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I have read through alot of "dual intent" posts at this forum. I was surprised to see so many people adamently advising "don't bring possessions or say anything about your in-process PR app or intention to apply for PR, at the border, if you are coming across as a visitor" or "come across...

Thanks Chaz. Okay, I'm convinced. I'll wait for the FBI letter. Cheers

Thanks for the advice. But if Canada takes 6-12 mo to process it, (and it actually says on their website, send the police certif when you get it, to the centre that is processing your app) I was hoping I could save a few months, while its just sitting in their queue. My assumption was that...

I seem to be seeing two camps, one which says don't even bother sending in the P.R. application until you can include the Police Letter/Certificate one gets from the FBI. If you do send in the PR app, this came says to me, CIC will just send it back to you. However, on...

I was just wondering if any others had specific experience or thoughts on this? My PR app (sponsored by the Canadian wife) is now ready to send off, but just realized that the "police certificate" I'm required to provide from the FBI has an estimated 16-18week turnTime. I did read somewhere...

super. that's not one i'd seen. perfect!

Can anyone recommend an official Canadian Gov't Document which spells out Canada's minimum financial support requirements for both Temporary Residents and Permanent Resident Applicants ? (I assume I have enough, but I really don't want to leave this detail to the general discretion of the...

OK, I finally (after HOURS and HOURS and HOURS and HOURS of searching) found the document I was looking for (the actual Canadian Gov't guide that IO's are supposed to reference for Interviewing, and the real skinny on the whole question about visiting with a PermRes app in process). Its called...

Thanks. Yes, my Canadian citizen wife has been living in US (green card) for years, so its definitely over a year. The question is, if all 5 of us are standing there talking to the IO (she the CDN citizen, our 3 canadian citizen kids and me the US husband, with PR app "in process", but...

Good to hear. Thanks for that news!

I am trying to sort through what appears to be conflicting information on the PR application forms and instructions. Some appear to say that if I am applying for Permanent residency in Canada via Spousal sponsorship, then all my dependent children who are going with usneed to have a medical...

Thanks Doc. Much appreciated. I think I'm slowly navigating the correct path here. In this latter solution path, I do have a family event in August and an alumni event in October that I do need to return to, and will get a RTN ticket. In so doing, theoretically then, fully disclosing...

Thanks for your candor. So I see that on the CIC site cic.gc.ca/english/information/faq/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-faq12.asp that when a Canadian Citizen is sponsoring a spouse from Outside Canada, one "can leave and re-enter Canada while your application is being processed as long as you...

Thanks for your reply. Since I'm a US citizen, I don't need a visa (so I read on CIC). Does that make any difference? But if I "visit", then I am not allowed to bring our household belongings. Your cautions are well taken. It has been suggested to me many times that I should have my wife...

I am US Citizen, Wife is the Canadian Citizen sponsor of my P.R. app, and our 3 kids have Canadian cit cards. We are about to send away my application for Permanent residency in Canada in late March. All 5 of us are planning to fly across from USA to Ontario in June, with our stuff being...

Thats really helpful feedback. Good ideas. I'll give it a whirl.

I'm working on this form and wonder just how detailed CIC gets here. My wife (the Canadian Citizen) hasn't lived in Canada for 12 years, but question 8 asks for the addresses (she can get these) AND the telephone numbers at every address she has lived at in the USA since leaving Canada. We...

I hear the family sponsorship route takes 6-12 mo to get perm residency? I am a US citizen and my wife is the Canadian citizen sponsor. If I submit that now, but need to arrive in June, will i have any problem getting in, even though the application is still in processs, if this is the...

My family and I (wife and 3 kids are canadian cit's, I am US cit) would like to come to Canada for 5-12mo to visit Canada, to be near 2 dying parents and family. Visitor status makes the most sense for me, the US citizen spouse. We don't want to make permRes application for me, as we don't...

Th you for the great responses. After further research, I think going visitor status for me (the US cit) is most appropriate. Since [1] we genuinely don't know how long we want to stay for sure (maybe 3-12 mo) and [2] its impossible to really guess if we would want to apply for PermResidency...