Apologies if this has been asked before. I'm a PR sponsoring my wife who is overseas, and have an offer from a Canadian employer for a job that can be done from anywhere in the world. Would it be okay to leave Canada to be with my wife while waiting for approval as long as I maintain my employment with the Canadian company and maintain a Canadian address (using a family member's address)? Thanks in advance!
PR Sponsor leaving Canada after Outland Sponsorship?
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Working remotely is not the same as living in Canada.
It's up to you to take the risk.
Long thread here on the topic:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/posts/9759225/
No, it's not 'okay' - to sponsor, you must be resident in Canada. Short trips are okay. Anything more is taking a risk.
As others have pointed out one of the requirements of sponsorship is that you be living in Canada during the process. If you do leave Canada listing your family’s home as your residence while you live abroad would be considered misrepresentation. Your application can be denied if it is discovered you have been outside Canada for more than a short visit (2-3 weeks seems to be fine but wouldn’t stay over a month).
I was outside Canada for 6 months after I submitted outland application for pr for my spouse. Nothing happened. No one questioned and my wife is now a PR. Don't listen to the fear Mongering here by some people. It depends on case by case basis. If a person has lived in Canada for years and years and just took a vacation to be with his or her spouse, there is no need to worry. Could there be problems? Yes but only if a sponsor just got pr and immediately left Canada to be his or her spouse.
You just got very lucky. The VO didn’t realize you had left. You would have been denied of the VO had realized you’d left.
So others all the people who get denied for being outside during the sponsorship process made up their refusals?
Not sure this is solid advice.
Don't listen to folks because you "got away with it." ?
When offering "advice" shouldn't you err on the side of ensuring that someone doesn't end up getting screwed over by bad advice?
I could go out now and drive 100 miles an hour down the highway and get away with it or I could kill someone or get a massive speeding ticket that would affect my life critically because someone managed to scam/evade the system. I am not going to tell someone it's OK to go do that since I got away with it or whatever.
