Sponsorship before landing???

[cardioresearcher]

Dear Friends,

This is such a wonderful forum to exchange information, and some of the people are really so good and helpful here!! I wanna thank the admin for hostin and all the contributors for such a great forum!!

I have a question concerning my case, my canadian PR was approved recently and i have time until May next year to arrive in Canada.
At the moment i live in Germany and work as a Physician & Researcher, i am actually planning to move to Canada next year and im in the process of finding a postdoc position. I plan to get married in Jan/Feb 2012..my question to the fellow members here is...can i add my Fiancee to my approved application as a dependent before i land in Canada?? or should i need to sponsor her only after i land in Canada and find a job??Inputs from any of you, who had such experiences are highly appreciated!!

Thank you for your time in reading my post!!
Good luck with your endeavors!!

 

[wilson]

Hi, As per CIC website:

A Canadian citizen or permanent resident may sponsor her or his spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, or dependent children to come to Canada as permanent residents. See the Who can apply section below to find out if your relationship qualifies.

You can then find out if your spouse, partner or child meets the requirements for you to sponsor them.


http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-apply-who.asp

Unfortunately you cannot sponsor (?) your fiancee at this stage. After landing and settling you can start sponsorship paper work but only when married.

 

[steaky]

Wilson is right. As landed PR, you must reside in Canada in order to sponsor your spouse.