Outland Spousal Sponsorship - Spouse from USA

[VermiciousKnish]

Question,

I am helping with an outland spousal sponsorship for a relative. The husband is Canadian and the wife is US citizen. They just moved back to Canada from the USA. They have one child from their marriage (who will have dual citizenship). I know that the advantage to Outland is that the applicant (wife) can travel freely between US and Canada. I was told that officially, she is not allowed to stay longer than 6 months at a time. Must she go back and forth between US and Canada, and how often? Should she say she is living in the USA and just visiting her husband and child when she crosses the border? Is she technically allowed to live with her husband and child here in Canada while her application is processed even though it is an outland application? Is it not obvious that she is living here with them if she is only crossing back into the USA once every 6 months?

Thanks in advance,
Vk

 

[keesio]

Question,

I am helping with an outland spousal sponsorship for a relative. The husband is Canadian and the wife is US citizen. They just moved back to Canada from the USA. They have one child from their marriage (who will have dual citizenship). I know that the advantage to Outland is that the applicant (wife) can travel freely between US and Canada. I was told that officially, she is not allowed to stay longer than 6 months at a time. Must she go back and forth between US and Canada, and how often? Should she say she is living in the USA and just visiting her husband and child when she crosses the border? Is she technically allowed to live with her husband and child here in Canada while her application is processed even though it is an outland application? Is it not obvious that she is living here with them if she is only crossing back into the USA once every 6 months?

Thanks in advance,
Vk

Before her 6 months is up, she can apply for an extension of her visitor visa from within Canada. If she times it right, she doesn't have to ever leave.

She is not technically allowed to "live' with her husband and child in Canada. But she is allowed to "visit" for 6 months and then extend that visit until her PR comes through.

 

[VermiciousKnish]

Before her 6 months is up, she can apply for an extension of her visitor visa from within Canada. If she times it right, she doesn't have to ever leave.

She is not technically allowed to "live' with her husband and child in Canada. But she is allowed to "visit" for 6 months and then extend that visit until her PR comes through.

She will probably visit her family back in the USA before the 6 months are up. But what should she tell the CBSA agents when she enters back into Canada on each visit? She is visiting her husband and child? What if she travels with them? Can they all go in the same line? Is there anything to be concerned about when entering back into Canada from a US visit?