Outland spousal sponsorship question

[rarecabbage]

Hi everyone.

I'm Canadian, living in UK with my British husband and 2 children. I've been living out of Canada for 10 years now. I am planning on applying for sponsorship of my husband. We both have been working and share our bills here. We eventually do intend to settle in Canada once he's got his PR, but before we do that we want to have some type of work that will help us settle there and pay for things. We do not intend to get a co-signer.
The current plan is to apply for his PR, once he's got it, and he has entered Canada, to eventually return back to UK, continue applying for jobs, and wrap up our lives here so we can make the final move to Canada. We are doing our research into what roles we can apply for, are taking the steps for it (document verification via EPIC for example), what provinces we can settle in and what our expenses would be there. We can also submit letters from family members who will confirm our intention to settle in Canada.
Would this be enough to submit as proof that I am planning on living in Canada once my husband gets his PR? Would it be a problem if we don't settle right away? Is there anything else you'd suggest we should add in to the application, or should we get the help of an immigration lawyer in this case.

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone.

I'm Canadian, living in UK with my British husband and 2 children. I've been living out of Canada for 10 years now. I am planning on applying for sponsorship of my husband. We both have been working and share our bills here. We eventually do intend to settle in Canada once he's got his PR, but before we do that we want to have some type of work that will help us settle there and pay for things. We do not intend to get a co-signer.
The current plan is to apply for his PR, once he's got it, and he has entered Canada, to eventually return back to UK, continue applying for jobs, and wrap up our lives here so we can make the final move to Canada. We are doing our research into what roles we can apply for, are taking the steps for it (document verification via EPIC for example), what provinces we can settle in and what our expenses would be there. We can also submit letters from family members who will confirm our intention to settle in Canada.
Would this be enough to submit as proof that I am planning on living in Canada once my husband gets his PR? Would it be a problem if we don't settle right away? Is there anything else you'd suggest we should add in to the application, or should we get the help of an immigration lawyer in this case.

The expectation is that you relocate to Canada once PR is approved. Given you have been outside of Canada for a decade, I personally don't think what you've proposed is the way to go. You want to show that you plan to move to Canada and settle here once your husband has PR. If you need more time before you can commit to a move, I would recommend you delay submitting your application.

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone.

I'm Canadian, living in UK with my British husband and 2 children. I've been living out of Canada for 10 years now. I am planning on applying for sponsorship of my husband. We both have been working and share our bills here. We eventually do intend to settle in Canada once he's got his PR, but before we do that we want to have some type of work that will help us settle there and pay for things. We do not intend to get a co-signer.
The current plan is to apply for his PR, once he's got it, and he has entered Canada, to eventually return back to UK, continue applying for jobs, and wrap up our lives here so we can make the final move to Canada. We are doing our research into what roles we can apply for, are taking the steps for it (document verification via EPIC for example), what provinces we can settle in and what our expenses would be there. We can also submit letters from family members who will confirm our intention to settle in Canada.
Would this be enough to submit as proof that I am planning on living in Canada once my husband gets his PR? Would it be a problem if we don't settle right away? Is there anything else you'd suggest we should add in to the application, or should we get the help of an immigration lawyer in this case.

BTW - it's not actually possible to have a cosigner for a spousal sponsorship application.

 

[armoured]

Hi everyone.

I'm Canadian, living in UK with my British husband and 2 children. I've been living out of Canada for 10 years now. I am planning on applying for sponsorship of my husband. We both have been working and share our bills here. We eventually do intend to settle in Canada once he's got his PR, but before we do that we want to have some type of work that will help us settle there and pay for things. We do not intend to get a co-signer.
The current plan is to apply for his PR, once he's got it, and he has entered Canada, to eventually return back to UK, continue applying for jobs, and wrap up our lives here so we can make the final move to Canada. We are doing our research into what roles we can apply for, are taking the steps for it (document verification via EPIC for example), what provinces we can settle in and what our expenses would be there. We can also submit letters from family members who will confirm our intention to settle in Canada.
Would this be enough to submit as proof that I am planning on living in Canada once my husband gets his PR? Would it be a problem if we don't settle right away? Is there anything else you'd suggest we should add in to the application, or should we get the help of an immigration lawyer in this case.

I'm going to mostly agree with @scylla above - but I think there is a little more room in both what you are saying and what the IRCC approach allows. I'm going to approach a bit differently:
-Overall you want, I think, to apply roughly 12 months before you plan to move to Canada. That 'plan' can be somewhat flexible - eg in your case, you're in principle ready to move somewhat earlier if jobs become open, etc (although that may mean not all family at once).
-That plan does not - at this point - necessarily mean putting money down and keeping a place empty, or paying for schooling for your children, etc - adjust this amount of flexibility depending on personal circumstances.
-Yes, it's possible that 12 months won't work for some of those reasons - finishing a school year, plans for summer, etc.
-If 'things happen' and it gets approved a bit faster than you expect etc - no big deal, you do a soft landing and return (somewhat) later. This will affect almost nothing.
-There is some flexibility in the PR status that basically means (for your husband) that if you all get held up until the followoing school year - some things may get a bit inconvenient down the road, but not end of the world. If you move and settle before too long.
-For these and various reason: don't apply if you don't think you're going to move in the next three years, at all. Plan for 12 months. If things move because of the outside world - okay, deal with a delayed move.

For the application purposes this approach works:
-you provide what info you can showing you're preparing to move.
-you continue to plan and prepare. In 3-6 months, you might get info request from IRCC asking for more support (evidence) of your plan to move. You show the progress you made. If you've continued to prepare and have some additional evidence, probably it will be approved with no delays.
-if you weren't serious like your expected move date is still beyond the horizon, you probably have no addl evidence, and it might get refused.