kollins said:
This is the more reason why Shakira said it might be impossible.
The Medicals he did was a standard procedure for for AVO to be able to grant you permanent resident status since both of you are legally married ........you would be denied unless he did his Medicals.
Like I told you before in my scenario two which you realistically fall into,raise a CSE immediately to Accra and let them know of your intention of making him an accompanying spouse and let them know you're ready to pay all the necessary fees which has been skipped before now.
Realistically,you're meant to have done this few months before your Medicals for it to be much easier.
Just for future purposes for our friends here,if you find yourself in this kind of scenario during submission of your application....maybe express entry,you need not pick non accompanying spouse option.
The non accompanying spouse option is only good if the should are getting set for divorce but don't have documents to support it yet.
Trust me,you will have to go through sponsorship process to bring such spouse in to Canada again which could have been achieved by picking accompanying spouse option.
Please let the house knows how it turns out at the end...
Wishing you the best with AVO .
Cheers.
Dear Kollins
I dont completely agree. The check on non-accompanying spouse is not only good if the couple involved may be getting divorced in the near future. It may be tricky and erroneous to assume that non accompanying spouses may be getting divorced. The essence of non accompanying can be applied to a number of scenarios.
First and foremost we have to appreciate the essence of a PR visa. It implies permanent migration to Canada and you can only maintain this status if you are able to spend a certain cumulative number of years in Canada.
If the spouse is not immediately available to migrate and is unable to spend this required number of years in Canada, it is definitely not advisable to tick the accompanying option as the Visa would be issued and activated upon landing. The implication is that the spouse stands to loose the PR status if he or she is unable to fulfill residency requirements as the Visa will otherwise not be renewed.
Worse still, the spouse may also face difficulties in obtaining a temporary visa afterwards because of his or her records. Reasons being that he or she may have to explain why he or she was turned down at a Canadian Border which you agree may be complicated and require legal representation.
There are several reasons why the Spouse may not be able to immediately accompany the family which is not limited to the following:-
1. Political interests
2. Business concerns
3. Work priority
4. does not intend to reside in Canada permanently e.t.c.
It is therefore preferable to plan to sponsor the non accompanying spouse when he or she eventually intends to permanently migate to Canada. For this purpose there is an in-country application and out of country application.
The in-country application can be made from within Canada. The good news is that Canada has started a pilot program for this cadre of spouses which enables them work in Canada while their application is being processed. It is called the OPEN WORK PERMIT. Please click on this link to read information on this.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?q=177&t=17
