Hi!
I have just spent some time reading around the boards and read the really helpful Spousal Sponsorship thread at the top of this section but have a few questions.
My wife and I were married in Los Angeles where we were both living at the beginning of July (she is American and I was on a TN Visa). I am now back in Toronto where I am from and we are trying to decide which application to choose. She currently lives in Rhode Island and will be coming up to be with me starting in December while the applications are being processed. She will not be working in Canada and i will be taking care of the both of us, we just do not want to be apart.
From what I gather:
-If we apply from within Canada the processing time is longer and it is not suggested that she leaves the country until she gets her PR.
-If we apply from the US it will be easier for her to travel back an forth and the processing times are shorter.
So at the current moment I am thinking that we apply outland, but have a few questions.
1)Being in Toronto we are very close to the Buffalo office, but i do not see any info if this office has closed due to the strike. Anyone have any information on that? (If Buffalo is out of the question, NY is close by plane if she needs to attend and interview)
2)If she is with me up here, is she only allowed to be here for 6 months?
3)Neither of us have any past criminal records, have never been in another marriage, nor have children. We have mutual friends have photos and proof of of us in our time together, our wedding and we both know and have stayed with each others families. Should this make the process go a little quicker?
4)Is there anything else that should be on my radar if we apply outland and she is visiting with me in Canada during the processing time?
Thank You!
I have just spent some time reading around the boards and read the really helpful Spousal Sponsorship thread at the top of this section but have a few questions.
My wife and I were married in Los Angeles where we were both living at the beginning of July (she is American and I was on a TN Visa). I am now back in Toronto where I am from and we are trying to decide which application to choose. She currently lives in Rhode Island and will be coming up to be with me starting in December while the applications are being processed. She will not be working in Canada and i will be taking care of the both of us, we just do not want to be apart.
From what I gather:
-If we apply from within Canada the processing time is longer and it is not suggested that she leaves the country until she gets her PR.
-If we apply from the US it will be easier for her to travel back an forth and the processing times are shorter.
So at the current moment I am thinking that we apply outland, but have a few questions.
1)Being in Toronto we are very close to the Buffalo office, but i do not see any info if this office has closed due to the strike. Anyone have any information on that? (If Buffalo is out of the question, NY is close by plane if she needs to attend and interview)
2)If she is with me up here, is she only allowed to be here for 6 months?
3)Neither of us have any past criminal records, have never been in another marriage, nor have children. We have mutual friends have photos and proof of of us in our time together, our wedding and we both know and have stayed with each others families. Should this make the process go a little quicker?
4)Is there anything else that should be on my radar if we apply outland and she is visiting with me in Canada during the processing time?
Thank You!
