ChineduOC:
My name is Chinedu. I am a student of UofT. I am already in Canada. I want my wife to visit me in Canada this christmas. We don't have kids yet.

My question now are

1 Whose IRCC account will be used for the application? Will my wife apply or me?
2 Where will I upload her invitation letter that I wrote
3 How long before they approve the visa?
4. What are the documents that I need?

Individual85:
PLS HELP.
Hi everyone
I so much need some guidance
My wife is applying, sponsored by her mom
Our plan is to join her after some months with our 2 kids. As We may not be able to go 2geda,

* Is it not prohibited for a sponsored student to bring her husband?
* her mom is a citizen in the US, is she classified as a third party sponsor? What's d possible problem if any.
* do I need proof of fund also for the SPOUSE OPEN WORK PERMIT while shes there as a student.
Thanx in anticipation
God bless the house.

SweetJJ:


Hi Chinedu,
You can open a new account for your wife and apply for her or you can apply through your own gckey. After filling the information you will see a space to upload the invitation letter else you merge it with the other documents and upload in optional documents section. Scroll back few pages back you will see the list of documents you will need.

I'd suggest you apply for Spousal open work permit because in the recent times we haven't seen any approval for visit visa, however many persons here got work permit for spouse approved. For the processing time, you can check the ircc site, however from the recent trend, approval comes in average 3/4months now. But if you decide to apply for the visit visa on the new portal, they said 12weeks processing time. But the refusal rate is high.

All the best.

ChineduOC:
Thanks. If my wife comes here with an SOWP Visa and leaves in 1 month. Will that cause any problem? Can she be going in and out with it like visitor's visa? She's engaged in Nigeria with our family business.

Is SOWP multiple entry visa like visitor's visa?

Must she work with her SOWP?

ehiremen2002:
I have a friend who just got her student visa approved. She is planing to resume in January. And she want her husband to join her same time via visitor status.Is this a good idea

The husband is planning to put in his application if he can get response before January.

ehiremen2002:
I was also checking if someone decides to process SOWP from outside of Canada.

I noticed processing time from Nigeria - work permit is 58weeks. If you have a spouse doing 1 year process, the person already graduated.

skull4eva:


Why visits i would rather advice he applys for SOWP

skull4eva:

Yes is the right answer

jogazino:
Skull4eva, Thanks for always answering my questions. Please I want to ask you one more important question. I just submitted my SOWP application two days ago. My question. I have one VV application that still running since 2020 and is yet to be finalized, Please what will happen? Should I raise a web form for cancellation of the VV or they will cancel by themselves? I will appreciate your prompt response. Thank you

Lawfulness:
Hello everyone, Trust you're all well.
Please I need your advice/suggestion.
I recently received my student visa and plan to travel in December. While applying for study visa, I stated in the family section of the form that I will travel alone and used my family as home. My agent told me last week that I have to wait till after Imy graduation before I can apply SOWP for my spouse and for daughter.
What should I do?
Thanks for the anticipated responses.

skull4eva:


Although dual intent is allowed but that is if the two application is temporary and permanent streams. But for you VV and sowp they are both Temporary resident visa (TRV).
Haven said that, i will advise u leave both applications running as far as the UCI are connected once the VV is attended to the sowp will most likely visited simultaneaously then IRCC will cancel the visit themselves and approve the sowp.

skull4eva:


I have always advocated that we should desist from using our nuclear family as hometies. It is better to use job, business, landed properties and assets as well as aged parents.
This is how it works whatever u use as hometies is used as a suretee that after your program you will return. Although they also understand that one can change his or her mind after study to stay but during the duration of study the home tie should be there. Now if it is job or business or assets you dont need to take them to canada just sell them off or cancel whatever bond. Now that it is ur family the age might be absolutely right but there might still be ways of escape and this basically depends on your story and present determinations

Iyin2017:
Hi everyone,

Please do I need to print out the IMM forms and sign manually?

jogazino:
Thank you so much. You are usually right. My VV was was given attention today and simultaneously my sowp application was also updated with my biometric and UCI number which was not provided before when I submitted. On the VV I was ask to submit Appliction for a temporary resident form IMM5257b with a deadline 12 October but on my new application SOWP all these has being submitted accordingly. Please what is your best advise to the present request from IRCC?

Iyin2017:
Hi everyone,

Please do I need to print out the IMM forms and sign manually?

Jeffi7:
Good day all.

Pls I am about applying for Sowp visa as my spouse has traveled to Canada in early August.
1. I need a sample of sop which I can use to write mine, if any one can dm me with a sample I would so much appreciate it

2. How much do I need in my account as proof of fund for myself and 3 kids application?

3. Is it better I use my spouse gckey account or I create a new account for my application?

4. What are the reason one shud use for application for SOWP visa?

Thanks

metrecube:
PPR for SOWP in 3 months
First child: S P
Second Child: V V
CIC honoured me with approval on my birthday
It shall go round in Jesus name.
I will send the list of documents submitted later.

DamilareOla:
Hello All.

I am new here. I recently got my study permit approved on the 3rd of February for the Fall session.

We want to apply for my wifey around July/August (a Visitor visa or SOWP).

Which would you advise?
What are the steps to take/document to submit?

Kindly help.
Thank you.

skull4eva:

Pls can I send you a Dm. I’ve got some questions if you don’t mind @skull4eva
Let me answer few of ur questions
2. Proof of funds for you is 5k and each child is 3k so you will need 14k for you and the kids. Also your spouse must show proof of tuition payment for the current term and some money she is using to cater for living expenses.
3. You can use any gckey. Although creating a new one looks ideal but even those that used the old one also got lots of approvals
4. Family reunification is a good enough reason with different branches based on ur story.

skull4eva:


Why visits i would rather advice he applys for SOWP

olowoba2:


SOWP takes too long if applying from Nigeria. Check average processing time for work permit from Nigeria. As at this morning, it is 57 weeks. It is better to apply for a temporary visa and then when you are in Canada you apply for SOWP.

@ehiremen2002

aestake:

Which one is temporary visa?

olowoba2:

Visitor visa