Leave Canada for a month while spouse sponsorship is in process

[Metufer]

Did she apply inland?

Yes she did.

 

[armoured]

Hello, I'm gonna give a brief explanation of the situation, I am a PR sponsoring my wife (she's in a middle of the immigration process to become a PR) and I'd like to know if we can both travel abroad to visit our parents (hers and mine) for a period of 8 weeks in our back home country, we're gonna live together (we're legally married) is that allowed? She applied within Canada, thank you very much!

Okay, since you also applied inland:
-As PR sponsor, you must reside in Canada. Short trips are okay. This is generally held to be less than a month - weeks, not months. Longer than that, you're risking it.
-Inland applicant: the whole idea is that the applicant remains in Canada during an inland app. It can be refused (considered 'abandoned') if she leaves. I don't know to what extent short trips are okay, but for inland apps, expect that it should be truly short (like short trips to USA) - and even there I don't know. Perhaps others can comment.

So overall a bad idea. Do research carefully before you take that risk. (Usual caveats, not an expert)

 

[Metufer]

Okay, since you also applied inland:
-As PR sponsor, you must reside in Canada. Short trips are okay. This is generally held to be less than a month - weeks, not months. Longer than that, you're risking it.
-Inland applicant: the whole idea is that the applicant remains in Canada during an inland app. It can be refused (considered 'abandoned') if she leaves. I don't know to what extent short trips are okay, but for inland apps, expect that it should be truly short (like short trips to USA) - and even there I don't know. Perhaps others can comment.

So overall a bad idea. Do research carefully before you take that risk. (Usual caveats, not an expert)

I see, I do reside in Canada and been PR for 4 years already, I just couldn't find any information about it on the government website nor a telephone number or any other way to contact them besides a web form, anyway, thank you for your feedback, really appreciate it!

 

[armoured]

I see, I do reside in Canada and been PR for 4 years already, I just couldn't find any information about it on the government website nor a telephone number or any other way to contact them besides a web form, anyway, thank you for your feedback, really appreciate it!

Unfortunately all they say is must be resident in Canada. But they do mean throughout the process.

 

[Yenggg03]

I also have this issue last week cause i'm planning to go home for 40 days in the philippines. I am the sponsor, PR only. I also posted the same thing in this forum and some of them told me not to leave canada while sponsorship applicantion is still on process. I called the immigration to clarify and the agent told me a month or two is not a big deal the only thing that will affect the application is if you will stay outside canada for a long time for example 6 months. Hope this helps. I'm planning to call the immigation again to clarify and this time i will ask some proof that it is safe to go on a vacation.

Any update? Did u get a proof?

 

[Yenggg03]

Hi my husband and me together are going to submit our inland pr application and my husband is a primary applicant.. i have to travel back to my home country due to some personal emergency for 2 months my husband anyway is staying here in canada.. will there be a problem during our pr processing ? I have my open work permit visa for till 2019. Can someone guide me on this..

hello did u go back home and leave your hubby here in canada? (Inland)