New Sponsorship Rules: Canada Makes it Even Harder for us!!!

[zardoz]

Of course, the other change is that all spousal inland applications now go to CPC-M and not CPC-V.
No idea if that will make it faster or slower....

 

[Ponga]

The language seems wishy-washy coming from CIC.

Is the sponsor "eligible" by being a person who will/could be found to be eligible according to CIC standards, or is the sponsor "eligible" after he/she is approved as a sponsor?

Exactly! I had a nice, rather lengthy `volleyball-esque' discussion with someone at the CIC Call Centre about this very language.

We all know, based on the minimal requirements, whether or not we are, or have, an eligible sponsor: One that meets the requirements to sponsor.
Once CIC confirms this, they are deemed to be an approved sponsor.

The agent hung up on me.

 

[QuebecOkie]

Okay, Pongo, I can't help it...I literally LOL'd at that one! Hung up on by a CIC agent! That's a new one. I'm strangely proud of you. Doesn't help with the discussion, but helped with my humour about the inconsistencies tonight.

 

[Ponga]

Okay, Pongo, I can't help it...I literally LOL'd at that one! Hung up on by a CIC agent! That's a new one. I'm strangely proud of you. Doesn't help with the discussion, but helped with my humour about the inconsistencies tonight.

Sorry, but I thought it was relative to your discussion, regarding when is a sponsor `eligible'.

Ironically, I was not being combative or argumentative with the agent; just wanted to pick the language apart to hopefully have her at least agree that it's not clearly defined.

Oh well.

 

[hwanlj]

Okay guys, so I have a question..
This is my friend's situation,.
She's on Pgwp (until February this year), and she's getting married to a a Canadian guy in May ...

Knowing that she can't extend her Pgwp, what's her option here?

 

[msbozick]

Of course, the other change is that all spousal inland applications now go to CPC-M and not CPC-V.
No idea if that will make it faster or slower....

wah now I'm wishing I sent my app a month ago! Fingers crossed for nothing crazy to happen to the processing times. ???

 

[zardoz]

Okay guys, so I have a question..
This is my friend's situation,.
She's on Pgwp (until February this year), and she's getting married to a a Canadian guy in May ...

Knowing that she can't extend her Pgwp, what's her option here?

Switch to visitor status, find a job (normal LMO+WP) or leave Canada.

 

[tangent123]

The process has been updated again on Jan 23, 2014. Inbound applicants can now apply for wp extension while PR application is in process and get an implied status. This was confirmed by 2 call agents. The only thing I am not sure is if the PR application process includes the pre-AIP stage.

 

[Alurra71]

The process has been updated again on Jan 23, 2014. Inbound applicants can now apply for wp extension while PR application is in process and get an implied status. This was confirmed by 2 call agents. The only thing I am not sure is if the PR application process includes the pre-AIP stage.

Somehow, I doubt it as the PR Application process itself does not even being until your sponsor has been approved which would mean you would have to receive AIP, which would be exactly where they said it was. You can no longer file the OWP in hopes to use the loophole to extend your WP with implied status pre AIP approval.