I've done extensive research into my plans, regarding visiting Canada.
- I will be purely a visitor - with no intentions to study/work, and with full intention to leave at the end of my visit.
- I would like to reside for up to 1 year.
- I know it's frowned upon to base your life in Canada without being a permanent resident (e.g. repeatedly leaving & returning)
Here's my current question/thinking, if anyone can provide some information, that would be most helpful
- I'm a UK citizen, so don't need to apply for a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV)
- The Border services official (BSO) won't put a stamp on my passport, which implies I have to leave within 6 months
- Apparently I can request to stay for longer than six months - it's up to the BSO to consider/approve/deny this. Is this likely? Is this simply done verbally at the port of entry (POE)?
- I can apply to extend my visitor "visa" from within Canada. Any clues/anecodetes as to how likely these applications are for visitors?
- Visiting the US from Canada shouldn't affect my time-allowance to remain in Canada (as long as I return within my initial allowed period). So no "flagpoling" to get a fresh visa period that way. But also little risk of being denied re-entry if I hop across for a weekend.
Can I apply for a multiple-entry visa? This would allow me to re-enter Canada multiple times and get an allowance of up to 6 months each time. Or would this be identical to my being a UK citizen (not needing a visa) and returning to Canada multiple times anyway?
Is there an official line on getting two (but no more) consecutive entries to Canada for 6 months each? Is there any required amount of time I'd need to stay outside of Canada between visits? I presume, though, it's based on your circumstances at each entry, so second entry would be judged on having just spent 6 months in Canada, but still with full intention to leave.
Finally, I'm trying to get hold of the R190 document that is mentioned repeatedly in most visitor/immigration guides/manuals. Is this meant to be publicly available? It's already very useful that BSO guideline PDFs are publicly available. I feel the R190 may have some of the answers to my question.
Thank you very much in advance!
P.S. Sorry if you felt patronised by my specifying acronym meanings - it could be useful for new people finding this to understand all the terminology
- I will be purely a visitor - with no intentions to study/work, and with full intention to leave at the end of my visit.
- I would like to reside for up to 1 year.
- I know it's frowned upon to base your life in Canada without being a permanent resident (e.g. repeatedly leaving & returning)
Here's my current question/thinking, if anyone can provide some information, that would be most helpful
- I'm a UK citizen, so don't need to apply for a Temporary Resident Visa (TRV)
- The Border services official (BSO) won't put a stamp on my passport, which implies I have to leave within 6 months
- Apparently I can request to stay for longer than six months - it's up to the BSO to consider/approve/deny this. Is this likely? Is this simply done verbally at the port of entry (POE)?
- I can apply to extend my visitor "visa" from within Canada. Any clues/anecodetes as to how likely these applications are for visitors?
- Visiting the US from Canada shouldn't affect my time-allowance to remain in Canada (as long as I return within my initial allowed period). So no "flagpoling" to get a fresh visa period that way. But also little risk of being denied re-entry if I hop across for a weekend.
Can I apply for a multiple-entry visa? This would allow me to re-enter Canada multiple times and get an allowance of up to 6 months each time. Or would this be identical to my being a UK citizen (not needing a visa) and returning to Canada multiple times anyway?
Is there an official line on getting two (but no more) consecutive entries to Canada for 6 months each? Is there any required amount of time I'd need to stay outside of Canada between visits? I presume, though, it's based on your circumstances at each entry, so second entry would be judged on having just spent 6 months in Canada, but still with full intention to leave.
Finally, I'm trying to get hold of the R190 document that is mentioned repeatedly in most visitor/immigration guides/manuals. Is this meant to be publicly available? It's already very useful that BSO guideline PDFs are publicly available. I feel the R190 may have some of the answers to my question.
Thank you very much in advance!
P.S. Sorry if you felt patronised by my specifying acronym meanings - it could be useful for new people finding this to understand all the terminology