Why would anyone opt to do an inland spousal application over an outland?

[Matthew2012]

Based on all the posts about inland vs. outland, and the information from CIC I do not understand why anyone would chose the lengthy inland spousal application over an outland application? Other than if you came from a war torn country, or if you were disabled and didn't want to constantly travel for appointments then is there any real reason why someone would apply as inland when marrying a Canadian?

 

[missmini]

aaaaah this topic keeps coming ???

i'll quote myself from another thread from a few weeks ago

while it's true that many people didn't do enough research outland vs inland and thought their only logical option is inland, for others inland has much more benefits; here r a few reasons why

1. some visa offices (outland) r actually slower than the inland process...
2. even if the visa office is not that slow but takes longer than 6 months there is a risk that the couple will be separated during the process - especially if the applicant had just a single entry visa and is NOT from a visa exempt country; some couples will do anything to avoid that especially if there r children involved too
3. with inland u will get a work permit after i think 10-11 months and for some people especially families with children it's very important
4. some applicants have no status in Canada and the inland application would or should give them an implied status
5. lastly, but maybe the most important some really cannot go to the home country if needed (for an interview for example) - maybe it's a war zone, maybe they risk going to prison, being tortured, God knows, this world is full of problems;

so really it depends from situation to situation; we have the fortunate nationalities vs less fortunate ones

 

[canadianwoman]

I'll give you an example of where inland would be better:
Emeka is from Nigeria. He manages to get a TRV and comes to Canada. He gets married there. If he goes back to Nigeria and applies outland, it might well take two years to process his application, plus Accra has a 50% refusal rate for spousal sponsorships. Meanwhile, he will certainly not be able to get another TRV, so cannot come to Canada to visit his wife. (Of course, he could stay, extending his visa. But Accra almost always asks for an interview, so he'd have to leave eventually, in which case the refusal rate is the big problem.)
If instead he applies inland, he can stay in Canada with his wife on implied status. It may well take two years to process the visa, but at least they are together and he will be able to work after about 10 months or so.

 

[annabruce]

My wife and I wanted to be together during the application process. She is Russian and requires a visa to enter both Canada and the USA. She had the opportunity to submit outland to Buffalo. Unfortunately, her employment situation meant that there was no guarentee we could keep her status legal in the USA. In other words, there was a risk she would not be able to travel back and forth from Canada to the USA. It also meant there was a risk she would not be able to enter the USA to attend an interview which would force us to resubmit outland to Moscow. If an interview were called there it would be an expensive trip to Russia with no guarentee of reentry to Canada.

Inland has proven to be a reasonably straight forward process, and in her own words, "with AIP, medical insurance, and the legal right to work, PR is just a luxury that we can wait for." We aren't concerned about the need for an appeal. Our case is very simple.