seoulcanada said:
1. Once she is in Canada, we want to go to the USA for a two month vacation. She is worried that if she goes to the US, she will be denied entry back into Canada on another visitors visa. I think there isn't anything wrong with what we are doing....she can get visitor visas in both countries....however, she says that she has read/heard that travelling to the states is dangerous on a Canadian visitor visa because many people have been denied entry back into Canada and refused a new visitors visa. I asked for the reason and she isn't sure.
My wife was here on a study permit and we traveled to the USA and back twice with no issues. Sorry though I'm not sure if any potential issues with just visitor status, but I imagine it's pretty common for people visiting Canada to include USA on their travel itinerary.
My gf has previously been living in Canada for two years on a student visa, then a working visa, then another student visa. Then she went back to Korea for a few months.
I would be extra cautious when she tries to come here in Dec for a new visitors status. A good friend of mine (Korean citizen) was staying in Canada on various work, study and visitor permits for around 3-4 years. They went back to Korea for a short trip, and when trying to re-enter Canada with a new study permit (for an ESL school) got denied entry. Immigration said they were basically just trying to live in Canada by any means possible, so had to return back to Korea the next day and are barred from entering Canada for a year. Apparently they are much more suspicious of people that have been here on multiple study permits for just an ESL school, and are way more easier/lenient if it's for an actual college/university level study permit.
Not saying this will happen with your wife, but I would bring extra evidence to make sure. Immigration will see a study, work, study, and now visitor status being asked for... so there is potential for an issue. Make sure she has a return airplane ticket dated for less than 6 months later, and bring any other proof that shows ties to Korea (like bank statement).
2. Let's ignore the vacation in 1 and pretend we never went anywhere. If she is in Canada on a visitors visa and I submit my application to sponsor her, can someone please explain (like I'm 5 years old) what we can do to allow her to stay until we receive a decision? I've heard of TRV and extended TRV but I'm unsure how it actually works. Please explain like I'm 5!
The only sure way is to apply inland. If your submit an inland PR app along with OWP app while your wife is in Canada, she gets implied visitor status and can remain in Canada during the entire processing time. The bad part is that for inland that means around 11 months for stage 1 (at which point you get an open work permit) and 8 more months for stage 2... so 19 months total that she should stay only in Canada and not leave for any reason.
If you apply outland through Manila office, she needs to maintain her visitor status separate from the PR app. Typically you get 6 months on a visit, and get a fresh 6 months either by exiting/re-entering Canada, or by applying to extend your visitor status. Extension of visitor status is never guaranteed, so if for any reason it was denied then she would need to return to Korea to wait out the processing. Some people simply tell CIC that they have an outland application in process and show proof of this, and just say they want to remain in Canada until it's approved.... and are accepted no problem for the extension.
