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Hello
You answered a few questions for me before and I had a few more.
In the topic "Us to Canada" last week.
1. Do you work for immigration or did you at one time?
2. If my wife is visiting in Canada and we apply for her PR we were told we could send it to Buffalo and apply as if we were in the US or we could send it to Alberta and apply as in Canada. Thye said both options are open if we are in Canada and already being in Canada will not affect her ability to apply through Buffalo.
3. I was told we would have to get a "visitors record" at the boarder after she applys for the PR so she can still stay in Canada and even travel back to the US and re enter canada with the "Visitors record "letter as proof that we are in the process of getting her PR status
Do you have any info on the order of this process?
Thanks for all of your help so far.
Mark
[21-04-2006,23:02]
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(in reply to: question for Cheri)
Hey Mark... sorry I havent been around (I usually hang out over at immigration.ca
1. No, I dont work for immigration, never have.
2. First, in sponsorship applications there are 2 offices that accept the apps. CPC-M (Mississauga) handles all outside applications. In this case, your app would go to CPC-M where the sponsor part of the application is decided. If sponsor is approved, then the applicant (PR) goes to the Buffalo office for processing.
The other office is CPC-V (Vegreville). They handle all inland sponsorship applications. In this case, the sponsorship and PR decisions are made.
Inland apps typically take 12-18 months whereas outside apps take approx 6 months (some shorter, some longer)
Your wife can ´visit´ Canada for up to 6 months (at the discretion of the IO). She can stay with you, but she must maintain legal status in Canada. After the 6 months is up, she will have to apply for an extension to remain in Canada or leave.
If you choose the inland app process, it is strongly suggested that she does not leave Canada at any time during the app processing. If she does, and she doesnt get back in (this recently happened to someone from the USA), the her app will be rejected and you will lose all your app fees (except the ROLF fee which is refundable).
3. I never got a visitor record at the border. So, I am not familiar with this. As far as traveling back to the USA, this would apply if you choose to file an outside app vs. and inland app. Leaving Canada then would have no impact on an outside application. (The Canadian Border still could refuse her re-entry, however).
Hope this is not too confusing.....
[26-04-2006,11:17]
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(in reply to: question for Cheri)
Thnaks
That helps a lot.
We will probably file throught Bufflo.
Mark
[26-04-2006,22:06]
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(in reply to: question for Cheri)
Just remember that the entire application gets sent to Mississauga.. not Buffalo.
After the sponsorship part of the app is approved, the app will be sent to Buffalo by Mississauga.
[27-04-2006,01:19]
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