US Immigrant Visa in the Passport

[Dejaavu]

Dear All,

My wife has had a horrible experience with the medical system here before, during and after her pregnancy and she wants to leave Canada asap. We are both permanent residents here. She is a US citizen and she wants us to move back to US and she wants to petition for a green card for me since I am not a US citizen.

I applied for citizenship in June 2013 and now I am worried if my wife sponsors me for a green card and I get a US immigrant visa before, that the CIC will not allow me to get Canadian citizenship.

What do you guys think?

 

[farrous13]

Dear All,

My wife has had a horrible experience with the medical system here before, during and after her pregnancy and she wants to leave Canada asap. We are both permanent residents here. She is a US citizen and she wants us to move back to US and she wants to petition for a green card for me since I am not a US citizen.

I applied for citizenship in June 2013 and now I am worried if my wife sponsors me for a green card and I get a US immigrant visa before, that the CIC will not allow me to get Canadian citizenship.

What do you guys think?

I don't think they will deny you of the citizenship. But the risk of an RQ is higher. There is someone on the forum that lives in the States but still got the Canadian citizenship. She had to move there as her husband was working in the States.

Anyhow, someone else can always give you more info. But I am curious, what was your wife's medical experience? Does she have a job lined up in the US?

 

[lifesocoool]

This is the exact reason why I was dragging to apply my citizenship here in Canada. The medical system here is the worst which is one of the basic necessity in life, I had terrible pain in my neck and I had to wait for a year to get an appointment from neurosurgeon/spine surgeon for nerve decompression. I decided to go to India to have it treated there, yes I had to pay but did not have to wait crazy long. Doctors here are very laid back and relaxed unless you're a WSIB claimant.... I applied for citizenship just for the sake but I totally agree paying extra premium to have private care taking care of me instead waiting here in the queue like no tomorrow.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Dear All,

My wife has had a horrible experience with the medical system here before, during and after her pregnancy and she wants to leave Canada asap. We are both permanent residents here. She is a US citizen and she wants us to move back to US and she wants to petition for a green card for me since I am not a US citizen.

I applied for citizenship in June 2013 and now I am worried if my wife sponsors me for a green card and I get a US immigrant visa before, that the CIC will not allow me to get Canadian citizenship.

What do you guys think?

Hi Dejaavu - If your wife petition for you now, how much time it will take.. I guess one year easily for the whole process i.e. until you get immigrant visa. By then you will become Canadian CItizen.

 

[farrous13]

Hi Dejaavu - If your wife petition for you now, how much time it will take.. I guess one year easily for the whole process i.e. until you get immigrant visa. By then you will become Canadian CItizen.

That's not the point rajmalhotra7. He's wondering if getting the green card would deny him from getting the Canadian citizenship.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

That's not the point rajmalhotra7. He's wondering if getting the green card would deny him from getting the Canadian citizenship.

He is worried that if he gets US immigrant visa before then CIC would not grant him Canadian citizenship. His worry is genuine and he could be denied citizenship in Canada. However, if they move ahead and file US immigrant petition, then the chances of him getting US immigrant visa before are slim. What I am saying is if it takes on an average one year for US immigrant visa process, then chances are brighter that he will become Canadian citizen before that.

 

[on-hold]

This is the exact reason why I was dragging to apply my citizenship here in Canada. The medical system here is the worst which is one of the basic necessity in life, I had terrible pain in my neck and I had to wait for a year to get an appointment from neurosurgeon/spine surgeon for nerve decompression. I decided to go to India to have it treated there, yes I had to pay but did not have to wait crazy long. Doctors here are very laid back and relaxed unless you're a WSIB claimant.... I applied for citizenship just for the sake but I totally agree paying extra premium to have private care taking care of me instead waiting here in the queue like no tomorrow.

I'm surprised you had to pay -- I thought it was normal for Canadian health insurance to reimburse people for medical procedures undertaken abroad, as long as it was not as expensive as here in Canada. When I broke my arm in Canada when in college), I was reimbursed for some care I received back in the States.

 

[Dejaavu]

She has some good prospects with jobs in the US and so do I . That is why I need a status in the US so I can work.

It takes up to six months to get an immigrant visa to US if all goes well. Sometimes even 3 months.

Me and my wife have lived in Turkey, Finland, Kazakhstan, US and Canada and unfortunately her medical experience here in Canada was the worst. Long waits, poor service, no accountability etc. Bad luck in short. After she gave birth last June, we were trying to see a gynecologist and we couldn't see anyone until this coming April 1. She had a lot of complications and the care was abysmal. A lot of waits, negligent care on part of nurses/doctors etc. I do not want to generalize the system as being like that overall since I do not know. I hope it is an isolated case. But this whole experience made my wife want to get out of Canada asap. She is already booking appointments with US hospitals in her hometown area in NJ. She will be going there soon. Since there is Obamacare now she can apply immediately and be covered even if she is not working.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

She has some good prospects with jobs in the US and so do I . That is why I need a status in the US so I can work.

It takes up to six months to get an immigrant visa to US if all goes well. Sometimes even 3 months.

Me and my wife have lived in Turkey, Finland, Kazakhstan, US and Canada and unfortunately her medical experience here in Canada was the worst. Long waits, poor service, no accountability etc. Bad luck in short. After she gave birth last June, we were trying to see a gynecologist and we couldn't see anyone until this coming April 1. She had a lot of complications and the care was abysmal. A lot of waits, negligent care on part of nurses/doctors etc. I do not want to generalize the system as being like that overall since I do not know. I hope it is an isolated case. But this whole experience made my wife want to get out of Canada asap. She is already booking appointments with US hospitals in her hometown area in NJ. She will be going there soon. Since there is Obamacare now she can apply immediately and be covered even if she is not working.

If it'd take 3-6 months for your immigrant visa, then you are in greater risk if you do not get Canadian citizenship by then. Have you gotten test for citizenship

 

[Dejaavu]

No invitation for the test yet. I am leaning on waiting until I become a citizen before starting US immigration process....

 

[lifesocoool]

I'm surprised you had to pay -- I thought it was normal for Canadian health insurance to reimburse people for medical procedures undertaken abroad, as long as it was not as expensive as here in Canada. When I broke my arm in Canada when in college), I was reimbursed for some care I received back in the States.

Nope Canadian health insurance as in OHIP or government care do not reimburse a penny, in fact my employer based insurance (Sunlife financial) did not do nothing either. They gave me a set date to see a neurosurgeon and I didn't want to wait crazy long upto a year to see a surgeon so I found some extremely qualified surgeons in India to get it done there and I was done within 2 weeks leaving Canada.

 

[Goldline]

No invitation for the test yet. I am leaning on waiting until I become a citizen before starting US immigration process....

Yes. This is a wise decision. Remember in the form Question 6D they ask if you are permanent resident of any other country. That's because they need to know how attached you are to Canada. If they see that you got Green Card while applying for Canadian citizenship, they may be suspicious. Why would you need green card in US if with Canadian citizenship you can go and stay freely in US??? this is the question you'll have to answer. And then other questions will come up. Where is your family(wife...) by then I guess she would be living in in the US and even if she stays with you , so what attachment do u have in Canada???

 

[Dejaavu]

Thanks all!