Need some words of wisdom for an inland spousal application

[Kesh389]

Hello,

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone who contributes their share of knowledge, for helping people in time of distress and despair. Kudos guys.!

Secondly, I'm in a need for some tips and knowledge, regarding an inland spousal sponsorship for my fiancee. I am a PR here and my fiancee is on post graduation work permit. She has not yet applied for her multiple entry visa(TRV). We are planning to get married in November 2018. So once we get our marriage certificates, we are planning to apply for Multiple entry Visa, with supporting marriage documents, thereby updating her marital status. Further we are planning to visit our home country, once she receives her Visa.

The question is, do I need to apply for her inland sponsorship application right after marriage, in November 2018, or
Can we wait till we are back from our trip and apply sometime later in March 2019.? Pls note, her current work permit is still valid till Oct 2019. So later once I apply for sponsorship, I will apply for her open work permit as well.

I would greatly appreciate your responses, and any other alternate solution, that you might think would work better.

Thanks again and wish you all the best in life.

 

[np08]

For inland applications, it's definitely not advisable to travel out of Canada for the duration of the process, and if one does really have to travel, it shouldn't be longer than a few weeks (since it's a requirement for the principal applicant to be in Canada while the application is being processed inland.) If the applicant is denied entry to Canada for whatever reason upon their return, the whole application is cancelled and the process must be started from scratch.

You don't have to apply right after getting married - you can apply any time works for you.

They tend to scrutinize applications for TRVs more when one has a spouse in Canada since that's seen as a significant tie to Canada and presents a risk for the person to overstay. So if you guys really need to travel and you need to get the TRV, I'd suggest getting it before you get married.

Inland applicants can also apply for open work permits while applying for permanent residency, and these are usually issued three to four months after applying. Not sure how it works with her current work permit.

 

[Will_PA]

Sorry if I'm missing something here - but if she has a work permit, why do you need TRV? Does the work permit not work as a travel document?

The open work permit application takes 4 months. So if you apply in March it should be received July / August. That way she could work seamlessly as her current work permit is good until October.

She could even apply outland as soon as you're married (November) - that way she'd be PR before her current work permit expires (outland tends to be quicker).

Either way I'd advise anyone going through this to download checklist and start collecting the documents/ being aware of what's required. Particularly police certificate if you guys are visiting your home country anyway (has to be within last 6 months I believe so apply when you're out there if you're doing inland route in March).

Good luck!

 

[np08]

Sorry if I'm missing something here - but if she has a work permit, why do you need TRV? Does the work permit not work as a travel document?

Open work permit takes 4 months. So if you apply in March it should be received July / August. That way she could work seamlessly as her work permit is good until October.

She could even apply outland as soon as you're married (November) - that way she'd be PR before her current work permit expires (outland tends to be quicker).

Either way I'd advise anyone going through this to download checklist and start collecting the documents/ being aware of what's required. Particularly police certificate if you guys are visiting you home country anyway (has to be within last 6 months I believe so apply when you're out there if you're doing inland route in March).

Good luck!

Work permits are not entry documents - it says so on them. Non-citizens and non permanent residents need either an ETA or a visa to enter the country, depending on where they're from.

 

[Will_PA]

Work permits are not entry documents - it says so on them. Non-citizens and non permanent residents need either an ETA or a visa to enter the country, depending on where they're from.

Thanks I didn't know that.

OP: I'd probably look at outland application to submit as soon as you're married - no need to be in country, quicker route to PR, and spouse has a work permit anyway. Only risk is interview in home country - don't know how common that is.