Hello to all! I am new to the forum. I hope to receive comments on my situation from those who might have experienced something similar. I am Canadian and recently married my long distance boyfriend who is a British citizen. We were married in Canada last month and then he returned to the UK shortly after. We fell in love 4 years ago and had been dating long distance and during this time we realized we need to be together full time living in the same country. We want to spend the rest of our lives together. We have begun to fill out the paperwork to bring him here to Canada but in the meantime he will continue to work and reside in the UK while I do the same in Canada. My question is while we are gathering everything needed for the application will I be able to visit him in the UK on a vacation? Will he be able to come here to visit me on vacation? Typically we take turns travelling to each others home countries to see each other for a week or two at at time which is the longest break from work either one of us can manage. I would not like to think by getting married we just made it harder to see each other. I would be devestated to be turned back at the UK border upon arrival or vice versa. We are hurrying to complete the application so we can submit and begin a life together asap but in the meantime we cannot be apart for months at a time. And after the application is submitted will there be a problem visiting each other? Any comments will be appreciated! Thank you!
UK husband visiting Canadian wife for short vacation allowed?
- Thread starter Tayva
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Victorfoxtrot
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- Oct 20, 2011
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- London, UK
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 30-08-11
- File Transfer...
- 04-11-2011
- VISA ISSUED...
- 26-01-12
- LANDED..........
- 26-02-12
I would say you are perfectly fine to carry on as you are. You will both be able to prove that you are only staying for a short stay as you have return tickets. Plus your previous too-ing & fro-ing will prove that you have left the respective countries when you said you would. When visiting Canada, your husband may well be asked to 'get his house in order' - i.e. apply for spousal PR. That doesn't mean he has to stop visiting you during that application process, but it would be wise once your application has been sent off, and when they send the first stage approval letter/email (this approves you as the sponsor), that he carries this with him to produce at the border. The key is to answer the questions with the information they need - no need to go over board. So when he arrives in Canada and is asked the purpose of his visit, he can say, he's visiting his wife. Unless he is planning on quitting his job and moving over as a visitor for months whilst the application is in process, then to be honest I doubt he'll get much hassle. Fact is, he's still working in the UK, his visits will be presumably 2 weeks or less, with a return ticket. That will be enough to satisfy the IO that he'll leave when he says he will.
Tayva
You are in exactly the same situation as myself and I can safely say you have nothing to worry about.
I am the English husband and my wife is Canadian. We met September 2009 and after 2 year were married September of last year.
We have had many trips back and forward and both had a couple of trips each way since being married.
Fortunately our paperwork has now been processed and I will be activating my PR in June as I am currently working my 2 month notice period.
We decided to have a distance relationship and though it best that I continued to work in the UK whilst we developed the relationship. Then after getting married we didn't hesitate in submitting the application to CIC. This was done November.
All I can say is that when either of you visit each others respective countries simply be honest with the border officials. At the Canadian side I would be asked where my wife lived and generally did I have any gifts and that was about it. As for the UK side my wife always said she was visiting her husband and generally they would always ask if she had any intention of living here. In our instance the honest reply was always no he is coming to Canada. Thats about as far as it got.
If you really want to be cautious then get a letter from your employer for the date of your travel stating they have given permission for you to be off for the visit and are expecting you to return to on whatever the date may be. I did this for going to Canada just as a bit more proof of my intent to return.
If you have any other questions then please do not hesitate to drop me a pm.
You are in exactly the same situation as myself and I can safely say you have nothing to worry about.
I am the English husband and my wife is Canadian. We met September 2009 and after 2 year were married September of last year.
We have had many trips back and forward and both had a couple of trips each way since being married.
Fortunately our paperwork has now been processed and I will be activating my PR in June as I am currently working my 2 month notice period.
We decided to have a distance relationship and though it best that I continued to work in the UK whilst we developed the relationship. Then after getting married we didn't hesitate in submitting the application to CIC. This was done November.
All I can say is that when either of you visit each others respective countries simply be honest with the border officials. At the Canadian side I would be asked where my wife lived and generally did I have any gifts and that was about it. As for the UK side my wife always said she was visiting her husband and generally they would always ask if she had any intention of living here. In our instance the honest reply was always no he is coming to Canada. Thats about as far as it got.
If you really want to be cautious then get a letter from your employer for the date of your travel stating they have given permission for you to be off for the visit and are expecting you to return to on whatever the date may be. I did this for going to Canada just as a bit more proof of my intent to return.
If you have any other questions then please do not hesitate to drop me a pm.