conditional PR Question

[may4ank]

Hi,

What is conditional PR ? outland spouses are eligible for that ?

 

[CDNPR2014]

this is not something someone applies for. it is part of being granted pr. what it means is that when a spouse becomes pr they have a 2 year "condition" which requires them to live with their sponsor (spouse) for 2 years after landing. if someone leaves their sponsor for whatever reason and it's proven they are no longer cohabitating within 2 years of landing, then the pr status can be revoked by cic after investigation.

 

[MilesAway]

If you have not been in a relationship for at least 2 years (married or common-law) at the time of your application, or you do not have children, then you will be issued PR with condition 51.
The Liberal government is considering removing it.

 

[may4ank]

If you have not been in a relationship for at least 2 years (married or common-law) at the time of your application, or you do not have children, then you will be issued PR with condition 51.
The Liberal government is considering removing it.

I(on PR) am planning to get married in april to indian citizen. It will be an outland application. So will my wife will be granted Conditional PR so that she can live with me while our outland application is processing ? Can you please elaborate how it works.

We dont have any kids and relationship is less then 2 years.

 

[may4ank]

I(on PR) am planning to get married in april to indian citizen. It will be an outland application. So will my wife will be granted Conditional PR so that she can live with me while our outland application is processing ? Can you please elaborate how it works.

We dont have any kids and relationship is less then 2 years.

Ohh! Is it after 17 months the PR my wife will get is Conditional PR ? I though it is something on arrival Please clarify.

 

[CDNPR2014]

Ohh! Is it after 17 months the PR my wife will get is Conditional PR ? I though it is something on arrival Please clarify.

when your wife LANDS as a pr meaning you have finished the entire application process and she becomes a pr. if you have not been married for 2 years at the time of your application was submitted and do not have children she will have condition 51 attached to her pr. it means absolutely nothing for anything except for a way to protect sponsors from people who marry them just to get pr and leave as soon as they land. noone is going to ask her about it, and unless someone knows about immigration rules and pr status, they are not going to know about this condition. if you have a stable relationship, then it can be forgotten about. it does not restrict a pr from anything. if you have been married for more than 2 years at the time of application submission and/or have children, then this does not apply to your wife.

 

[may4ank]

when your wife LANDS as a pr meaning you have finished the entire application process and she becomes a pr. if you have not been married for 2 years at the time of your application was submitted and do not have children she will have condition 51 attached to her pr. it means absolutely nothing for anything except for a way to protect sponsors from people who marry them just to get pr and leave as soon as they land. if you have been married for more than 2 years at the time of application submission and/or have children, then this does not apply to your wife.

Thanks I got it now. Visitor visa is only option left to bring her here.

 

[MilesAway]

That's correct.

 

[Mightytonewheel]

This explains it:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2012/2012-10-26a.asp

Basically, the intent is to prevent couples from pretending to have a real relationship (or marriage) until they acquire permanent residency, and then splitting up shortly thereafter. In some cases, couples agree to fake their relationship so one of them acquire permanent residency in Canada. In other cases, the applicant pretends to love the sponsor but then hits the road after they get permanent residency. These are forms of immigration fraud. Conditional permanent residency is designed to prevent this, or at least make it much harder to accomplish.

The condition means that the sponsor and the permanent resident must continue to live together in a legitimate relationship for two years from the date that permanent residency is established. If they split up, the permanent resident could have their status revoked. So it makes fraud harder to accomplish.

There are two major exceptions to the condition: if the sponsor dies, or there is evidence that the sponsor abused or neglected the permanent resident, the condition can be waived. Again, the intent of the condition is to make fraud harder to accomplish.

For applicants and sponsors in a legitimate relationship, the condition is usually no big deal. We don't plan to break up within two years, so meeting the condition is easy.