Visitor Visa inquiry urgent

[Adam983]

Hi
I would like to ask if I have a good chance for visitor Visa to Canada?
I'm Lebanese married to Canadian.
Both me and my spouse working in Dubai, I'm living in Dubai since 2006 , and started working directly after my university graduation ( 22 months in my current job as general physcian) .I traveled many times to USA.
- My wife will go to Canada for delivering our baby and I would like to be there with here . She is travelling now and I will follow her after I get my Visa
-My other ties to Dubai that my parents and siblings living there .
-I'm planning to submit NOC letter from my work and my bank statement ( 18,000 CAD) with a financial sponsorship letter from my wife with her bank statement ( 50,000 CAD) and her employment letter in Dubai .
-Also I would like to ask if I need invitation letter from my spouse and is there a specific form for this ?? And is there any other document I should include in my application?

 

[k.h.p.]

Your wife is Canadian, so you are unlikely to get a visa without extensive obligations in Dubai to return to. The visa office will assume your wife will sponsor you to Canada.

 

[scylla]

Generally speaking, it's hard to get a TRV approved if you have a Canadian spouse since IRCC often has concerns that you have plans to remain in Canada long term. However the fact you have traveled to the US will work in your favour. Hard to say if you will be approved or not.

Your parents and siblings are not a tie. Ties are things like your job, property ownership, assets.

Hopefully your spouse is aware of the rules around giving birth in Canada and being covered under the health care system. She won't be covered for the first three months she is in Canada. Also - after she gives birth - she will want to remain in Canada for 6 months or so to avoid having the province come after her afterwards for abusing the health care system and forcing her to repay the costs of the care she recieved. So if she wants to give birth here, she should have plans to remain in Canada for 9-12 months.

 

[Bs65]

Assume the OP knew that given the mother is Canadian then a child born in any country would generally be Canadian with few exceptions if that was the reason for coming to Canada to ensure citizenship.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=365&top=5

 

[Adam983]

Your wife is Canadian, so you are unlikely to get a visa without extensive obligations in Dubai to return to. The visa office will assume your wife will sponsor you to Canada.

I'm really surprised why having a Canadian wife is a negative point , shouldn't be the opposite because I will never go on visit Visa to stay long term , I would just apply for PR if my plan was to stay there, cause I'm eligible. I'm very disappointed and don't know if I should apply for TRV and if it gets rejected will this affect my future application for PR.
Since I'm a doctor I can go attend medical conferences in Canada, do you think I should change my reason from attending my wife's delivery to attending a conference or just visiting Canada as a tourist ? Btw my previous trips to US were for attending medical conferences and tourism

 

[jay.....]

apply on the basis of wifes delivery with her medical report document. its a positive as ur wife is canadian citizen.

 

[Adam983]

Generally speaking, it's hard to get a TRV approved if you have a Canadian spouse since IRCC often has concerns that you have plans to remain in Canada long term. However the fact you have traveled to the US will work in your favour. Hard to say if you will be approved or not.

Your parents and siblings are not a tie. Ties are things like your job, property ownership, assets.

Hopefully your spouse is aware of the rules around giving birth in Canada and being covered under the health care system. She won't be covered for the first three months she is in Canada. Also - after she gives birth - she will want to remain in Canada for 6 months or so to avoid having the province come after her afterwards for abusing the health care system and forcing her to repay the costs of the care she recieved. So if she wants to give birth here, she should have plans to remain in Canada for 9-12 months.

We will pay and won't use insurance , but why remaining 12 months in case you wanna be covered? health Ontario services stating you need to be there for 153 days in any 12 months that's almost a 5 months

 

[canuck78]

We will pay and won't use insurance , but why remaining 12 months in case you wanna be covered? health Ontario services stating you need to be there for 153 days in any 12 months that's almost a 5 months

Why is she going to Canada to pay for a delivery when she can stay can remain in Dubai and you can attend the birth? She would have to remain in Canada over 6 months to meet the residency requirements for OHIP plus 3 months to quality for coverage. On top of that you can't leave for over 1 month in the first 6 months.

Can't imagine you will move to Canada unless you did all your medical training in a few countries like UK, US, Australia, and a few more otherwise you are almost guaranteed never to practice.

Spouses of Canadian citizens and PRs are rarely ever temporary visitors. Yiu may be one the few exceptions. Whether they believe you is the question. Having a child in Canada just creates even more ties to Canada and the applicants are even less likely to leave. That is why most are refused.

 

[Adam983]

Why is she going to Canada to pay for a delivery when she can stay can remain in Dubai and you can attend the birth? She would have to remain in Canada over 6 months to meet the residency requirements for OHIP plus 3 months to quality for coverage. On top of that you can't leave for over 1 month in the first 6 months.

Can't imagine you will move to Canada unless you did all your medical training in a few countries like UK, US, Australia, and a few more otherwise you are almost guaranteed never to practice.

Spouses of Canadian citizens and PRs are rarely ever temporary visitors. Yiu may be one the few exceptions. Whether they believe you is the question. Having a child in Canada just creates even more ties to Canada and the applicants are even less likely to leave. That is why most are refused.

Actually we want the baby to be delivered there because my wife's passport was passed on to her from her parents so I don't think she can pass it to second generation

 

[canuck78]

She could still sponsor the child. You have to decide what is more important being there for the birth of your child or the baby getting citizenship at birth. Have you applied for a TRV yet? Would have been helpful to know before your wife decides where to give birth. You will also have to determine whether you are prepared to pay for a delivery at any cost because your wife could have complications. If she needs a c-section plus prenatal and postpartum care that could wipe out all your savings. Your wife would still have her own savings I guess in case of complications. I assume she has full health coverage in the UAE and you wouldn’t have any expenses in Dubai.

I reread your posts and it mentions that you intend to apply for PR. Would do a lot of research about IMGs in Canada and even the difficulty new Canadian medical graduates are having getting jobs as physicians in Canada. Unless you are looking for a career change and likely going back to school, Canada is not a good place for IMGs.

 

[Adam983]

She could still sponsor the child. You have to decide what is more important being there for the birth of your child or the baby getting citizenship at birth. Have you applied for a TRV yet? Would have been helpful to know before your wife decides where to give birth. You will also have to determine whether you are prepared to pay for a delivery at any cost because your wife could have complications. If she needs a c-section plus prenatal and postpartum care that could wipe out all your savings. Your wife would still have her own savings I guess in case of complications. I assume she has full health coverage in the UAE and you wouldn’t have any expenses in Dubai.

I reread your posts and it mentions that you intend to apply for PR. Would do a lot of research about IMGs in Canada and even the difficulty new Canadian medical graduates are having getting jobs as physicians in Canada. Unless you are looking for a career change and likely going back to school, Canada is not a good place for IMGs.

Actually we made the decision that she will go there for delivery even if I don't get the visa but still I wish to get it so I can be with her .
Still I don't have the intention to apply for PR anytime soon cause as you said Canada is not IMG .But I mentioned the PR thing because I was really wondering why they make it more complicated to spouse of a Canadian when actually I can apply for a PR if I wanna live there , why I would apply for TRV if my intention is to stay there! It just doesn't make sense!
In my case I wanna attend the delivery but also I have every right to travel with my wife when she goes for visits to her country the same way she accompanies me when I go my country! It looks impossible and all this based on false assumptions that I wanna stay there.
I didn't apply yet for TRV, still thinking how to optimize my application

 

[jddd]

Actually we made the decision that she will go there for delivery even if I don't get the visa but still I wish to get it so I can be with her .
Still I don't have the intention to apply for PR anytime soon cause as you said Canada is not IMG .But I mentioned the PR thing because I was really wondering why they make it more complicated to spouse of a Canadian when actually I can apply for a PR if I wanna live there , why I would apply for TRV if my intention is to stay there! It just doesn't make sense!
In my case I wanna attend the delivery but also I have every right to travel with my wife when she goes for visits to her country the same way she accompanies me when I go my country! It looks impossible and all this based on false assumptions that I wanna stay there.
I didn't apply yet for TRV, still thinking how to optimize my application

You have the right to travel with your wife but you do not have the right to enter a country you are not a citizen or PR of. I totally get where you are coming from but that needs to be clarified.

Your wife having a powerful passport allows her the privilege to fly to your country. I don’t know entry rights of course.

 

[jddd]

We will pay and won't use insurance , but why remaining 12 months in case you wanna be covered? health Ontario services stating you need to be there for 153 days in any 12 months that's almost a 5 months

Has your wife stayed in Ontario, Canada every year for 153 days? If not, then her current OHIP is not valid anymore. My wife returned to Ontario after living away from the country for 12 years. OHIP rules for newly landed immigrants applied to her even if she is a citizen. This means not insured for the first 3 months AND needing to stay in Ontario for 6 months after first “landing” date.

 

[Adam983]

I need one more help guys filling the form (form 5257)for TRV
Its asking my current country of residence that would be UAE in my case
Then asking about my status in the country ? Giving options of student , foriegn national , worker , permnant resident ,others ; so I'm currently on residence Visa in uae sponsored by my work valid till 2020 and subjected to renewal
So what do I choose as my status ? Specially he is asking for dates ( from ..to) I'm in uae since 2006 but working since 2017 , previously I was on student Visa. Also how I will define the period (to) which date this gonna be my status since I'm staying indefinitely in uae ?