Sponsorship of parents, children, spouses (common-law, conjugal, same sex), refugees.
Waiting for Sponsor - can I stay in Canada?
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Richard S Posts: 2
Posted On: 11/10/2016
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Apologies if this is in the wrong section - please move if appropriate.
My wife is a Canadian citizen. She will be sponsoring me for Canadian citizenship. Can we move to Canada while the sponsorship application is in process?
I work full time and will continue to do so. As a business consultant, it makes no difference where I live, as long as I am near an airport.
I have read that it will take about 12 months to process sponsored application, but we would like to relocate before that.
Any thoughts on this are greatly appreciated!
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4142
Posted On: 11/15/2016
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Hello,
Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.
It is difficult for us to provide a definitive response regarding whether or not it will be possible for you to enter Canada in this situation.
If you are referring to sponsorship from outside Canada, as a Canadian Citizen, your wife can sponsor you while outside Canada.
You can find some approximate timelines and details on both sponsorship applications on the the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website in the the Processing Times: Family Sponsorship section.
According to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Call Centre, the outside Canada process is a generally shorter processing time than the inside Canada.
Another difference is that with the outside Canada application, if the application is ultimately refused, the sponsor has the right to appeal the refusal to the immigration appeal division of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. This option does not exist for the in-Canada.
In terms of coming to Canada while an outside application is in process, you may want to read some of our previous experiences and questions from users in these Sponsorship- Can We Move To Canada?- Dual Intent? and Dual Internt discussion threads.
If you have not already read this, you can find some additional and detailed information regarding Dual Intent on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website.
It may also be helpful to read this interesting article and chart here .
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
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