Inland vs. Outland, US spouse living in Canada with a WP

[hyoliyuli]

Hi everyone,
I truly apologize if the same question was asked previously but I could not find the right thread.

I am a Canadian citizen and my husband is a US citizen. We both live in Canada currently. My husband is in Canada with a work permit (expires Jan 2027). We are starting the spousal PR process. I assumed we are doing the inland (in canada class) route but I got worried reading about inability to travel, the longer processing time (worried that WP will expire), and that inland applications have no way to appeal.

With our situation, though we are clearly living in Canada and working already, is outland application more advantageous in that we can freely travel (leisure, conferences, etc) and that we would have a way to appeal if somehow became an issue? Does the outland application require a PR interview or something like that outside of Canada? I just want to know which route is best for us.

I am awaiting on some consultations but also wanted to post it here.

Thank you so much

 

[armoured]

Go ahead and do outland. Yes, the advantages of inland are minor, esp in your case. Technically they could ask him to do interview outside Canada, but those are pretty rare (and I'd guess vanishingly small likelihood in his case).

For some access to healthcare/insurance can be an issue (presumably he has already on work permit), and for those out of status there's a specific public policy that could be important.

Neither apply to his case so don't bother with inland. IMO.

Personally I have my doubts that the inland timeline of 28 months is correct (I guess a technicality of how they count). But still - no reason of import to try it anyway.

 

[Whatever1]

Go ahead and do outland. Yes, the advantages of inland are minor, esp in your case. Technically they could ask him to do interview outside Canada, but those are pretty rare (and I'd guess vanishingly small likelihood in his case).

For some access to healthcare/insurance can be an issue (presumably he has already on work permit), and for those out of status there's a specific public policy that could be important.

Neither apply to his case so don't bother with inland. IMO.

Personally I have my doubts that the inland timeline of 28 months is correct (I guess a technicality of how they count). But still - no reason of import to try it anyway.

getting WP is not an issue while applying outland living in Canada, right?(family class living in Canada)

 

[canuck78]

getting WP is not an issue while applying outland living in Canada, right?(family class living in Canada)

No issue.