Waiting for PR by travelling to Canada with tourist visa

[baryonix]

Hello, we are a married couple waiting for PR (we applied for FSW category). My wife is currently working outside of Canada while I am working inside.

My wife has a tourist visa (TRV). We plan for her to travel to Canada as a tourist and live with me for 6 months (the allowed maximum stay for tourists).

I have a few questions:
- Should we change her country of residence to Canada?
- What if we receive COPR when she's inside Canada? Can we both declare our physical location as in Canada and receive COPR inside?

Thanks in advance

 

[bellaluna]

1. She can stay longer than 6 months if you want, if you apply for an extension. The extension will likely be approved.

2. No need to update her country of residence even if she arrives on a TRV.

3. Yes, if she gets her COPR, you can inform IRCC she is in Canada.

 

[baryonix]

1. She can stay longer than 6 months if you want, if you apply for an extension. The extension will likely be approved.

2. No need to update her country of residence even if she arrives on a TRV.

3. Yes, if she gets her COPR, you can inform IRCC she is in Canada.

Hi @bellaluna, thanks so much for your response.
1. May I ask what kind of application to extend 6 months? Is that the Visitor Record? As of now, my only plan is for her to go outside of Canada and go back to"refresh" the 6month

3. I know that if she gets COPR while outside, she'd need to submit passport for counterfoil. But if she's already inside, I suppose IRCC won't request her passport then?

Thanks again,

 

[bellaluna]

Hi @bellaluna, thanks so much for your response.
1. May I ask what kind of application to extend 6 months? Is that the Visitor Record? As of now, my only plan is for her to go outside of Canada and go back to"refresh" the 6month

3. I know that if she gets COPR while outside, she'd need to submit passport for counterfoil. But if she's already inside, I suppose IRCC won't request her passport then?

Thanks again,

1. I guess they do call it a visitor record.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio.../services/visit-canada/extend-stay/apply.html

3. Not sure how the procedure is these days, if an e-landing will apply to her, but I was asked for my passport even when I was inside Canada. Anyway, they will let you know once you tell them.