Noobie Questions

[worldtraveler567]

I am marrying a Russian girl in June 2013 (outside of Canada) and I will be doing the paperwork ASAP to sponsor her to Canada. I am totally new to this process. If anyone could kindly answer a few questions I would surely appreciate it!

1. Obviously she would love to see Canada before she permanently moves here - can anyone comment on how hard it is to get a tourist visa? (she has a great job, education, and a lot of family in Russia but I've heard applications are still denied all day long)

2. If she was denied a tourist visa, would that have a negative effect on our application for her PR Visa? (everything about our relationship would be fully disclosed, I want all of this to be above board!)

3.How does the proof of income work for sponsoring spouses and what is this "C" form? I am a medical student and have only modest income (maybe $20-25,000 - largely live off a student line of credit). If I have no income now (but good job prospects in future) can they deny my application as a sponsor?

It is hard to go through this process and wait potentially years to bring your loved one home. It makes it a lot easier to share with others who are going through the same thing.

Best of luck to all of you.

 

[PMM]

Hi

I am marrying a Russian girl in June 2013 (outside of Canada) and I will be doing the paperwork ASAP to sponsor her to Canada. I am totally new to this process. If anyone could kindly answer a few questions I would surely appreciate it!

1. Obviously she would love to see Canada before she permanently moves here - can anyone comment on how hard it is to get a tourist visa? (she has a great job, education, and a lot of family in Russia but I've heard applications are still denied all day long)

2. If she was denied a tourist visa, would that have a negative effect on our application for her PR Visa? (everything about our relationship would be fully disclosed, I want all of this to be above board!)

3.How does the proof of income work for sponsoring spouses and what is this "C" form? I am a medical student and have only modest income (maybe $20-25,000 - largely live off a student line of credit). If I have no income now (but good job prospects in future) can they deny my application as a sponsor?

It is hard to go through this process and wait potentially years to bring your loved one home. It makes it a lot easier to share with others who are going through the same thing.

Best of luck to all of you.

1. Chances of a TRV? Pretty close to nil, as her intention is to remain permanently in Canada.
2. No.
3. No, you have just demonstrate that you will not have to rely on welfare for support if she is admitted to Canada.

 

[goodman36]

Hello Noobi, welcome to the Forum.

Surely, you will get many information if you read through the many threads in this Forum.

I am not an expert, but here is my two cents:

1. She can apply for Tourist Visa to come to Canada. If she tells about you, it can help or hurt. That is the Visa Officer may grant her a tourist visa or the visa officer may deny her a visa thinking that she may not return to Russia since she may live with you in Canada. May be others here will shade more lights into it.

2. If she is denied a tourist visa, that will not have any effect on her future application of coming to Canada when you sponsor her.

3. The proof of income is not that important but if you have a job that may help. Important thing for the visa officer (when you have applied for her as a spouse) to know how you intend to support her when she comes here. The Option C printout is a document that the Canada Revenue Agency provides. You can call them and they will mail it to you. It basically shows whether if you have received any welfare in Canada in the year before you apply as a sponsor.

Make sure to keep proof of all communication, pictures etc between you two. These will be useful when you become a sponsor.

Good Luck.

I am marrying a Russian girl in June 2013 (outside of Canada) and I will be doing the paperwork ASAP to sponsor her to Canada. I am totally new to this process. If anyone could kindly answer a few questions I would surely appreciate it!

1. Obviously she would love to see Canada before she permanently moves here - can anyone comment on how hard it is to get a tourist visa? (she has a great job, education, and a lot of family in Russia but I've heard applications are still denied all day long)

2. If she was denied a tourist visa, would that have a negative effect on our application for her PR Visa? (everything about our relationship would be fully disclosed, I want all of this to be above board!)

3.How does the proof of income work for sponsoring spouses and what is this "C" form? I am a medical student and have only modest income (maybe $20-25,000 - largely live off a student line of credit). If I have no income now (but good job prospects in future) can they deny my application as a sponsor?

It is hard to go through this process and wait potentially years to bring your loved one home. It makes it a lot easier to share with others who are going through the same thing.

Best of luck to all of you.

 

[worldtraveler567]

Thank you!

Two more questions

1. With a wedding in the near future, can you be approved to sponsor a spouse before you are actually married? If there is anything I can do to get this process moving sooner rather than later....

2. Is there anything else we can start early on before being married? i.e. her medical documents or police records or must they be very recent at the time of application?

I already have the collection of photos, emails, even her ring and re-sizing receipts etc

Thank you again!

 

[scylla]

1. If you are applying as married, then you must actually be married before you submit the application. You cannot be approved to sponsor a spouse before you actually marry.

2. The police reports can't be older than three months when they are submitted as part of your application to CIC. So you don't want to get them too far in advance. The medical expires after a year, so better to get it done closer to when you submit your application.

 

[worldtraveler567]

many thanks Scylla

1. If you are applying as married, then you must actually be married before you submit the application. You cannot be approved to sponsor a spouse before you actually marry.

2. The police reports can't be older than three months when they are submitted as part of your application to CIC. So you don't want to get them too far in advance. The medical expires after a year, so better to get it done closer to when you submit your application.

 

[Rob_TO]

1. With a wedding in the near future, can you be approved to sponsor a spouse before you are actually married? If there is anything I can do to get this process moving sooner rather than later....

The only way is if you have been living together for 12 consecutive months, then you can apply as common-law instead of married. If not... then the very earliest you can apply is after you get married and after you get the wedding certificate.

As far as timing, right now stage 1 processing is taking anywhere from 1-2 months. And if you apply outland the stage 2 processing I guess would be through Moscow-Russia, where 50% of all applications take a maximum of 8 months or quicker. The approval/success rate from Moscow office for partner/spouse category is 90%.

 

[CharlizeRai]

Thank you!

Two more questions

1. With a wedding in the near future, can you be approved to sponsor a spouse before you are actually married? If there is anything I can do to get this process moving sooner rather than later....

2. Is there anything else we can start early on before being married? i.e. her medical documents or police records or must they be very recent at the time of application?

I already have the collection of photos, emails, even her ring and re-sizing receipts etc

Thank you again!

What I would do if I were you to speed up the process is already start assembling your sponsorship package. I was married in March of 2012, and I was back home by April 2012. I assumed that I'd have the application done in 2 weeks, since i already had my pile of proof at hand. I didn't realize that it would take me so long to organize everything, label it all with my name and birth date, and write descriptions of why I was including the evidence that I did. Being very busy at home, it took me 2 1/2 months to finalize the application.

I would 'complete' the application as you want it to look, with the exception of the documents that you should be requesting nearer to the date of submitting the application (police check, medical request, Option C after 2012 tax year etc).

Also. Photocopy your entire application package to have an extra copy. It is worth it!

 

[canadianwoman]

Take a look at the forms now and see what kinds of things the visa officers are expecting to see. Then get that evidence. You're not married yet, so you have the chance to do it right.
One note of caution, though: don't do something just because it is in the forms. If it is not part of your or her culture, and you do it anyway, it will look staged, and the visa officer will probably see that.