nomannasim

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4/7/2015
Topic: Sponsoring Spouse - Work During Process?

nomannasim

To whom this may concern,

This is the first place I have asked the question and I'll try to be brief.

I am a citizen of Canada (born and raised in Pakistan) who is about to get married.

My spouse is also from Pakistan and I wanted her to join me as soon as we are married but during my research I have found that unfortunately the processing time for spousal sponsorship seems to be 36 months for Pakistan.

I have following questions related to the matter:

First, Is there any way to speed up the process?

Secondly, According to CIC website "eligible spouses have the opportunity to work in Canada while they wait for their application for PR to be processed". If that's relevant, how long does that take?

Thank you for your help. I hope this inquiry made sense.

- N. N.