Extremely out of the norm. Normal delay when adding a spouse near the end of the process is 3-4 months.
What happens if I got Married after I receive ITA or after I file e-APR?
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So what you’re saying is that i can wait longer if i get married after PPR/CoPR?
If you get married anytime after your application is submitted you can add your spouse. 1 day or 6 months,etc.
Provided this person is admissible (no medical issues, no criminality, etc), then there is no real difference.
If you get married after COPR, which is the day you become a PR, then that's a whole different story. Your application would be finalized at this moment and you couldn't add your spouse to your application. You would then have to submit an sponsorship application which is an entirely different story. You'll also need a lot more paperwork to be submitted and a very long wait ahead (1 years or more once it has been submitted)
Its impossible to predict how long this will add to your application, since you would not know how long your application would have taken otherwise. Factors such as the number of countries your spouse has lived at for over 6 months, and therefore how many police certificates are needed might be a big point.
Also, if you submit your spouse's medical upfront, that for sure will make things move faster.
So let me se if i got this right .
You’re saying that if i get married after e-APR its a 100% sure that my points will not be recalculated and that the only uncertain thing here is how much will my application be delayed before both me and my husband get PR ( of course if I in first place am approved for PR)
I have heard a lot about spousal sponsorship and thats not want i inteded in the first place, so thanks a lot for clearing me out on this regard.
What i want is for me and my husband to get PR and land together in Canada.
Already clearly answered several times. No need to ask multiple posters to keep repeating themselves.
Sorry for the repeatation , just needed a confirmation on whether my husband would get PR as well
Exactly, once your application is submitted and you receive the AOR (Acknowledgment of receipt) you can get married anytime after that. One you do, you should inform IRCC about your change in marital status through the WebForm and they will let you know what you need to do.
This is the email that I received from them after I informed IRCC about my change in marital status:
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Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
If you are the principal applicant of a permanent residence application already in process, you could add your spouse or common-law partner, dependent children, and their dependent children to your application, even if they were listed as a non-accompanying dependant in the initial application.
To do so, we invite you to send your add-on request through the IRCC webform available on our website. You can attach the following forms and documents in the field reserved to that effect:
- A new Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008) with supporting documents,
- (If applicable) A Schedule A - Background/Declaration (IMM 5669) form,
- (If applicable) An Additional Dependants/Declaration (IMM 0008DEP) form,
- (If applicable) A signed Additional Family Information (IMM 5406) form,
- A copy of the birth certificate, marriage certificate or proof of common-law relationship,
- A copy of the family member's valid passport,
- Police certificates for all countries where the family member over the age of 18 has lived for more than 6 months since turning 18,
- A letter of explanation, and
- If applicable, the proof of payment.
- If you need information to fill out the forms, please consult the Fill out the forms section of the instruction guide found in the application kit that you have initially used to apply.
- If the newly eligible family member is a spouse, common-law partner or dependent child who is already a permanent resident or Canadian citizen, only a copy of the birth certificate, marriage certificate or proof of common-law relationship and a letter of explanation are required.
- It may be impossible to add a member of your family to the application if a final decision has already been made.
Your add-on request will be evaluated by the responsible office. You will be contacted when a decision will be made or if further information is required.
We hope the information provided is helpful in assisting you with your enquiry.
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Please note some things:
- I strongly recommend you pay all the fees: RPRF, PRPF, and Biometrics fee (total 1125 CAD) and attach the receipt. I would not recommend not paying the RPRF and wait until they request it from you since this will only cause more delays.
- Even though the Medical examination is not required at this stage, and they will eventually request it for your husband to be, I also suggest you get an upfront Medical examination to decrease processing times:
- This might be a bit tricky, if your husband to be panel physician is out of Canada, they only perform upfront medicals for STUDY, WORK, and FAMILY sponsorship. However, you can still get the upfront medical examination for WORKER and upload the eMedical tracking sheet.
- The reason for this is: the medical exam for PR is a 'Non-EDE' (Non- Excessive Demand Exempt), which is the same type of Medical exam performed for WORKERS. In my case, my wife was abroad so I chose to have her do the Upfront medical exam for Worker.
- In the letter of explanation, I said that because an upfront medical exam for PR was not available when she visited the panel physician we chose the WORKER medical exam which is identical.
- If your future husband is in Canada this will not be an issue.
- Once you get the eMedical tracking sheet, upload it along with all the documents listed above.
- I added my wife on January 20, 2020 (including payment for all fees and upfront medical exam)
- Her medicals were passed on January 29, 2020.
- We received the Biometrics request on January 31, 2020
- Her biometrics were enrolled on February 3, 2020
- The application was approved on Feburary 3, 2020
- We received her passport request on February 4, 2020
- Paying all the fees upfront and having an upfront medical exam definitely helped to avoid any delays. Its is impossible to predict what will happen in your case, but chances are that providing everything upfront will reduce or even avoid delays.
Best of luck!
Hello Members,
I have one questions after getting ITA what is the best stage to get married ? Please advise can I marry before landing to Canada If i got ITA ?
I have one questions after getting ITA what is the best stage to get married ? Please advise can I marry before landing to Canada If i got ITA ?
Thanks, Ankita for replying to my query.
I got nomination from OINP and my current CRS is 1068.
My fiance is in Germany at the moment, could you please exactly let me know what are documents required from him so that I will inform him in advance.
Hii,
Can anyone let me know when the PR application is in process can we change closed work permit to open work permit ?
Can anyone let me know when the PR application is in process can we change closed work permit to open work permit ?