Hello everyone,
I am trying to determine what is the best step for me to immigrate from the United States to Canada. I am married to a Canadian Citizen and the problem I am seeing is that if I apply from inside of Canada the wait time for them to look at her sponsorship application is 11 months vs 55 days from outside. This not including the processing time of my application afterwards. The total time from the Immigration site has my application at 19 months from inside vs roughly 1 year from outside. I don't want to have to move back to the states for a year and barely see her because I want to be able to work and contribute to our household here in Canada. Does anyone know if there is a chance I would get a temporary resident card and be able to work during the application process and if so roughly how long would that take.
I have already done my medical in Toronto and have my FBI background check in hand but when I looked at the from Outside Canada paperwork it contained a "For Outside Canada only" on the medical section. Am I going to have to redo my medical paperwork as well if I send the application from outside?
I am trying to determine what is the best step for me to immigrate from the United States to Canada. I am married to a Canadian Citizen and the problem I am seeing is that if I apply from inside of Canada the wait time for them to look at her sponsorship application is 11 months vs 55 days from outside. This not including the processing time of my application afterwards. The total time from the Immigration site has my application at 19 months from inside vs roughly 1 year from outside. I don't want to have to move back to the states for a year and barely see her because I want to be able to work and contribute to our household here in Canada. Does anyone know if there is a chance I would get a temporary resident card and be able to work during the application process and if so roughly how long would that take.
I have already done my medical in Toronto and have my FBI background check in hand but when I looked at the from Outside Canada paperwork it contained a "For Outside Canada only" on the medical section. Am I going to have to redo my medical paperwork as well if I send the application from outside?