently being approved in 12 months and/or Ottawa's current speed slowing down to 12 months, there's still no reason to not apply outland as a us citizen, IMO.

 

[profiler]

that has yet to be confirmed through actual experience. i would think until we see that actually play out, then current trends still apply? that's why i specified 8-16 months (8+4 would be 12 months and 16 + 4 would be a bit quicker than the current inland timeline). in general, current outland applicants get approved much quicker than what was posted online for their visa office. Ottawa specifically was at 13 months, even though US citizens are commonly approved in 4.5-6 months.

until we see inland will speed up to 12 months and/or Ottawa's current speed slow down to 12 months, there's still no reason to not apply outland as a us citizen, IMO.

For the last 4 months Ottawa has been sending files to Vegreville. In any case, if they post 12 months for inland/outland, then it has to be -- if it's not, then they will need to hire way more staff at the call centre, and at MP's offices (who already spend 90% of their time on immigration matters). And from reports of late, outland applicants from Europe (EU states) are now reporting 13 months, where 10 was the norm...

 

[CDNPR2014]

For the last 4 months Ottawa has been sending files to Vegreville. In any case, if they post 12 months for inland/outland, then it has to be -- if it's not, then they will need to hire way more staff at the call centre, and at MP's offices (who already spend 90% of their time on immigration matters). And from reports of late, outland applicants from Europe (EU states) are now reporting 13 months, where 10 was the norm...

us outland ottawa files are not going to vegreville that i'm aware of. i have not seen any notifications or posts about that. feel free to share posts if you know differently for us outland applicants. there has been no mention of this on the us applicant thread. i believe that's specific to inland or overflow from other outland offices? when i reference ottawa, i'm speaking specifically to US outland applications. The OP's husband is from the US, so that is the point of reference for processing a US application is being used. Europe applications have a completely different timeline.

 

[profiler]

us outland ottawa files are not going to vegreville that i'm aware of. i have not seen any notifications or posts about that. feel free to share posts if you know differently for us outland applicants.

Feel free to listen to Shannon Stubbs filibuster: http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/XRender/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20161206/-1/26304?useragent=Mozilla/5.0%20(Windows%20NT%206.1;%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/55.0.2883.87%20Safari/537.36

This was a Committee meeting, where she decided to block normal business to convince the minister to revert a closure notice of Vegreville. She continues on for about an hour, but during that time, notes that CPC-M is overloaded and getting all the praise, where CPC-O has been shipping files to CPC-V for the last four months because they are unable to keep up.

 

[CDNPR2014]

Feel free to listen to Shannon Stubbs filibuster: http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/XRender/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20161206/-1/26304?useragent=Mozilla/5.0%20(Windows%20NT%206.1;%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/55.0.2883.87%20Safari/537.36

This was a Committee meeting, where she decided to block normal business to convince the minister to revert a closure notice of Vegreville. She continues on for about an hour, but during that time, notes that CPC-M is overloaded and getting all the praise, where CPC-O has been shipping files to CPC-V for the last four months because they are unable to keep up.

that's great. does that specify what files are being transferred? which countries of citizenship the applicant is from or which stream is being transferred? again, the us applicant thread still suggests files are in ottawa. ottawa was consistently approving us applicants before the holidays. until we see what's currently happening, there can't be assumptions made either way and the current trends still hold true. IRCC and committees say a lot of things and it's not always the entire story.

 

[ari_ari]

Thanks for your responses ^_^
I hadn't expected any right away otherwise I would have checked in a lot sooner.
I appreciate everyone's input

 

[CDNPR2014]

Thanks for your responses ^_^
I hadn't expected any right away otherwise I would have checked in a lot sooner.
I appreciate everyone's input

to put things into perspective, an August US applicant just received decision made, so it appears Ottawa is still processing US Outland applications within a 6 month period. hopefully this will continue to be the case. Assuming your spouse is a US citizen, I highly highly encourage choosing to sponsor your spouse "outside of canada".

 

[simpsol22]

Hi, I'm sorry if this has been posted before, I'm new to this website and immigration. I searched "inland sponsorship" and the dates of the posts were very old.

Me and my husband want to begin sponsorship, he lives in the USA. We prefer inland but we're not sure what that means. Does he just come to Canada like he would when he visits us, like a tourist, and then we apply?
Has anyone done this before that can offer me advice or point me in the right direction?

You have 3 options. He can try to obtain what cbsa calls a visitor record when he crosses...what they give people from a visa exempt country and gives you a status.

Inland- means you are living in Canada and can apply for the owp. But if you are refused you cannot appeal.

Live in Canada but apply as outland- you cannot get a work permit but if you are refused you can appeal

And if not living in canada, outland is the only option...again you cannot get a work permit but you can appeal a refusal.


As others mentioned timeline is really hard to judge at this point with changes...but usually Usa is recommended to apply outland. I did inland and have been waiting 13.5 months so far under old application.

 

[hafeez syed]

hello every one , im applying inland spouse sponsorship by this month end with new application package , i need some expert advice , do i need to notrize the marriage certificate or any other document , thanks and best of luck to all applicants

 

[profiler]

hello every one , im applying inland spouse sponsorship by this month end with new application package , i need some expert advice , do i need to notrize the marriage certificate or any other document , thanks and best of luck to all applicants

The guide will tell you what needs to be certified true copies.

 

[barch88]

to put things into perspective, an August US applicant just received decision made, so it appears Ottawa is still processing US Outland applications within a 6 month period. hopefully this will continue to be the case. Assuming your spouse is a US citizen, I highly highly encourage choosing to sponsor your spouse "outside of canada".

This is awesome news if this is the case. We applied outland (USA/Canada couple, sponsor in canada). My lease is up in Aug of this year and we sent our new forms with police certificate and e-medical already done on Jan 3rd. If I can get it done by June that would be awesome! So nervous