Spousal sposorship - sponsor living outside Canada with Spouse.

[guru_guru]

Hi,
My wife has sponsored me in Canada.
She was in Canada till the first processing phase was done.
After the request of Passport by ND office, she came to India,
and now we are living together in India from last 6 months, waiting for my Visa.
My wife is PR holder.
My questions are:
1. Will it affect the processing if she is living outside Canada for that long?
2. How long can she live outside Canada to maintain the PR status as well?

thanks

 

[scylla]

1. Yes - it's quite possible that your application is going to be refused. Since your wife is a PR, she must be living in Canada while your application is being process (the entire application, not just the first stage). Short trips (e.g. three weeks) outside of Canada are fine. However your wife is now living outside of Canada which means she no longer qualifies to sponsor you. If CIC finds out, you should expect a refusal and you will then have to start the application process over again from the start. Your wife should return to Canada as soon as possible and stay there until your PR visa is approved.

2. To maintain PR status, she must live in Canada for two out of every five rolling years.

 

[Jaya1985]

1. Yes - it's quite possible that your application is going to be refused. Since your wife is a PR, she must be living in Canada while your application is being process (the entire application, not just the first stage). Short trips (e.g. three weeks) outside of Canada are fine. However your wife is now living outside of Canada which means she no longer qualifies to sponsor you. If CIC finds out, you should expect a refusal and you will then have to start the application process over again from the start. Your wife should return to Canada as soon as possible and stay there until your PR visa is approved.

2. To maintain PR status, she must live in Canada for two out of every five rolling years.

Hi,

In This Case , If they reject the Sponsorship Application , Does it affect the Sposor reentry to Canada ? ,
Will Sponsor lose their PR status , Just not complying with the rules ?
If she goes back to Canada Before anything happens, Still CIC rejects after finding that she was in Canada continually ?

 

[screech339]

Hi,

In This Case , If they reject the Sponsorship Application , Does it affect the Sposor reentry to Canada ? ,
Will Sponsor lose their PR status , Just not complying with the rules ?
If she goes back to Canada Before anything happens, Still CIC rejects after finding that she was in Canada continually ?

The PR holder will not lose the PR status so long as the PR moves back in time to maintain legal PR status. However the sponsorship will likely be refused on account that the PR sponsor is not in Canada when PR is suppose to be in Canada during the entire process. The sponsor will not lose "PR status" on account of violating the PR sponsorship rules. He/She will just lose the sponsorship process, get a red flag on him/herself and have to start the whole process again.

CIC can still rejects the sponsorship if they saw that PR has left Canada for more than 3 weeks max. If PR left Canada for 3 weeks or less, CIC may overlook it as PR going on vacation, nothing more.

Screech339