Good Morning Everyone!
Me and my husband require some advice if anyone has been through this type of situation. My current situation, is that I am an American Citizen married to a Canadian Citizen. We have been married since July 2017 (been together for almost 3 years) and we have been living separated because of work and the current immigration laws at the moment. I work in the USA to support myself, and my husband lives in Ontario to support himself. We wish to take the next step in us living together in Ontario (all legally).
I am putting in my two weeks today for work, and wanting to stay with my husband in Canada for 5 months as a visitor only. I have savings to support myself while up in Canada for those 5 months along with my husbands support. We have never lived together but we want to file the Inland Spousal Sponsorship so that we can live together. We have spoken to an immigration attorney who will help us go over our application and will assess and make sure we have done everything right.
In the application, it asks to provide proof of status while in Canada. I will only be a temporary visitor at the time, and it asks multiple questions about a history of living together, and I am not sure how it would be legal (immigration wise) to answer the questions about living together when we have not? How do other applicants file this? How do I apply for an extension if I do a Port of Entry Automatic Visa?
Our attorney suggested to us the Inland Sponsorship. Told us that our best option is for me to come up as a visitor for 5-6 months, apply for an Open Work Permit, that would grant me Implied Status and I could stay for the length of the Open Work Visa until the PR application is approved. We have no criminal priors or any immigration problems. I have never been refused at the border when I cross to go visit my husband and I have always left when I said I would. I have traveled multiple times in the past two years to visit him but I have never stayed for more than a week. I am a very honest person, and if something does happen in the time I am up there and either my Open Work Permit or my extension as a visitor is denied, I would still leave in the 5 months that I stated I would because we want everything to go smoothly.
Has anyone had an experience like this? Coming to Canada as a visitor and applied for Inland Sponsorship while visiting their spouses?
Me and my husband require some advice if anyone has been through this type of situation. My current situation, is that I am an American Citizen married to a Canadian Citizen. We have been married since July 2017 (been together for almost 3 years) and we have been living separated because of work and the current immigration laws at the moment. I work in the USA to support myself, and my husband lives in Ontario to support himself. We wish to take the next step in us living together in Ontario (all legally).
I am putting in my two weeks today for work, and wanting to stay with my husband in Canada for 5 months as a visitor only. I have savings to support myself while up in Canada for those 5 months along with my husbands support. We have never lived together but we want to file the Inland Spousal Sponsorship so that we can live together. We have spoken to an immigration attorney who will help us go over our application and will assess and make sure we have done everything right.
In the application, it asks to provide proof of status while in Canada. I will only be a temporary visitor at the time, and it asks multiple questions about a history of living together, and I am not sure how it would be legal (immigration wise) to answer the questions about living together when we have not? How do other applicants file this? How do I apply for an extension if I do a Port of Entry Automatic Visa?
Our attorney suggested to us the Inland Sponsorship. Told us that our best option is for me to come up as a visitor for 5-6 months, apply for an Open Work Permit, that would grant me Implied Status and I could stay for the length of the Open Work Visa until the PR application is approved. We have no criminal priors or any immigration problems. I have never been refused at the border when I cross to go visit my husband and I have always left when I said I would. I have traveled multiple times in the past two years to visit him but I have never stayed for more than a week. I am a very honest person, and if something does happen in the time I am up there and either my Open Work Permit or my extension as a visitor is denied, I would still leave in the 5 months that I stated I would because we want everything to go smoothly.
Has anyone had an experience like this? Coming to Canada as a visitor and applied for Inland Sponsorship while visiting their spouses?
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