Inland Application... what is the process

[goinyard42]

Hello, Please offer some help!


My husband is from the US and I have sent in all of my paperwork to sponsor him as my spouse. We have gathered all of the right paperwork and learned after the fact that sponsoring as an inland applicant takes longer.... We sent the application to Vegreville on March 27, 2010 and have not heard any news on if it has even been received.

Now that I know if we had done it with him living in the states it would have taken 44 days to process in Mississagua (current time as of today). Is there anything that we can do to make it go faster?

Should we cancel our current application and send a new one in as an outland applicant since it has been 5 months and still no word!?

Thanks!

 

[goinyard42]

Also,


When are we supposed to send in the medical exams? We were told this happens after you send the application in and they send you a form in return to take to the certified doctor to get it done.


Thanks

 

[RobsLuv]

OK, first of all, your husband would not have to be living in the States in order to be eligible to apply for PR via the outland process - a person is always eligible to have their application processed through the embassy that represents their country of birth, regardless of where they're living/staying/visiting while the application is in process. Your husband's ability to be in Canada is dependent on the temporary status he was given on entry, and keeping that status valid. Hopefully he was documented on entry to Canada and you included an application to extend his status WITH the inland PR ap. If you didn't, or if he wasn't documented on entry to Canada, you should seriously consider withdrawing the inland ap and reapplying outland. You'll have to pay all new application fees again - at least the $550 in sponsor and applicant fees - but if your husband doesn't have documented temporary status and/or you didn't include an extension ap with the PR ap, you're looking at his application being transferred to your local office from CPC-V and that could delay even the first stage of assessment for a couple of years. In addition, inland applicants are advised not to leave Canada during processing because, if they can't get back into the country, the inland ap is forfeited AND, as well, you forfeit your right (as a sponsor) to appeal a refusal when you apply inland. It really isn't for visa-exempt nationals.

Also, don't compare the processing time of 44 days for CPC-Mississauga to the inland processing time of 12-18 months because CPC-M only assesses the sponsor. After that, if the sponsor is approved, the application is transferred to the overseas visa office for the applicant's assessment. Still, Buffalo is finalizing spousal aps in 4-9 months as opposed to 12-18 months inland.

You will not hear anything from CPC-Vegreville for at least 8-9 months after they received the application. That's when they will open the ap and assess for first stage approval. If first stage approval is granted, then it's another 6-12 months to finalize the PR.

Proof of medical examination is supposed to be included with the PR application - as well as the FBI arrest record. Some types of applications require that the medicals be done after the embassy sends the forms, but the Document checklist for spousal applicants clearly lists proof of medical and criminal examination is to be included with the submission. Too bad they didn't send your application back because of those things missing - it might have saved you $550.

 

[addntox]

These (meds and police certs) are not required to get to AIP. The reason is police certs are valid for 3 months and meds for 12. In my experience they issue aip then an inland file is given a brought forward date and queued for final review. At this time they will send a request for certs and meds sometimes with a time limit so the information will be available at final review. In some instances when all the info was provided up front AIP and final decision on were given at the same time but this is not something that is garunteed to happen. A fair amount of ppl end up having to re do their meds

They won't send the app back for not including them, and they will give AIP without them and you were told right about the meds they will send a form which u give to the dmp that does the medical it'll have all the info they need to tie the medical to ur file pre filled in I wouldn't withdrawl after 5 months another 2-3 and you'll get aip and your spouse can get open work permit, no point starting over now