Question about staying with principal app as a visitor while PR app processes

[SuiGeneris]

Me (sponsor) and my American husband (principal app) want to be together while our application is in process. I'm currently visiting him in USA, and we're getting ready to mail out our application.

I've been in USA since June 13, 2015. We plan to submit our application within 1-2 weeks. We're thinking of having me stay in USA for another 3ish months, and then going to Canada together where he would enter as a visitor and would stay with me for several months. Hopefully we would receive COPR during this time.

I'm wondering, how can I present this plan to CIC? Would this look suspicious to them and raise a potential problem?

The way I organized our Proof of Relationship section, I divided the proofs for each visit and entitled each visit "The First Meeting", "The Second Meeting", etc, and I explain the visit duration, and arrival and departure dates. Now that I'm in USA and this is "The Sixth Meeting", I had to write that this meeting is still ongoing, with an explanation of my intentions.

Also, in one of the sponsor forms, it asks if the sponsor is currently living in Canada, and how long they've been living in Canada. I checked yes, I am living in Canada (because I live in Canada and I'm only visiting USA, right?), and for how long, I put my birth year. In an additional sheet, I included a full explanation of the situation.

I'm worried that I might need to provide proofs of ties to Canada. I don't have any ties because I'm unemployed, out of school, and have no bills. And that's because I'm young (I'm 20) and still working towards grounding myself financially and academically, and I happened to fall in love 3 years ago online and now I need to be with my husband. My mother and stepfather work full-time and are extremely financially generous and supportive, they support me and want to support my husband.

Should I simply tell CIC what I'm telling you guys and hope for the best?

 

[KelseyTVS]

Where will you be living in Canada? If you are living with your parents, include a letter from them saying that you will be living there and they will support you. If you have an apartment or another place, include proof of that. Whatever Canadian address you supplied for yourself, try to provide proof of it, like maybe cell phone bills or credit card bills being mailed there, etc.

If you're able, include proof of a plane ticket back to Canada. If you're going back in 3 months, now is probably a good time to buy anyway, if you're flying.

Others might have more advice, but that's what I can think of!

 

[Ponga]

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/visa/dual.asp

Your husband will need to convince the CBSA officer (not CIC) that he encounters at the airport, or land border, that he has strong ties back to his `home'. Since he cannot legally move to Canada (yet) he must acknowledge this to the border officer.

Dual Intent is something that CBSA is very familiar with, so if he does his homework, his chances of being allowed to enter will be good.