Spouse entering Canada using a visitor visa

[laizii]

I became married while I am waiting outside Canada. I am PR of Canada. My wife also recently got her Canadian visitor visa and we plan to travel back to Canada together. After we arrive in Canada I plan to submit a sponsorship application for her.

When my wife applied for her visitor visa, she stated in her visa application that this trip is a honeymoon vacation and she would leave Canada after the vacation. When we cross the Canadian border this time, would it be a problem to say to the border officers that we change minds and I plan to sponsor her to become Candian PR after we enter Canada? Or do we need to leave Canada once and re-enter Canada and then say that I plan to sponsor her?

 

[canuck78]

I became married while I am waiting outside Canada. I am PR of Canada. My wife also recently got her Canadian visitor visa and we plan to travel back to Canada together. After we arrive in Canada I plan to submit a sponsorship application for her.

When my wife applied for her visitor visa, she stated in her visa application that this trip is a honeymoon vacation and she would leave Canada after the vacation. When we cross the Canadian border this time, would it be a problem to say to the border officers that we change minds and I plan to sponsor her to become Candian PR after we enter Canada? Or do we need to leave Canada once and re-enter Canada and then say that I plan to sponsor her?

Do you meet your RO? Based on other posts it looks like you may have landed in 2016.

 

[laizii]

Do you meet your RO? Based on other posts it looks like you may have landed in 2016.

Yes, I am aware of the residency obligation and I meet the requirement.

 

[canuck78]

Yes, I am aware of the residency obligation and I meet the requirement.

Nothing is ever guaranteed with CBSA when it comes to entry or length of time you get admitted. It is pretty rare to get approved for a honeymoon since it is usually assumed that this is a lie to get a TRV. To fly to Canada your spouse likely will be required to show a return ticket. As long as you have met the 730 days out of the past 5 years you can sponsor.

 

[laizii]

Nothing is ever guaranteed with CBSA when it comes to entry or length of time you get admitted. It is pretty rare to get approved for a honeymoon since it is usually assumed that this is a lie to get a TRV. To fly to Canada your spouse likely will be required to show a return ticket. As long as you have met the 730 days out of the past 5 years you can sponsor.

Do you mean the Canadian border office will likely ask us to show a return ticket when we are at the border?

 

[canuck78]

Do you mean the Canadian border office will likely ask us to show a return ticket when we are at the border?

Both CBSA but also the airline will likely only allow your spouse to board with a return ticket.