WE DID IT YAY!!!!!

[RobsLuv]

Congratulations!! Can you elaborate - for posterity's sake - on why you feel a visa-exempt national should never, ever apply inland???

 

[eyeoftheocean]

BRAVO ! would like to here comments.

 

[potcakes]

It takes so damn long, I could have applied via London, and still lived in Canada with my other half. Also you are not advised to leave Canada during an inland app, as you might not be let back in, its such a risk, I lasted 9 months when my dad got sick with cancer and I had to go back to the UK. That with the thought I might get turned around at the boarder was awful. Even if you apply inland you still need a return ticket, so really I was doing myself no favours. It was just bad advice and not enough research prior to applying. The only upside I think was applying for my work permit with my spousal app. But that didnt come through until the end of September anyway, and now I dont need one as I have my PR.

Hindsight as they say is 20 20.

 

[kelKel]

I believe there are certain situations where a visa exempt person could presumably choose to apply inland over outland. Out of status, long processing time at their VO, already have a work permit and need too continue working. In my case I withdrew the inland months after applied outland and received PR in the time some people were taking for the first stage.

 

[Baloo]

I believe there are certain situations where a visa exempt person could presumably choose to apply inland over outland. Out of status, long processing time at their VO, already have a work permit and need too continue working. In my case I withdrew the inland months after applied outland and received PR in the time some people were taking for the first stage.

There are good reasons to apply inland or outland, the choice is really down to the specific situation that the applicants are dealing with.

 

[eyeoftheocean]

I know all about not being able to leave Canada, Ive been here 3 years next month, not daring to leave incase I was denied re entry , its flipping hard not being able to just fly anywhere especially to see your family, if I had known better I would have applied outland for sure..lesson learnt , I think people should be made aware of these options , as I never even knew or advised on this.

 

[SATDXB]

Had the interview today, just a formality, and got my PR. I cant believe it. Good luck to everyone in their journeys!

Congrats..!!



Cheers..

 

[RobsLuv]

What I object to is that Immigration Canada does not make it clear to people that they have the option to apply outland, even if they are in Canada. They make it seem like it's as simple as "You apply inland if you're in Canada and outland if you're not" and that has disadvantaged so many people. I will never forget a woman who was a member of this and the other forums when I first came on the scene in 2006. She was from the States - entered Canada as a visitor from the US and was living with her husband and a child in Canada. Made the mistake of applying inland and, simply because she had not been "documented" on entry to Canada (which so often happens to US nationals) her application was transferred to the local office in Etobicoke - with a 2 year wait time for first stage approval. She tried and tried to get some attention and nothing worked and this poor woman ended up leaving her child and her husband to go back to the US to start the process there to sponsor her husband to the US. What they did to her was so unfair - but her experience, ultimately, helped me. I would have done the same thing she did - we were ready and would have submitted an inland application, too - and had it been refused over my son's arrest the way our outland ap was, our family would have been torn apart and we would have been separated - literally - for years because of the forfeiture of appeal rights.

So, inland vs outland is a crucial decision and I just wish that Immigration Canada, on their website, would be more clear about the specifics of each process. There is so much misinformation out there that even the person we spoke with in our MPs office really was completely unaware that it was possible for me to be legally in Canada, having NOT applied inland. I will never forget the look on his face when I told him that CIC could not require inland processing because that forces a sponsor to forfeit their right to appeal. A politician and he wasn't even aware of that!

 

[eyeoftheocean]

Im with you all the way on this one , couldnt agree with you more .

And dont forget no Government makes things easy for you , if it was that easy we woulnt complain lol

 

[Baloo]

The big issue here is that unless you are a "clued up" immigrant, you would not know the inland / outland issue.
The fact that every Canadian that I meet has no (factual) idea about any part of immigration, it speaks volumes.
But in most cases, why would they?

Politicians

 

[_696_]

Some say freedom is about knowledge too....

 

[potcakes]

"So, inland vs outland is a crucial decision and I just wish that Immigration Canada, on their website, would be more clear about the specifics of each process. There is so much misinformation out there that even the person we spoke with in our MPs office really was completely unaware that it was possible for me to be legally in Canada, having NOT applied inland. I will never forget the look on his face when I told him that CIC could not require inland processing because that forces a sponsor to forfeit their right to appeal. A politician and he wasn't even aware of that! "

Its all so sad and true, no one had a clue including me when we started the whole process. The Immigration official said as I was in Canada I should apply Inland grrrrrrrr so frustrating.

 

[eyeoftheocean]

"So, inland vs outland is a crucial decision and I just wish that Immigration Canada, on their website, would be more clear about the specifics of each process. There is so much misinformation out there that even the person we spoke with in our MPs office really was completely unaware that it was possible for me to be legally in Canada, having NOT applied inland. I will never forget the look on his face when I told him that CIC could not require inland processing because that forces a sponsor to forfeit their right to appeal. A politician and he wasn't even aware of that! "

Its all so sad and true, no one had a clue including me when we started the whole process. The Immigration official said as I was in Canada I should apply Inland grrrrrrrr so frustrating.

Funny isnt it , an Immigration offical told me to apply inalnd seem as though Im here too,, and my MP is CRAP ..I only started using him towards the end cos some papers went missing or someone was lying ! he tells me he cant do anything to speed it up , and he gave me info I already found out months ago

 

[gigi1612]

A taxi is already booked!

LOL Seems that is going to be a BIG celebration. Enjoy it and Cheers "YOU ARE A LANDED IMMIGRANT!!!

 

[gigi1612]

Oh sorry, that was a few days ago? (I didn't check the date of your post).