US Citizen visiting Question

[Canuckluvus]

My wife is a US citizen. We married here in Canada in January and she has been visiting since October. We have applied for sponsorship and PR via Outland. We applied for her visitor status to be extended another 6 months almost a month ago. I was notified by email on March 18th that my application to sponsor her was received by CIC. According to wait times, it will be probably April 18th before they start processing it. We still have heard nothing about the application for stay extension. I am concerned we won't hear before her 6 months run out. I live near the US border could we just drive over and do some shopping in Washington and return. Would her 6 months start over again? Does she have to return to the US for a certain period of time before visiting again? Any suggestions on what we should do about the application for visitor extension? Would appreciate some input.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hey

See this page http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp for the explanation of "Implied Status". Basically, if her current status expires, she is still allowed to stay until CIC makes a decision on the extension.