JackyChan said:
if i state her pregnancy status, will her visa extension application get approved quickly? i mailed it to Visa office but yet heard any response. where shall i contact and chase the status?
Because of the high cost of baby delivery for non-residence in Toronto, i'm planning to send my wife back to HK for delivery before she re-enters Toronto few months after the baby is born. i have questions:
1) her visa renewal has yet confirmed, will she have problem exit Toronto in next 2 months?
2) will she get problem to enter Toronto again when she carries the baby after born few months later before PR application is granted?
3) does she allow to stay in Toronto exceeding the normal 6 months visa (for Hongkonger) while the PR application is in progress?
4) does she allow to work in Toronto if i apply work permit for her in the PR application before it is approved?
regards,
Jacky
Hello,
I can tell you what I learnt about these matters here on the forum (some of them personal experience, based on seniors' advice who had been in the system much longer than me and of course based on CIC guidelines)
1)she can exit, no one will force her to stay in the country
2) it is very high risk as they are not always allow back people if they left during inland sponsorship process (if you apply outland you can travel in and out, but inland is designed for people already living in Canada)
this is a quote from CIC :
Taking a vacation outside of Canada should not affect your application for permanent residence.
However, if you leave Canada while your application is being processed, you may not be allowed to come back into Canada. Each time you come back, you must meet all the rules for entering the country.
If you leave Canada and want to return, you must have:
a valid passport or other travel documents;
a valid work permit, if you are returning to work in Canada ( this is my note: the OWP you get through the sponsorship program (case type 27) states at the bottom, that it does not authorize for re-entry, so your wife would not have the type of work permit that is mentioned here (she would need a 'proper' work permit case type 20) but she will not get that through the sponsorshi[p program; and
a valid temporary resident visa, if you are a citizen of a country for which Canada requires one.
BTW I do not think she could receive PR if you applied inland but she is out of the country, there is a landing process which need her to be in the country
3) yes, if you already applied for open work permit with your inland sponsorship application that would provide her automatically implied status. If you are nervous about whether she would get the OWP or not ( although I do not think anybody got refused ever for work permit) then for your peace of mind you can apply for visitor visa extension for her or if she has already run out of visitor visa status you can apply for visa restoration : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp
I did this, even though I knew I had implied status by applying for OWP I wanted to be super secure and applied for visitor visa extension after my sponsorship and OWP package was sent, because I knew my visitor status would end end before I get reply for my OWP application. Sure enough my OWP arrived and I called CIC to cancel my visitor visa extension and since they have not started to process that I got full refund
4)she can work with her open work permit what she receives what you submit through the inland sponsorship once the work permit arrived to your address, then she has to apply for a SIN number at a service Ontraio and from that point she can be employed. ( I believe it takes about 4 month to get the work perk permit, so it is much earlier than 18-27 month of PR processing time
Other notes on pregnancy:
I am pregnant as well in Ontario and I would highly recommend to get in touch with a midwife. They provide free pregnancy care for Ontario residents (regardless their immigration status) They will provide you with a piece of paper which covers you expenses for tests (eg pregnancy blood test, gestational diabetes and ultrasound if needed) it will not cost you anything ( the paper will contain information how the labs can bill the tests expenses to the ministry of health, similar as community health centers do for people ho do not have health coverage).
You can consider homebirth or if you feel safer for a more hospital-like environment your midwife will direct you to the Toronto birth center http://www.torontobirthcentre.ca/. Midwives deliver babies there too. Of course you can deliver in a hospital as well, but that has costs you mentioned earlier. If you have a midwife they will offer you these 3 options: home, birth center, hospital. Only the the hospital costs. The midwives are super professional
(that's their job! pregnancy care and delivering babies!) so your wife will have a very positive experience for sure instead of freaking out about being pregnant and the implications
also I would recommend to take part in prenatal classes, I have a bunch of online resources if your wife if interested I can send it to you guys over
One more thing if you have a midwife than she is your primary care giver, you can not have a doctor, it is either or...you can have only 1 primary caregiver. Personally I like it b/c I got very close follow up and personal care from my midwife than i would have gotten from a busy OB, plus i had the same tests done which would have been ordered by an OB.
As for processing time, being pregnant or even having a baby during the PR application has no affect whatsoever on application processing.
Hope all is going well with the pregnancy and pls feel free to reach out if you need any further info on being pregnant in Ontario while waiting for inland spouse sponsorship. I am due on Jan 10 so hope will be able to respond before junior is here
all the best!
