Taiwanese Rentry

[NervousFrog]

My Taiwanese wife arrived here July 30 and she is allowed to stay until Jan 2013. She is considering going across the border to the US then returning to have her visitor's visa renewed. Taiwanese nationals do not need a visa to enter Canada but when they do enter they are allowed to stay for only six months. If she goes across the border then comes back, will she be granted another six months stay? She has a US visa. She recently took a short trip to San Francisco, but when she came back the border official just gave her the same amount of time she originally had before she left (until Jan 2013). If she goes to Detroit in Jan 2013 and immediately returns, will they give her another six months? Is it totally up to the personal discretion of the border official or is there any standard procedure? While I was in Taiwan on a two month visitor's visa, I just had to pop over to Hong Kong and come back to have my visa renewed. Would that work here?

 

[PMM]

Hi

My Taiwanese wife arrived here July 30 and she is allowed to stay until Jan 2013. She is considering going across the border to the US then returning to have her visitor's visa renewed. Taiwanese nationals do not need a visa to enter Canada but when they do enter they are allowed to stay for only six months. If she goes across the border then comes back, will she be granted another six months stay? She has a US visa. She recently took a short trip to San Francisco, but when she came back the border official just gave her the same amount of time she originally had before she left (until Jan 2013). If she goes to Detroit in Jan 2013 and immediately returns, will they give her another six months? Is it totally up to the personal discretion of the border official or is there any standard procedure? While I was in Taiwan on a two month visitor's visa, I just had to pop over to Hong Kong and come back to have my visa renewed. Would that work here?

It is at the discretion of the Officer. If they decide that she is actually living in Canada (without PR) then s/he may decide not to admit her, or give a very short admission. Why doesn't she apply to Vegreville for an extension?

 

[NervousFrog]

Thanks for the quick reply PMM,

Getting her an extension or a Super Visa is a good idea, but she is becoming nervous and bored because she can`t work here.
I recently applied for social assistance from Ontario Works so I can`t begin the PR application. I had been teaching ESL for 12 years in Taiwan but this experience is not transferable to the Ontario educational environment.
I brought my two boys with me so they could go to school here but I needed help with the piling bills. I am currently going back to school to get prerequisites for the program I am interested in. If I get accepted into that program in Sept I can apply for OSAP and then proceed with the PR application. I just need something for my wife to do (other than being a mother and wife) that will keep away the stir crazies.

NervousFrog