Inland Application but currently in the US

[pred8er]

Hi All,

I applied for the Inlaand application in Aug 2009, and my appointment for the landing is in January 2011.

However currently I am out of the country as in March 2010 i decided to pick up a year long contract with a US Company for 1 year.

Is this going to be a problem for me when i go for the landing? My current contract expires in march 2011, so I plan on doing the landing in January as per the immigration request but then leaving finishing my contract and then moving back.

Would this be an issue?

Thanks!

 

[pred8er]

I am a US Citizen and I usually drive in a lot with no issues, I am just not sure if it would be an issue with the day I have to go for the landing appointment?

i usually drive in from Seattle, and thats the plan again for this time.

 

[Black-Berry]

First of all I don't know if you are aware of inland applications but if you have an inland application in process you are very strongly advised against leaving the country because if you are denied re entry for whatever reason your whole application is cancelled and cancelled and you have to restart the whole application from scratch and it may even take longer.

The inland route to sponsorship is normally the most stressful and that is why alot of us inlanders are under a lot if stress because travelling outside is risky incase re entry is denied and yea it has happened many times even to American citizens

The border people are no stupid and you have a chance of them finding out you have been living out of the country from march 2010.

Inland applications are exclusively reserved for spouses who are living with their spouses IN Canada

I can't tell you that you will be fine because you are an American citizen . You have already broken the rule of having not lived here for about 9 months now. Outland would have been perfect for you.

You are in a very risky situation. You have to be honest with the officers at the border with the patrol because you are at their mercy. Just a heads up ! They have all your information and if you are denied entry for whatever reason you lose it all everything ! You also have absolutely no right of appeal.

Sorry if I came out too harsh. This is the honest answer and I refuse to tell you because you are from a visa exempt country you are fine just to drive through. Once the officers at the airport realize you haven't lived in Canada for nine months now you do have a lot of explaining to do

Pr is no joke and this government want to grant it to people who want to live in their country
Why are you applying for pr here anyway? Is your spouse with you or in Canada ?

 

[pred8er]

Thanks for the reply, however it is not like i wanted to go, my wife is on maternity leave and we decided to spend some time with my family in the US, she is also with me, my mother is sick and that was our primary reason for this.

we thought until the application was in progress we could spend some time with her and then once approved then come back. to ensure that we had money i picked up a short contract.

the primary thought was always to come back once the PR was available.

 

[suenim]

Another requirement for the Inland application is that the sponsor should be living in Canada as well. Well I guess you will find out what happens when you come back to land.

 

[Black-Berry]

If your spouse is outside Canada with you then suenim is right.
Another requirement is that she has to be residing with you here.

If immigration here is ready to grant pr and you and your spouse are not in the country then you pose a risk of losing it. Say for example the border patrol don't let you in for whatever reason and you fail to be here for your landing appointment you risk losing it

I am an inland applicant as well and my greatest fear right now is for something to happen at home because if something happened I wouldn't risk going because I don't wanna lose this chance! This process is already too long as it is to risk starting from scratch as an outlander.

Anyway good luck on getting back. You and your spouse already don't meet the requirements as inland applicants as seen because you both don't reside in Canada. Be honest with them because if you lie. They may find out. I live in BC as well and have driven from Seattle many times before which border are you using? Carry the landing letter and have your Canadian spouse with you

Immigration Canada is not lenient with inland applicants regardless of whether there's an emergency or not.

There's a case of a lady whose mother passed on and she and her Canadian spouse had to leave to go to her country to bury her mother. She was denied a visa to come back to Canada.

Good luck on coming back