Spousal sponsorship

[armoured]

@armoured
Hi,
Do we have to be physically present in Canada when we submit spousal sponsor application? Can we submit the application while we’re in a different country on a vacation?
Thanks

If the sponsor is a PR, yes and no (respectively). If the sponsor is a citizen, the opposite.

 

[sngr09]

App Status: Open
App Status Reason: TFR-Workload (re)-distribution
Eligibility: Not Started Security: Not Started
Criminality: In Progress
Medical: Passed
Info Sharing: Complete
Hi everyone, just received gcms notes and found this . Can anyone help me to understand what is the meaning of TFR-Workload (re)-distribution ?

 

[Longwaiting4ever]

Hello Everyone,

I recently received my PPR & submitted it via courier on the 21st of November to the NDVO. What is the expected wait time for it to come back? I tried to check with the tracking number, but it fails to show anything. Also, did I jump ahead of myself, because my husband has already booked my ticket to come to Canada for the end of December. Was this a wrong move? Should we extend this flight ticket & wait for my issued visa on my PP to come? Please let me know, your answers/help will be very much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Shukaib Ahmed]

just curious! can anyone tell me that i already got ppr last wednesday and already submit my passport at vfs. as i know my medical was expired in august 2022 and we also sent webform informing IRCC about my medical expiration but they did not respond anything at that time. so is it possible they will ask again about medical or they will just extend the medical expiration?

 

[deesha vanik]

Hi LEO

So you are in the situation that you want to sponsor your foreign spouse for permanent residency of Canada and don't know where to start. Here are some tips:

Married, common law or conjugal partners

First you need to pick an application class. There are three of them: married, common-law and conjugal. For all of them, you need to prove the genuineity of your relationship. For common-law, you need to prove that you have lived together for 12 months or longer. For conjugal, you need to prove that you have combined your affairs as much as possible but there are real immigration barriers or other barriers preventing you from living together or getting married. Conjugal is the hardest to prove. For example, if your partner could get a visit visa to come to Canada for 6 months and then apply for an extension to get the full year, even though they will not be allowed to work, that is not considered an immigration barrier. An immigration barrier is if your partner tries to get a visit visa to come to Canada and is repeatedly refused. Some people have had luck with the conjugal class but try to avoid it if possible.

Outland or inland?

Now you need to decide if to apply outland or inland. If your spouse is not in Canada and can not get a visa to go to Canada, you must apply outland. That means that you will send your application to Mississauga and they will approve you as a sponsor. The time that takes is usually 1-2 months to but current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#sponsorship After that, the application is forwarded to your local visa office. If your spouse is residing in a country other than the country of their nationality, you can pick which of the two visa offices you want. Otherwise it will be processed in their country of nationality. You can see the processing times here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/05-fc-spouses.asp

If your spouse is staying in Canada as a visitor or on some other visa, you can pick whether you want to apply outland or inland. Outland is generally faster and has appeal rights but a downside to outland is that if an interview is required, your spouse will have to travel to the visa office in the country where it's being processed. Inland has the downside that it's generally not advised that your spouse travels while you are waiting for your processing because it is a requirement of inland that they reside in Canada and if they are denied entry at the border for some reason, your application is gone. If an interview is required for inland, you may also have to wait a long time for it. The inland application would be sent to Vegreville and if all goes well, you would get a first stage approval, usually in 6 to 8 months. The current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#perm_res Then the file is forwarded to your local CIC office where you live and they will contact you for a landing appointment. Getting the PR with inland usually takes 12-18 months. If an interview is required for inland, Vegreville will not give first stage approval but instead will forward the application to the local CIC office without it and you will have to wait for them to have time for your interview. In some cases that can take a year or two. If you do get the first stage approval, your spouse will usually be eligible for health care and an open work permit. It is actually a good idea when applying inland to send an application form for a visit visa extension as well as the open work permit to be given at first stage approval all in one package so it's tied together.

Which method to pick depends on your situation. If your spouses country of nationality has a long processing time or your spouse does not want to have to travel there for a possible interview, then inland is the way to go. For faster processing and freedom of travel during the processing time, outland would be better. You can find the application forms for inland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/spouse.asp and the application forms for outland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp

Avoiding potential problems with your application

The most common reason for people to be called for an interview is that the visa officer has doubts about the relationship being genuine. It is up to you to send immigration some quality data, emails, chat logs, phone records, photos, letters and other material to prove to them that your relationship is the real thing. Other reasons you might have problems with is eligibility of the sponsor. The sponsor can not be on social assistance, can not be bankrupt and can not have a record of violent crimes or crimes against family members. If that is the case, better talk to a lawyer and get that cleared up before attempting to apply.

Dependent children

If your spouse has dependent children, they must be included in the PR application, even if they are not coming to Canada. They will need to have medicals as well to keep the option open to sponsor them later. The only way that immigration will accept the application without those medicals is if the children are no longer minors and refuse to have it or if the children are in the full custody of their other parent who refuses to make them available for medicals. In that case, your spouse needs to sign a statement stating that they know that they will never be able to sponsor these children to Canada in the future.

Dependent children are classified as single and either under 22 years of age or if they are older, they must have been full time students since before age 22 or dependent on their parent due to a disability or medical problem.

Refusals due to income and medicals

You will be asked to provide information about your income but you will not be denied to sponsor your spouse and dependent children because you do not make enough money. It is possible though that if you make absolutely no money at all that immigration may ask you how you plan to support yourselves.

Spouses and dependent children are also exempt from the clause about excessive demand on health care so you do not have to worry about them being refused for that reason.

Sponsoring your spouse while living in another country

If you are a Canadian citizen, you can sponsor your spouse without being in Canada but you do then have to prove that you are planning on moving to Canada when your spouse gets approved for permanent residency. Such proof can include having arranged jobs, being accepted to college, having arranged housing or letters from friends & relatives stating that they know of your plans and that you can stay with them while you look for housing etc.

If you are a PR, you must reside in Canada in order to sponsor your spouse. You can chance short vacations (remember that a Canadian vacation is generally no longer than 2 weeks) but if immigration finds out that you are not in Canada, you risk getting your application refused.

Hi Leon, i had one question, please help me out here, i got a temporary AoR, can i apply for workpermit after receiving temporary Aor?

 

[armoured]

just curious! can anyone tell me that i already got ppr last wednesday and already submit my passport at vfs. as i know my medical was expired in august 2022 and we also sent webform informing IRCC about my medical expiration but they did not respond anything at that time. so is it possible they will ask again about medical or they will just extend the medical expiration?

Both are possible, BUT if they've already asked for your passport hopefully they have already made a decision on that.

 

[Shukaib Ahmed]

Both are possible, BUT if they've already asked for your passport hopefully they have already made a decision on that.

Thank you

 

[Akash Joshi]

We as husband and wife applied for a canadian PR and got our soft landing done in November 2019 and got our PR cards later. My wife was the primary applicant in the PR application and i was secondary but i funded the visa fees and everything else.

Now we have recently divorced my mutual consent in India. She was already living in canada since November 2021 and i landed here in November 2022 . My question is Can she pose any risk to my PR status by giving wrong information to IRCC or anything else.

 

[armoured]

My question is Can she pose any risk to my PR status by giving wrong information to IRCC or anything else.

Short form, at this point, basically no.

 

[armaanwadhwa]

2022/11/29 Submitted (Online, Married, No Dependents, Inland, Visitor Visa)
2022/12/03 AOR - Sponsor Email
2022/12/03 Biometrics updated in GCKEY. Visitor visa application. Valid until 2032

Was able to link up the application to GCKey however no matter what combination I try, not able to link it to the PR tracker.

Can someone shed some light?

 

[ashishpalsingh91]

Hi everyone, I'm a PR living in Quebec, my wife just got here on a visitor visa and now I'm planning to apply for In-Canada Spousal Sponsorship Application. Can anyone suggest me what are the proofs I can attach to prove that we are co-habiting. Also, does a prepaid phone plan delivered at home will be considered as a residential address proof for my partner. Thanks in advance.
Regards - Ash

 

[NRosso]

Hello everyone,
How is the first time landing process at airport for spousal PR? what documents to carry and what Qs are asked by the officer?
Please help.

 

[BCTechy]

Hi everyone, I'm a PR living in Quebec, my wife just got here on a visitor visa and now I'm planning to apply for In-Canada Spousal Sponsorship Application. Can anyone suggest me what are the proofs I can attach to prove that we are co-habiting. Also, does a prepaid phone plan delivered at home will be considered as a residential address proof for my partner. Thanks in advance.
Regards - Ash

You can include with your application a document with photos showing a long period of time and include local friends if possible. You can also include a tenancy agreement with both of your names on it, utility bills, bank account statement, or credit card statements in both of your names.

 

[armaanwadhwa]

Hi All,

I have applied for Permanent residency under Inland Spousal Sponsorship class for my spouse and submitted information sheet for previous medical examination along with the application (Medical done in September 2021)

Does my spouse have to do the re medicals? The policy says you are exempt if you did your medicals within the last 5 years.

Should I just send the previous medicals via webform along with RPRF fee receipt again?

 

[Jody123]

Hello,

My husband and I applied for Outland sponsorship September 2021. My husband is in Brazil. He was called to an interview at the beginning of October of 2022. Does anyone know how long it takes to receive PPR after the interview?

Thank you for any insight you can offer.