Help: Inland vs. Outland

[alyspads]

Hello everyone,

I am sponsorig my common law partner (for PR) and we are trying to decided what would be better; inland or outland application.

My common law partner was previously on a work permit but now has expired. He returned to his native land (ITALY) for a month but now is back in Canada on a visitor visa which will be valid till Feb, 2015.
He would like to work ASAP.

Would it be better for us to:
a. file for inland application, which we realize will take much longer but he will be valid for open work permit once the first step has been approved in principle ( 13 moths..)

or

b. file for outland application, knowing it will take almost half the time but he will not be eligible to work.

Also, would he be able to leave the country with either option?

Thank you in advance for your advice.

 

[rhcohen2014]

Hello everyone,

I am sponsorig my common law partner (for PR) and we are trying to decided what would be better; inland or outland application.

My common law partner was previously on a work permit but now has expired. He returned to his native land (ITALY) for a month but now is back in Canada on a visitor visa which will be valid till Feb, 2015.
He would like to work ASAP.

Would it be better for us to:
a. file for inland application, which we realize will take much longer but he will be valid for open work permit once the first step has been approved in principle ( 13 moths..)

or

b. file for outland application, knowing it will take almost half the time but he will not be eligible to work.

Also, would he be able to leave the country with either option?

Thank you in advance for your advice.

ok, so let's think about this clearly... for outland you just said... " knowing it will take almost half the time but he will not be eligible to work.". Now what that means, is that he will become pr AND be eligible to work as a PR in HALF the time as inland, which is currently taking 13-14 months to issue OWP for applicants. sooooo....do you NOT want your spouse to be approved and able to work in less than 13-14 months? If so, then apply inland. if someone is VISA EXEMPT (Which i think Italy is?), then there is absolutely NO reason to apply inland solely based on needing to work. For visa offices that have processing times less than 13ish months, an applicant can be landed AND be ready to work sooner than applying inland.

As for leaving Canada during the process - Outland gives someone the right to travel freely. Inland - while there's no rule against leaving canada, the risk is being denied entry back into canada. If entry is denied, then the inland application is cancelled. It's very rare for a PR applicant to be denied entry at the border, though there is always the risk.

Again, if you are visa exempt, there is no reason to apply inland...

 

[michminn]

ok, so let's think about this clearly... for outland you just said... " knowing it will take almost half the time but he will not be eligible to work.". Now what that means, is that he will become pr AND be eligible to work as a PR in HALF the time as inland, which is currently taking 13-14 months to issue OWP for applicants. sooooo....do you NOT want your spouse to be approved and able to work in less than 13-14 months? If so, then apply inland. if someone is VISA EXEMPT (Which i think Italy is?), then there is absolutely NO reason to apply inland solely based on needing to work. For visa offices that have processing times less than 13ish months, an applicant can be landed AND be ready to work sooner than applying inland.

As for leaving Canada during the process - Outland gives someone the right to travel freely. Inland - while there's no rule against leaving canada, the risk is being denied entry back into canada. If entry is denied, then the inland application is cancelled. It's very rare for a PR applicant to be denied entry at the border, though there is always the risk.

Again, if you are visa exempt, there is no reason to apply inland...

+1