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Visa extension or leave country to refresh visitor visa?

mitten

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May 21, 2013
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Hello. I am re-posting

I am applying for permanent residency through common-law sponsorship at the beginning of October. I shall be applying OUTLAND through the London visa office. I am a British citizen and have been living in Canada since May 15th as a visitor with my partner. My 6 month visitor 'visa' expires November 5th. I am looking to request a 12 month extension whilst my PR application is processing, however I am looking to leave the country for 1-2 months to go to Mexico to stay with a friend whilst my partner starts his 2 new jobs. We will have a house together by that point, and a kitten :)

My question are:

a) If I apply for a 12 months extension which would be granted around the beginning of November and then I leave the country for 2 months returning at the end of December will that forfit my extension?

b) If so, will my visitor visa be refreshed if I leave for two months? In which case I will not need to request an extension. However what concerns me is a British citizen can only spend 6 months of the year in Canada and I will have already have spent 6months here despite if I leave for 2 months as I shall be coming back to spend Christmas and New year with my partner.

Thanks for your help
 

PMM

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Jun 30, 2005
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Hi


mitten said:
Hello. I am re-posting

I am applying for permanent residency through common-law sponsorship at the beginning of October. I shall be applying OUTLAND through the London visa office. I am a British citizen and have been living in Canada since May 15th as a visitor with my partner. My 6 month visitor 'visa' expires November 5th. I am looking to request a 12 month extension whilst my PR application is processing, however I am looking to leave the country for 1-2 months to go to Mexico to stay with a friend whilst my partner starts his 2 new jobs. We will have a house together by that point, and a kitten :)

My question are:

a) If I apply for a 12 months extension which would be granted around the beginning of November and then I leave the country for 2 months returning at the end of December will that forfit my extension?

b) If so, will my visitor visa be refreshed if I leave for two months? In which case I will not need to request an extension. However what concerns me is a British citizen can only spend 6 months of the year in Canada and I will have already have spent 6months here despite if I leave for 2 months as I shall be coming back to spend Christmas and New year with my partner.

Thanks for your help
1. As a visitor, once you leave, your status ends.
2. A two month separation in a C/law application is not a good idea.