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Spousal sponsorship

soniababbar123

Full Member
Apr 24, 2015
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India
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FAM
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NDVO
App. Filed.......
20/04/2017
Doc's Request.
02/06/2017
File Transfer...
19/06/2017
Med's Request
31/05/2017
Med's Done....
10/06/2017
Interview........
NA
Passport Req..
15-01-2018
VISA ISSUED...
26-01-2018
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07-02-2018
tink23 said:
Is your fiancé a PR in Canada??
No sir, he is not a PR.. He applied for FSW 2014 prog.
And he got his medical request in the month of April,2015.
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
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Santo Domingo
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
soniababbar123 said:
No sir, he is not a PR.. He applied for FSW 2014 prog.
And he got his medical request in the month of April,2015.
You might have more luck asking your question here ( http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/foreign-workers-b10.0/ ) in the Foreign Workers forum.

Someone may answer your question here so check back, but this forum is for PRs and citizens sponsoring their family members. If anything, your fiancé probably won't be able to do anything until you're actually married. Be sure to post your question in the Foreign Workers forum. Good luck.
 

UMI1985

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May 9, 2015
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hi i am new to the forum, My wife is Canadian PR and we both are Pakistani National we got married in october and she applied for my pr in february 2015. I am currently residing and doing job in Dubai since aug 2012.

Status April 29 my wife is approved to sponsor me and they sent a letter in mail that she is eligible to sponsor me and the case is sent to London office I wonder why they have not sent my case to AbuDhabi office?

Status of my PR application is
1- We received your application on 17 feb 2015
2- Medical result received
 

GMG

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Dec 22, 2014
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Moscow--->Warsaw
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23-04-2014
Doc's Request.
11-02-2015(passport copies of all pages)
File Transfer...
25-06-2014(Moscow)->04-09-2014(Warsaw)
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
03-02-2014,,remedical 23-02-2015
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
01-06-2015 (DM-28.05.15)
VISA ISSUED...
25-06-2015
LANDED..........
10-08-2015
UMI1985 said:
hi i am new to the forum, My wife is Canadian PR and we both are Pakistani National we got married in october and she applied for my pr in february 2015. I am currently residing and doing job in Dubai since aug 2012.

Status April 29 my wife is approved to sponsor me and they sent a letter in mail that she is eligible to sponsor me and the case is sent to London office I wonder why they have not sent my case to AbuDhabi office?

Status of my PR application is
1- We received your application on 17 feb 2015
2- Medical result received
If u hold Pakistani passport,then ur application will be processed by London.
Good luck
 

rabbitpriya

Star Member
Oct 23, 2010
83
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New Delhi
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3142
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-05-2011
Doc's Request.
sent with application
AOR Received.
18/07/2011
IELTS Request
sent
File Transfer...
waiting
Med's Request
22 November 2011
Med's Done....
Jan 5th 2012
Passport Req..
22 November 2011
VISA ISSUED...
Decision made feb 18/2012, visa stamped...14 feb 2012
Hi am Priya ...I am about to sponsor my hubby who is in INdia . I am on my PR. We got married in FEb 2015.

I got few questions please help...

1. I got all the documents notarized from INdia when I was there.

So, the application my husband need to send should it be kept in an closed envelope and post to me. ( I got all the papers already)

So should I need to send a closed envelope of my husbands part of application along with mine or can I just send together.

Please, advise

Thank you
 

rizwan16

Star Member
Nov 5, 2014
116
1
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London
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Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
31-07-2014
Doc's Request.
24-04-2015
IELTS Request
Original Documents Returned: July 20 2015
File Transfer...
30-09-2014 In Process 06-Jul-2015
Med's Request
20-05-2015 DM: Aug 7th 2015
Med's Done....
14-07-2014 and 01-06-2015
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
Aug 7th 2015
rabbitpriya said:
Hi am Priya ...I am about to sponsor my hubby who is in INdia . I am on my PR. We got married in FEb 2015.

I got few questions please help...

1. I got all the documents notarized from INdia when I was there.

So, the application my husband need to send should it be kept in an closed envelope and post to me. ( I got all the papers already)

So should I need to send a closed envelope of my husbands part of application along with mine or can I just send together.

Please, advise

Thank you
your best bet is to have it all togther . you can separte his portion inside one enevelope but im sure immigration officer can figure it out
 

sharanjit1986

Star Member
Aug 28, 2014
138
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Punjab
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New Delhi
NOC Code......
APPLIED FOR MY FAMILY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15.04.2016
Doc's Request.
N/A
Nomination.....
N/A
AOR Received.
AOR1 -- 05.05.2016
IELTS Request
N/A
File Transfer...
ECAS UPDATED THAT A MAIL IS SENT AT HOME ADDRESS ON 23.06.2016
Med's Request
WAITING
Med's Done....
WAITING
Interview........
WAITING
Passport Req..
WAITING
VISA ISSUED...
WAITING
LANDED..........
WAITING
tink23 said:
Is your fiancé a PR in Canada??
For ur first qury i would request u to join following forum its very informative as people who have medical in april are in this forum .. for rest of queries plz xplore http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/fsw-2014-applicants-timeline-lets-network-here-t276642.10245.html
 

Hitesh_001

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Jun 22, 2014
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Hi all,

I have a question regarding Inland application. In the family information form, do I need to provide my siblings information only.

If my real brother is married, so do I need to provide my brother's wife information too or just my brothers n sisters information does not matter they are married or not.

Thanks
 

neng23

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Oct 24, 2011
188
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Vancouver,B.C.
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CPC-Manila
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Pre-Assessed..
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May 21, 2015
Doc's Request.
August 6, 2015 (Passport, Appendix A)
AOR Received.
June 26, 2015
File Transfer...
July 20, 2015 (SA email)
Med's Request
(Upfront)
Med's Done....
May 4,2015
Passport Req..
August 6, 2015 e-cas updated to "In Process" but started processing on July 20, 2015 August 8, 2015 Passport received by CEM August 10
VISA ISSUED...
very soon
LANDED..........
very soon
Hitesh_001 said:
Hi all,

I have a question regarding Inland application. In the family information form, do I need to provide my siblings information only.

If my real brother is married, so do I need to provide my brother's wife information too or just my brothers n sisters information does not matter they are married or not.

Thanks
Only information about your brothers n sisters , just state their civil status .
 

KK6891

Star Member
May 29, 2014
151
1
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-03-2015
Doc's Request.
13-10-2015
AOR Received.
23-04-2015
File Transfer...
07-05-2015
Med's Request
1 Upfront-- 2 Re-medical Req on 11-10-2015 & 3 Re-medical on 02-09-2016
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
30-09-2016
VISA ISSUED...
11-10-2016
LANDED..........
03-11-2016
Hi ! Can anyone guide me i just applied for spousal sponsorship for my husband. I am a PR holder. Received SA recently, file has been moved to LVO. I want my husband to visit me as processing time for his country is 3 years. We can't wait that long. Please Help guys
what are the chances of getting a visitor visa? and will it effect our other application?
 

tink23

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Apr 23, 2011
1,598
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Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
KK6891 said:
Hi ! Can anyone guide me i just applied for spousal sponsorship for my husband. I am a PR holder. Received SA recently, file has been moved to LVO. I want my husband to visit me as processing time for his country is 3 years. We can't wait that long. Please Help guys
what are the chances of getting a visitor visa? and will it effect our other application?
It won't affect his PR application. Unless he has extremely strong ties to his home country (good job, house) and a good amount of money saved in the bank, chances are small that he will receive a visitor visa. But it won't affect the PR, especially if this is his first attempt, so it is worth a try.
 

Sandrye

Newbie
May 11, 2015
3
0
Greetings!!
I sponsored my girl friend who is from Spain and who currently lives with me on a Working Visa. We've been living together for over 2 years here in Toronto.

We applied for 2 applications; common law and for an extended working permit. CIC and from previous forums explained that the working permit application will be determined once the first stage process happens for the common law application.

We sent BOTH applications together (inland common law and work permit) last year Jan 2014 and they said they received the sponsorship in June 2014 and the open work permit in August 2014.

We have implied status but our concerns are:
-My girlfriend /soon to be common law is dealing with health issues that could lead to surgery and medication best suited in Spain.
-During her 2 years in Canada, 1.5years waiting for a PR response, her mother started battling cancer and under went chemo therapy, We feel the need to go back to Spain for at least 1 month to comfort and be with her mother as she is recuperating from the therapy.

- We plan to get married but are worried about losing or re starting the Application because we left the Canada during Implied Status.

We dont mind restarting the application or perhaps getting married and re applying?

We would love for insight, experienced stories and feedback from anyone who can advise us what to do or what options we may have over looked.

We want to prepare for the worst case scenario but we do not want to be separated from each other. My friend got married in Japan and they received their PR after 6 months.

Thank you very much for your response.
 

hardworkinglady

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Sep 29, 2013
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Leon said:
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 highly appreciated so much your post, it helped us decide what to do now regarding the plans Conjugal Sponsorship. I will try to apply a TRV again if will be granted.
 

KK6891

Star Member
May 29, 2014
151
1
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-03-2015
Doc's Request.
13-10-2015
AOR Received.
23-04-2015
File Transfer...
07-05-2015
Med's Request
1 Upfront-- 2 Re-medical Req on 11-10-2015 & 3 Re-medical on 02-09-2016
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
30-09-2016
VISA ISSUED...
11-10-2016
LANDED..........
03-11-2016
tink23 said:
It won't affect his PR application. Unless he has extremely strong ties to his home country (good job, house) and a good amount of money saved in the bank, chances are small that he will receive a visitor visa. But it won't affect the PR, especially if this is his first attempt, so it is worth a try.
Thanks a lot ! :)
 

Hitesh_001

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Jun 22, 2014
45
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Hi All,

I have a question regarding Inland application form 1344(Application to sponsor)..What is co-signer in this application?

They said it must be spouse or conjugal partner. so should i checked this or not? its confusing?

Thanks