Hi everyone,
I am a Canadian Citizen and my girlfriend is Indian living in Mumbai. She is currently waiting on her PR under the Express Entry program she started in October of 2018. She has been invited in the pool and submitted as of May 4th, 2019. It's been 7.5 months with no update other than "We are reviewing your eligibility requirements". Her application is currently in New Delhi.
As all of you know the waiting process can be long and difficult. We have been together for over a year and are planning to see each other in Thailand in a few weeks but are also looking into her applying for a visitor visa to explore Canada and see each other for a few months while she waits for her EE application to finish processing.
Based on our situation it is no secret that she wants to live and stay in Canada and that we want to be together. Many of us are in this exact same situation. My question is what are our chances of getting a visitor visa approved? Her mom and family and friends are all in India, her job is there, she has a clean travel history with visits across Europe, Thailand and Vietnam but no kids or assets. I am hoping that because she is under the Express Entry program and not Spousal Sponsorship that the immigration officers will feel her desire to explore Canada while she waits for her application.
Summary of Questions:
Could she quit her job after approval of visitor visa? Would this affect her at immigration if she showed up with an approved visitor visa but no longer has employment back home? We are just looking into if she can explore Canada and be together for a few months while we wait. She would return back to India before the visitor visa expires and when her EE has finished processing and wouldn't do anything to compromise her PR.
Any advice or wording on this would be appreciated! I wish you all the best wherever you are in your journey in life and with you or your spouse's visa.
I am a Canadian Citizen and my girlfriend is Indian living in Mumbai. She is currently waiting on her PR under the Express Entry program she started in October of 2018. She has been invited in the pool and submitted as of May 4th, 2019. It's been 7.5 months with no update other than "We are reviewing your eligibility requirements". Her application is currently in New Delhi.
As all of you know the waiting process can be long and difficult. We have been together for over a year and are planning to see each other in Thailand in a few weeks but are also looking into her applying for a visitor visa to explore Canada and see each other for a few months while she waits for her EE application to finish processing.
Based on our situation it is no secret that she wants to live and stay in Canada and that we want to be together. Many of us are in this exact same situation. My question is what are our chances of getting a visitor visa approved? Her mom and family and friends are all in India, her job is there, she has a clean travel history with visits across Europe, Thailand and Vietnam but no kids or assets. I am hoping that because she is under the Express Entry program and not Spousal Sponsorship that the immigration officers will feel her desire to explore Canada while she waits for her application.
Summary of Questions:
Could she quit her job after approval of visitor visa? Would this affect her at immigration if she showed up with an approved visitor visa but no longer has employment back home? We are just looking into if she can explore Canada and be together for a few months while we wait. She would return back to India before the visitor visa expires and when her EE has finished processing and wouldn't do anything to compromise her PR.
Any advice or wording on this would be appreciated! I wish you all the best wherever you are in your journey in life and with you or your spouse's visa.
