Starting Immigration Process (Sibling Sponsorship)

[PrinzMongo]

My sister was granted PR a year or two ago. I would like to join her as a PR at a minimum. Our parents are dead, she is unmarried, childless, and she has no significant other. We have no Canadian relatives

It seems like a fairly 'straightforward' process (if anything is ever really straightforward in immigration).

Am I being overly optimistic? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? Is it even possible to just approach Citizenship & Immigration Canada and go through the process without an RCIC?

Appreciate any helpful advice/experience others can share

 

[Naturgrl]

My sister was granted PR a year or two ago. I would like to join her as a PR at a minimum. Our parents are dead, she is unmarried, childless, and she has no significant other. We have no Canadian relatives

It seems like a fairly 'straightforward' process (if anything is ever really straightforward in immigration).

Am I being overly optimistic? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for? Is it even possible to just approach Citizenship & Immigration Canada and go through the process without an RCIC?

Appreciate any helpful advice/experience others can share

You apply to be sponsored on the IRCC website. You do not approach IRCC. Assume your grandparents are deceased too. Depending where you live but processing may be about 2 years.

Sponsor your relatives: About the process - Canada.ca

 

[PrinzMongo]

You apply to be sponsored on the IRCC website. You do not approach IRCC. Assume your grandparents are deceased too. Depending where you live but processing may be about 2 years.

Sponsor your relatives: About the process - Canada.ca

Thanks. Yes, we're older and our last grandparent died in the 1980s.

If I may ask a question, is it possible for me to 'live' in Canada using visas and periodically leaving to make sure I'm not violating those visas?

 

[Naturgrl]

Thanks. Yes, we're older and our last grandparent died in the 1980s.

If I may ask a question, is it possible for me to 'live' in Canada using visas and periodically leaving to make sure I'm not violating those visas?

What do you mean? This is Permanent Residency so you have to reside in Canada a certain number of days over a period of time to keep your PR. If you don't intend to live in Canada then why start the process.

Assume your sister has never married or is divorced.

 

[scylla]

Thanks. Yes, we're older and our last grandparent died in the 1980s.

If I may ask a question, is it possible for me to 'live' in Canada using visas and periodically leaving to make sure I'm not violating those visas?

You can visit Canada using visitor visas. You cannot live here. You want to make sure you are spending at least six months out of every twelve month period outside of Canada to avoid problems at the border. Make sure you also take private insurance to cover any health emergencies.

 

[armoured]

If I may ask a question, is it possible for me to 'live' in Canada using visas and periodically leaving to make sure I'm not violating those visas?

As the applicant who is being sponsored, IF you have a visa (or equivalent), you can visit Canada while being sponsored without breaking any rules. That includes asking for and getting extensions - although those are not guaranteed. You will still be visiting, not 'living here.'

 

[PrinzMongo]

What do you mean? This is Permanent Residency so you have to reside in Canada a certain number of days over a period of time to keep your PR. If you don't intend to live in Canada then why start the process.

Assume your sister has never married or is divorced.

My sister had never married.

I'm leaving Los Angeles and headed north. I understand I can't take up residency in Canada till I'm granted Permanent Residency (PR), but till then, is it possible to reside/'live there' on visiting visas/using my US passport on the basis of visiting my sister. I have sufficient means to not have to work in Canada and would periodically leave and seek reentry till I hopefully am granted PR

 

[PrinzMongo]

My sister has never married.

I'm leaving Los Angeles and headed north. I understand I can't take up residency in Canada till I'm granted Permanent Residency (PR), but till then, is it possible to reside/'live there' on visiting visas/using my US passport on the basis of visiting my sister. I have sufficient means to not have to work in Canada and would periodically leave and seek reentry till I hopefully am granted PR

My sister *has* never married.

 

[PrinzMongo]

As the applicant who is being sponsored, IF you have a visa (or equivalent), you can visit Canada while being sponsored without breaking any rules. That includes asking for and getting extensions - although those are not guaranteed. You will still be visiting, not 'living here.'

Understood, hence the air-quotes around 'live'... I'm hoping for multiple lengthy visits till granted PR

 

[PrinzMongo]

You can visit Canada using visitor visas. You cannot live here. You want to make sure you are spending at least six months out of every twelve month period outside of Canada to avoid problems at the border. Make sure you also take private insurance to cover any health emergencies.

Ah... that makes sense. So, I'll probably spend time between Washington State and BC till granted PR. Thanks for that help

 

[canuck78]

My sister had never married.

I'm leaving Los Angeles and headed north. I understand I can't take up residency in Canada till I'm granted Permanent Residency (PR), but till then, is it possible to reside/'live there' on visiting visas/using my US passport on the basis of visiting my sister. I have sufficient means to not have to work in Canada and would periodically leave and seek reentry till I hopefully am granted PR

Risky strategy. Eventually you will likely be denied entry or an extension. If you have no ties to the US like a home, job, dependent family members then it is tough to prove that you are not trying to live in Canada. PR application will likely take around 2 years.

 

[PrinzMongo]

Thanks. I appreciate that. Guess I'll just have to be patient