My wife and her son are planning on coming to stay with me while their application is processed. There is tons of conflicting information online. Don't tell them, don't bring your stuff ect. I have read many stories of people being denied entry but most / all? appear to have done something wrong. She has never overstayed in Canada no criminal worries ect. When she came to get married they never even asked her if she was going back home, just where is the wedding and what day.
We are submitting our sponsorship forms and paying ALL fees as soon as FBI check comes in (before she does come). Her 11 year old son is also moving. When the time comes she will be bringing all / most of her stuff however it's going to be a car load not uhaul or anything crazy. We will have receipt of all fees paid. She has a notarized letter from her sons father stating his permission for him to move Canada. (They were never married no full custody in Kentucky unless he was adopted by me there).
I will take a bus to Buffalo and meet her there and cross with them in the car. I will bring my most recent paystub to prove I can support them. She will have an international drivers license so she can legally drive in Ontario for more then 3 months. Since we have to go back to land I don't think there will be a concern for her illegally keeping her car in Canada? She can't import it now because of no status.
There are horror stories of course but unless we truly get a monster what issues can they have? We can tell them we will try for an extension before the 6 months are up, and worst case if its denied she can either go back to Kentucky to stay with her brother, or hopefully just cross back into Buffalo for a day then cross back and get another 6 months. I would even be willing to rent them an apartment in Buffalo so we could at least spend every weekend together. Of course if this nightmare situation played out she could work in buf too. This is all assuming she cannot get an extension of the 6 months she will be allowed to stay. Her son will also be doing home schooling in the Kentucky school system for 1 year. If it appears our sponsorship process will drag on past September 2015 we will apply for a study permit with ample time (Did not do that for this year).
They can say she might stay past her stay. We can say look we have done everything proper, yes I can support her for 1 year, 2 years even but eventually we will want a 2 income lifestyle, be able to travel abroad, have a higher standard of living ect. Her son will eventually have to get into the Ontario school system ect. In a sane world there is no reason we would every try anything illegal. I've got no problem if they want to question us for hours since we have nothing to hide. We just want to be together now. I am already promising to support them by sponsoring them.
Worst case we can ask for the temporary resident permit and pay the $400 which would suck but will have the resources to pay that if it comes down to it. Of course we can only do that if they found inadmissible which is a judgement call however I would hope any persons sane judgement would see they are indeed admissible and just want to be together as a family.
Comments welcome.
We are submitting our sponsorship forms and paying ALL fees as soon as FBI check comes in (before she does come). Her 11 year old son is also moving. When the time comes she will be bringing all / most of her stuff however it's going to be a car load not uhaul or anything crazy. We will have receipt of all fees paid. She has a notarized letter from her sons father stating his permission for him to move Canada. (They were never married no full custody in Kentucky unless he was adopted by me there).
I will take a bus to Buffalo and meet her there and cross with them in the car. I will bring my most recent paystub to prove I can support them. She will have an international drivers license so she can legally drive in Ontario for more then 3 months. Since we have to go back to land I don't think there will be a concern for her illegally keeping her car in Canada? She can't import it now because of no status.
There are horror stories of course but unless we truly get a monster what issues can they have? We can tell them we will try for an extension before the 6 months are up, and worst case if its denied she can either go back to Kentucky to stay with her brother, or hopefully just cross back into Buffalo for a day then cross back and get another 6 months. I would even be willing to rent them an apartment in Buffalo so we could at least spend every weekend together. Of course if this nightmare situation played out she could work in buf too. This is all assuming she cannot get an extension of the 6 months she will be allowed to stay. Her son will also be doing home schooling in the Kentucky school system for 1 year. If it appears our sponsorship process will drag on past September 2015 we will apply for a study permit with ample time (Did not do that for this year).
They can say she might stay past her stay. We can say look we have done everything proper, yes I can support her for 1 year, 2 years even but eventually we will want a 2 income lifestyle, be able to travel abroad, have a higher standard of living ect. Her son will eventually have to get into the Ontario school system ect. In a sane world there is no reason we would every try anything illegal. I've got no problem if they want to question us for hours since we have nothing to hide. We just want to be together now. I am already promising to support them by sponsoring them.
Worst case we can ask for the temporary resident permit and pay the $400 which would suck but will have the resources to pay that if it comes down to it. Of course we can only do that if they found inadmissible which is a judgement call however I would hope any persons sane judgement would see they are indeed admissible and just want to be together as a family.
Comments welcome.
