Spouse sponsorship for permanent residency in Canada

[sausavi]

Hello,

I am a permanent resident in Canada from August,2006 and having living there since, then. I just got my PR card for Canada renewed in Feb,2017. I am married to my spouse who is an Indian Citizen. She works for an IT company and has been travelling abroad due to her work assignments off and on. After I got my PR renewed I travelled to India to meet her and stay with her in March,2017. I am currently residing with her for almost 9 months now. I got my last T4 in Feb,2017. Please advise after 9 months of my stay in India can I apply for her spousal visa for Canada from India? If yes, can I continue to stay in India with her until she gets PR. Or will I have to travel back to Canada to apply for her PR and stay there until she gets it.

 

[jordo]

Hello,

I am a permanent resident in Canada from August,2006 and having living there since, then. I just got my PR card for Canada renewed in Feb,2017. I am married to my spouse who is an Indian Citizen. She works for an IT company and has been travelling abroad due to her work assignments off and on. After I got my PR renewed I travelled to India to meet her and stay with her in March,2017. I am currently residing with her for almost 9 months now. I got my last T4 in Feb,2017. Please advise after 9 months of my stay in India can I apply for her spousal visa for Canada from India? If yes, can I continue to stay in India with her until she gets PR. Or will I have to travel back to Canada to apply for her PR and stay there until she gets it.

You (as a PR) would need to be in Canada for the entire process to sponsor a spouse.
As a PR you do need to make sure you follow the residency rules for yourself to continue to qualify as a PR.

(Out of curiousity, is there a reason why you haven't considered Canadian citizenship for yourself? As a citizen, you could have stayed with your wife during her PR process.)

 

[sausavi]

I am planning to travel to Canada next month. At the moment I haven't thought of Canadian Citizenship but might think later once I start staying with my wife in Canada after she gets PR. I was wondering if I can still submit the application from India before I leave for Canada

 

[jordo]

You can prepare and have the application ready to submit but I would get back to Canada before mailing it to CIC.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I am planning to travel to Canada next month. At the moment I haven't thought of Canadian Citizenship but might think later once I start staying with my wife in Canada after she gets PR. I was wondering if I can still submit the application from India before I leave for Canada

No, you can't. You need to be residing in Canada when the app is submitted and throughout the entire processing.