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Spousal sponsorship
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Hi, our VO is also london. Spouse in UAE. We were told their processing times are fairly faster there so let’s hope we hear back soon. we applied on sept 1 2022 and no updates since medical upload in dec 2022.
Good evening everyone. My PR visa application was denied March 14, 2022. please I want help/advise should I apply for PR again or just visitor visa? My wife visited after the denied PR. it took Ghana visa office 2 years and 7 months to get the PR denied. Below was the refused letter. Advise please
I have now completed the assessment of your permanent residence application as a member of the family class, the class in which you applied. I have determined that you do not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada.
Subsection 12(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act states that a foreign national may be selected as a member of the family class on the basis of their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or other prescribed family member of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Paragraph 117(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations states that a foreign national is a member of the family class if, with respect to a sponsor, the foreign national is the sponsor's spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner.
Subsection 4(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations states that for the purposes of these Regulations, a foreign national shall not be considered a spouse, a common-law partner or a conjugal partner of a person if the marriage, common-law partnership or conjugal partnership
(a) was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act; or (b) is not genuine.
Based on the assessment of your information, including your application, the supporting documentation, and the information you provided during the interview, I am not satisfied that your marriage to your sponsor is genuine or that it was not entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring permanent residence in Canada. You were advised of the concerns during your interview, but you were unable to satisfy me that they were unfounded. Therefore, as per the Regulations, you are not considered to be a member of the family class.
I have now completed the assessment of your permanent residence application as a member of the family class, the class in which you applied. I have determined that you do not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada.
Subsection 12(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act states that a foreign national may be selected as a member of the family class on the basis of their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, parent or other prescribed family member of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Paragraph 117(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations states that a foreign national is a member of the family class if, with respect to a sponsor, the foreign national is the sponsor's spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner.
Subsection 4(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations states that for the purposes of these Regulations, a foreign national shall not be considered a spouse, a common-law partner or a conjugal partner of a person if the marriage, common-law partnership or conjugal partnership
(a) was entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring any status or privilege under the Act; or (b) is not genuine.
Based on the assessment of your information, including your application, the supporting documentation, and the information you provided during the interview, I am not satisfied that your marriage to your sponsor is genuine or that it was not entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring permanent residence in Canada. You were advised of the concerns during your interview, but you were unable to satisfy me that they were unfounded. Therefore, as per the Regulations, you are not considered to be a member of the family class.
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Banu02
Full Member
- Jan 13, 2023
- 8
- Category........
- FAM
- Visa Office......
- London
- App. Filed.......
- 26-10-2022
- AOR Received.
- 07-01-2023
We applied October 26, 2022 and the latest update is my spouse was exempted from BIL but we haven't received medical request yet. We also just applied for CSQ.
Does the PA receive any letters or does it all go to the immi consultant?
All our communications from ircc are going the the immigration consultant. We are unable to track the process ourselves. Goodluck!
Banu02
Full Member
- Jan 13, 2023
- 8
- Category........
- FAM
- Visa Office......
- London
- App. Filed.......
- 26-10-2022
- AOR Received.
- 07-01-2023
If you have appointed a representative, all communication will be sent to the representative only with exception to the portal invite at the end (if inland), this goes to the PA.
The only real advantage for most applicants choosing the SCPLC (Inland application) is that once they receive the AOR email from IRCC, they can then apply for the OWP (if they have legal status). If your soon to be husband's WP is valid for another year, or so, you might consider submitting an Outland application as they used to be faster to process...but no idea if that's still the case. One advantage is that unlike an Inland applicant, Outland applicants do not need to remain in Canada during the process.
Banu02
Full Member
- Jan 13, 2023
- 8
- Category........
- FAM
- Visa Office......
- London
- App. Filed.......
- 26-10-2022
- AOR Received.
- 07-01-2023
Thank you!
I the sponsor have not been able to access the portal - it’s not working.
Original poster - the link to the forum tracking spreadsheet is in my signature and it’s split out between outland/inland and the month applied. Have a look to gauge what the trends for processing time have been recently.
I see a lot of posts on fb and here about inland getting eCOPR within 6 months or less. There is even one which got it after just 3 months so I can safely assume inland is now much quicker than outland.
One of the possible reasons for the speed is that those who are already here are prescreened beforehand via the TRV or eTA. Thus speeding the rest.
One of the possible reasons for the speed is that those who are already here are prescreened beforehand via the TRV or eTA. Thus speeding the rest.
Your reasoning makes sense, but this was the case before as well, when they took about the same amount of time (not to mention years ago when outland applications were so much faster that applicants in Canada were filing outland to benefit from that).
I'm not saying you're not right, just saying that we can't necessarily follow from logic (however sensible!) to conclusion.
Nor, for that matter, assume that what has been happening recently will continue.
That said, if I were applying now, I'd roll the dice and apply inland, too (if I could).