Spousal sponsorship
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As long as I know, your district will be Lahore as well. Province Punjab, District Lahore, and City will be Lahore
From all I have read there, I would say there is no set processing time between pre-arrival and PCC. I seems to vary a lot, from what I recall. It could be a day or 2 or a month or 2.
Hello! I am a Canadian citizen and my Ugandan partner is in Canada right now with a visitor visa. We are planning to get married and then apply for spouse sponsorship. My question is : is it alright to get married and apply right after? We've been in a relationship for a year and have tons of documents proving our relationship is genuine. ( Travels to uganda, plane tickets, pictures, etc...).
Also, can he apply for an open work permit while the spouse sponsorship is in process ?
Thank you!
Also, can he apply for an open work permit while the spouse sponsorship is in process ?
Thank you!
Yes, although you'll need to wait for the marriage certificate to apply.
Yes, he can apply for the work permit during the process.
Hello - This is my situation - I am a Canadian Citizen living in Canada. My Fiancée is a Kenyan citizen living in Hungary with a Hungarian work permit tied to her job. She holds a valid Canadian visitor visa. We intend on getting married in her home country of Kenya in January.
Can anyone advise if the below steps seem accurate in our situation?
1) Both of us fly to Kenya for the wedding in December (Wedding is in January).
2) After the wedding, i fly to Canada first alone. I take all her important documents with me (police certificate, birth certificates, marriage certificate, wedding photos, wedding card copy etc etc)
3) She flies from Kenya to Canada as a visitor with a return ticket. She says she is coming for 2 weeks as a tourist.
4) After she lands - I immediately apply for in-land spousal sponsorship and open work permit. She immediately puts in her resignation for her job in Hungary (For some technical reason, she can not work remotely from Canada, she is allowed to work remotely out of Kenya for her Hungarian job which is what she will be doing when we get married there).
5) I cancel her return flight.
Does anyone see a problem with this?
Can anyone advise if the below steps seem accurate in our situation?
1) Both of us fly to Kenya for the wedding in December (Wedding is in January).
2) After the wedding, i fly to Canada first alone. I take all her important documents with me (police certificate, birth certificates, marriage certificate, wedding photos, wedding card copy etc etc)
3) She flies from Kenya to Canada as a visitor with a return ticket. She says she is coming for 2 weeks as a tourist.
4) After she lands - I immediately apply for in-land spousal sponsorship and open work permit. She immediately puts in her resignation for her job in Hungary (For some technical reason, she can not work remotely from Canada, she is allowed to work remotely out of Kenya for her Hungarian job which is what she will be doing when we get married there).
5) I cancel her return flight.
Does anyone see a problem with this?
There was a case here just a few days ago of someone who'd had great difficulty getting the necessary docs for a Canadian to marry in Kenya - had taken months and it wasn't successful. I can't comment on that but have periodically heard that it is one of the more difficult places - they don't like the (minimal) documentation for 'proof of not being married' that Canada can provide.
So: my suggestion would be to either have back-up plan of wedding in Canada afterwards, or somewhere else before (why not Hungary, I believe straightforward documentation-wise). If you do it before, you can either have a post-wedding party or a religious ceremony with no civil aspect (if allowed) or a 'blessing' ceremony (in some religions anyway this is not controversial).
Otherwise no particular issues with your plans. Warning that the work permit can take some time and may even come same time or after the PR status.
Oh yes thank you!
I just checked in Quebec it can take up tp 8 weeks to receive it…i didnt know that!
do you think it’s possible to apply to extend a visitor visa in that situation?
I think in most provinces it is one to two months to get the marriage certificate.
Yes, you can (and should) apply to extend visit if needed.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/extend-stay/apply.html
thank you, i will look into it! Do we need to provide a clear explanation to why we apply for visitor record? Is getting married a valid reason for it?
Do you plan to get married before applying for the extension?
I ask because I know planning to file a sponsorship app (including waiting for marriage certificate) IS a valid reason for which they routinely grant extensions/visitor records. Planning to get married to do so probably is but I have not specifically heard others mention that.