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It all depends on many factors: your country of citizenship, what your status in the US was/is, if you enter by land or air, what the agent thinks of you and the fact that you are trying to use a visa that is about to expire while coming from a third country... in any case, you may be refused or...

I noticed you received your visa but you have not landed yet. As a dependent, you cannot land before the principal applicant. Your spouse must land first then you or you must do it at the same time. Prior to issuing your visa you must have received a questionnaire that, among other questions...

Question 1. No, the US could not care less about your PR cards when you leave the US as in fact, there is not exit control from the US. You just go from highway to bridge and directly into Canada's Customs and Immigration. However, expired PR cards are not sufficient to re-enter Canada. Question...

I just read this on the CIC website and I wonder how they really plan to enforce it. Starting March 15, 2016, if you are a permanent resident of Canada and a citizen of a visa-exempt country, you will need to travel with your Canadian permanent resident (PR) card or PR travel document when...

Having a financial burden to educate your daughter will not constitute compassionate and humanitarian grounds. Compassionate and humanitarian grounds are difficult to achieve because you need to prove that you were precluded from returning to Canada and you remained abroad against your will...

When you become a PR under family class (that is, you married a canadian or pr of canada), you have a 2yr cohabitation rule that applies for applications files after oct 25th 2012. The PR status is conditionally given for 2 years, after which period the couple needs to submit proof that they are...

There a re many factors to consider here. While Ottawa processes US cases, not all cases are for US citizens applicants. Ottawa processes most cases filed in the US for people living in the US. Some US-filed cases are filtered in Mississauga and sent to other VO's if the applicant is not a US...

You don't say what kind of insurance you are looking for. If you are referring to Provincial health program and for a person that has an undecided immigration case, it depends on the province or territory the applicant lives in. In the case of Ontario, the applicant of an undecided PR case...

The UCI# listed on the Sponsorship Approval belongs to the sponsor. The applicant's UCI# will come with the first communication CIC sends to the applicant, letter or email. After the SA, the applicant's UCI is assigned, but you won't know the number until CIC sends the applicant something. The...

Temporary resident programs and permanent resident programs are independent programs and in no way linked to each other. There is no "follow up" program to permanent resident from the temporary resident program. The only advantage you have now because you are under a work permit is that you are...

You should not have any issues, just contact Service Canada to have them extend your expiration date based on your permit before it becomes and issue, if it should ever do.

Oh well, that changes things! I am from Venezuela but I was processed in Ottawa as I lived in the US at the time my US/Canadian spouse lodged the application and we were lucky enough to have been living together in the US before we came to Canada so we didn't suffer a separation. Good luck to you!

This will not apply to your husband because when you visit him in Germany you are not being sent there to work for a "Canadian business or in the public service of Canada".

To maintain PR status a person must have been in Canada for a total of 730 days in the last 5 year period. Unless his PR card is expired nothing will prevent him to come back to Canada using it, even if he has not met his residency obligation. The tricky part will be when he needs to renew his...

While some cases may be processed in record time, you do realize that Mexico is taking around 17 months to process most cases, right? December would make it only 9 months for your case and if you are relying on your immigrant visa to enter Canada, you have probably wasted your money on a ticket...

It all depends on your personal circumstances. If you are here working you probably will not qualify as an Immigrant Investor, for example. Your options may be: 1. Express Entry You must use Express Entry if you want to apply: - under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, - under the Federal...

When I landed in July 2013 as a PR my Canadian spouse returned with me to Canada, and we came with 2 vehicles from the US (both purchased new 11 months before I landed). As a returning Canadian, a person is allowed up to $10k tax free, but as a landing PR, you are exempt virtually without limit...

We had a similar experience with the Ottawa office. They requested a Chest X-ray only (no blood tests) 90 days before the medical expired. They asked us to email the receipt from the doc's visit (not sure why, maybe to be on the look out for the arrival of the doctor's documentation, perhaps)...

it may be delayed, but not denied. Factors that may delay processing http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp The following factors may delay the processing of your application: a medical condition that may require additional tests or...

Being out of status is not necessarily the reason why his application was sent to Manila. Being in the US (or any other country) does not guarantee processing in the VO for that country unless the applicant can prove that he/she entered that country legally and with permission to remain in that...