Spousal Sponsorship Question

[beatitboss]

Hi Guys,

I am new to this forum, so to begin with I'd like to introduce myself and thank you in advance for all the necessary help that I am hopefully gonna obtain.

I am a Canadian citizen having left Canada a long time ago with my parents (I was under age at that time).

I spent many years in France and I am currently living and studying in Melbourne, Australia.

About 6 years ago I met a girl who then became my girlfriend and fiancee almost a year ago now.

We've been in a genuine relationship for a little more than 6 years now and we've been living together for more than 2.

We have bank statements, pictures, rent receipts, Australia immigration paperwork, documentation from university (we go to the same uni in Australia), the same address on our drivers licences, emails, letters, our families now each other, my fiancee met my mom on many occasions, my mom even sends her birthday cards, gifs, calls her etc.

Hence I don't think that proving the existence of our relationship would be a massive problem. On the other had I also know her family, we've met a couple of times etc so as I said previously it should not be a big deal.

HOWEVER,

I am a little bit worried about a few things:

1) How should I prove my intentions to move back to Canada so that it can be accepted by CIC. I am looking forward to moving somewhere to the GTA, ON with the aim of working or completing a masters degree first and then work. However my family won't be relocating to Canada and I will be there on my own with my fiancee and nobody in Canada will be in position to certify that we are genuinely moving there except my godmother who lives in Quebec.

2) How much money should I have in order to be considered as wealthy-enough to be able to support myself and my fiancee. Please note that she's willing to work in Canada as soon as possible. She speaks both French and English. French is her mother tongue and she learned English as a kid so there won't be any language issue. However I was wondering how much cash would we need as we aren't making loads of money now because we are full time students and we cannot work long enough to get a decent pay cheque and as you can imagine I don't want the application to be refused just because of insufficient funds.

3) How long will we have to settle in Canada after our application is approved and my fiancee becomes resident? I know that some countries give 3-4 moths to organize the moving but I could hardly find anything about Canada. At the same time I'd like to know what is the usual duration of PR issued to a newcomer? 3-5 years?

Sorry for making it so long and complex but otherwise it would not make sense.

Thanks a lot!! ;D

 

[zardoz]

Hi Guys,

I am new to this forum, so to begin with I'd like to introduce myself and thank you in advance for all the necessary help that I am hopefully gonna obtain.

I am a Canadian citizen having left Canada a long time ago with my parents (I was under age at that time).

I spent many years in France and I am currently living and studying in Melbourne, Australia.

About 6 years ago I met a girl who then became my girlfriend and fiancee almost a year ago now.

We've been in a genuine relationship for a little more than 6 years now and we've been living together for more than 2.

We have bank statements, pictures, rent receipts, Australia immigration paperwork, documentation from university (we go to the same uni in Australia), the same address on our drivers licences, emails, letters, our families now each other, my fiancee met my mom on many occasions, my mom even sends her birthday cards, gifs, calls her etc.

Hence I don't think that proving the existence of our relationship would be a massive problem. On the other had I also know her family, we've met a couple of times etc so as I said previously it should not be a big deal.

HOWEVER,

I am a little bit worried about a few things:

1) How should I prove my intentions to move back to Canada so that it can be accepted by CIC. I am looking forward to moving somewhere to the GTA, ON with the aim of working or completing a masters degree first and then work. However my family won't be relocating to Canada and I will be there on my own with my fiancee and nobody in Canada will be in position to certify that we are genuinely moving there except my godmother who lives in Quebec.

2) How much money should I have in order to be considered as wealthy-enough to be able to support myself and my fiancee. Please note that she's willing to work in Canada as soon as possible. She speaks both French and English. French is her mother tongue and she learned English as a kid so there won't be any language issue. However I was wondering how much cash would we need as we aren't making loads of money now because we are full time students and we cannot work long enough to get a decent pay cheque and as you can imagine I don't want the application to be refused just because of insufficient funds.

3) How long will we have to settle in Canada after our application is approved and my fiancee becomes resident? I know that some countries give 3-4 moths to organize the moving but I could hardly find anything about Canada. At the same time I'd like to know what is the usual duration of PR issued to a newcomer? 3-5 years?

Sorry for making it so long and complex but otherwise it would not make sense.

Thanks a lot!! ;D

1) The best thing that you can do is show that you have researched your return, looked into employment, housing, schools (if appropriate) and any other activities that might be expected of someone preparing to immigrate. If you have friends/family in Canada, ask them for letters of support, especially firm offers of accommodation after you return. it's all a bit empirical.

2) There is no fixed financial proof required. The document check list and the form ask for evidence that you are capable of being employed and that you are not currently on welfare etc. Just do your best. Local tax records help.

3) You will have from a few days to almost a year for your partner to "land", depending on the exact timing of medical examination expiry and/or passport expiry. This is unique to every case... So, we really cannot tell you. Your partner CAN go to Canada, "land" as a immigrant and then return home to settle affairs.
As you are a Canadian citizen, there is no limit on how long this may take, as long as you are "accompanying" your partner outside Canada.

 

[beatitboss]

1) The best thing that you can do is show that you have researched your return, looked into employment, housing, schools (if appropriate) and any other activities that might be expected of someone preparing to immigrate. If you have friends/family in Canada, ask them for letters of support, especially firm offers of accommodation after you return. it's all a bit empirical.

2) There is no fixed financial proof required. The document check list and the form ask for evidence that you are capable of being employed and that you are not currently on welfare etc. Just do your best. Local tax records help.

3) You will have from a few days to almost a year for your partner to "land", depending on the exact timing of medical examination expiry and/or passport expiry. This is unique to every case... So, we really cannot tell you. Your partner CAN go to Canada, "land" as a immigrant and then return home to settle affairs.
As you are a Canadian citizen, there is no limit on how long this may take, as long as you are "accompanying" your partner outside Canada.

Hi Mate,

thank you very much for all the info that you shared with me! It truly helps and clarifies all the ambiguous aspects of the procedure!

that’s perfect as I am naturally going to look for a place to stay, I will be arranging a bank account, probably send some money over there in order to start everything smoothly.

So, just to reiterate; what I basically need to do, is that I need to show ‘all the usual’ stuff that a person moving back to the country would do, right?

Well, I will have a degree in economics by then, some work experience, I know both official languages to the extent that I can fully operate in both of them in a working environment and I will be applying for jobs. Otherwise I’ve never taken advantage of any benefits so it should not be a problem either. Furthermore while being in Australia, I am not even allowed to apply for any government assistance since I am not a citizen and most likely I won’t be one as we’ll leave Australia before being able to apply.

Otherwise that’s very good news because I know that France for example requires you to have at least the equivalent of 6 moths worth of the minimal legal wage before you can land. Though I was getting a little worried hence I could not find such info on the CIC website! But thanks for reassuring me!!

I know that her passport will expire in 10 years as she just applied for a new one so that should not be an issue.

Actually how does the medical check work? Does it mean that she needs to complete a medical after she’s granted PR and the validity of the medical sets a deadline to “land”?

Well, I guess that we’ll do our best to close everything down in Australia before leaving because as you can imagine the airfare is expensive and it takes a lot of time to get down here plus jetlag is quite bad after the trip.

At the same time, could you possibly tell how long does the CIC issues PRs for? I mean how long will my fiancee’s PR be valid for after she gets one?

I remember meeting a guy a couple of years back in Montreal, his wife was sponsored and she got it for 3 years as far as I remember.

Cheers,

 

[zardoz]

Yes, all the usual stuff

The medical examination should normally be taken before submitting your application. In any case, it must be done before they will make a positive decision.

PR status is "permanent" until she either 1) renounces it, 2) has it revoked, 3) becomes a citizen, or 4) dies.

 

[beatitboss]

Yes, all the usual stuff

The medical examination should normally be taken before submitting your application. In any case, it must be done before they will make a positive decision.

PR status is "permanent" until she either 1) renounces it, 2) has it revoked, 3) becomes a citizen, or 4) dies.

Hi Mate,

Thats perfect, thank you very much, you don't even know how much you helped us now!

I was used to the French philosophy where they issue PRs for a limited period of time and for some reason I thought it was gonna be the same here!

Once again thank you very much guys and I will keep you posted as we go ahead with the procedure!

Cheers,