Wanting to sponsor husband on Family Class from India

[sonia2905]

I am a Canadian citizen currently residing & working in India. My husband (an Indian citizen) and I plan to move to Canada. I will sponsor him through the family class PR process. Before planning to shift there, we thought we would visit Canada for an exploratory trip, spend a few weeks there and understand the job opportunities, etc. before planning to move. We applied for my husband's tourist visa this month. However, it was rejected and now our plan is on hold.

Can anyone advise me on how to proceed now? Can we apply once again right away for his Tourist Visa? Will this visa rejection affect his PR application?

Also, I have reviewed the Immigration website and all the forms for Sponsoring class. For those not living in Canada, we need to prove our intentions to move back once our sponsored applicant gets his PR status. So, does this mean I must be in Canada, secure a job and show a rental agreement, and then put in the application? Is there any way to go about this without me & my husband being apart during the application process?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[matthewc]

It's unlikely he'll be able to get a tourist visa if they already know he plans to become a PR. You can try, and it won't affect the PR application in any way, but you may be wasting your money.

From the guide:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900E2.asp

Sponsors not residing in Canada must provide evidence that they reside exclusively outside Canada on the date of giving the undertaking and will reside in Canada at the time their sponsored spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner and/or children become permanent residents of Canada. Evidence that they will reside in Canada may include one or more of the following:

* letter from an employer;
* letter of acceptance to a Canadian educational institution;
* proof of having rented/bought a dwelling in Canada;
* reasonable plans for re-establishing in Canada or severing ties to the other country.

So, if you have a home in Canada already, or can secure a job or apartment before sponsoring him, then great, but sometimes that simply isn't possible. You don't have to go back to Canada and sponsor him from there, but if you don't have any of the first three items on that list, what you should do is provide a detailed explanation of how you plan to go about making the move back to Canada. Where will you live, and why? Do you have friends/family there already? What type of work will you do? How will you find that work? How will you sever both of your ties to India? How will you fund the move? Do you have savings to tide you over while you get re-established in Canada? Basically you need to lay out a plausible game plan the two of you will follow after they grant him the PR visa. Any evidence e.g. bank statements (Canadian is good) showing your savings, and even "soft" evidence such as print-outs of example searches for apartments for rent or jobs in your field of work for the city or town you plan to live in, all helps. It doesn't have to be "proof", but it does need to show that your plans are "reasonable".