Sponsoring my Korean wife for permanent residency

[bartjones]

I submitted an application to extend my wife's visitor's visa yesterday, since it doesn't look like her PR application will be processed before November. It was pretty painless. One form and a few docs. I asked them to extend it for a year. Hopefully it all goes through. I'll let you all know how it develops.

 

[Korea2Canada]

I submitted an application to extend my wife's visitor's visa yesterday, since it doesn't look like her PR application will be processed before November. It was pretty painless. One form and a few docs. I asked them to extend it for a year. Hopefully it all goes through. I'll let you all know how it develops.

Cool.

 

[DGT]

If you're lucky enough to get your PR before the visitor extension is finished, you might get a refund of the fee like I did!

 

[Daantaat]

I submitted an application to extend my wife's visitor's visa yesterday, since it doesn't look like her PR application will be processed before November. It was pretty painless. One form and a few docs. I asked them to extend it for a year. Hopefully it all goes through. I'll let you all know how it develops.

Just curious, which documents did they request?

 

[bartjones]

If you're lucky enough to get your PR before the visitor extension is finished, you might get a refund of the fee like I did!

That would be great, but I'm not holding my breath, lol.

Just curious, which documents did they request?

Documents were

1. Completed Application Form (IMM5708)
2. Fees Receipt
3. Photocopy of Marriage Certificate
4. Photocopy of her passport and all marked pages
5. Photocopy of her return ticket
6. Photocopy of our most recent Canadian bank statement showing we have enough money to get by if the extension is granted.

I did it by mail, as I'm not in much of a hurry to get this completed. Under CIC rules once the application is filed you have something called "implied status" that allows you to remain in Canada until your Application to Extend has been processed.

 

[CanNZ]

Hey guys,

Got an email from CIC yesterday telling me that I was rejected.














joke!!!! I was approved and my wife's file has been transfered to Manila for processing.


One question though, have any of you guys looked into transfering your money from your Korean bank account to your Canadian one? I have started looking into that and we are considering opening a KEB bank account here, but wondering if it is worth all that hassle.

 

[bartjones]

Hey guys,

Got an email from CIC yesterday telling me that I was rejected.







joke!!!! I was approved and my wife's file has been transfered to Manila for processing.


One question though, have any of you guys looked into transfering your money from your Korean bank account to your Canadian one? I have started looking into that and we are considering opening a KEB bank account here, but wondering if it is worth all that hassle.

Congrats on getting your approval. How much money are you talking about transferring? Are we talking thousands, tens of thousands? The KB bank I dealt with in Korea always told me that as a foreigner there were limits on how much I could transfer out of the country but my wife could transfer as much as she liked. So when I had to send money to Canada I just had her do it.

 

[over_jj]

One question though, have any of you guys looked into transfering your money from your Korean bank account to your Canadian one? I have started looking into that and we are considering opening a KEB bank account here, but wondering if it is worth all that hassle.

Hi,

I used to be an international student, so my parents had to send my tuition from Korea to Canada. I tried several different ways to transfer money to Canada.

So if you open a KEB (Korean Exchange Bank) account in Korean, it doesn't mean you can control your money in Canada like you do in Korea though KEB Canada because as far as I know, Korea has some politic policys to control foreign currency flow (US dollars and everything).

You might be limited to withdraw your money through KEB Canada.

For example: I had KEB Korea account way before I came to Canada. I wanted to get some money for my tuition from KEB Korea account in Canada. I had to apply for "Global Account"?? something like that which allows me to access to my account and money anywhere KEB. However, since my status was student, I was able to withdraw only up to CAN$3,000 or something.

So what I suggest is,
1. Talk to KEB staff in Korea. If they have changed some plan or global account plan.
2. Transfer money to regular Canadian bank. This would take lots of commission fee.

Just one thing I wanted to say was KEB Canada is not the one of regular branch of KEB Korea.

 

[bartjones]

So what I suggest is,
1. Talk to KEB staff in Korea. If they have changed some plan or global account plan.
2. Transfer money to regular Canadian bank. This would take lots of commission fee.

Just one thing I wanted to say was KEB Canada is not the one of regular branch of KEB Korea.

This is good advice. What I found over the years in Korea was that different branches and even different employees within the same branch had different policies on the question of foreign wire transfers. It all seemed to depend on who you were talking to on any given day. And you are correct, it's much easier to just transfer from a Korean bank to a Canadian account. Mine always went from my KB account to an account I had at RBC. If I remember correctly KB charged 20,000 won to do the transfer and RBC charged $15 to receive it.

 

[over_jj]

This is good advice. What I found over the years in Korea was that different branches and even different employees within the same branch had different policies on the question of foreign wire transfers. It all seemed to depend on who you were talking to on any given day. And you are correct, it's much easier to just transfer from a Korean bank to a Canadian account. Mine always went from my KB account to an account I had at RBC. If I remember correctly KB charged 20,000 won to do the transfer and RBC charged $15 to receive it.

They should have one policy, but you would get correct answer or not it depends how much the staff is knowledgeable to the policy.
KEB is no better than KB. They are about the same. You can explore different banks to check how much they charge on international wire transfer.

Check out what Woori Bank has.

 

[amjad1002]

why you not bring with you is there any proble?

 

[bartjones]

why you not bring with you is there any proble?

Yes. If you're carrying more than $10,000, you have to declare it to CBSA when you enter Canada and then have a good explanation as to why you have that much cash on you.

 

[CanNZ]

Congrats on getting your approval. How much money are you talking about transferring? Are we talking thousands, tens of thousands? The KB bank I dealt with in Korea always told me that as a foreigner there were limits on how much I could transfer out of the country but my wife could transfer as much as she liked. So when I had to send money to Canada I just had her do it.

When you moved back to Canada, did you send it to a KEB account in Canada? If so, have you had any issues with withdrawling the money, like the other poster is talking about? I know how Korea 'works' in regards to getting many different answers to the same question, just trying to figure out what's the best course of action to take here.

 

[bartjones]

When you moved back to Canada, did you send it to a KEB account in Canada? If so, have you had any issues with withdrawling the money, like the other poster is talking about? I know how Korea 'works' in regards to getting many different answers to the same question, just trying to figure out what's the best course of action to take here.

No, I transferred it from my KB account in Korea to a Royal Bank of Canada account I had in Canada. No issues withdrawing it here, but the amounts I transferred were relatively small (i.e. less than $10,000). You may face a different scenario if you're trying to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars from selling your home in Korea, for example. Hence the need to go to your bank and find out what their procedure is.

 

[Korea2Canada]

Hey guys,

Got an email from CIC yesterday telling me that I was rejected.














joke!!!! I was approved and my wife's file has been transfered to Manila for processing.


One question though, have any of you guys looked into transfering your money from your Korean bank account to your Canadian one? I have started looking into that and we are considering opening a KEB bank account here, but wondering if it is worth all that hassle.

congrats