minute_edm

Hi all

I am a permanent resident of Canada, currently studying in the US. I would like to have a trip with my fiance to Canada (she is not a PR, and is currently living in another country where US has no embassy).

I was wondering if she can apply for a Canadian visitor visa, instead of a sponsored PR visa, to come to Canada? I have heard that odds of getting rejected for a visitor visa for a spouse of a PR are quite high. My plan is to apply for the US visa for her at a US consulate in Canada. What do you guys think?

I should add that since I am not living in Canada, I am not eligible to sponsor her for PR until I finish my studies and go back to Canada - and I have two more years to go .

Thanks

JAJ

If she wants a US tourist visa, she should normally apply to the US Embassy in her home country. As far as I understand, it is not necessarily easy to get a US tourist visa in Canada unless you are a Canadian permanent resident or otherwise well settled in Canada.

minute_edm

Thanks. My question was more on the first part: Tourist visa for Canada while her husband is a Canadian PR. I am asking this because I have read comments elsewhere that if the someone is a permanent resident of Canada, there is almost no way he/she can bring his/her spouse over other than sponsorship. So is that right?