if im granted residency...

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Subject: if im granted residency...
  My partner has applied for residency under the canadian experience class and im included as a common law partner. We applied in canada but currently live outside. We will return to canada later this year and hopefully we are accepted next year sometime. If we are accepted, but not in the country, how long do we have to enter and is there any obligation to stay in the country for any amount of time. Should we choose to live in another country for a few years before immigrating permanently, is there any expiration on the offer to immigrate, or once you have it you have as long as you like?
Also, if you are granted residency, but have a newborn child outside of canada, how might that affect the immigration process?
Thanks for any info or link to a page with details.

[11-08-2013,05:10]
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James
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All of your questions are answered on the CIC web site:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index-can.asp

Yes - there is an expiration on the visa. After you are approved, you will have a number of months to enter the country and "land" as permanent residents. If you fail to land by the visa expiration date - you must start the application program from scratch. Once you are PRs, you must live in Canada for 2 out of every 5 rolling years to keep your status. If you have a child outside of Canada then you will have to sponsor that child for PR. You can only do this from Canada. If your child is visa exempt, then you can simply bring the child to Canada and complete the sponsorship process from there. If your child is non-visa exempt, then you will have to apply for a visitor visa. If it´s approved, you bring the child to Canada and complete the sponsorship from there. If it is refused, then one of you will have to return to Canada to file the sponsorship application and will have to remain in Canada while the application is processed.

[11-08-2013,09:24]
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