Inland or Outland-Which is best?

[DawnZ7]

Hi everyone, hoping some of you can give me some sound advice. We live in Ireland currently but we are planning on moving back to Canada in the next year. My husband is Canadian and will sponsor us. My son is 21 and so we are timing the move before his 22nd birthday in April 2025, before he is over the eligible age limit of 22.
We were thinking of doing an outland application to make sure we have plenty of time, but we are worried about having this refused because the Canadian citizen has to prove that he intends to move back to Canada once we get our application approved. We have heard that this can be tricky and can be refused. You can appeal but this is rarely successful we hear. We have a home in Canada, we have family and we have a Canadian bank account, I have started the process of registering as a nurse in Canada, and my husband has a letter from his employer confirming he is to relocate to Canada, but is this enough proof? We could go through inland processing which may be more of a sure thing, but it's hard to know which is the best route.
Our main concern is how long the AOR will take to get back really.
Has anyone any insight into the process? Thanks in advance.

 

[armoured]

Hi everyone, hoping some of you can give me some sound advice. We live in Ireland currently but we are planning on moving back to Canada in the next year. My husband is Canadian and will sponsor us. My son is 21 and so we are timing the move before his 22nd birthday in April 2025, before he is over the eligible age limit of 22.
We were thinking of doing an outland application to make sure we have plenty of time,

STRONGLY recommend applying as soon as possible. Application must be submitted and not returned (due to errors/omissions) before he turns 22. Start early and if it comes before you're ready to move, you fly to Canada, become PRs, and return to the UK to finalize your preps. Quite common.

but we are worried about having this refused because the Canadian citizen has to prove that he intends to move back to Canada once we get our application approved. We have heard that this can be tricky and can be refused. You can appeal but this is rarely successful we hear. We have a home in Canada, we have family and we have a Canadian bank account, I have started the process of registering as a nurse in Canada, and my husband has a letter from his employer confirming he is to relocate to Canada, but is this enough proof? We could go through inland processing which may be more of a sure thing, but it's hard to know which is the best route.

It is not that tricky and outright refusals are infrequent. The steps you are taking are reasonable.

Those who think it's 'tricky' have mostly - in my opinion - not taken the requirement seriously and have in fact shown little evidence of preparing to move. Just be methodical and show what you have. Quite honestly what you have is probably enough on its own, supplement with some minor stuff like preps for the son and logistics and you should be good. Key additional point: after you submit, continue to do some preps so that IF/WHEN you get a request for more info, you have something to add.

Our main concern is how long the AOR will take to get back really.
Has anyone any insight into the process? Thanks in advance.

30-90 days. Don't know why this would be your main concern.