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Great website!! Thank you Ariell - again : ) this will give my brother some hope!

what we've been told is that is one of the worst visa offices to deal with, most applications take up to 2 years. Anyone?

we'll see what happens then! Thanks for the reply.

One more question, thanks to those that have responded in the past! My brother is marying a girl in Guatemala at the end of this year, he is Canadian Citizen (born in Guatemala) both are divorced, she came to Canada for 6 months with a tourist visa, they lived together during this time, she was...

hmmm that one would be difficult, he does have a stable job, but no properties (divorced...long story), no other person but him to do the sponsorship, he might just have to wait here and see how long it will take. Thanks again for all the advice.

Thanks so much again Ariell, I sure hope their wait is short too! I'll keep you posted.

yes he is Canadian Citizen, for how long can he leave Canada and still be ok for his application to not be affected? can a "vacation" be 6 months if he has a leave of absence in his job?

thank you so much Ariell, we'll see what they decide to do! they just don't want to wait the two years appart... we'll see what happens

My brother is going to be doing an sponsorship for his wife (to be at Xmas) but would like to know if after his sponsorship application gets approved, would he be able to leave Canada and go to Guatemala and be with her for a few months to make the wait of the PR application wait shorter, he...

can one apply for a visitor visa after getting married and then...and then apply for PR within Canada? or would it be better to just do the outside Canada application? would it damage the PR application if she was denied the visitors visa? if she was given a visitor visa then apply within...

Thanks Ariell, I think it wouldn't hurt either. We'll see how things go, he is getting married at xmas time and the process will begin in the new year. Will post more then!

Thank you rjessome and ariell! I passed on your info to my brother and he wanted me to ask you another question... When he sends the application in, should he include the papers that she was given at the Canadian Embassy in Guatemala where she was denied the visas? These two papers show the...

I'm writting this in behalf of my brother, here is the background: - my brother is dirvorced has 3 children, 2 live with him - my brother is Canadian resident, born in Guatemala, hasn't been in Guatemala for 22 years, has a full time job, same job for last 22 years - we have childhood friend in...