Spousal sponsorship

[sofiajohns12]

It's been a week since DM, but no PPR. Visa office LONDON. Anyone any idea whats the general time frame to PPR? A week is normal I guess.

 

[SaW123]

Like I said, whatever your actual signature is - your signature you use on your documents, and whenever you need to sign something. For most people it's some sort of a cursive hybrid thing. This is the same for all the other forms - sign with your actual signature.

This is really helpful! Cheers!

 

[Alda]

Contact your local MP, get your GCMS notes and call immigration to get to the bottom of the delay. If the CIC site says it takes 12 months to process your application and depending on the LVO for the Applicant and you have gone past the 12 months, then you are absolutely within your right to investigate and get answers for the delay.

I contact my vissa office , i am on queue for interview ... waitng and waiting

 

[Munaf2018]

Hi guys, I’m working in my wife application for spouse sponsorships in Canada and were legally married. I know that the principal applicant is my wife and the sponsor is me. But, I’m confused who the primary applicant is? Is it, my Wife or me? Thanks, for the help!!!

Its your wife for sure.

 

[Pennywise101]

I contact my vissa office , i am on queue for interview ... waitng and waiting

Aha, so it's clear, your simply waiting for the interview to be scheduled and I am sure they will never explain why it's taking them a while to schedule that. Maybe if you contact your local MP they can investigate with the visa office. If you are the sponsor, you can do this.

 

[Vicenzo]

This means the arrival of the file visa office in the city where I live that I am close to obtaining the visa؟

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Contact your local MP, get your GCMS notes and call immigration to get to the bottom of the delay. If the CIC site says it takes 12 months to process your application and depending on the LVO for the Applicant and you have gone past the 12 months, then you are absolutely within your right to investigate and get answers for the delay.

Note that as this person has already been informed they are in the interview queue, the 12 months standard processing times no longer apply.

 

[Alda]

Aha, so it's clear, your simply waiting for the interview to be scheduled and I am sure they will never explain why it's taking them a while to schedule that. Maybe if you contact your local MP they can investigate with the visa office. If you are the sponsor, you can do this.

Am not sponsor my husband is sponsor, i love in a small country and we dont have embassy , so i live in Albania and all my document dont go in albania , but in italy(exatly) in Rome . The have 5 months in vissa office rome , they dont explain me nothing just you are in queue for interview , it passed a month from now. What it MP?

 

[np08]

Am not sponsor my husband is sponsor, i love in a small country and we dont have embassy , so i live in Albania and all my document dont go in albania , but in italy(exatly) in Rome . The have 5 months in vissa office rome , they dont explain me nothing just you are in queue for interview , it passed a month from now. What it MP?

MP is a member of parliament. If you haven't done so already, your husband can contact his MP (he can find them here by putting in his postal code: http://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/constituencies/FindMP) and have them look into your application. Sometimes it helps.

Otherwise, I understand your frustration with the long wait, but you've been told in several different threads by several people already that no one here can tell you when your interview will be. Once you're past the 12 months of processing and especially when an interview is needed, all usual timelines and averages don't apply anymore.

 

[imeghap]

Hi

I have submitted my pr application(along with open work permit) under family sponsorship in Nov first week.Im currently on visitor visa where 6 months stay to be completed by Dec 2018.

I am yet to recieve the AOR,need to understand 1. if I can extend the my visitor visa to stay longer
2. Can apply for any temporary visa or spouse visa to extend my stay
3. Once I get the AOR , would I be able to extend my stay based on implied status

 

[Maria L]

So you are in the situation that you want to sponsor your foreign spouse for permanent residency of Canada and don't know where to start. Here are some tips:

Married, common law or conjugal partners

First you need to pick an application class. There are three of them: married, common-law and conjugal. For all of them, you need to prove the genuineity of your relationship. For common-law, you need to prove that you have lived together for 12 months or longer. For conjugal, you need to prove that you have combined your affairs as much as possible but there are real immigration barriers or other barriers preventing you from living together or getting married. Conjugal is the hardest to prove. For example, if your partner could get a visit visa to come to Canada for 6 months and then apply for an extension to get the full year, even though they will not be allowed to work, that is not considered an immigration barrier. An immigration barrier is if your partner tries to get a visit visa to come to Canada and is repeatedly refused. Some people have had luck with the conjugal class but try to avoid it if possible.

Outland or inland?

Now you need to decide if to apply outland or inland. If your spouse is not in Canada and can not get a visa to go to Canada, you must apply outland. That means that you will send your application to Mississauga and they will approve you as a sponsor. The time that takes is usually 1-2 months to but current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#sponsorship After that, the application is forwarded to your local visa office. If your spouse is residing in a country other than the country of their nationality, you can pick which of the two visa offices you want. Otherwise it will be processed in their country of nationality. You can see the processing times here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/05-fc-spouses.asp

If your spouse is staying in Canada as a visitor or on some other visa, you can pick whether you want to apply outland or inland. Outland is generally faster and has appeal rights but a downside to outland is that if an interview is required, your spouse will have to travel to the visa office in the country where it's being processed. Inland has the downside that it's generally not advised that your spouse travels while you are waiting for your processing because it is a requirement of inland that they reside in Canada and if they are denied entry at the border for some reason, your application is gone. If an interview is required for inland, you may also have to wait a long time for it. The inland application would be sent to Vegreville and if all goes well, you would get a first stage approval, usually in 6 to 8 months. The current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#perm_res Then the file is forwarded to your local CIC office where you live and they will contact you for a landing appointment. Getting the PR with inland usually takes 12-18 months. If an interview is required for inland, Vegreville will not give first stage approval but instead will forward the application to the local CIC office without it and you will have to wait for them to have time for your interview. In some cases that can take a year or two. If you do get the first stage approval, your spouse will usually be eligible for health care and an open work permit. It is actually a good idea when applying inland to send an application form for a visit visa extension as well as the open work permit to be given at first stage approval all in one package so it's tied together.

Which method to pick depends on your situation. If your spouses country of nationality has a long processing time or your spouse does not want to have to travel there for a possible interview, then inland is the way to go. For faster processing and freedom of travel during the processing time, outland would be better. You can find the application forms for inland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/spouse.asp and the application forms for outland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp

Avoiding potential problems with your application

The most common reason for people to be called for an interview is that the visa officer has doubts about the relationship being genuine. It is up to you to send immigration some quality data, emails, chat logs, phone records, photos, letters and other material to prove to them that your relationship is the real thing. Other reasons you might have problems with is eligibility of the sponsor. The sponsor can not be on social assistance, can not be bankrupt and can not have a record of violent crimes or crimes against family members. If that is the case, better talk to a lawyer and get that cleared up before attempting to apply.

Dependent children

If your spouse has dependent children, they must be included in the PR application, even if they are not coming to Canada. They will need to have medicals as well to keep the option open to sponsor them later. The only way that immigration will accept the application without those medicals is if the children are no longer minors and refuse to have it or if the children are in the full custody of their other parent who refuses to make them available for medicals. In that case, your spouse needs to sign a statement stating that they know that they will never be able to sponsor these children to Canada in the future.

Dependent children are classified as single and either under 22 years of age or if they are older, they must have been full time students since before age 22 or dependent on their parent due to a disability or medical problem.

Refusals due to income and medicals

You will be asked to provide information about your income but you will not be denied to sponsor your spouse and dependent children because you do not make enough money. It is possible though that if you make absolutely no money at all that immigration may ask you how you plan to support yourselves.

Spouses and dependent children are also exempt from the clause about excessive demand on health care so you do not have to worry about them being refused for that reason.

Sponsoring your spouse while living in another country

If you are a Canadian citizen, you can sponsor your spouse without being in Canada but you do then have to prove that you are planning on moving to Canada when your spouse gets approved for permanent residency. Such proof can include having arranged jobs, being accepted to college, having arranged housing or letters from friends & relatives stating that they know of your plans and that you can stay with them while you look for housing etc.

If you are a PR, you must reside in Canada in order to sponsor your spouse. You can chance short vacations (remember that a Canadian vacation is generally no longer than 2 weeks) but if immigration finds out that you are not in Canada, you risk getting your application refused.

Where do I get an Outland spousal sponsorship application form and do I send form to Mississauga or to another European country spouse lives in Greece?

 

[SunnyFongo]

Hi All,

I wanted to apply for dependent PR for my wife. I don't have enough income in 2017 (notice of assessment) to sponsor, Can i apply using my 2018 T4 and payslips in January or should I wait for the new Notice of assessment?

Thanks!

 

[scylla]

Hi All,

I wanted to apply for dependent PR for my wife. I don't have enough income in 2017 (notice of assessment) to sponsor, Can i apply using my 2018 T4 and payslips in January or should I wait for the new Notice of assessment?

Thanks!

There are no income requirements to sponsor a spouse.

 

[Jotsran]

hi dear,
i am a sponsor. i am checking my husband's application on ecas. this is showing on pa side. pa is from India
Permanent Residence:
We received your application for permanent residence on July 13, 2018.
We sent you medical instructions on November 6, 2018. To avoid delays, please provide us the information requested in the letter as soon as possible. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
Medical results have been received.
We sent you a letter on November 27, 2018. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

what kind of letter we can expect for? i am worried

 

[Ahmed15]

hi dear,
i am a sponsor. i am checking my husband's application on ecas. this is showing on pa side. pa is from India
Permanent Residence:
We received your application for permanent residence on July 13, 2018.
We sent you medical instructions on November 6, 2018. To avoid delays, please provide us the information requested in the letter as soon as possible. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.
Medical results have been received.
We sent you a letter on November 27, 2018. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

what kind of letter we can expect for? i am worried

I am suspecting Procedure Fairness Letter (PFL) or additional document request, but let's wait and see !