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This is what CIC says: Keeping your permanent resident status Your permanent resident status allows you to live in Canada, but there is also a time limit on how long you can live outside the country. To keep your status as a permanent resident, you must live in Canada for at least two years...

I am not sure what the requirements to maintain Canadian permanent residency are. For example, the US requires PRs to remain in the US 6 months out of each year (that is within the year period) not to lose their PR. I have heard that Canadian residents can remain abroad for longer periods. If...

Evidence of sponsor's plans to re-establish in Canada is the most disheartening requirement from CIC. Everything else they ask for is bearable and attainable. I do not think that they will get rid of it even when they changed their policies to require the sponsor and applicant to live together...

When entering as a resident you should not be asked for a return ticket so you should not worry about that (whether you have a return ticket or whether your return date is for 1 week or for 6 months later is unconsequential). However, some airlines will not allow you to board a plane bound onto...

I am not an expert but it seem that conjugal is your only choice. I believe that because while technically you can come and go into Mexico to visit with your partner, you cannot legally permently stay with him giving your current status with Mexican Immigration. While Mexico recognizes common...

I would also explain why on earth he didn't visit you in 8 years and had YOU come to the UK to marry him while you sound like you are a daddy's little girl (and yet you work in a job that only gives you a week vacation) or part of a very religious/strict family (and yet you were 'allowed' to fly...

Citizenships that do not require a visitor's visa to enter Canada are exempt from submitting their passport and they only need to send copies of it so that CIC can send them the proper paperwork to land in Canada; those that require a visitor's visa will have a PR visa stamped on their passport...

Since you never knew anything else other than Canada as your home you probably never felt like average immigrants, who know that they always needs to watch what they do - that is, follow the law - so they don't lose what they fought so hard for. That feeling of belonging [to Canada] might have...

That is exactly what I intended to say. Changing his circumstances may complicate his landing (I should have added "and the entire status of his PR application").

You can marry before you land but you should not do it because that will change your circumstances and it may complicate your landing. Now, I am assuming that you are coming to Canada on an immigrant class other than spousal. Things is that whatever the immigrant class you when through, you must...

Re: Spousal sponsorship If it were true it would suck, but if not, it will strain your relationship even more (more than what it already is by being apart). It is beyond me why a person will look to marry someone they probably met after they left and in a country across the world. However...

Work visas still might take a few months to obtain (for which you guys - your uncle - can start the process right away in Canada, you dont need to wait for your future spouse to get to Canada). You may or may not have issues getting the tourist visa with all of that supporting documentation...

If 'family reunification' is the priority for CIC (?) wouldn't you agree that all VO's should have about the same processing times? Hardly justifiable by the number of agents assigned to one or another VO. I mean, why not assign fewer 'here' and more 'there'? I do not think that agents can...

It all depends on the work visa but work visas are valid until a especific date (as opposed to being conditional to an event unless the work visa is limited to a especific employer and the holder of the work visa permanently separates from the job or the work visa is tied to a PR process and a...

Congratulations! When it comes to timelines, it is obvious that other VO's around the world need to learn something from the VO's in India and the Philippines...

Thank you! We missed that line of information and we submitted a 5mo old FBI certificate. Ugh. Going to have to be proactive and get a new one asap before they ask for it.

Where does CIC say that the FBI Certificate needs to be submitted within 3 months? Also, if that is true, is it 3 months from the 'search date' or the day it is received from the FBI (which can be 4 weeks after the search date).

Sounds odd that this lady got married even before he annulment decree was even issued... but that is her problem and you could not use that as an excuse in front of CIC.

Reading these may help you. http://www.gtalawphil.com/Philippine%20Annulment%20101_effects.htm http://deborjalaw.com/2009/04/11/philippine-annulment-top-ten-10-questions/

You should not get married again unless you talk to a lawyer first. I am not talking about an immigration lawyer as immigration is not the issue. Your sponsor married you while he may not have been free to do so as his first marraige's annulment was not yet absolute. This means that he perhaps...