Spouse and Visa Expiry

[canada_lover]

I have got my visa for Canada as an immigrant, that i have had applied as PR. I was single when i got visa (i am still single), now i want to marry and take my wife with me. Shall my wife be eligible to go with me ? What is the process? Can we together go Canada ? How long the process will take ?

For some of issues that i have with me, i will have hardly a week to enter Canada before my visa expires. Will be it an issue to Canadian officials ? or it is just an paper-processing ?

My CIC visa office would be new Delhi.

Please answer my two queries. I would be grateful.

 

[CharlieD10]

You have a couple of options:

1) Land as single, then return home to marry your fiancee and then return to Canada to sponsor her. A PR must be residing in Canada to be eligible to sponsor.

2) Return (give back) your current visa to the visa post, marry her now and update your application with your spouse's information and required documents and wait for her to get a visa as well. You will be issued a new visa.

If you decide to land on your current visa, absolutely DO NOT marry her before you go to Canada. If you land on the visa issued to you when you are single after getting married, you will be unable to sponsor her as your wife afterwards. Never, not ever, no two ways about it. You may also find yourself subject to a report for misrepresentation and your PR status taken away.

So, look at options 1) or 2), decide which works best with your circumstances and pick that one.

Landing is a very simple process, requiring no more than confirming some information. If your wife is to be processed via New Delhi as your spouse, it takes an average of 6 months.

 

[canada_lover]

Charlie,

Thank you for the piece of information that helped me a-lot. Please answer my second part as well - even if i will have hardly 10 days to enter Canada before expiry of my visa issued right now. Does it make any difference? do i need to land earlier, if then how much ? or landing is just a confirmation that i can do even on the last day of expiry of Visa ?

 

[scarycemetery]

Charlie,

Thank you for the piece of information that helped me a-lot. Please answer my second part as well - even if i will have hardly 10 days to enter Canada before expiry of my visa issued right now. Does it make any difference? do i need to land earlier, if then how much ? or landing is just a confirmation that i can do even on the last day of expiry of Visa ?

If you want to keep this visa you have now, you have to land in Canada with in 10 days. So make a decision about whether you want to restart your application with your wife in it, or sponsor her from Canada. I would suggest going to Canada on your current visa and sponsoring her. You will be apart for a little, but the time will pass quickly. If you do choose to sponsor her from Canada, then you have to land within 10 days. If no, then just return your visa and you don't have to worry about landing in Canada within 10 days.

 

[CharlieD10]

Charlie,

Thank you for the piece of information that helped me a-lot. Please answer my second part as well - even if i will have hardly 10 days to enter Canada before expiry of my visa issued right now. Does it make any difference? do i need to land earlier, if then how much ? or landing is just a confirmation that i can do even on the last day of expiry of Visa ?

You may land at any time before the expiration of your visa. Landing within 10 days of the expiry date is not a problem (I know of someone who landed within 2 days of his expiry date). If you need to leave Canada immediately, ensure someone is at the address you have on your COPR whom you trust to collect your PR card and send it on to you. If you need to return to Canada before the PR card arrives (it is taking about 48 business days currently) then you will only need to apply to New Delhi for a travel permit in order to return as a PR.

 

[canada_lover]

Thanks Charlie and scarycemetery for precise pieces of information. Thanks a lot.

 

[canada_lover]

Charlie, one more question

I am a student. My course completes before a few days of my expiry of visa. i have a got a PR visa expiring on some day in May. My status is single.

I would like to marry a fiancee (of opposite sex). I am ready to follow your suggestion number 2 (return visa, and re-apply with updated status). With this situation, here comes my query:

1) Suppose if i married by March, and proceeded then, the processing time exceeded may, and my visa got expired. Will i get another visa ? is is for sure ? or they will drop me out of process just accepting as not interested ?

2) What are the chances that my fiancee will get visa ? (condition applied that the marriage is valid, and proved that it is not a business deal).

3) On my re-application with updated status, will we get visa ? is this for sure ?

The query is because i want to marry a girl and want to take her with me in canada where we will be sharing our struggles in the beginning year. I do not want myself to be in home-sickness, i want somebody with me there. Please help me in this, if what i planned is not possible, i will put my queries on your suggestion number 1.

 

[CharlieD10]

1) If you allow your visa to simply expire, you'll have to start the process all over again and apply from scratch. Whether you get another is decided by whether you continue to meet the conditions you met in the first place. I do not recommend you just let it expire. Either use it (legitimately) or get married soon, return the current visa unused as soon as possible and get your wife added to your application by submitting the correct forms. You might find she could be approved before May next year if you did it now!

2) So long as you can prove the development of your relationship, your wife is likely to get a visa. New Delhi has one of the fastest (if not the fastest) processing times for spousal cases. Even if you wait to get married next year, a straightforward case could see your wife joining you in 6 months or less.

3) Adding your wife to your application means that she will be assessed and if she is determined to be admissible, there should be no reason for her not to get the visa. It is up to you to ensure she is admissible. In a straightforward case with no criminal history, the chances are good she will be approved.

You are going to have to be alone for some of the time. There is no way around that. As a PR, you MUST be residing in Canada to be eligible to sponsor her. It's a case of choices, and neither of them is easy, it's up to you to decide which you can tolerate most.

 

[canada_lover]

Hi Charlie,

Thank you for satisfying answers. Now, I am feeling to have a clear image of what next.

I would like to ask one more situation :

Suppose I planned to land (Canada) single, be there for a few months, land back to my own country, marry, go back to Canada, then apply / start spouse 's process in Canada.

the query is (Financial status) - suppose if i am a jobless (not even a part time), and i am financially weak to sponsor my wife. I do not have even a single penny to sponsor my spouse . What will happen at that time ? am i eligible to sponsor her ?

Second query is minimum time span - what is the minimum time span that i can get back to my country ? are there any rules? like 6 months, so so .. ? is there any time barrier to to sponsor spouse ?

thank you for your valuable suggestions

 

[canada_lover]

Anyone here ?? Please answer this query

I would like to ask one more situation :

Suppose I planned to land (Canada) single, be there for a few months, land back to my own country, marry, go back to Canada, then apply / start spouse 's process in Canada.

the query is (Financial status) - suppose if i am a jobless (not even a part time), and i am financially weak to sponsor my wife. I do not have even a single penny to sponsor my spouse . What will happen at that time ? am i eligible to sponsor her ?

Second query is minimum time span - what is the minimum time span that i can get back to my country ? are there any rules? like 6 months, so so .. ? is there any time barrier to to sponsor spouse ?

thank you for your valuable suggestions