Hi!!
I am a Canadian Resident (landed immigrant in Oct 2010 now living in Vancouver) and my Spanish girlfriend moved with me to Canada on Oct 2010 on a Working Holiday Visa to see if she would be happy living here with me. I am happy to say she likes life here and we have decided recently to go ahead and sponsor her and arrange her Residency in Canada.
Re: Applying for Outland from Inland - We have seen that the waiting period applying outland is MUCH shorter (12 months compared to 24 months inland) and hence we want to go this route.
If we send in all the resident application forms it should take about 45 days to get an answer regarding my eligibility to Sponsor her. Assuming this goes OK, the paperwork will then pass to the CIC offices in Paris where there will be a 9-12 month waiting time.
My doubt is as follow. To AVOID my girlfriend returning to Spain when her visa ends in October 2011, we have thought that she could send a SEPERATE application requesting an extension on her CURRENT Working Holiday Visa AFTER my approval by the CIC as an eligible sponsor. I am not sure if this would be considered a change in visa (from Working Holiday Visa to Open Work Visa) or a simple extension.
The question is - Should we TRY and extend this visa when we send initially in ALL the residency paperwork or is it best to send the application for extension after I am approved as a Sponsor?
I am not sure if the current visa program she is on now allows an extension based on approved spouse sponsorship...
Thanks and we look fwd to any help!!!!
C and R
I am a Canadian Resident (landed immigrant in Oct 2010 now living in Vancouver) and my Spanish girlfriend moved with me to Canada on Oct 2010 on a Working Holiday Visa to see if she would be happy living here with me. I am happy to say she likes life here and we have decided recently to go ahead and sponsor her and arrange her Residency in Canada.
Re: Applying for Outland from Inland - We have seen that the waiting period applying outland is MUCH shorter (12 months compared to 24 months inland) and hence we want to go this route.
If we send in all the resident application forms it should take about 45 days to get an answer regarding my eligibility to Sponsor her. Assuming this goes OK, the paperwork will then pass to the CIC offices in Paris where there will be a 9-12 month waiting time.
My doubt is as follow. To AVOID my girlfriend returning to Spain when her visa ends in October 2011, we have thought that she could send a SEPERATE application requesting an extension on her CURRENT Working Holiday Visa AFTER my approval by the CIC as an eligible sponsor. I am not sure if this would be considered a change in visa (from Working Holiday Visa to Open Work Visa) or a simple extension.
The question is - Should we TRY and extend this visa when we send initially in ALL the residency paperwork or is it best to send the application for extension after I am approved as a Sponsor?
I am not sure if the current visa program she is on now allows an extension based on approved spouse sponsorship...
Thanks and we look fwd to any help!!!!
C and R