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My family and I will landing there in Dec. My son is in his 12th grade in a school in the US now and he has only 6 months to complete his graduation. When he leaves US for Canada, he will not be able to return on his L2 visa to complete his studies as it has expired. If I dont bring him with us at the time of landing, I understand he will lose his PR. So my question is that once we land and establish our PR status in Canada, can I then sponsor my son to come there? In the meantime, he will continue and finish his high school here in the US. If I am able to sponsor him after I land, how long will the process take? Would really appreciate any input on this issue. Otherwise I will just have to take him with us and he will have to repeat his grade 12 in Canada and he will lose one whole year before he starts his university.
[28-11-2006,02:01]
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dee |
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Dee why would he loose his grade 12?
Contact the Ministry of education for the province you intend to reside in and have them compare the actual state educational system your son is attending school in.
He should be easily switched over to any provincial educational program in Canada without loosing a year.
Leaving a teenager behind to get up to no good would scare me too much. Your concern is not warranted. Your son has been educated in English with an almost identical educational system. All will be fine get on the computer and phone and your fears will fly away in no time flat.
Roy
cvimmigration.com
[28-11-2006,08:41]
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Roy |
need advice (in reply to: need advice)
I have actually talked to a few school admission counsellors in Canadian schools- they are not going to give him any credit for his classes that he is taking right now in the US school. I even sent them the transcripts and the ongoing classes, but they say their system is different and so he will not be able to complete his grade 12 by June. That is why he will have to do one more semester in fall, when he should be actually going to the university. they say if he can complete his school here it will be the best. I am really worried. I have relatives close by who he can live with to finish his grade 12. But then he will lose his PR on our application. How can I tackle this situation?
[28-11-2006,11:49]
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dee |
Need Advice on Son's Landing (in reply to: need advice)
It sounds as though your family, including your son, have already received approval for PR. If this is correct he can accompany you to Canada, land, and then immediately return to the US to finish school. For that matter you can all come to Canada, land, and return to the States until his schooling is finished. Just because you land does not mean that from that moment in time you have to be resident in Canada. When he (or all of you) are ready to "move" to Canada permanently all you have to do is come back. You´ll have PR status, and by that time, probably the PR cards. Just be sure to order them in time to have them available upon re-entry.
[28-11-2006,15:10]
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oromum |
Landing (in reply to: need advice)
Just wanted to be sure I was clear on the landing issue: landing is merely a "formality". You present yourselves and your COPA at a Port of Entry, sign and swear to all the questions they ask, and get your Visa. WhaLa! You´re a Permanent Resident. At that point you can turn around and go home again! In order to maintain your PR status you must be resident in Canada for either 2 or 3 years out of the next 5 (I forget which it is). Regardless, you have plenty of time to make your permanent move to Canada. If your family stays and your son goes back to the States to stay with relatives or friends in order to finish High School, all he has to do once he´s graduated and ready to come back to join the family, is travel back to Canada and present his PR card at the POE. He is already a permanent resident and free to live wherever he wants, as long as for 2 or 3 years (whichever it is) of the next five he is living in Canada to maintain his PR status. Hope this is clear. I did a search on the 2 or 3 year thing on the CIC website but couldn´t find it right away. You might have more luck: www.cic.gc.ca
[28-11-2006,15:19]
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oromum |
Landing - Oops, sorry. (in reply to: need advice)
Oops, me again! Sorry, I only skimmed first before replying and didn´t notice the L2 Visa thing. My bad! OK, so he´s not a citizen of the USA? The only other thing I can suggest is that your COPA is good until it´s expiry date, or the expiry date of your medicals (one year from medical exam). Don´t know if he has to land with you, or if he can come on his own as long as it´s before the expiry of the COPA or the medical results - but the issue is whether he can even stay in the States and finish his schooling with an expired L2 Visa. Someone at immigration.ca might also be able to help you, if you post this problem there.
[28-11-2006,15:26]
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oromum |
Need advice (in reply to: need advice)
WE all have our tourist visas still. Can he return on that for just 6 months and finish school?
[28-11-2006,17:00]
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dsr |
Landing and finishing school (in reply to: need advice)
I would think, as long as it´s still valid, he could. But I´m not well versed in US immigration AT ALL - my efforts have been in trying to learn how to immigrate to Canada from the US. At one time I found a forum on US immigration but I can´t remember exactly where it was. But I know I would have found it through either google or AJ.com Best of luck to you - I´ve got kids that age, I know how important it is for them to be able to finish school "at home".
[28-11-2006,22:36]
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oromum |
(in reply to: need advice)
To go to school in the US you need a student visa. You can´t use the tourist visa (I assume it is a 10-year B1/B2 visa) for going to school. He is also a minor. Please consider all aslepcts before making such an important decision. I have no idea what is best for you, I only know what you can´t do. I am in the US on a visa myself.
Uniden
[28-11-2006,23:59]
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Uniden |
(in reply to: need advice)
One more thing, dee..
I believe the problem is more on the US side than on the Canadian side as far as your solution goes. I think it would be money well-spent to get pro advice on this issue. I am not encouraging you to spend money, but to get the right advice. It would be a total disaster to get to know later, when it is too late, that you could have done something to fix this delicate situation.. It has happened to me and my wife in the past. We thought at times that there was no hope for something, then we heard that we could take advantage of this one law and this one paragraph.. We don´t always know everything, even when we think we do.
Best luck to you and don´t hesitate to get the advice you need from a qualified source. Remember, we say what we think, or what we know, and this is all free.. but you get what you pay for..
Good Luck!
Uniden
[29-11-2006,00:14]
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Uniden |
Need advice (in reply to: need advice)
Yes...I am trying my best....thanks for sharing all of your thoughts on this.
[29-11-2006,01:59]
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dee |
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