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victorjorge said:
:( well that sucks. how long can she remain in canada as a tourist? cant they consider her to stay in canada until she gets approved as im sponsoring her anyways?

What nationality?

If she needs a TRV and is able to get one, she can come to Canada as a visitor and extend her stay as needed. However, TRVs are very difficult to get when a person has a PR spouse in Canada and a sponsorship app submitted. She would need to show extensive and strong ties to her home country.

If she doesn't need a TRV, then she can come to Canada as a visitor and extend her stay as needed.
 
canuck_in_uk said:
What nationality?

If she needs a TRV and is able to get one, she can come to Canada as a visitor and extend her stay as needed. However, TRVs are very difficult to get when a person has a PR spouse in Canada and a sponsorship app submitted. She would need to show extensive and strong ties to her home country.

If she doesn't need a TRV, then she can come to Canada as a visitor and extend her stay as needed.

she is a filipina. cant she just extend her visit as im sponsoring her? is that not a valid reasion? i looked it up and it says its one of the reason she can extend her visit.
 
victorjorge said:
she is a filipina. cant she just extend her visit as im sponsoring her? is that not a valid reasion? i looked it up and it says its one of the reason she can extend her visit.

As I said in my previous post, yes, she can extend her stay as a visitor in Canada. The issue is getting the TRV to actually come to Canada..
 
victorjorge said:
she is a filipina. cant she just extend her visit as im sponsoring her? is that not a valid reasion? i looked it up and it says its one of the reason she can extend her visit.
The odds of a visa are very slim. Not impossible but you will have to do a lot of research and present a very strong application for a visitor visa.
 
canuck_in_uk said:
As I said in my previous post, yes, she can extend her stay as a visitor in Canada. The issue is getting the TRV to actually come to Canada..

right... ive been noticing a lot of posts regarding the difficulty in getting that. why is that so? what makes it so difficult? that is just the "tourist visa" for canada right?
 
victorjorge said:
right... ive been noticing a lot of posts regarding the difficulty in getting that. why is that so? what makes it so difficult? that is just the "tourist visa" for canada right?

In order to be approved for a TRV to Canada, a person must show that they have stronger ties to their home country than they do to Canada and therefore won't overstay. When a person has a Canadian citizen or PR spouse living in Canada, CIC generally considers that to be a stronger tie than any a person can show for their home country. This makes the person an overstay risk.