Dear forum members,
Hoping you could share your recent knowledge or/and expertise.
My fiancee and I are trying to determine the Pros and Cons between inland vs outland spousal sponsorship. I knew that the timelines and process has changed since December 2016 but I am still finding a lot of different information in this forum and other immigration consultant webpages that confuse me I would like to pose these question, in hopes your expertise will help me and other people on the same boat.
1) As per IRCC/CIC website, I am understanding that the speed of start-to-finish of the application inland or outland is now the SAME. Is that correct? In the past, it used to be two stages, but is inland/outland now take the same time (within 12 months for 80% of applications)?
2) I understand that in order to apply in-land, the sponsored person needs to be in Canada. If my spouse-to-be is visiting Canada for a month, would I be able to have the marriage contract at that time and go ahead with the inland-application + extension of stay + Open Work Permit?
3) Does an in-land applicant waiting for the process to end get any medical coverage? I reside in Toronto, but cannot find any info that states that there is medical coverage. What happens if the applicant who is waiting for a year ever need to go to the hospital?
4) It is stated that if an in-land applicant travels outside of Canada during the time of process, their application will have to be forsaken if they can't re-enter Canada. But if that inland applicant has the work permit and visa in their passport after the extension, is there any other logical reason such risk should be heavily weighted?
Thank you all, I appreciate your help!
Hoping you could share your recent knowledge or/and expertise.
My fiancee and I are trying to determine the Pros and Cons between inland vs outland spousal sponsorship. I knew that the timelines and process has changed since December 2016 but I am still finding a lot of different information in this forum and other immigration consultant webpages that confuse me I would like to pose these question, in hopes your expertise will help me and other people on the same boat.
1) As per IRCC/CIC website, I am understanding that the speed of start-to-finish of the application inland or outland is now the SAME. Is that correct? In the past, it used to be two stages, but is inland/outland now take the same time (within 12 months for 80% of applications)?
2) I understand that in order to apply in-land, the sponsored person needs to be in Canada. If my spouse-to-be is visiting Canada for a month, would I be able to have the marriage contract at that time and go ahead with the inland-application + extension of stay + Open Work Permit?
3) Does an in-land applicant waiting for the process to end get any medical coverage? I reside in Toronto, but cannot find any info that states that there is medical coverage. What happens if the applicant who is waiting for a year ever need to go to the hospital?
4) It is stated that if an in-land applicant travels outside of Canada during the time of process, their application will have to be forsaken if they can't re-enter Canada. But if that inland applicant has the work permit and visa in their passport after the extension, is there any other logical reason such risk should be heavily weighted?
Thank you all, I appreciate your help!
