Wife Visiting Help!

[ocu_canadian]

Ok I am new to this forum, and not sure if this is answered elsewhere.

My wife (us citizen) and I (canadian citizen) were married in Destin Florida on May 8th. I was down in the US on a student visa, when my visa ran out (August 29th) I had to return to Canada and we have been living apart ever since. She had decided that she wants to live up here in Canada and get her PR Card. I was wondering if she can come for a visit, and while she was visiting we could apply for it?

A buddy of mine just did the exact samething his wife came up from the US and when she got here to Canada they applied for her PR Card. He said when she got to the border, they gave her a temporary visitors card. I just want to know what I or my wife have to do to make sure she will be allowed to visit for a lengthy period of time while we apply and get her PR card. She is from Indiana and I would hate to see her travel 12 hours to the border just to get turned away. Any help here would be great. We have all of the sponsorship and PR application ready, just waiting till her semester at school is over for her to move up here..Thanks Again!

 

[namb]

Since your spouse is from a Visa Exempt Country she does not need visa to enter Canada she would be permitted to enter. But however if you want to apply for PR inland i.e. from within Canada your spouse will still need to file for an extension from within Canada and stay here till the time application is in progress. The risk in this is that if somehow the extension is not granted than the PR application gets cancelled and you will have to apply again.

Your best bet would be apply outland and she can come and visit you every while and then in between till she gets the PR

 

[kelKel]

OCU yoiur best course of action would be to file an outland application as soon as you can. It gets sent to Mississuaga then gets processes in Buffalo as your wife is a US citizen. Once you have filed you can come up through the broder very well prepared. Have a copy of your application, receipt of payment. Proffof funds for both of you for support while she'll be visiting. If she still has job a letter form her employer stating leave of absence ect. I'll send you a link of someone who just did this and they were given a years visitor record at the border.

 

[ocu_canadian]

Thank You very much guys...How do I specify that I want my wife's application to be processed outland like Buffalo, is there anything she would put on her application to tell them to do so?

Also her medical examination, would a simple medical physical do? or does it have to be more in depth than that?

Thank You

 

[ocu_canadian]

Ok I have the answers to both my questions. Wow, and just to think I thought we were done and ready to mail out the application. looks like we are still 2 months away