saju_321 said:
Hi Leon/Amira
Time has passed and my Police Clearance Certificate has been submitted to CIC. I have some questions in my mind right now which i am listing below:
1. I got my work permit extended until Sept 2015 using my AINP nomination. This is a closed work permit. I have made my vacation travel plans to leave for India on 04th Jan 2014. Will there be any problems for me to re-enter Canada if my PR application is getting approved in Nov 2013 or Dec 2013 or Jan 2014. I will be re-entering Canada on 02nd Feb 2014 with a valid work visa. I heard from my some of my friends that i will have to wait for 30-45 days to get my PR visa on my passport after when my PR is approved before when i travel. If this is true, i will be in trouble, if my application is getting approved in Nov/Dec 2013.
2. Do i need to inform CIC if i am leaving the country? I am going on vacation for 1 month.
3. I am getting married in Jan 2014 and i will be adding my wife's details in my PR application. My yet-to-be wife was rejected for a visiting visa. She will be applying for an open work permit in India, after marriage. I am a bit concerned about this application for open work permit getting rejected because her visiting visa application was rejected. Do i need to prepare any affidavit or show some photos of marriage or proofs of our honeymoon along with the application package? Also, can you please confirm if IMM1295, IMM5645 and IMM5257 are the application forms for applying for spousal open work permit?
4. Will there be any problem for her to get an open work permit because i am currently on a closed work permit?
P.S : Your replies were vital to me until now. It helped me a lot. Thank you so much.
If you are planning on getting married and adding your wife to your PR application, you should inform the visa office about this now so they can postpone your processing. Otherwise, you may be in the position that they want to give you a visa after you have gotten married but before you can add your spouse which is no good for you.
There are 4 possible scenarios here. 1. You get the PR visa before you get married, you land as a PR and then have to get married later and sponsor your wife on a separate application. 2. You get your visa before you get married but still get married before you land. In this case, you would have to return your PR visa to the visa office and ask to add your wife and have your visa re-issued along with her visa because you can not land on a visa you got as a single person if you had gotten married in the meantime. 3. You get your visa after you got married but still issued for you as a single person because you had not informed the visa office you were getting married. In this case like 2. you would have to return the PR visa to the visa office and ask to add your wife to the application. 4. You inform the visa office you are getting married and they postpone issuing your visa until you get married and so you and your wife will both get your visas issued at the same time.
If you really want scenario 4., you should inform the visa office now. If you are contemplating that 1. might be better, you can delay informing them until they ask for your passport but there is actually very little time left for that to happen. If you want to leave on January 4th and they ask for your passport now and you send it, you would have to hope that you will get it back before you want to leave or otherwise, you can't and will have to postpone your wedding. I think that the best solution is really that you inform the visa office or your wedding plans.
After the wedding, your wife will be eligible to apply for an open work permit based on your permit but she still needs to show that she is not a risk to overstay. You having applied for PR and stating in a letter along with her work permit application that you will be adding her to your application may help her get approved for a work permit.