Hello everyone! I hope you are all holding up okay. <3 Sorry for the long post in advance - I just really need some help right now!
I am reaching out because I am in a difficult place right now. I applied for family sponsorship (my partner is a Canadian citizen and he sponsored me) on the 20th of August 2020 and still have not heard a single thing from Immigration. I don't even know if they received my application. I have reached out to them a few times the first time they told me my application wasn't in the system yet and I am still waiting to hear back from them after I reached out again for some answers.
(We applied for outland sponsorship within Canada so I could go home if anything happened with family members.)
I have been in Canada with my partner since we applied but I am extremely, extremely homesick (I have not been home in over 2 years). I have not been able to work since my visa expired in July last year so my mental health has been suffering so much. My partner is at work all day and the pandemic restrictions mean I cant see my friends too much so I am alone a lot of the time.
I just don't think I can do this much longer, but if I go home - I don't know when I will get to come back to my partner here in Canada since our PR application seems to be taking such a long time. And I know everyone here is having a difficult time because of that too.
Does anyone have any advice or know of any way I can visit my family in Ireland and still come back to my partner? If I applied for a visitor visa would it take just as long to hear back from Immigration? If I was granted a visitor visa while I wait for PR to process, would they let me back into Canada since I have a PR application processing?
I am sorry for this long winded and slightly depressing spiel haha! I am just in a really difficult place right now and as a lot of you are! I would appreciate any help or advice at all. I hope you are all feeling okay and if you are finding things hard right now please know you are not alone. <3
Thank you so much for your time,
Kate