Visiting Spouse for the Duration of the Application Process

[Decoy24601]

I am unsure as I always applied while I was in Canada and used my BF/Husbands address. I am sure if you search on here you will find the answer. I do need to mail in my updated passport and my FBI check once I receive it but was told I can mail them in and reference my app # once I do.

Keep in mind putting your application together is time consuming, it took me a few months to get it all together (not working on it daily) I thought once we were married I could put it together and mail it in quickly but I learned easier said than done.

Do you think it would be feasible for me to visit my spouse before we submit the application? I'm worried about being denied entry. As long as I have a return ticket and I say um only visiting for a little bit they should let me in right? I will also have a job and apartment (technically ) I would love to file once I'm there. I'm just paranoid because I was given a voluntary withdrawal at a land border after trying to enter for the second time in a short amount of time when I didn't have much ties to the US. (I was told it wouldn't leave a record though)

 

[carr1]

Do you think it would be feasible for me to visit my spouse before we submit the application? I'm worried about being denied entry. As long as I have a return ticket and I say um only visiting for a little bit they should let me in right? I will also have a job and apartment (technically ) I would love to file once I'm there. I'm just paranoid because I was given a voluntary withdrawal at a land border after trying to enter for the second time in a short amount of time when I didn't have much ties to the US. (I was told it wouldn't leave a record though)

I cannot say for sure, I have never been denied before. I was visiting for 10 months before I applied but I had never been denied entry before that or since. Always when crossing I have said I am visiting not living. I was always prepared with lots of proof of ties to the US before I was married and after I always had all my PR paperwork and payment receipt for PR with me and copy of my visitor visa extension. I had no problems crossing when flying in but always have been major questioned when crossing by land. My last crossing a week before I mailed my PR package was the worse crossing but after I showed my visitor extension paperwork he let me go after he scolded me and reminded me numerous times that I need to leave by Oct (the date on my Visitor extension) last week I applied for a new visitor extension. Now my hubby is too nervous to take me back over the border as the last crossing worried him. We live within 20 minutes of the US border. CIC does not seem to mind you living here but CBSA seems to care a lot.

The big thing is to remember while you are here you are visiting only, follow the rules of keeping your visitor status up to date and do not work. I am now about to start volunteering but that is allowed.

 

[Shwemir]

My fiance and I are getting married in November. He is Canadian and sponsoring me, the American. I've been trying to explore the option of visiting him for the duration of the application process. How would I go about doing that? When I cross the border should I say I'm visiting for 4 weeks and have a return ticket? At the time I cross I will still have an apartment and a job. Then when I get there I would apply to extend my visitor status. Do you think that it would go smoothly if I say I'm staying for 4 weeks and still have a job and apartment?

If the extension is approved, should I then notify the cic that I have changed my address and am living with my husband?

Is it actually possible for me to stay with him while the application goes through? I haven't found too much information on this or whether or not people have been successful.

Many ppl have been successful in receiving the visitor visa and wait out their PR period in Canada. Refer below thread for more details :
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/visitor-visa-grantedwife-of-pr-t273759.0.html#new

 

[Decoy24601]

I cannot say for sure, I have never been denied before. I was visiting for 10 months before I applied but I had never been denied entry before that or since. Always when crossing I have said I am visiting not living. I was always prepared with lots of proof of ties to the US before I was married and after I always had all my PR paperwork and payment receipt for PR with me and copy of my visitor visa extension. I had no problems crossing when flying in but always have been major questioned when crossing by land. My last crossing a week before I mailed my PR package was the worse crossing but after I showed my visitor extension paperwork he let me go after he scolded me and reminded me numerous times that I need to leave by Oct (the date on my Visitor extension) last week I applied for a new visitor extension. Now my hubby is too nervous to take me back over the border as the last crossing worried him. We live within 20 minutes of the US border. CIC does not seem to mind you living here but CBSA seems to care a lot.

The big thing is to remember while you are here you are visiting only, follow the rules of keeping your visitor status up to date and do not work. I am now about to start volunteering but that is allowed.

The first time I visited I flew in and had zero issues and didn't even have a return ticket. All the issues I've had were at land borders. Do you think I would need as much proof of ties to the US after we are married or would they be a little less questioning since we will be married? I doubt I will have an issue this time since I'm flying and have a return ticket and ties to the US, but after my last land crossing I'm very anxious about trying to visit again.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

The first time I visited I flew in and had zero issues and didn't even have a return ticket. All the issues I've had were at land borders. Do you think I would need as much proof of ties to the US after we are married or would they be a little less questioning since we will be married? I doubt I will have an issue this time since I'm flying and have a return ticket and ties to the US, but after my last land crossing I'm very anxious about trying to visit again.

You should be fine. Carry proof of your US ties, a copy of your marriage certificate and the PR fee receipt. Don't have more than the standard few bags. CBSA is a lot more lenient when they can see that you are following the rules in applying to immigrate and not just trying to live in Canada as a visitor.

 

[Decoy24601]

You should be fine. Carry proof of your US ties, a copy of your marriage certificate and the PR fee receipt. Don't have more than the standard few bags. CBSA is a lot more lenient when they can see that you are following the rules in applying to immigrate and not just trying to live in Canada as a visitor.

Alright thank you. Oh, should I present the proof of tied and the PR fee up front with my passport or only if I'm asked for It?

 

[canadianwoman]

Only if asked for it.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Alright thank you. Oh, should I present the proof of tied and the PR fee up front with my passport or only if I'm asked for It?

You will be asked what your purpose of coming to Canada is. Be upfront and say you are visiting your partner while your PR app processes. If they want to see your proofs, they will ask.

 

[Decoy24601]

You will be asked what your purpose of coming to Canada is. Be upfront and say you are visiting your partner while your PR app processes. If they want to see your proofs, they will ask.

I do have a bit of an issue. I will have to wait a couple weeks after we get married to submit the application. Is it alright to say that if I haven't mailed the application yet as long as I have paid the fees? I've decided to have my medical done in Vancouver, since the panel physician in Seattle is booked pretty far out. Their only opening around when I get married is the week of Thanksgiving, which I can't get off of work. (Although to be honest, I'm only keeping the job for the purpose of proving ties to the US so I can visit my partner). Will proof of fee payment be enough if they do ask?

It just seems like I'd have a lot more issues saying I'm visiting for the full 6 months instead of three weeks...

 

[Decoy24601]

It just seems like my ties won't be believable for a 6 month stay. If I'm gone for six months I will obviously no longer have a job or apartment shortly after leaving. Won't that be an issue or is it just a game that has to be played, figuratively speaking? It seems like it would be much safer to just plan on a 3 week visit with a return ticket and stay longer.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I do have a bit of an issue. I will have to wait a couple weeks after we get married to submit the application. Is it alright to say that if I haven't mailed the application yet as long as I have paid the fees? I've decided to have my medical done in Vancouver, since the panel physician in Seattle is booked pretty far out. Their only opening around when I get married is the week of Thanksgiving, which I can't get off of work. (Although to be honest, I'm only keeping the job for the purpose of proving ties to the US so I can visit my partner). Will proof of fee payment be enough if they do ask?

It just seems like I'd have a lot more issues saying I'm visiting for the full 6 months instead of three weeks...

With the fee receipt and a return ticket, you should have no issues.

 

[Decoy24601]

With the fee receipt and a return ticket, you should have no issues.

Thanks for the reassurance. My bad experience at a land crossing has made me fairly anxious about trying to visit again, and even though the agent at the time *was* very very rude, she did tell me that in order to visit again I would need much stronger ties to the US. Her main concern was that since he and I were not married, he could kick me out at any time theoretically and I wouldn't have a lot of means to return to the US if that happened. Now that we will be married I assume we will have much less if an issue.

 

[Tarundhingraa]

Hello people
I am new to the thread
Please help
My wife s n Canada and is getting Pr next month and we married in india this month and she left for Canada

Please tell the process to how will I come there for a permanent settlement !

Is it open work permit or temp visa and how much time will it take for me to come there

 

[Ponga]

Hello people
I am new to the thread
Please help
My wife s n Canada and is getting Pr next month and we married in india this month and she left for Canada

Please tell the process to how will I come there for a permanent settlement !

Is it open work permit or temp visa and how much time will it take for me to come there

Your wife needs to add you to her PR application. She needs to do this ASAP (before she lands).