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Difference between Permanent residence and Citizenship?

mmkcanada said:
i have one question, as i have a PR and want to apply for US visa from pakistan, is my PR give me some advantage for visa? and secondly what i fill in us form for "DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER NATIONALTY?" can i answer YES for this if i have PR....
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Yes - having PR will give you some advantage.

You should answer "no" to the nationality question. PRs don't have Canadian nationality. You won't have Canadian nationality until you are a citizen.
 
Do PRs need to apply for the visa, say to the US, in their home country? Or can you do it from within Canada? How does having PR status in Canada make it any easier in getting a visa (for the US)??

Thanks,
FS
 
Fencesitter said:
Do PRs need to apply for the visa, say to the US, in their home country? Or can you do it from within Canada? How does having PR status in Canada make it any easier in getting a visa (for the US)??

Thanks,
FS
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I can only assume that being in Canada as a PR, having a steady job and income would be a lot easier to get the US visa than if you were in the old country especially if your country is a non-visa exempt!

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That makes sense, but for my wife, she will be a stay-at-home. Not sure what exactly we need to prove. We only want to be able to go over to do some shopping...only a day trip.

What about my other question about where to get the visa - home country or at the US Consulate in Canada?

Thanks,
FS
 
Fencesitter said:
That makes sense, but for my wife, she will be a stay-at-home. Not sure what exactly we need to prove. We only want to be able to go over to do some shopping...only a day trip.

What about my other question about where to get the visa - home country or at the US Consulate in Canada?

Thanks,
FS
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You can do it in Canada.
 
Do you know how difficult it will be to get a visitor visa considering my wife will not be working? I know this is a Canadian visa forum, but perhaps someone may know about this...

FS
 
Fencesitter said:
That makes sense, but for my wife, she will be a stay-at-home. Not sure what exactly we need to prove. We only want to be able to go over to do some shopping...only a day trip.

What about my other question about where to get the visa - home country or at the US Consulate in Canada?

Thanks,
FS
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Hi FS
I already answered this in my previous message. I said: "I can only assume that being in Canada as a PR, having a steady job and income would be a lot easier to get the US visa than if you were in the old country especially if your country is a non-visa exempt!"
Also if your wife is not working unless things have changed so much from the time that my wife and I took our first visa to US as Landed in Canada. At that time she was also not working but because I had a good income and job and I supplied the Americans with the address where we would stay in the DC area they gave us a 5 year visa right way
They look at family income and reasons that you would return to Canada
 
Fencesitter said:
Do you know how difficult it will be to get a visitor visa considering my wife will not be working? I know this is a Canadian visa forum, but perhaps someone may know about this...

FS
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Your wife has to show the strong and established tie in Canada, such as marriage to a Canadian citizen, bank statement (hers, joint or yours), family presence. Canadian PR does not automatically grant her a visa. In your wife's case, I would say it is not difficult at all.

Although, in general terms, it seems that a new immigrant might want to avoid applying a tourist visa right after landing if possible. S/he needs to have some time to establish those ties in Canada.
 
Diannekate said:
Impaired driving for permanent resident consider serious crime? Tnx
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If over the legal limit (.08, I believe), then yes it is. Serious enough to lose PR and ( likely) have to leave Canada.
 
I got this off a website, don't know if it's reliable or not

No matter how long you have lived in Canada, if you are convicted of a "serious" crime, you could lose your permanent resident status and be deported.
You will not have to leave Canada because of a conviction if you get a pardon for the crime. See Applying for a Pardon.

A crime is "serious" based on the maximum sentence that could be given or the sentence that is given.

A crime is serious if:

The maximum sentence you could get is 10 or more years in prison, even if you get a shorter sentence or no time at all in prison, or
The sentence that you do get is more than six months in prison.
And, the time you spend in prison before your trial might also count as part of your sentence. To find out more about this, get legal advice.
There are many crimes for which you can get 10 years or more in prison. Here are some examples:

Assaulting someone and causing bodily harm,
Making or using a false document,
Stealing a credit card or using a stolen credit card, or
Possessing a weapon for a reason that is dangerous to the public peace.
Your immigration status can also be affected if you are:
Convicted of a criminal offence outside Canada, or
Suspected of criminal activity in or outside Canada.

The law is complicated and it is important to get legal advice if one of these situations might apply to you.
If you are ordered deported, you will not be able to return to Canada for any reason unless:

You get authorization to return from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), which can be difficult to get, and
You pay $1,500 to cover the costs of your removal from Canada unless you paid for your own removal.
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If the person has been charged with impaired driving but not yet convicted, they should do whatever they can to have the charge reduced...which could be quite expensive, but could prevent them from losing life as they know it in Canada.
 
Fencesitter said:
Do you know how difficult it will be to get a visitor visa considering my wife will not be working? I know this is a Canadian visa forum, but perhaps someone may know about this...

FS
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I'm a little confused here. You and your wife live in Canada and have PR and you would like to visit the US .If this is correct you can apply on line and get a visitors visa for the US. My husband who holds a visa exempt passport into Canada and was here visiting was able to apply for a visitors visa to the US. If i am reading this wrong i apologize for the info.
 
Hello, everyone!

If I get a PR, would i be able to marry my male Romanian fiance under the law of same-sex marriage?

Please help, I could not make a decision on applying for immigration for the same reason.

Thanks in advance.

_Dr. Kumar
 
drkbashok said:
Hello, everyone!

If I get a PR, would i be able to marry my male Romanian fiance under the law of same-sex marriage?

Please help, I could not make a decision on applying for immigration for the same reason.

Thanks in advance.

_Dr. Kumar
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You should make your own conversation thread for this question, as it has nothing to do with the question in this topic.

You can marry your same sex partner regardless of your own immigration status.

If you are a PR of Canada and you marry your same sex partner, you can sponsor them for immigration to Canada (unless you yourself were sponsored as somebody else's partner recently).
 
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