Hi guys,
My timeline so far is as follows:
AOR Primary applicant: June 11th 2019
Date of Wedding: 6th December 2019
PPR (Ready for visa email) Primary applicant: 24th December 2019
Reported wedding by email: 4th January 2020
I emailed
IRCC.CIO-BRCD.IRCC@cic.gc.ca to report my wedding as mentioned in the PPR(Ready for visa) email that I had received. My husband has done his upfront medical and received his PCC just to keep all documents from our end ready.
Here are my questions:
1. I was working in US on OPT visa but as it expired, I moved out of US end of November 2019. My husband however is on H1B visa and is currently working in US. The timelines mentioned on this forum are scaring me so I was wondering if I should apply for H4 visa and move to US until the PR comes through?
2. I haven't reported my address change and my employment status change yet since my lawyer asked me to wait and report it after I receive a reply to my adding a spouse email. Is that a wise thing to do?
3. I am currently residing in Qatar and my husband is in US so would it complicate the application further more if we are in two different countries with different visa offices? Or should I move to US as from hearsay I understand that application somehow processes faster if the applicants are in US (not sure if that's true!).
4. As I have not received any email from the Canadian authorities yet should I submit a web form reporting my wedding again or ask for an update?
Thanks in advance for your reply.