How to extend visit visa when Entered in Canada on Visa Exempt Passport

[Canada_soon2014]

Hi All,

I will be bringing my son into Canada on his visa exempt passport.
Once I renew my PR after a 1.5 years (after getting my RO's in order), I will apply for his PR/Sponsorship.
Meanwhile I will need to keep my son in Canada on visit visa, can someone please confirm how can I extended his visitors visa until his PR is sorted???

All your help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bs65]

Hi All,

I will be bringing my son into Canada on his visa exempt passport.
Once I renew my PR after a 1.5 years (after getting my RO's in order), I will apply for his PR/Sponsorship.
Meanwhile I will need to keep my son in Canada on visit visa, can someone please confirm how can I extended his visitors visa until his PR is sorted???

All your help will be greatly appreciated.

maybe look here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp

 

[Canada_soon2014]

Thanks.

Anyone has any experience, what is a more easier way for extension

1- Re-enter land border and get 6 months default visa?
or
2- Apply online application?

 

[fkl]

Thanks.

Anyone has any experience, what is a more easier way for extension

1- Re-enter land border and get 6 months default visa?
or
2- Apply online application?

You don't need to reenter. Just apply online for extension.

Once you have a PR application in process that was submitted inside Canada and it is passed very initial completeness check, you are eligible for open work permit / TRV if required for the period until you get the PR process completed.

This is similar to the case of people who for example are here on work permit, apply for PR, then when their WP is about to expire, but their PR is in process, they can get open work permit for that (called Bridging open work permit).

Note that certain conditions have to be met, like the PR application has to be submitted in land (inside Canada) and his status has to be legal at that point in time. I am a bit uncertain about the scenario of some one who is from a visa exempt country. But it has to be either of the two - he could apply for temp stay i.e. TRV with visitor record or if older enough, an open work permit

 

[canuck_in_uk]

2- Apply online application?

Applying online is the better option.

You don't need to reenter. Just apply online for extension.

Once you have a PR application in process that was submitted inside Canada and it is passed very initial completeness check, you are eligible for open work permit / TRV if required for the period until you get the PR process completed.

This is similar to the case of people who for example are here on work permit, apply for PR, then when their WP is about to expire, but their PR is in process, they can get open work permit for that (called Bridging open work permit).

Note that certain conditions have to be met, like the PR application has to be submitted in land (inside Canada) and his status has to be legal at that point in time. I am a bit uncertain about the scenario of some one who is from a visa exempt country. But it has to be either of the two - he could apply for temp stay i.e. TRV with visitor record or if older enough, an open work permit

What are you on about??? OP is a PR that is going to be sponsoring his child. There is no inland option for dependent child sponsorship and most definitely no OWP for the child...

 

[Canada_soon2014]

Applying online is the better option.

Thanks..Is there any way I can apply for a 1 year or 2 year visit visa instead renewing my child visa after every 6 months?
Bear in mind I need to keep renewing my child's visit visa until my RO's becomes in order, and I can sponsor my child

 

[Bs65]

Thanks..Is there any way I can apply for a 1 year or 2 year visit visa instead renewing my child visa after every 6 months?
Bear in mind I need to keep renewing my child's visit visa until my RO's becomes in order, and I can sponsor my child

I think maybe people are misunderstanding your stattemnt to get RO 1.5 years in order. Do you mean you need to reset RO for another 1.5 years which is why you are hesitant in applying for the childs PR or an online extension to the visit visa in case your RO is flagged ?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks..Is there any way I can apply for a 1 year or 2 year visit visa instead renewing my child visa after every 6 months?
Bear in mind I need to keep renewing my child's visit visa until my RO's becomes in order, and I can sponsor my child

I wouldn't suggest asking for longer. What will you give as the reason? You don't want to state that you can't sponsor the child because you don't meet the RO.

I think maybe people are misunderstanding your stattemnt to get RO 1.5 years in order. Do you mean you need to reset RO for another 1.5 years which is why you are hesitant in applying for the childs PR or an online extension to the visit visa in case your RO is flagged ?

OP doesn't meet the RO and needs to spend another 1.5 years in Canada to meet it and be able to sponsor the child.

 

[fkl]

Applying online is the better option.


What are you on about??? OP is a PR that is going to be sponsoring his child. There is no inland option for dependent child sponsorship and most definitely no OWP for the child...

Ah... I didn't know that. Thanks for correcting me. Looking at the reference I only see that in land application procedure exists for dependent spouse
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/spouse.asp

This definitely looks implicit that this cannot be done for a child, but I was wondering if there is any formal reference explicitly stating so?

I certainly have had seen cases of spouse doing so (and assumed its implicitly same for a child).

Of course not meeting the residency obligation is a different story and of course one cannot use PR as a basis of sponsorship (or extension of child's status) unless that is complete.