Hello guys,

IRCC sent my wife the PPR mail and since she's in Canada, she immediately sent a web form to Accra VO for a virtual landing.

Now, the problem is that it's been 3 weeks and we have not received any reply from IRCC yet. Please, can anyone offer guidance on how I can navigate this?

@BigJohn814, @architectamaka, @Makibarbie

Thanks.

Like you rightly said, ss (spousal spon.) followed by vv (visitors visa) application. As you already know, both applications are treated separately as the applicant's intentions differ. We didn't do anything 'special' other than submitting the required documents. We kept the vv documentation light because most documents have already been submitted during the ss application. VV is not guaranteed for anyone, however, I would say you'd get to know the decision of the vv application within record time, (unless there are mitigating circumstances peculiar to your application)

beekind:

Congratulations on your PPR.
Can you please share with us what your approach was with the Visitor Visa, we are just planning to put everything together now just like you did.

Spousal Sponsorship followed by visitor visa application, was there anything special you did to ensure that the visitor visa was granted or is it safe to say that as a potential PR (Spousal Sponsorship in progress) the visitor visa is all but guaranteed ?

Thank you for your time.

I attached a blank document checklist. The expectation was to fill the sections relevant to your application and attach. I could have sworn I duly filled it but I guess, I didn't save it properly.

Dizzy007:


Congratulations!!! Please hope you don't mind me asking, what made it incomplete initially? Missing document?

Hello All, silent observer here.

Spousal sponsorship application:
I initially applied in March 2023 but wifey's application was returned as incomplete. So, I re-submitted May 2023.

Timeline:
May 16- Application received
August 17 - Request for Biometrics
Nov 17 - Request for immigration medical exam
Nov. 17 - eligibility completed
Nov. 18 - Pre-arrival services letter
Nov 30 - Medicals completed
Feb 07, 2024 - BG verification completed
Feb 07 - Copr details generated
Feb 12 - PPR mail

Worthy of mentioning is that we applied for wifey's visitor's visa mid-way. We applied in July 2023 and visa approved in Aug, 2023.
Also, wifey was able to get a job in principle (guys, there's no hack here. just aggressive sending of job applications), while she waited for her ppr. Within the 2months we waited for the PPR mail, we decided to apply for an open spousal work permit. We flagpoled ( bad move. can't flagpole as a PR) and later applied online for an open spousal work permit for wifey. What's interesting is that, the minute the online application for an open work permit was sent, IRCC decided to update the spousal PR application to BG completed, COPR details generation and hence PPR mail. So, safe to say that the independent application prompted the system to do the needful, lol.

Rooting for everyone waiting it out for IRCC to do the needful. Cheers!

Hello guys.

I am planning on travelling to Canada this summer but airlines' prices are not smiling at all, so I'm considering Royal Air Maroc. Does anyone have any experience flying with the Moroccoan airline? Will I be needing a transit visa (for a brief layover at Casablanca airport) as a Canada PR enroute Canada?

Kindly help a brother Quite urgent

NaijaCanadian28:


This is what my friend did…. She got a visitors visa, came to Canada, her hubby applied for her PR , at that point she was able to apply for a open work permit. She applied for that and it was approved and she was able to use that to work and get OHIP. One year after her PR was approved. They did court wedding in Nigeria before she came here. You and your fiancé can do a court wedding here when she’s able to travel to Canada.

Thank you for your advice.

OyiBeeBee:
You can apply for vistiors visa for her under family reunification (citing that she's your fiance)
You'd also have to fill an authorization to travel orm which would be notarized by a lawyer and submit alongside the application.

In your invitation letter, make sure you clearly state and convince the visa officer beyond all reasonable doubt that she will return back to her country after the visit. Because the major reason she'd be denied a visitors visa is based on family ties in Canada (YOU)

family reunification .. Yes!

Dimple10:
I think that she can come in with a visitor's visa, you get married at the court in Canada and you file for change of status but you will need proof of relationship to go with your application cos they will ask.

Definitely...proof of relationship must be established . Thank you

nowhere:
Start first. They may not give her if she states she has her husband here. Traditionally, she is not your fiancee, she is your wife but Canada wants the marriage certificate to prove she is your spouse.

Had it been you have the certificate, she would just try the visit visa and while here you guys file for spousal sponsorship within Canada after say four months she gets her open work permit.

Yea, I just have to try and put in my best... Thanks for the advice

Hello guys,

I need some advice on what to do.

I came back to Nigeria last year, December, to really spend time with family and see my fiancé as well. Fast forward this year, my fiancé and I did our traditional marriage and shortly after she left for US for a 4-month summer work program. I will soon be travelling back to Canada ( I'm a PR) and I really need my fiancé/wife ( I don't think Canada recognizes a couple that just did traditional marriage as husband and wife) to join me in Canada.

I am really looking for legal options I can explore for her to come over to Canada from US, before the expiration of her work permit visa. I don't know if a visitors' visa is a sure-fire way to bring her over or nah. I'm not too sure again, how to make this happen, like, make a strong case why I need my wife/fiancé here with me in Canada or if the application for a visitors' visa will even succeed. I don't want to start an application that will lead to rejection.

Thanks.
P.S. I'm also aware of the Canada-US border restrictions. She'd definitely be coming over when those restrictions are relaxed in the coming months, hopefully!