Hi, there. I've been reading up on this on the internet, and the answers vary, so I thought I might get some clarity here. I'm a US citizen, and my husband is a PR in Canada. Currently, we're living together (me under visitor status for 6 months) in Canada. We got married way after his PR status was approved. We have a few weddings to go to abroad starting in May and thought to start the paperwork on the inland spousal sponsorship since we'll be out of the country for about 5 months. My questions are as follows:
1) First of all, there is an implied status for those awaiting their inland sponsorship application to go through, correct? My understanding is that I could stay in CA for two years with no issues, since that's how long it typically takes for the process.
2) Is there an issue (whether it's actually prohibited or simply a bad idea) for me to leave the country while the application is going through and then to come back in? I don't know if that can affect the application. And I'm not sure if I'd have problems at the border. "How long are you staying?" "Oh, pretty much two years until they give me an answer." -- I don't see that going well with the border agents, but perhaps that's just my impression.
3) I read somewhere (another forum or perhaps a gov website) that the PR is required to stay in Canada during the PR sponsorship process. The longer the PR stays outside Canada, the more chances application gets denied. Is this even true, if you know?
Thank you so much to anyone who can offer some help.
1) First of all, there is an implied status for those awaiting their inland sponsorship application to go through, correct? My understanding is that I could stay in CA for two years with no issues, since that's how long it typically takes for the process.
2) Is there an issue (whether it's actually prohibited or simply a bad idea) for me to leave the country while the application is going through and then to come back in? I don't know if that can affect the application. And I'm not sure if I'd have problems at the border. "How long are you staying?" "Oh, pretty much two years until they give me an answer." -- I don't see that going well with the border agents, but perhaps that's just my impression.
3) I read somewhere (another forum or perhaps a gov website) that the PR is required to stay in Canada during the PR sponsorship process. The longer the PR stays outside Canada, the more chances application gets denied. Is this even true, if you know?
Thank you so much to anyone who can offer some help.