I got married to my spouse on Dec 24, 2019 in Pakistan. It took us a while to fill out the spousal sponsorship application forms and to gather all the supporting documentation necessary and we finally managed to submit the application to the IRC Mississauga office on March 30, 2020. Unfortunately because it was the height of the pandemic at the time, all the govt immigration offices were closed and are still closed and they are tremendously backlogged and only focusing on extreme emergency cases at this time. After contacting my local MP, i have been advised that this is an unprecedented situation and therefore i will have no choice but to wait and watch and accept the fact that the spousal sponsorship application route could take a bit longer i.e. atleast longer than the usual 12 months. Our original plan was to have the remaining wedding functions by December 2020 assuming the fact that the spousal immigration visa would have come through by then.
But it appears that the time line is unlikely. Unfortunately in our culture, once all the wedding formalities are complete, the girl is now expected to live with her new family and in laws, but the problem we are facing is that we are living in Canada right now and therefore once the final wedding ceremonies are complete, we will have to bring the girl to Canada but that will not be possible if the spousal immigration visa does not come by then. My parents were initially thinking that in this situation, we might request our inlaws to be patient and hold off from holding the final wedding ceremonies till the summer of 2021, but the girls parents are facing tremendous pressure from the rest of their family to ensure that the final wedding ceremonies are conducted and completed by December 2020. Also my mother is critically ill and therefore it is vital for us regardless of whether the spousal visa arrives in December or not that the final wedding ceremony takes place in December 2020 before the cruel hands of fate take her away.
So now my parents are seriously thinking of coming back home to Pakistan so that after the final wedding ceremonies are done in December, i can return back to Canada and rejoin my job whereas the girl will atleast be living with us in our home in Pakistan while she awaits for the spousal visa to come and once the spousal visa comes, my parents will bring the girl over to Canada.
We have actually received a suggestion that we should seriously consider filing a temporary residence visa application for my spouse where we will need to explain that the girl deserves to be granted the visa on account of being my wife which gives her significant ties to Canada and the fact her inlaws are living in Canada. We will also need to justify the application explaining the Covid 19 pandemic and how its disrupted our initial plans, the girls family demanding that the husband-wife living together and ofcourse my mother's declining health. If successful, the girl moves full time to Canada and can then study and then we can change the spousal sponsorship application from outland to inland and all the problems will be resolved given that she is living with us.
But others are telling us that a temporary residence visa is never set in stone and there is a risk that the Canadian Immigration authorities could refuse to grant the temporary residence visa and that could actually be damaging for the outland spousal sponsorship application process.
Thought i would get some feedback, advice on whether i should consider going through this route or not
But it appears that the time line is unlikely. Unfortunately in our culture, once all the wedding formalities are complete, the girl is now expected to live with her new family and in laws, but the problem we are facing is that we are living in Canada right now and therefore once the final wedding ceremonies are complete, we will have to bring the girl to Canada but that will not be possible if the spousal immigration visa does not come by then. My parents were initially thinking that in this situation, we might request our inlaws to be patient and hold off from holding the final wedding ceremonies till the summer of 2021, but the girls parents are facing tremendous pressure from the rest of their family to ensure that the final wedding ceremonies are conducted and completed by December 2020. Also my mother is critically ill and therefore it is vital for us regardless of whether the spousal visa arrives in December or not that the final wedding ceremony takes place in December 2020 before the cruel hands of fate take her away.
So now my parents are seriously thinking of coming back home to Pakistan so that after the final wedding ceremonies are done in December, i can return back to Canada and rejoin my job whereas the girl will atleast be living with us in our home in Pakistan while she awaits for the spousal visa to come and once the spousal visa comes, my parents will bring the girl over to Canada.
We have actually received a suggestion that we should seriously consider filing a temporary residence visa application for my spouse where we will need to explain that the girl deserves to be granted the visa on account of being my wife which gives her significant ties to Canada and the fact her inlaws are living in Canada. We will also need to justify the application explaining the Covid 19 pandemic and how its disrupted our initial plans, the girls family demanding that the husband-wife living together and ofcourse my mother's declining health. If successful, the girl moves full time to Canada and can then study and then we can change the spousal sponsorship application from outland to inland and all the problems will be resolved given that she is living with us.
But others are telling us that a temporary residence visa is never set in stone and there is a risk that the Canadian Immigration authorities could refuse to grant the temporary residence visa and that could actually be damaging for the outland spousal sponsorship application process.
Thought i would get some feedback, advice on whether i should consider going through this route or not
