Sponsoring my wife

[royduo1]

EDIT: its 28 days + 9 months

My wife is a Chinese national currently studying in Canada. I'm going to sponsor her for permanent residency. I'm still sort of split between doing this inland or outland. It seems to me that it is far more advantageous to apply outland than it is to apply within Canada.


It seems to me that if I apply outland, it would take a grand total of 28 days + 9 days(Beijing, China) to complete "Assessment of Sponsor" and "Assessment of Person Being Sponsored (applicant)". Compared to the 11 months shown on the CIC site, it just seems too good to be true. Can someone who has knowledge of all this lay it out for me?

 

[scylla]

It seems to me that if I apply outland, it would take a grand total of 28 days + 9 days(Beijing, China)

It's 9 months for Beijing. Not 9 days.

 

[royduo1]

That clears things up, I misread it terribly. However, wouldn't that still put outland applications ahead of inland? What are some pros and cons of each?

EDIT: Thanks for replying scylla

EDIT: Since my wife is currently an international student here in Canada, would it be more advisable to apply inland or outland?

 

[Rob_TO]

Since my wife is currently an international student here in Canada, would it be more advisable to apply inland or outland?

No, it's still better to apply outland since it's quicker.

With outland you will often have full PR in less time then it takes for just stage 1 of inland. Also with outland you can come and go from Canada as you want with no worries of having application cancelled. With inland you are supposed to stay within Canada during entire processing time.

For outland you have to maintain status as visitor/student/worker in Canada on your own as there is no implied status. So if her student visa expires before the PR is granted and she can't get new study or visitor status, she would need to return to China to wait out processing.

Also with outland in case an interview is required, it would be in applicant's country of citizenship so would have to travel back there. Although interviews are usually rare unless there are red flags in the application.