Questions about FCS

[rikoa]

Hello there!

My husband and I are going to be sending in our application for him to sponsor me, my permanent residence application, and the open work permit (through the pilot program) this month. I am a US Citizen living with him in Canada under vacation/visitor visa for now. I have some questions first, if we leave Canada while the applications are processing is that ok to do? We might want to go back to the states once or twice to visit my family and friends but actually LIVE in Canada.

Second, my visitor visa is only good for 6 months, so what do I do if that ends and I haven't gotten my work permit yet? Does the work permit give me permission to temporarily live here as well as work? I see the processing times for work permits are about 3 months so hopefully this won't be an issue, if the work permit will be all i need until the sponsorship & permanent residence application go through. I just wanted to make sure that I didn't have to renew some sort of temp residence visa since US Citizens don't need the travel authorization and all that.

Thanks in advance folks.

 

[Gary_87]

Hello there!

My husband and I are going to be sending in our application for him to sponsor me, my permanent residence application, and the open work permit (through the pilot program) this month. I am a US Citizen living with him in Canada under vacation/visitor visa for now. I have some questions first, if we leave Canada while the applications are processing is that ok to do? We might want to go back to the states once or twice to visit my family and friends but actually LIVE in Canada.

Second, my visitor visa is only good for 6 months, so what do I do if that ends and I haven't gotten my work permit yet? Does the work permit give me permission to temporarily live here as well as work? I see the processing times for work permits are about 3 months so hopefully this won't be an issue, if the work permit will be all i need until the sponsorship & permanent residence application go through. I just wanted to make sure that I didn't have to renew some sort of temp residence visa since US Citizens don't need the travel authorization and all that.

Thanks in advance folks.

If your visitor visa expires before the work permit is granted you can apply for an extension.

If youre applying inland (which it sounds like youre considering) you can leave the country but it is advised against, because if you have any difficulty at thw border gettinf back in to canada your entire application is toast.

You should seriously be considering applying outland. You can still be resident in canada as a tourist for this but your application is processed out of canada or in ottawa.

This goes mich quocker. Americans are reporting getting decision made qithin 1.5-2 months theough ottawa at the moment vs the gauranteed 24 month inland processing time.