Visitors Visa / missing document

[dawosura]

Hi everyone, a couple quick questions.

My U.S.-citizen spouse is coming up on 6 months in Canada on a visitor's visa. She came across, received no stamp in her passport or anything about length of stay. We're assuming it defaults to 6 months. In this case, to what degree is her entry recorded? Basically we need to know if she should travel back to the U.S. long enough to renew her visitor's visa. A pain, but we'd surely do it. The delay has been caused by the following:

She lost her old papers, and all have been replaced except the divorce certificate from her previous marriage. This was many years ago, and under the circumstances she doesn't know what county it would be recorded in. If the U.S. permitted her to remarry, to get a new SSN under her new name, get a passport under her new name, is that proof enough to satisfy Canada Immigration that the marriage was officially terminated? Or do we need to find that darned county? There were no children from that marriage.

Many thanks!

 

[scylla]

Yes - she received six months. Her entry was certainly recorded. She can apply to extend her stay from within Canada rather than exiting and re-entering the country (applying from within is the preferred method).

Her application cannot be processed without the divorce certificate. She needs to obtain a copy. No - what you have listed will certainly not suffice.

 

[dawosura]

Thank you, very clear.

 

[dawosura]

Yikes, we just double checked and found we're a couple weeks past her 6-month reentry. Can we still reapply from within the country? Thank you!

 

[Decoy24601]

Yikes, we just double checked and found we're a couple weeks past her 6-month reentry. Can we still reapply from within the country? Thank you!

I'm fairly certain she needs to apply for a restoration of status now since she is now out of status. It's the same application as extending her stay as a visitor, but there are different things you have to fill out and provide.