PR Sponsor wants to leave Canada

[badpusacat]

What if after Sponsor Approval stage, the PR sponsor wants to leave Canada, NOT for good but for like 2-3months? Is it allowed?

Has anybody here tried leaving Canada while sponsorship is on process? If yes, how long have you been away?

 

[Gary_87]

What if after Sponsor Approval stage, the PR sponsor wants to leave Canada, NOT for good but for like 2-3months? Is it allowed?

Has anybody here tried leaving Canada while sponsorship is on process? If yes, how long have you been away?

Well consisering my wife, the sposnor, is out of canada im sure its ok. She hasnt been approved yet. So long as youre approved im sure its ok.

 

[badpusacat]

Well consisering my wife, the sposnor, is out of canada im sure its ok. She hasnt been approved yet. So long as youre approved im sure its ok.

Is your wife PR or Canadian?

 

[ImABule]

What if after Sponsor Approval stage, the PR sponsor wants to leave Canada, NOT for good but for like 2-3months? Is it allowed?

Has anybody here tried leaving Canada while sponsorship is on process? If yes, how long have you been away?

If CIC finds out that a PR sponsor has left Canada for that long you will be risking a refusal.

 

[Gary_87]

If CIC finds out that a PR sponsor has left Canada for that long you will be risking a refusal.

my wife is canadian. hence why we're out of the country.

once the sponsor has been approved though, how are CIC to find out they have left the country for a short period? Not that I'm telling the OP thats what they should do, but more curious as to how they'd know.

 

[badpusacat]

my wife is canadian. hence why we're out of the country.

once the sponsor has been approved though, how are CIC to find out they have left the country for a short period? Not that I'm telling the OP thats what they should do, but more curious as to how they'd know.

Your wife is a canadian. It's a different story.

I guess CIC can easily get access in the sponsor's record of coming and leaving Canada if they want to. Why would they want to? That I'm not sure.

 

[ImABule]

my wife is canadian. hence why we're out of the country.

once the sponsor has been approved though, how are CIC to find out they have left the country for a short period? Not that I'm telling the OP thats what they should do, but more curious as to how they'd know.

From my understanding of reading a very similar thread CBSA tracks exits from Canada, and so theoretically, all it would take is CIC and CBSA to connect the dots that a PR sponsor has left the country for an extended amount of time and then OP would have a big problem on their hands.

With that said, I can't see something like a week or two causing a refusal but 2-3 months is a substantial amount of time and is longer than a standard vacation.

It's likely a small risk, but a risk nonetheless.

 

[Gary_87]

yeah im aware its different for citizen vs PR.

i cant imagine them checking though unless they had a reason to believe the sponsor would leave. saying that though, its still risky.

do they need to leave for work reasons on so they can visit the applicant?

 

[MilesAway]

I've seen a few cases where the VO asked for additional proof that the sponsor was residing in Canada. I can think of at least one case where the sponsor left after SA and then got the request. They were refused and had to appeal.

 

[Rob_TO]

once the sponsor has been approved though, how are CIC to find out they have left the country for a short period? Not that I'm telling the OP thats what they should do, but more curious as to how they'd know.

CIC continues to do checks on the sponsor right up until the PR is approved. To just because the sponsor is approved, doesn't mean they can then commit crimes, go on welfare, declare bankruptcy, leave Canada long term, etc. Sponsor needs to keep meeting the rules to sponsor right until the process is finished.