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Lying or otherwise trying to conceal the truth from them is always a bad idea. If you say you're visiting friends and it turns out you're visiting your husband, it will definitely lead to a very uncomfortable and lengthy line of questioning. And, since they need to be convinced you intend to...

Oi, tudo bem? Welcome to the forum. It seems we are in very similar situations. We got married in Sao Jose Dos Campos in November and now we're just...waiting. Hopefully things go well for the both of us. Good luck -- and hopefully your husband knows more Portuguese than I do!

That's true, but: from http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/visa/dual.asp The possibility that an applicant for temporary residence may, at some point in the future, be approved under a Permanent Resident Program does not absolve the individual from meeting the requirements of a...

Here's the link Ponga mentioned about "dual intent": http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/visa/dual.asp Basically, it means that you can enter Canada with dual intentions: the first being as a visitor, the second being to become a permanent resident. That's fine, as long as you...

OWPs are intended for people who are applying inland -- that is, they want to live and work in Canada while they wait for permanent residency. There are three major downsides of inland applications: 1) they take a lot longer to process than outland applications; 2) the applicant is expected to...

I'm in a very similar situation, Jaytheo40. I am a Canadian citizen sponsoring my wife, a Brazilian and resident of Sao Paulo (but currently visiting in Canada). We submitted on December 10 2015 and received AOR2 February 15. So, like you, we're just waiting. :-) Last year, when CIC was...

Thanks, Ponga. +1.

Well, we'll see what they say. I found this document from them (http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/health-drug-coverage/medical-services-plan/bc-residents/eligibility-and-enrolment/are-you-eligible/covering-a-spouse-or-child-who-is-an-applicant-for-permanent-resident-status-in-canada.pdf)...

Very helpful, Ponga. So you're saying that we're eligible to apply based on the date CIC indicates they received the application? Even if the waiting period has not yet expired? I suppose, then, the strategy would be to apply as soon as CIC says they received the app, and see what MSP does.

Really? This information is in totally different than the information I received from MSP. When I called, the 'helpful' folks at MSP said that my wife becomes eligible when the application shows "in-process" -- but they also said that there is a waiting period (two months, plus the balance of...

Sure. The most egregious mistake was that we failed to include a police certificate for the 3-year period she lived in China. A major oversight on my part -- I can't explain why I missed this. But she caught it. And because it's taken us months to acquire it, her catch probably saved us months...

This explains it: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2012/2012-10-26a.asp Basically, the intent is to prevent couples from pretending to have a real relationship (or marriage) until they acquire permanent residency, and then splitting up shortly thereafter. In some...

I don't know how others on this forum feel about this, but I researched and hired an immigration consultant to review our applications. Although our applications were in very good shape, she reviewed the whole thing and caught a few small (but important) items. She met with me and walked me...

In fairness, Mr. McCallum has held this portfolio only since November. It's fairly common for new ministers to experience a massive learning curve when it comes to their new area of authority. Complicating matters is that his department has been ridiculously busy trying to immigrate 25,000...

To be clear, foreigners are permitted to enter into Canada with dual intent: the first intent is to visit, the second intent is to become a permanent resident. But the key point is that the border officers must be persuaded that the visitor will abide by the rules of a visitor's visa, if the...

Thanks for this, canuck_in_uk. I'm afraid I have no idea how to acquire my GCMS notes. How is this done?

Ack! Sorry, misread that. Sorry, OP.

:D Keep in mind, you still have a couple stages left before you actually become a permanent resident. They'll ask you to send your passport to them. They'll stick the permanent resident visa in your passport and return it to you. Then, you have to go to a US/Canada to do a "flag-polling", which...

Re: Decision Made? Don't quote me on this, but it's almost certainly a very good thing. It suggests that you've been approved as a permanent resident, but they can't complete the permanent residency visa until the fee has been paid. There's no reason to ask for the fee if you've been rejected...

Hello folks, My wife's outland permanent residency application is underway, through the VO office in Brazil. We're at Stage 2 so it's just a waiting game. In the meantime, my wife is here in Canada on a visit for one month. She has to return to Brazil to take care of some administrative...