My spouse and I have decided for her not to come to canada just yet. We decided to withdraw our application but we are still together. We would like to reapply in the upcoming month or year. Is it possible? As far as it is my application has been going smooth. No issues and all but we just decided.
Want to withdraw my application. Can I reapply in 7 months?
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Yes, you can do this. You just send a letter asking to withdraw the application. It'll take some time, I understand, to get a confirmation it's been withdrawn. I don't know what gets refunded.
But: if you think she will want to come in any period up to eg two years from now, I think withdrawing is a mistake. It makes more sense to simply let the process go forward, and when she gets the COPR / visa, she decides when to come and 'land.' After landing, she is a PR.
But at that point, she doesn't have to stay if she's not ready. She can leave and return basically at will (once she gets her PR card anyway). The only wrinkle is that she must spend 730 days in the first five years (from the date of landing) to be compliant with the residency obligation. That's why i say if she returns to Canada within roughly two years from the day of landing, she should be okay and will have a buffer in which to become compliant. (If she ends up out of compliance, there are issues that start to arise - but it's not an immediate loss-of-PR status, there's much more to it)
So there is no major advantage to cancelling at this point. If you thought she absolutely would not be able to return to Canada in the first three or four years or more - yes, then withdrawing would probably make sense. But the residency obligation requirements are sufficiently light that they allow new PRs to take a bit of time to return and settle.
We've decided not to live in canada. But I didn't know you can't return within 2 years of canceling. Is this true
If you've decided not to live in Canada, then sure, cancel. That's not really what you wrote in your first post. (If you've decided not to live in Canada, why would she reapply in near future?)
I don't understand what you mean by this, I don't think I wrote anything like this.
I know but I am just saying. We could choose to move later like in 1 year but as of now it is not appealing. I wanted to know if there's a time frame yu can't apply after withdrawing
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