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Spousal sponsorship

dublo7

Newbie
Mar 26, 2016
3
0
Hello everyone, thanks for reading this far!

Im Canadian, my spouse is American and is presently on a visitor visa in Canada with our baby and I. We are debating whether or not to apply inland or outland.
AFAIK inland keeps here even if she does not work but she needs to extend her visitor status, and leaving the country is frowned upon.... likely no re-entry at the border?
And for outland, she would have to return to the USA, but how different is it for her at the border entering Canada? Im confused on why an inland American applicant gets refused upon reentry at the border while an inland application is in play.

Comments anyone?
 

chiffonbear

Newbie
Jul 26, 2017
2
0
Hi everyone I have a few questions, hopefully the experts here can give me some info:

I am a Canadian working in Asia and met my boyfriend there, he is a Korean holding dual citizenship - South African passport & Korean passport. We are planning to get marry later this year and move back to Canada.

My questions:
1. Is there any implication which passport he should be using for the spouse visa application?
2. Or he must declare he has dual citizenships?
3. If South African passport is his primary passport (he just obtain the Korean passport a few years back), can he use Korean passport to apply?
4. Is it true that South African passport is a bit more difficult to obtain the spouse visa than the Korean one?
5. If he was working in the police force in South Africa, will it be an issue?
6. Is there any timeframe we should apply the spouse visa after the marriage? If we apply it the next day after marriage, will it be ok? or I should wait for a few months before we go ahead?
7. Normally how long is the validity to activate the spouse visa? i.e. if the spouse visa is granted, how many months we can stay in Asia before we return back to Canada? Is it 6 months?

Thank you so much for your help.
 

Mnpatel228

Star Member
Jul 16, 2017
80
1
am PGP applicant . I have submitted medical PCC and fingerprints 3 month ago and my ecas online status is still showing "in process". What is happening to me. Can anyone tell me that how long will it take to get "decisionmade".
 

Joyce_tosf

Hero Member
Aug 12, 2015
240
5
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-08-2016
Doc's Request.
09-12-2016 (Provided 17-12-2016)
AOR Received.
08-09-2016
File Transfer...
15-09-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront (PASSED)
Passport Req..
21-02-2017
VISA ISSUED...
08-03-2017
Hi everyone, what is the current average time for receiving your PR card after landing? Just wondering whether the 61 days that I'm seeing online is fairly accurate.
 
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Classic Chucks

Guest
Hi everyone, what is the current average time for receiving your PR card after landing? Just wondering whether the 61 days that I'm seeing online is fairly accurate.
The latest I've read was received in 10 weeks.
 

drei_pen

Newbie
May 26, 2015
5
2
Hi Good Day! I don't know if I do have a the same situation with the previous post here. I am currently holding a student permit that was given to me May 2016 with a validity till August 2018, but I did not continue to go to school I have not even started even one semester due to budget issues. I decided to apply for a job that offers lmia or sinp I was able to get an employer who offers sinp but the application was denied. So I tried to apply for another employer and I found one and he is offering an LMIA. The LMIA application is still on going we have no result yet and I am currently on my 1 year and 2 months of holding a student permit. I have a girlfriend I dated for almost a year now and she is a permanent resident we are a little worried about the LMIA application cause it's almost 7 months already since we applied and no reply yet from the government. So we were thinking of getting married and apply for a spousal sponsorship but we don't know where to start. First of, am I allowed to apply for a pr if I am only holding a student permit but did not went to school for some reason? Second, if my pr application is accepted will I be able to apply for an open work permit while waiting for the result? Please help. Me and my girl are running out of time we don't wanna be on a long distance relationship anymore.
 
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zizaheer

Hero Member
Aug 8, 2014
233
15
Bangladesh
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
NOC Code......
2171
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-Aug-2014
Doc's Request.
05-Mar-2015
Nomination.....
17-Dec-2014 (PER)
AOR Received.
28-Jan-2015 (AOR)
IELTS Request
Sent with application
File Transfer...
Not yet
Med's Request
26-May-2016
Med's Done....
31-May-2016
Interview........
Not required
Passport Req..
13-Jun-2016
VISA ISSUED...
June 2016
LANDED..........
October 2016, InshaAllah
Hi, I am sponsoring my wife who lives outside of Canada. I was going to submit my whole documents and suddenly noticed that they have new version of IMM1344 and IMM0008. I prepared all documents with uptodate document checklist except these two forms. These two forms are with old versions. Now the problem is if my wife has to resend them from home country it will take another couple of weeks. Can anyone give some feedback what I should do now?
 

sa83

Star Member
Jan 16, 2017
186
100
40
Saudi Arabia
Category........
FSW
NOC Code......
3113
IELTS Request
14-09-2017
Passport Req..
17-05-2018
VISA ISSUED...
12-06-2018
can we sponsor wife and dependent child after getting PR but while studying in college or univ in canada?
 

Joyce_tosf

Hero Member
Aug 12, 2015
240
5
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-08-2016
Doc's Request.
09-12-2016 (Provided 17-12-2016)
AOR Received.
08-09-2016
File Transfer...
15-09-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront (PASSED)
Passport Req..
21-02-2017
VISA ISSUED...
08-03-2017

John013

Hero Member
Jun 17, 2017
452
115
The Netherlands
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Vienna
App. Filed.......
29-05-2017
AOR Received.
27-06-2017
File Transfer...
03-07-2017
Med's Request
02-11-2017
Med's Done....
06-11-2017
VISA ISSUED...
31-08-2018
LANDED..........
06-10-2018
Hi, I am sponsoring my wife who lives outside of Canada. I was going to submit my whole documents and suddenly noticed that they have new version of IMM1344 and IMM0008. I prepared all documents with uptodate document checklist except these two forms. These two forms are with old versions. Now the problem is if my wife has to resend them from home country it will take another couple of weeks. Can anyone give some feedback what I should do now?
Wait for the new forms.
 

VinceJH

Full Member
Jul 5, 2017
49
32
Montréal, QC
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Mississauga
App. Filed.......
09-08-2017
Doc's Request.
28-09-2017
AOR Received.
27-09-2017
File Transfer...
13-10-2017
Med's Request
04-10-2017
Med's Done....
06-10-2017
Passport Req..
22-12-2017
Hi !

I also just realized that the form IMM1344 had been updated.
Now for the questions "Relationship to the principal applicant" we can choose between
- Spouse living inside Canada
- Spouse living outside Canada

Considering that I'm living in Canada but I want to apply outland, what should we pick ?!

In the old form it was simply "Spouse" with no distinction
 

Driss77

Full Member
Jul 24, 2017
33
10
Hello guys! I would like to ask which application I should fill out after Marriage. I'm from Morocco
Thank you!