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If you are planing to return to Canada in 2 months you are not technically living in Indonesia unless you have taken steps to make it seem your intentions are to stay there, i.e., have taken a job in Indonesia, etc. So I would answer 'Yes' to the question about living in Canada. To the question...

Background checks are done for every country you declared you lived in (I believe for at least 6mons).

Mississauga handles Stage 1 (Sponsor assessment), Ottawa handles Stage 2 for sponsored applicants that live in Canada and the US. US applicants, if interview is required, will be interviewed in the Visa offices in the US that are still open.

It depends on the angle that is applied. I entered the US legally under work visas (H1B) for at least 6yrs (validity if my 3 consecutive work visas) so that would make me qualify. The policy does not seem to state that it must be the 'last entry' which obviously was not for 1yr but rather 10mos...

As it seems to be understood by CIC (and by what it may be found in its procedural manuals), a common-law relationship requires exclusivity. Such exclusivity may not be established if a previous marriage that it disolvable by divorce or legal separation in the jurisdiction that you or your...

Application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class Both sponsored applicant and sponsor live in the US. Sponsor is Canadian Citizen. This is the timeline so far: - Medical Tests done in May 2012. - Application received at CPC Mississauga on July 31, 2012. - Sponsorship approved (Step 1)...

Hi, our case is about the same as yours. Canadian citizen is sponsor but he left Canada at age 3 when he was adopted by an American couple and has never lived in Canada as an adult. Sposorship was approved but we are now wondering if we will have the same issue.

I think this may settle everyone's understanding, including mine, of the issue at thand. This is an extract from manuals used by canadian immigration officers. 5.17. What is meant by “lawfully admitted” The intent of R11 is not to expend energy on front-end R11 eligibility screening, but rather...

An out-of-status situation affects a PR application only from the "lawfully admitted for 1yr" policy perspective. My question is in regards to the application of that policy in reference to H1B holders and specific circumstances of multiple entries under the H1B status.

The lawful admission policy states that for a spouse to be sponsored, that spouse must have been admitted lawfully his/her country of residency for 1yr. I held a work visa for a few years which I used to enter the US several times. I was in fact working for a company in the US but I went outside...