Visitor Extensions

[Belinasha]

I have a couple of questions about visitor extensions. It seems from reading the forums that some people get them, others don't. My Husband is from the U.S. and we have an outland application submitted but not in progress as yet (we applied in March.) We drove across the border and of course, with him being an American, they didn't stamp his passport, they just waved us through so we got the default 6 months. We applied for a visitor extension for him when we sent in our PR application. We sent a copy of his passport and passport card (no stamps of course), a letter that I will support him and a copy of our joint account with $7000.00 in it and an explanation that since we drove across the border, they don't tend to give visitors records or stamp passports upon entering Canada. We called CIC and they said that they are aware that the border guards just wave Americans through all the time and not to worry, the don't normally deny because of it. I am worried from reading the forums that this extension will be denied, yet some people have had multiple extensions over the years with the same kind of circumstances.

I would appreciate it if someone could give me their experience with this or their opinion on the subject.

 

[muffy1]

I used to go across the border frequently, from US to CA. Last time that I received an extension, I had our paperwork with us in order to show that we have been working on it just had not completed it yet but planned to do it within x amount of time. They gave me a new visitor's record for a year. With that, I was told that it was granted for a year because we could very well be waiting longer than that for approval That's my experience anyway. Hope this helped.

I have a couple of questions about visitor extensions. It seems from reading the forums that some people get them, others don't. My Husband is from the U.S. and we have an outland application submitted but not in progress as yet (we applied in March.) We drove across the border and of course, with him being an American, they didn't stamp his passport, they just waved us through so we got the default 6 months. We applied for a visitor extension for him when we sent in our PR application. We sent a copy of his passport and passport card (no stamps of course), a letter that I will support him and a copy of our joint account with $7000.00 in it and an explanation that since we drove across the border, they don't tend to give visitors records or stamp passports upon entering Canada. We called CIC and they said that they are aware that the border guards just wave Americans through all the time and not to worry, the don't normally deny because of it. I am worried from reading the forums that this extension will be denied, yet some people have had multiple extensions over the years with the same kind of circumstances.

I would appreciate it if someone could give me their experience with this or their opinion on the subject.

 

[avocadosandcheese]

muffy and i have somewhat the same situation going on. I am from the US and my husband is Canadian. I am in canada waiting for my permanent resident application to go through and i just applied for a visitor extension a few weeks ago. i submitted it online and it only took two weeks to get it back in the mail. i too didn't have a stamp from canadian border officials, but it didn't matter. i just put the reasons i wanted to stay (waiting for the application to go through) and how much money i had available, etc and it was granted until jan 2013. so i wouldnt worry too much about it just based on the fact that they didn't stamp him when he came in.

 

[Belinasha]

Thank you so much for posting, it's a relief really to have some hope. We have more than enough money for support and we've proven that with the joint bank statement and we even sent a copy of our receipt for our PR fees paid in full. We didn't apply online, we sent a paper application to Vegreville because of the longer wait for it. I was sort of certain we'd get rejected just from reading stuff and I'd rather have my Husband here on implied status instead of...'shudder'...him having to go back to the States. I can't imagine what it's like for spouses who have to be apart while waiting. I keep saying that my plan B, if he gets rejected is to sell everything we own and just go hang out in the States for a few months if he has to go back. Neither of us can be apart from each other for more than a few hours!!!

Thanks again!!!!