Re: Spousal sponsorship (Need Advice, Emergency)
Hi all,
I am wondering if I could get some advice with a complicated situation and am new to this Spousal Sponsorship in Canada. My wife is a Permanent Resident of Canada and I am a U.S. citizen currently in Vancouver, B.C. and my wife and are planning on sending out the application with the Open Work Permit. Completed the retrieval of my fingerprints last week hoping to get it in time before sending it out which was supposed to get to me yesterday but there has been a delay since they have just allowed electronic submissions as so I'm told. So sending the police certificate with the application is not possible and here is why:
I drove across the border into Washington and back into Canada to renew my status because you have to be in good standing when applying as I read and inquired about. When I back to cross into Canada, I was only issued a one month visitor visa. I also explained to the CBSA Officer that I was applying for the Inland Spousal Sponsorship with the Open Work Permit but still issued a one month visa anyways. I'm sure he did not understand Citizen and Immigration Canada applications which I assumed that he would. But even issuing me a one month visitor visa is not enough time it seems and not only was it issued for one month, I am required to appear in person at the same place where visa was issued at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing to return the one month visitor visa document before departing the country. It also states I must leave before the expiry date issued. I apologize for ranting on, just more or less stressed, cause now I have finally gathered the documents and filled out and signed the application for Sponsorship and the Open Work Permit and ready to be sent but my one month visitor visa is expiring next week Wednesday; What kind of advice would give being in this stressful situation? I don't want to leave Canada and be apart from my wife, but I would rather not spend around $800 just to take a chance and send it out before my expiry if the end result is the same (having to leave the country). ??? ???
Thank you all in advance and for having such a forum filled with such fantastic people helping people!