Hi All,
Been a while since I've posted. Anyhow Joe and I are getting very close to him coming here. The plan is my daughter and I will fly out to see him then drive back to Canada with him. Once here we will get married and hopefully have him stay 6 months. Questions..Should he get his medical and state,fbi clearences before he comes here. We will be starting Application process (outland) right after we are married. Does he have to leave as soon as he applies? Thanks in advance.
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djbinsk Wrote:Hi All,
Been a while since I've posted. Anyhow Joe and I are getting very close to him coming here. The plan is my daughter and I will fly out to see him then drive back to Canada with him. Once here we will get married and hopefully have him stay 6 months. Questions..Should he get his medical and state,fbi clearences before he comes here. We will be starting Application process (outland) right after we are married. Does he have to leave as soon as he applies? Thanks in advance.
Since the Police certificates and proof of the medical exam have to included in the application and sponsorship package. What do you mean does he have to leave soon as he applies? If you are applying "out of Canada" as long as he is admitted and keeps his visitor status valid, there is no reason for him to leave.
PMM
He can get his medical in Canada, and he can send for his criminal clearances from Canada, too. Those need to be submitted before they're three months old, so better not to do them too early.
If he's from the States, read up on the info on
US2Canada, then come back with specific questions. Also, be careful coming into Canada with him. If you guys are not yet married, and you come in together talking about marrying and him staying with you, he could be refused entry. As PMM mentioned, he is able to stay in Canada with you after your marriage, while awaiting finalization of even an outland PR ap (preferable way to file rather than inland for many, many reasons), but entering before you're in a qualified relationship and admitting to intent to marry in Canada and apply for PR is dicey. Better to either get legally married in the States (you could still have your wedding in Canada) and then you bring him in and state your intention to sponsor him, and he gets documented temporary status that allows him to apply to extend from within Canada - if you're wanting him to be able to stay.
Ditto most of what RobsLuv says, some with much emphasis.
Couple notes: obtaining the medical is probably significantly less expensive in Canada, and probably a lot more convenient unless one happens to live in one of the American locales where a DMP is located.
I did both: that is, did my medical in Canada and sent away for my FBI certificate while in Canada. I also stayed in Canada while my out-land application was pending, applying for an extension along the way and getting a VR that was good for well past the date on which I received my PR visa. Just be sure to use a Canadian mailing address so that mail is obtained promptly.
And yes, crossing the border initially can be problematic. Just remember, for an American to enter Canada as a visitor (which is the only status that is usually available in these situations) the American must indeed intend to be visiting, not moving to Canada. There are many nuances to this, but if you visit the site referred to by RobsLuv and take into consideration that for an American Canada is a foreign country, and in Canada an American is a foreign national, and are aware of the formalities as well as the practicalities of this, it should not be a problem . . . it mostly becomes a problem when people say the wrong things, have the wrong idea, aren't prepared for the technicalities that apply.
Re obtaining an extension once one has entered Canada as a visitor, by the way, the CIC site now explicitly says (if one works their way through their online process to determine qualification for an extension) that Americans applying for an extension of visitor status do not need documentation of their entry into Canada to apply for an extension . . . and can, in fact, do so online (again, even if their entry was not documented).
Thanks for the replies. I'm wondering when my daughter and I are going over to see him we will only be on a one way ticket due to driving back. So i'll probaly get questioned due to that alone i'm guessing...and one of the reasons i'll be going is to get married but i don't want to tell them that. (yes we decided prob better to tie knot in Vegas)
Bumping for reply to last part :)
I'm not sure what you're asking - will you be questioned about a one-way ticket? Possibly - just tell them you'll be coming back to the US via auto w/your friend
When you come to the US to get married in Vegas, do not tell them you're coming to get married - last thing you want is them thinking that your finace is immigrating to the US & requiring a fiance visa
djbinsk Wrote:Thanks for the replies. I'm wondering when my daughter and I are going over to see him we will only be on a one way ticket due to driving back. So i'll probaly get questioned due to that alone i'm guessing...and one of the reasons i'll be going is to get married but i don't want to tell them that. (yes we decided prob better to tie knot in Vegas)