Can anyone shed any light on what this means, from http://www.cic.gc.ca:
"In some exceptional cases, the sponsor may also start the immigration process at a visa office by submitting a sponsorship application. The sponsor must be a Canadian Citizen residing exclusively outside Canada, who intends to return to live permanently in Canada with his/her family. He/she can only sponsor a spouse and/or unmarried children who are under the age of 19..."

Supposing the above criteria are fulfilled, what are the 'exceptional' circumstances under which this would be done, and what difference would it make if my Canadian spouse who resides exclusively in the UK applied to London instead of Mississauga (if indeed he was 'allowed' to)?

Thanks,
CN

The paragraph you cite contains the exceptional circumstances of a Canadian spouse
living exclusively outside of Canada and wishing to return to Canada with their
husband or wife. If that fits you then you can ask the CHC in London to accept your
psonsorship of your spouse. Jim Humphries, former visa officer

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Thanks Jim, those criteria are exactly what we fit.

Is there any advantage in submitting to London? Would the process be any faster for us rather than sending things back and forth to Mississauga? (or is it rather a case of things being faster purely because of not having to wait on international mail?)

And finally, any idea of current processing times in a best case scenario, for a spousal application processed from London?

Thanks again!

CN

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Did you fly out from the UK within the last year? Do you have a copy of the ticket
(or the ticket number)? If so you may be able to get a discounted fare from a travel
agent. If not, you'll be stuck with published fares, so just start calling airlines
and checking US websites like expedia.com.

Agents in the UK:

http://www.flightbureau.com (email [email protected])
http://www.ebookers.co.uk (I think, or .com)

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Hilary

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What difference does having an old outbound ticket make? Just curious.

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-Amber.

"I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult."

-- Rita Rudner

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It allows you to use a discounted fare. Some airlines will allow people to return to
the UK if they've been out within a year. Depends on airline and starting point, but
it may make a difference.

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Cheers for the advice, Hilary (!) I'm not entirely certain why this new thread has appeared amidst my original one...however, anyone have any ideas about my last question?!

That would be the one about 'what difference does it make if my Canadian partner applies to CHC London for sponsorship'?

And 'does anyone have any rough ballpark figures on how long a straightforward spousal sponsorship app. would take, from London, beginning to end'?

An autographed, free old ticket stub to the provider of the first straight answer :)

Cheers everybody,

CN