Advise on Spouse Sponsorship

[yengyeng]

Hello Experts,

Please i need your advise on Spouse Sponsorship for PR/Work Permit. I am a Permanent Resident of Canada I am planning on getting married to my girlfriend back home in December and would want her to migrate to Canada as soon as possible.

What is the best option to go about this? Someone advise applying for a visitor visa now and change it to a work permit when she comes to Canada after getting married.

Your suggestion or advise will be greatly appreciated as i want to begin the planning now. Thank you

 

[yengyeng]

Help pleaseeeeee!

 

[scylla]

If she's able to get a visitor visa, then you can sponsor her inland and include an open work permit.

If she's not able to get a visitor visa, then you will have to return on your own to Canada and sponsor her outland. You'll need to remain in Canada while the application is processed.

It all hinges on whether she is able to secure a visitor visa or not.

 

[yengyeng]

If she's able to get a visitor visa, then you can sponsor her inland and include an open work permit.

If she's not able to get a visitor visa, then you will have to return on your own to Canada and sponsor her outland. You'll need to remain in Canada while the application is processed.

It all hinges on whether she is able to secure a visitor visa or not.

Hi Scylla,

Thank you so much for your response. I am planning on applying for a visitor visa for her as my "girlfriend" but we are getting married in December. So, i will be going back home to do the registry and traditional wedding. Do you think its worth applying now or wait till i get married?

 

[GReaper]

If she's able to get a visitor visa, then you can sponsor her inland and include an open work permit.

If she's not able to get a visitor visa, then you will have to return on your own to Canada and sponsor her outland. You'll need to remain in Canada while the application is processed.

It all hinges on whether she is able to secure a visitor visa or not.

Who will need to remain in Canada while the application is being processed? As far as I know it the "applicant" is advised to remain in their homeland. As for the Sponsor he/she is able to go in and out of Canada.

 

[scylla]

Who will need to remain in Canada while the application is being processed? As far as I know it the "applicant" is advised to remain in their homeland. As for the Sponsor he/she is able to go in and out of Canada.

Nope.

Sponsor needs to remain in Canada in this case because the sponsor is a PR. Short trips (2-3 weeks) outside of Canada are fine. However anything longer - or frequent trips where more time is spent outside of Canada than in - risks the application being refused. Canadian citizens are free to be outside of Canada while sponsoring. PRs are not - they must be living in Canada.

 

[Rob_TO]

What is the best option to go about this? Someone advise applying for a visitor visa now and change it to a work permit when she comes to Canada after getting married.

Getting married doesn't qualify her for a work visa. After getting married you will need to put together an INSIDE CANADA app to sponsor her for PR, and you can include an Open Work Permit app along with the PR app. If all done correctly, she would get the OWP approx 3-4 months later.

Who will need to remain in Canada while the application is being processed? As far as I know it the "applicant" is advised to remain in their homeland. As for the Sponsor he/she is able to go in and out of Canada.

If she is unable to get a TRV so they do an OUTSIDE CANADA application, the PR sponsor must be living in Canada for duration of app processing. Sponsor can leave for short/temporary vacations only while app is in progress. If IRCC feels PR sponsor has left Canada long enough to no longer be resident here, they can cancel the app.

Only Canadian Citizen sponsors have freedom to live anywhere in the world while sponsoring a spouse.

 

[GReaper]

Nope.

Sponsor needs to remain in Canada in this case because the sponsor is a PR. Short trips (2-3 weeks) outside of Canada are fine. However anything longer - or frequent trips where more time is spent outside of Canada than in - risks the application being refused. Canadian citizens are free to be outside of Canada while sponsoring. PRs are not - they must be living in Canada.

Oh ok I got you. Yes that's true.

 

[GReaper]

Getting married doesn't qualify her for a work visa. After getting married you will need to put together an INSIDE CANADA app to sponsor her for PR, and you can include an Open Work Permit app along with the PR app. If all done correctly, she would get the OWP approx 3-4 months later.



If she is unable to get a TRV so they do an OUTSIDE CANADA application, the PR sponsor must be living in Canada for duration of app processing. Sponsor can leave for short/temporary vacations only while app is in progress. If IRCC feels PR sponsor has left Canada long enough to no longer be resident here, they can cancel the app.

Only Canadian Citizen sponsors have freedom to live anywhere in the world while sponsoring a spouse.

Yes didn't realize we were talking about a PR sponsor here.

 

[yengyeng]

Hi All,

Thank you for your contributions. We will see how the TRV application turns out and go from there.

I appreciate your thoughts and contributions once again.