Spousal sponsorship

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi everyone,

i need a help from you, i got layoff recently now i am jobless currently on EI, i am going to apply my spouse dependent visa i am eligible to apply it can anyone please share me a sample explanation letter if we are not working. i dont no exactly what to mention in the explanation so i am confused can you please help me with this one.

There is no sample letter, as it is entirely dependent on your individual situation. You need to explain how you and your spouse will support yourselves in Canada without welfare.

 

[Pruthvi]

Hi Everyone,

one more question, can i use scanned signature on the forms for the Dependent PR application?

Currently i am in canada and my wife is in india please help me with this.

 

[Belarusian]

Hi Everyone,

one more question, can i use scanned signature on the forms for the Dependent PR application?

Currently i am in canada and my wife is in india please help me with this.

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/scanned-signature.541246/page-2 - same situetion

Check this link https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html . and find this text "Note: IRCC will normally accept forms with photocopies of signatures"

 

[Pruthvi]

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/scanned-signature.541246/page-2 - same situetion

Check this link https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html . and find this text "Note: IRCC will normally accept forms with photocopies of signatures"

So did you sent your application package with scanned photocopy signatures of the dependent?

 

[Belarusian]

[QUOTE = "Pruthvi, post: 8304662, member: 699102"] Итак, вы отправили свой пакет документов с отсканированными фотокопиями подписей зависимого лица? [/ QUOTE]
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So did you sent your application package with scanned photocopy signatures of the dependent?

open second link ! it wasn`t my situetion, but any people said that all was ok with scanned photocopy signatures

 

[DiNaV]

PR application, my wife is my sponsor.

Received Application: July 17
AoR : Sept 13 (same day my wife received mail saying she’s eligible to sponsor)
Biometrics Completed : Sept 16
Medicals Passed : Sept 25

Review of eligibility: we are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements
Review of additional documents: we do not need additional documents
Interview: you do not need an interview
Background Check: we are processing your background check.
Final decision: application is in progress.

Kinda getting impatient right now but there’s nothing we can do but wait.

Hi,

My spouse received Biometric Request Letter today but I have not yet received eligible to sponsor letter. Is that normal?

Also, could you please let me know which option to select out of these 3 while taking appointment for Biometric?
1. Application Submission with Biometrics
2. Biometric Enrolment
3. Biometrics Emergency Appoitment

 

[Leslie S]

So you are in the situation that you want to sponsor your foreign spouse for permanent residency of Canada and don't know where to start. Here are some tips:

Married, common law or conjugal partners

First you need to pick an application class. There are three of them: married, common-law and conjugal. For all of them, you need to prove the genuineity of your relationship. For common-law, you need to prove that you have lived together for 12 months or longer. For conjugal, you need to prove that you have combined your affairs as much as possible but there are real immigration barriers or other barriers preventing you from living together or getting married. Conjugal is the hardest to prove. For example, if your partner could get a visit visa to come to Canada for 6 months and then apply for an extension to get the full year, even though they will not be allowed to work, that is not considered an immigration barrier. An immigration barrier is if your partner tries to get a visit visa to come to Canada and is repeatedly refused. Some people have had luck with the conjugal class but try to avoid it if possible.

Outland or inland?

Now you need to decide if to apply outland or inland. If your spouse is not in Canada and can not get a visa to go to Canada, you must apply outland. That means that you will send your application to Mississauga and they will approve you as a sponsor. The time that takes is usually 1-2 months to but current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#sponsorship After that, the application is forwarded to your local visa office. If your spouse is residing in a country other than the country of their nationality, you can pick which of the two visa offices you want. Otherwise it will be processed in their country of nationality. You can see the processing times here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/05-fc-spouses.asp

If your spouse is staying in Canada as a visitor or on some other visa, you can pick whether you want to apply outland or inland. Outland is generally faster and has appeal rights but a downside to outland is that if an interview is required, your spouse will have to travel to the visa office in the country where it's being processed. Inland has the downside that it's generally not advised that your spouse travels while you are waiting for your processing because it is a requirement of inland that they reside in Canada and if they are denied entry at the border for some reason, your application is gone. If an interview is required for inland, you may also have to wait a long time for it. The inland application would be sent to Vegreville and if all goes well, you would get a first stage approval, usually in 6 to 8 months. The current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#perm_res Then the file is forwarded to your local CIC office where you live and they will contact you for a landing appointment. Getting the PR with inland usually takes 12-18 months. If an interview is required for inland, Vegreville will not give first stage approval but instead will forward the application to the local CIC office without it and you will have to wait for them to have time for your interview. In some cases that can take a year or two. If you do get the first stage approval, your spouse will usually be eligible for health care and an open work permit. It is actually a good idea when applying inland to send an application form for a visit visa extension as well as the open work permit to be given at first stage approval all in one package so it's tied together.

Which method to pick depends on your situation. If your spouses country of nationality has a long processing time or your spouse does not want to have to travel there for a possible interview, then inland is the way to go. For faster processing and freedom of travel during the processing time, outland would be better. You can find the application forms for inland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/spouse.asp and the application forms for outland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp

Avoiding potential problems with your application

The most common reason for people to be called for an interview is that the visa officer has doubts about the relationship being genuine. It is up to you to send immigration some quality data, emails, chat logs, phone records, photos, letters and other material to prove to them that your relationship is the real thing. Other reasons you might have problems with is eligibility of the sponsor. The sponsor can not be on social assistance, can not be bankrupt and can not have a record of violent crimes or crimes against family members. If that is the case, better talk to a lawyer and get that cleared up before attempting to apply.

Dependent children

If your spouse has dependent children, they must be included in the PR application, even if they are not coming to Canada. They will need to have medicals as well to keep the option open to sponsor them later. The only way that immigration will accept the application without those medicals is if the children are no longer minors and refuse to have it or if the children are in the full custody of their other parent who refuses to make them available for medicals. In that case, your spouse needs to sign a statement stating that they know that they will never be able to sponsor these children to Canada in the future.

Dependent children are classified as single and either under 22 years of age or if they are older, they must have been full time students since before age 22 or dependent on their parent due to a disability or medical problem.

Refusals due to income and medicals

You will be asked to provide information about your income but you will not be denied to sponsor your spouse and dependent children because you do not make enough money. It is possible though that if you make absolutely no money at all that immigration may ask you how you plan to support yourselves.

Spouses and dependent children are also exempt from the clause about excessive demand on health care so you do not have to worry about them being refused for that reason.

Sponsoring your spouse while living in another country

If you are a Canadian citizen, you can sponsor your spouse without being in Canada but you do then have to prove that you are planning on moving to Canada when your spouse gets approved for permanent residency. Such proof can include having arranged jobs, being accepted to college, having arranged housing or letters from friends & relatives stating that they know of your plans and that you can stay with them while you look for housing etc.

If you are a PR, you must reside in Canada in order to sponsor your spouse. You can chance short vacations (remember that a Canadian vacation is generally no longer than 2 weeks) but if immigration finds out that you are not in Canada, you risk getting your application refused.

 

[Leslie S]

what happens if the sponsorship is cancelled but then three years later the spouse tries to re-sponsor her spouse for the sake of having a child in canada. Will cic accept this person that had no contact with his spouse for three years.

 

[minou]

Hi Every one!

Please guide me when we will got the passport request from CIC after getting pre- arrival services?

Hi, it may not take long ..it depends on your background check..may i ask your timeline please?

 

[akash005]

Hello folks. I am looking for some advise before I apply for a inland spousal sponsorship for my wife.
My case brief: I am a Canadian PR holder(indian national) and my wife , a mexican national, is currently on a visitor Visa expiring in December.
We were in relationship for around 2.5 yrs(including 1 yr of long distance relationship). We got married in Toronto this September (she is on a visitor Visa) and now planning to apply for inland+owp application.

My question:I want to know ( from experience peof similar people applying for sponsorship) whether it's a good idea to apply the inland sponsorship (so my wife can also work once she gets open work permit) or it is better for my wife to return back to Mexico ,apply for Outland , and then travel back to Canada on visitor Visa( note: she has an eTA doc. Which allows them to travel multiple times as visitor for 6 months)

Any guidance or if someone can point me to a correct thread will be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

what happens if the sponsorship is cancelled but then three years later the spouse tries to re-sponsor her spouse for the sake of having a child in canada. Will cic accept this person that had no contact with his spouse for three years.

No. Sponsorship is based on a genuine relationship between sponsor and applicant. What you are proposing is immigration fraud.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello folks. I am looking for some advise before I apply for a inland spousal sponsorship for my wife.
My case brief: I am a Canadian PR holder(indian national) and my wife , a mexican national, is currently on a visitor Visa expiring in December.
We were in relationship for around 2.5 yrs(including 1 yr of long distance relationship). We got married in Toronto this September (she is on a visitor Visa) and now planning to apply for inland+owp application.

My question:I want to know ( from experience peof similar people applying for sponsorship) whether it's a good idea to apply the inland sponsorship (so my wife can also work once she gets open work permit) or it is better for my wife to return back to Mexico ,apply for Outland , and then travel back to Canada on visitor Visa( note: she has an eTA doc. Which allows them to travel multiple times as visitor for 6 months)

Any guidance or if someone can point me to a correct thread will be very helpful.

Thanks in advance.

No one can answer this for you. It is entirely dependent on your personal situation and is your decision.

 

[arsalmano]

So you are in the situation that you want to sponsor your foreign spouse for permanent residency of Canada and don't know where to start. Here are some tips:

Married, common law or conjugal partners

First you need to pick an application class. There are three of them: married, common-law and conjugal. For all of them, you need to prove the genuineity of your relationship. For common-law, you need to prove that you have lived together for 12 months or longer. For conjugal, you need to prove that you have combined your affairs as much as possible but there are real immigration barriers or other barriers preventing you from living together or getting married. Conjugal is the hardest to prove. For example, if your partner could get a visit visa to come to Canada for 6 months and then apply for an extension to get the full year, even though they will not be allowed to work, that is not considered an immigration barrier. An immigration barrier is if your partner tries to get a visit visa to come to Canada and is repeatedly refused. Some people have had luck with the conjugal class but try to avoid it if possible.

Outland or inland?

Now you need to decide if to apply outland or inland. If your spouse is not in Canada and can not get a visa to go to Canada, you must apply outland. That means that you will send your application to Mississauga and they will approve you as a sponsor. The time that takes is usually 1-2 months to but current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#sponsorship After that, the application is forwarded to your local visa office. If your spouse is residing in a country other than the country of their nationality, you can pick which of the two visa offices you want. Otherwise it will be processed in their country of nationality. You can see the processing times here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/05-fc-spouses.asp

If your spouse is staying in Canada as a visitor or on some other visa, you can pick whether you want to apply outland or inland. Outland is generally faster and has appeal rights but a downside to outland is that if an interview is required, your spouse will have to travel to the visa office in the country where it's being processed. Inland has the downside that it's generally not advised that your spouse travels while you are waiting for your processing because it is a requirement of inland that they reside in Canada and if they are denied entry at the border for some reason, your application is gone. If an interview is required for inland, you may also have to wait a long time for it. The inland application would be sent to Vegreville and if all goes well, you would get a first stage approval, usually in 6 to 8 months. The current processing times can be seen here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#perm_res Then the file is forwarded to your local CIC office where you live and they will contact you for a landing appointment. Getting the PR with inland usually takes 12-18 months. If an interview is required for inland, Vegreville will not give first stage approval but instead will forward the application to the local CIC office without it and you will have to wait for them to have time for your interview. In some cases that can take a year or two. If you do get the first stage approval, your spouse will usually be eligible for health care and an open work permit. It is actually a good idea when applying inland to send an application form for a visit visa extension as well as the open work permit to be given at first stage approval all in one package so it's tied together.

Which method to pick depends on your situation. If your spouses country of nationality has a long processing time or your spouse does not want to have to travel there for a possible interview, then inland is the way to go. For faster processing and freedom of travel during the processing time, outland would be better. You can find the application forms for inland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/spouse.asp and the application forms for outland at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp

Avoiding potential problems with your application

The most common reason for people to be called for an interview is that the visa officer has doubts about the relationship being genuine. It is up to you to send immigration some quality data, emails, chat logs, phone records, photos, letters and other material to prove to them that your relationship is the real thing. Other reasons you might have problems with is eligibility of the sponsor. The sponsor can not be on social assistance, can not be bankrupt and can not have a record of violent crimes or crimes against family members. If that is the case, better talk to a lawyer and get that cleared up before attempting to apply.

Dependent children

If your spouse has dependent children, they must be included in the PR application, even if they are not coming to Canada. They will need to have medicals as well to keep the option open to sponsor them later. The only way that immigration will accept the application without those medicals is if the children are no longer minors and refuse to have it or if the children are in the full custody of their other parent who refuses to make them available for medicals. In that case, your spouse needs to sign a statement stating that they know that they will never be able to sponsor these children to Canada in the future.

Dependent children are classified as single and either under 22 years of age or if they are older, they must have been full time students since before age 22 or dependent on their parent due to a disability or medical problem.

Refusals due to income and medicals

You will be asked to provide information about your income but you will not be denied to sponsor your spouse and dependent children because you do not make enough money. It is possible though that if you make absolutely no money at all that immigration may ask you how you plan to support yourselves.

Spouses and dependent children are also exempt from the clause about excessive demand on health care so you do not have to worry about them being refused for that reason.

Sponsoring your spouse while living in another country

If you are a Canadian citizen, you can sponsor your spouse without being in Canada but you do then have to prove that you are planning on moving to Canada when your spouse gets approved for permanent residency. Such proof can include having arranged jobs, being accepted to college, having arranged housing or letters from friends & relatives stating that they know of your plans and that you can stay with them while you look for housing etc.

If you are a PR, you must reside in Canada in order to sponsor your spouse. You can chance short vacations (remember that a Canadian vacation is generally no longer than 2 weeks) but if immigration finds out that you are not in Canada, you risk getting your application refused.

Hi, I submitted an INLAND application on Dec 06, 2018 for my spouse. All has gone well so far and now that we are nearing the 12-month mark on Dec 06, 2019..I'm wondering about the EXIT/RE-ENTER process. We are planning to drive to the US border which is 1.5 hours from where we are. A question I have is, does my wife need a US visa to enter the US after we exit Canada to re-enter Canada? Is it something we can get at the point of entry?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi, I submitted an INLAND application on Dec 06, 2018 for my spouse. All has gone well so far and now that we are nearing the 12-month mark on Dec 06, 2019..I'm wondering about the EXIT/RE-ENTER process. We are planning to drive to the US border which is 1.5 hours from where we are. A question I have is, does my wife need a US visa to enter the US after we exit Canada to re-enter Canada? Is it something we can get at the point of entry?

Inland applicants can't flagpole at the border. You will be called for a landing interview at an office in Canada.

 

[Tayabha]

Leon... I have my interview day after tomorow and I am taking all my pics, phone, chat n email records from the day we started out relationship...
In the application we had not submitted the same.. jst records of few months before filing for the application

I am also taking a lot of after marriage proofs... any suggestions or tips for me that I should follow while in the interview.. I m scared n tensed to the point that i have a big ball of knot in my stomach n each passing hr it grows double ???

Hey there ,

Just a Question how was your interview? & what you been asked ? Can you please help me my spouse have an interview after tomorrow .

Thank you