Visiting my wife, have a question to ask?

[B1007]

Hi everyone,

I posted before regarding this but situation has slightly changed.
My wife is Canadian citizen and I'm a British UK citizen so we don't need visa for visiting, but the question is can I go for 3-4 months or even 6months to stay with her as we find it hard being apart. (we've only been married 6 months and have had to be apart). The problem also is I would have to leave my job to stay with my wife for that long. How would this affect my application and mainly would I be allowed to stay as a visitor that long?

So confusing and hard all the help is so appreciated.
(Application has been sent to London in June from Ontario)

 

[zardoz]

You can *visit* her for up to 6 months at a time, unless the CBSA agent thinks that you may be intending to *reside* in Canada. If that's the case, you will be issued with a Visitor Record that will reduce the amount of time before you have to leave again. Usually it's for much less than 6 months.

 

[amikety]

Take proof of PR application in process and proof of financial support (whether from yourself or your wife - her job is fine) with you and it should be okay. A lot of visa exempt citizens are allowed to "wait out" the process in Canada. You visiting for a few months isn't much different.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Take proof of PR application in process and proof of financial support (whether from yourself or your wife - her job is fine) with you and it should be okay. A lot of visa exempt citizens are allowed to "wait out" the process in Canada. You visiting for a few months isn't much different.

As said above by amikety. I sponsored my British partner; he came to Canada with me while the app was processing and it was pretty painless at the border. The officer asked a few questions about what we would be doing and how much money we had, looked at the PR app on the computer, told my partner not to work and that was it. He didn't even ask to see a return ticket for my partner or for proof of our finances (though it is still a good idea for you to have that).