bartjones
Champion Member
- Jan 5, 2013
- 62
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Manila
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 03/08/2013
- Doc's Request.
- 08/27/2013 and 12/20/13 and 07/24/14
- AOR Received.
- 16/03/2013
- File Transfer...
- 04/04/13
- Med's Done....
- 29/01/2013 redone 13/02/14 and 25/03/14
- Interview........
- none
- Passport Req..
- N/A
- VISA ISSUED...
- 2014/08/27
- LANDED..........
- 09/09/2014
I came here with my South Korean wife in May. We applied for PR for her back in March. By the time we landed in Canada I had sponsorship approval but her PR application was still outstanding. I told the customs and immigration official in Vancouver that my wife had an outstanding application for PR and that we were returning to Canada to live permanently. I gave him the PR application file number and told him that I had already been approved to sponsor her. He asked if she had a return ticket to Korea, and I told him that yes, she had a return ticket to fly back, if necessary, within 6 months. He asked to see it. He gave us the standard speech about how, notwithstanding her PR application, she would only be given a 6 month visitor's visa at this point and that, if that expired before her PR application was approved, she would either have to leave the country or apply for an extension of her visitor's visa.
She's since applied for that extension (which can be done online), as it's pretty unlikely that her PR application will be processed before her visitor's visa expires. Once you submit your application for an extension you are given something called "implied status" which means you can remain in the country until they make a decision on your visa extension application. Citizenship and Immigration Canada tell me it takes 2-3 months to process a visa extension application.
I don't think you'll have any problems.
She's since applied for that extension (which can be done online), as it's pretty unlikely that her PR application will be processed before her visitor's visa expires. Once you submit your application for an extension you are given something called "implied status" which means you can remain in the country until they make a decision on your visa extension application. Citizenship and Immigration Canada tell me it takes 2-3 months to process a visa extension application.
I don't think you'll have any problems.