Originally Posted by carley_jackson

I had to give my National Insurance card to the British Government when I moved away. I don't have it anymore.

Originally Posted by JAJ

You may have given it away, but no you didn't have to. Are you confused with an NHS card?



Don't want to wait? How many times have we heard that one before? Is there a reason why you haven't become a Canadian citizen already

Stay away too long and your permanent residence will be gone and that usually means stuck for life outside Canada, also since you're not a Canadian citizen, you can't sponsor for a spouse visa while living outside the country.

Originally Posted by fledermaus

NHS card, never seen one of those either and I worked in the NHS for many many years.

Originally Posted by JAJ

A few seconds search leads to:
http://www.swallowbecksurgery.co.uk/...edicalCard.jpg

Originally Posted by fledermaus

How super. I've still never seen one in real life, nor asked to see one in 25 years working in the NHS so can't imagine why you would have to hand it in.

Originally Posted by PMM

Hi



The responders missed one very important point in your posting. You are a Permanent Resident in Canada and sponsoring your spouse abroad. You must reside in Canada during the processing, if you move abroad to be with your spouse, your application will be refused. Only Citizens can sponsor while residing abroad.

Sponsors

Sponsor
130. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a sponsor, for the purpose of sponsoring a foreign national who makes an application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the family class or an application to remain in Canada as a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class under subsection 13(1) of the Act, must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who
(a) is at least 18 years of age;
(b) resides in Canada; and
(c) has filed a sponsorship application in respect of a member of the family class or the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class in accordance with section 10.

Sponsor not residing in Canada
(2) A sponsor who is a Canadian citizen and does not reside in Canada may sponsor an application referred to in subsection (1) by their spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or dependent child who has no dependent children if the sponsor will reside in Canada when the applicant becomes a permanent resident.

Originally Posted by carley_jackson

That really answers my question doesn't it, I'm gonna have to suck it up for another 'x' amount of months. Thanks for the info very helpful

Originally Posted by JAJ

You may have given it away, but no you didn't have to. Are you confused with an NHS card?



Don't want to wait? How many times have we heard that one before? Is there a reason why you haven't become a Canadian citizen already

Stay away too long and your permanent residence will be gone and that usually means stuck for life outside Canada, also since you're not a Canadian citizen, you can't sponsor for a spouse visa while living outside the country.

Originally Posted by carley_jackson

My situation is complicated but i'll try to keep it to the point. I moved to Canada with my family when I was 18 from England. I left behind my boyfriend. After being here for 5 years and completing university my boyfriend and I miraculously managed to keep our relationship going (HUGE phone bills, endless hours of skyping and msn). He came over for a year on a work visa and we finally got married in April.

So now, his visa has run out and he's had to go back to England and I'm still in Canada. The problem is that we both want to eventually live in Canada together but have to wait for his immigration papers to be processed and god only knows how long that will take. I am wondering if I am able to go back to England and work/live with my husband while his permanent residence stuff goes through? If I went back to England (hopefully it would be a year at the most) how would I get my national insurance number back? Would I need to apply to go back there? I am a British Citizen but have permenent residence in Canada.

I would appreciate any help.
Thanks
Carley