Hi all,
Just curious if anyone has any experience with applying for a Visitor Visa while awaiting a Permanent Residency application?
We've applied for Outland Sponsorship at the beginning of March, but I've been reading [1] IRCC increased the processing time from 12 to 19 (now 20) months, and was trying to think of ways to see each other during the wait. I wanted to avoid applying for a Visitor Visa in the past as I felt it would be very difficult to prove her ties to her home country and that she would return, so I was doing the visiting and once we were married we moved on to sponsorship.
Wondering if perhaps having a sponsorship application would either help to get a visitor's visa approved, or would it further hinder the chances? Maybe they would see it as a bigger risk that she wouldn't return home?
It would be so much easier for her to be able to visit me for a couple months as opposed to me trying to visit her for a couple weeks.
Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks!
[1] https://www.cicnews.com/2022/03/ircc-updates-processing-times-tool-to-provide-more-accurate-information-0324031.html#gs.wix18x
Just curious if anyone has any experience with applying for a Visitor Visa while awaiting a Permanent Residency application?
We've applied for Outland Sponsorship at the beginning of March, but I've been reading [1] IRCC increased the processing time from 12 to 19 (now 20) months, and was trying to think of ways to see each other during the wait. I wanted to avoid applying for a Visitor Visa in the past as I felt it would be very difficult to prove her ties to her home country and that she would return, so I was doing the visiting and once we were married we moved on to sponsorship.
Wondering if perhaps having a sponsorship application would either help to get a visitor's visa approved, or would it further hinder the chances? Maybe they would see it as a bigger risk that she wouldn't return home?
It would be so much easier for her to be able to visit me for a couple months as opposed to me trying to visit her for a couple weeks.
Any thoughts are appreciated, thanks!
[1] https://www.cicnews.com/2022/03/ircc-updates-processing-times-tool-to-provide-more-accurate-information-0324031.html#gs.wix18x
