Help/Advice with outland spousal sponsorship, London office

[Ch1982]

Hi Folks,

New to the forum, what a wealth of information! Fantastic.

My wife (who has Canadian citizenship, but has never lived there) and I are hoping to do an outland sponsorship for permanent residency for me. We currently live in the Scotland, and both have U.K passports. We have been together since August 2009, and got married in September 2012.

We have visited my wifes extended family in Ontario on numerous occasions. They are really keen for us to move over as they think there are great opportunities for us. So much so that they have offered me a job, and a place for us to stay until we find our feet.

When we were over last summer, rightly or wrongly we hired an immigration lawyer in Toronto. It's mainly our fault but we have been pretty slow in getting our information to them, and thus haven't submitted our application yet. The lawyer assures us that the outland sponsorship is going to be the quickest way to get permanent residency.

At the moment we have enough money to survive for about 6 months, we were wondering is it possible to come to Canada, so my wife can look for work whilst the outland application is being processed? Obviously I would have a limit of 6 months on a U.K visitors visa, and would have to come back to the uk when the 6 months is up.

Does anyone know roughly how long the outland sponsorship would take? Are some quicker than others?

My Lawyer tells me I don't need to get a medical right away, and I should wait until they request that I get one, as there are different levels of medicals? So i may be wasting money on something i don't need, is this true?

Should I get my criminal record (clean as far as i know!) check done and submit it with the initial application?

I'm sure i have far more questions, but this is all i can think of at the moment.

I look forward to any information/experiences that you can share with me.

Thanks
Craig

 

[canuck_in_uk]

At the moment we have enough money to survive for about 6 months, we were wondering is it possible to come to Canada, so my wife can look for work whilst the outland application is being processed? Obviously I would have a limit of 6 months on a U.K visitors visa, and would have to come back to the uk when the 6 months is up.

Does anyone know roughly how long the outland sponsorship would take? Are some quicker than others?

My Lawyer tells me I don't need to get a medical right away, and I should wait until they request that I get one, as there are different levels of medicals? So i may be wasting money on something i don't need, is this true?

Should I get my criminal record (clean as far as i know!) check done and submit it with the initial application?

Hi

Yes, you can come to Canada as a visitor with your wife. You can apply to extend your stay without having to return to the UK.

London averages around 8 months. Join the outland London thread and look at the spreadsheet.

Lawyer is an idiot. It should be submitted upfront to avoid a delay in CIC having to request you to complete it and because it is a required "document". There are no "different levels" of medicals for an adult; children and babies have more limited medicals but every single adult immigrating to Canada completes the same medical.

Yes, any required PCCs need to be included in the app.


I suggest you save some money and get rid of the lawyer.

 

[canadianwoman]

Agree with the above. You do not need a visitor visa to visit Canada. You will probably be given 6 months; you can apply to extend your stay about one month before that expires.
You could apply outland while you are still in the UK, or you can apply once you get to Canada. Once you are in Canada you can apply outland or inland; most people suggest outland even if you are here visiting, as it is much faster.

You should submit your medical check and police checks with the application. It is a requirement for outland applications, though some people do do the medical later. However, waiting for it to be requested will add months to your processing time. Waiting is really only reasonable if the processing time for your visa office is more than a year, and the average processing time for UK citizens going through London is less than that.

 

[Ch1982]

Thanks for the info. Will look at the thread you suggested. Booked my medical today, and managed to get an appointment for a chest x-ray the same day. Also applied for my police criminal record check too!