Hello Everyone,
I am new to this forum. I am an American citizen, my husband is a Canadian citizen. We have been together for 2 years now, the entirety of our time together spent with me visiting him in Canada. During that time, I have lived with him in Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. I have of course left each time before my 6-month visitors visa expired. Now, I am on my 3rd visit to Canada, and I would like to submit an Outbound Application for PR from within Canada, preferably without having to leave until a decision has been met on my application.
That being said, there are a few slightly convoluted (or at least, I assume 'outside-the-norm') aspects of our particular situation that I would greatly appreciate specific guidance on:
. My 6-month visitor's visa will expire on March 26, 2013. I am aware that in order to extend my visitor's visa, I have to apply for said extension at least 30 days in-advance of my required departure date in-order to have it approved. That being said, I would like to know, a.) if I file my outbound PR application before March 26th, will I be able to stay until a decision is reached or an interview is required in the US, under "implied status", or does that only apply in the case of an Inbound PR application?, and b.) if I am unable to send out my PR application before Feb 26th (30 days prior to the expiration of my current visitor's visa), will I still be able to have a visitor's visa extension approved in lieu of a pending PR application at that time? (Perhaps by explaining that I will be filing within the next month?)
. a.) Will both my husband and I require a FBI background check, or only me? b.) Given the amount of time that FBI checks can sometimes take to receive, is it possible in the case of an Outbound PR application to send the FBI check(s) as I receive them, but subsequent to mailing the majority of the PR application? Obviously I would send it the moment I would receive it, and I could also include a note in my initial PR application contents explaining that I am waiting for the checks and will mail them upon receiving them. I think I read that this is indeed possible in the case of Inbound, but I am unaware as to Outbound. c.) I read that I will require a police/'FBI' check from wherever I have lived for a total of 'X' amount of time in the past year. For me, though I have never overstayed my 6 month visitor's visa, in the last year I have cumulatively spent more time in Canada than in the US. Does this mean I require an RCMP (or otherwise) check instead of FBI? If so, would I simply include a note when submitting the criminal background check stating my reason for not submitting a regular FBI check, or would it need to be clarified by some other means?
. Am I permitted, while in Canada, to continue to make income from a non-Canadian company, being paid in US dollars, being sent by direct deposit into a US bank account, given that it is not interfering with a Canadian citizen's job opportunities, and not being paid by a Canadian corporation/individual? Additionally, if in order to complete said work, it is done by utilizing a Canadian IP address, phone line, etc.? If so, when filling out the Financial Information portion of the PR application, can I include records as to that specific income?
I will greatly appreciate any knowledge you may have to offer. I truly do realize that in the case of our PR application, we are cutting it extremely close to the deadline. There were simply a number of financial and personal circumstances that interfered with us sending it out sooner.
Sincere Regards.
I am new to this forum. I am an American citizen, my husband is a Canadian citizen. We have been together for 2 years now, the entirety of our time together spent with me visiting him in Canada. During that time, I have lived with him in Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. I have of course left each time before my 6-month visitors visa expired. Now, I am on my 3rd visit to Canada, and I would like to submit an Outbound Application for PR from within Canada, preferably without having to leave until a decision has been met on my application.
That being said, there are a few slightly convoluted (or at least, I assume 'outside-the-norm') aspects of our particular situation that I would greatly appreciate specific guidance on:
. My 6-month visitor's visa will expire on March 26, 2013. I am aware that in order to extend my visitor's visa, I have to apply for said extension at least 30 days in-advance of my required departure date in-order to have it approved. That being said, I would like to know, a.) if I file my outbound PR application before March 26th, will I be able to stay until a decision is reached or an interview is required in the US, under "implied status", or does that only apply in the case of an Inbound PR application?, and b.) if I am unable to send out my PR application before Feb 26th (30 days prior to the expiration of my current visitor's visa), will I still be able to have a visitor's visa extension approved in lieu of a pending PR application at that time? (Perhaps by explaining that I will be filing within the next month?)
. a.) Will both my husband and I require a FBI background check, or only me? b.) Given the amount of time that FBI checks can sometimes take to receive, is it possible in the case of an Outbound PR application to send the FBI check(s) as I receive them, but subsequent to mailing the majority of the PR application? Obviously I would send it the moment I would receive it, and I could also include a note in my initial PR application contents explaining that I am waiting for the checks and will mail them upon receiving them. I think I read that this is indeed possible in the case of Inbound, but I am unaware as to Outbound. c.) I read that I will require a police/'FBI' check from wherever I have lived for a total of 'X' amount of time in the past year. For me, though I have never overstayed my 6 month visitor's visa, in the last year I have cumulatively spent more time in Canada than in the US. Does this mean I require an RCMP (or otherwise) check instead of FBI? If so, would I simply include a note when submitting the criminal background check stating my reason for not submitting a regular FBI check, or would it need to be clarified by some other means?
. Am I permitted, while in Canada, to continue to make income from a non-Canadian company, being paid in US dollars, being sent by direct deposit into a US bank account, given that it is not interfering with a Canadian citizen's job opportunities, and not being paid by a Canadian corporation/individual? Additionally, if in order to complete said work, it is done by utilizing a Canadian IP address, phone line, etc.? If so, when filling out the Financial Information portion of the PR application, can I include records as to that specific income?
I will greatly appreciate any knowledge you may have to offer. I truly do realize that in the case of our PR application, we are cutting it extremely close to the deadline. There were simply a number of financial and personal circumstances that interfered with us sending it out sooner.
Sincere Regards.
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