Visiting Visa to spouse

[PB2013]

Hi,

I am wondering if anyone have experience with bringing their wife while the sponsor is been processed? My file is in my spouse home country and I would like to do Visitor visa for my wife. Someone mention about open work permit, does anyone have experience with that? If so, can someone please share their thoughts and experiences.

Any advise will be appreciated.

 

[PB2013]

Re: Visiting Visa For my spouse

Please help me with any advise

 

[screech339]

If your wife is from non-visa exempt country, it is very difficult to get a TRV once sponsorship is in process. They will assume the wife will never leave Canada once she is in. It is best that she get a TRV first before starting any sponsorship. However since you are in Canada and she is not, it increases the chance that she will be refused a TRV. Once that happens, your wife already has a red flag. The sponsorship papers asked if she has been refused TRV. That's a red flag if she has to say yes. If she said no, she can get a sponsorship refusal on account of misrespresenting herself.

Overall, I think, you may have no choice but to apply outland and wait for her to land. You would have to make a few trips back and forth until she landed in Canada.

Screech339

 

[PB2013]

Thank you so much for your help. My wife is from sri lanka and on cic site it says that spouse sponcer can go upto 15 months. Do you have any experience about the time frame.

 

[mikeymyke]

Don't even bother attempting a TRV, it's more trouble than its worth, especially if you get a refusal. Lots of members here either had their applications rejected because they didnt know a TRV refusal had to be checked off on the forms, or that multiple TRV attempts was a red flag.

If you want to see your spouse, just go visit him/her in their country instead.

 

[PB2013]

Thank you. Does anyone know the waiting time for the application form after approved in Canada?