US citizen marrying Canadian Citizen... NEED ANSWERS

[misguidedcat]

Hi, my boyfriend and I are planning on moving me into Canada after we marry in a year or so.

1) Can we fill out all the paperwork, criminal records, medical records etc by ourselves or do we need to have someone help us with that? I see a lot of websites offering services and i don't know if thats something i should do or not.
2) I was a permanent resident in Canada for a few years from age 10 to 15 and my mother still lives there and has her Canadian citizenship, does that increase my likely hood of getting a PR or no?
3) is it easier for us to marry in the States and apply outland there or for me to marry him in Alberta, stay there, and immediately apply for sponsorship/PR/immigration etc (still outland)? We're just getting courthouse married for now i don't know if it's different in either country.
4) What is the minimum he would have to be making in order to be my sponsor or is there no minimum? I know he has to be able to support for so many years or whatever...

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi

Did you ever renounce your PR status or have it formally revoked by the Canadian government? If not, you are actually still a PR.

 

[misguidedcat]

Hi

Did you ever renounce your PR status or have it formally revoked by the Canadian government? If not, you are actually still a PR.

I moved to the US when I was 14 and have been living here permanently as a US citizen for 5 years. I haven't lived in Canada for the 3 out of 4 years or however many days in a year time limit so I just assumed my PR expired. No one in my family got any kind of notification from the government saying my PR had been revoked. My PR card expired in june of 2012.

 

[MilesAway]

Your status does not expire, but your card does. You do not meet the residency requirements at the moment, but you could still enter Canada. If you are allowed in and are not reported, then you can apply to renew your PR card once you are in compliance with the requirements (2 out of 5 years).

If you are reported, you could try to appeal, but I don't think your chances of success are very high, unless you have H&C reasons. Once you have lost your PR status, then your spouse could sponsor you.

 

[jhutti]

Wow tricky situation. If she enter canada via private car showing US passport and COPR form. System in canada should pick her PR status. Officer may or may not revoke her status. Then once in canada she need to work and live for 2 years without getting out of country. She must have sin number anyway to work. Apply for pr card after 2 years and she is done. ? It cannot be that simple

Also OP question shows many people do not understand diff between PR status and PR card. PR card is just a travel document nothing more.