Deepred

Dear Mr.Miller:

If you don't mind, can you please advise me :

A couple of days ago, I received the initial assessment for my PR
application through Buffalo (with an interview waiver,for now, and
request for some additional documents). My plan is to go back to
India in the very near future and wait for the PR process to complete.
I now am faced with the question of when I should marry my girlfriend
(back in India) so that I may get her PR process started too.

Would it be faster and easier to wait to marry till I get my PR and
then go with family based sponsorship for her ? Or will it be more
preferable to marry before the LP comes and simply add her
information+documents to my pending application ?

Both routes are flexible for me, but I'm trying to plan out my future
based on which one route is generally more preferred and the pros and
cons of each.

Please guide me.

Thank you very much,
Regards.




"The Wizzard" wrote in message news:...
    > The easies tthing for you to do would be to postpone your marriage until
    > after you have become a PR of Canada, then you can sponsor your wife.
    > Otherwise you need to get married in plenty of time before yoru visas will
    > be issued and send all the applicaiton details for yoru wife and fees and
    > they have to add her and then do her background check and then she will have
    > to do medicals etc. So it may or may not take longer in time than sposnoring
    > her etc but you will also have to wait until that time to become a PR of
    > Canada, so it depends how soon you want to move there and wether you want to
    > be seperated from yrou wife etc.
    > "rajind75" wrote in message
    > news:541898.1035584140@britishexpa-
    > ts.com    ...
    > >
    > > HI! EVERYBODY!!!!!
    > > i am on H1b visa right now in USA.i applied for the independent visa
    > > category of canada from my native country.i did medical exam before
    > > six months.
    > > but i gonna marry in my native country mid of december,2002.so there r
    > > two conditions for me as follows.
    > > 1) if i will get the visa document or letter upto mid of the december
    > > then i will stamp my visa on passport.& then for my spouse i will apply
    > > on family class immigration seperately.
    > > I have H1B visa of USA so she will get the H4 visa & she will come with
    > > me in USA.so if she will get the visitor visa of canada from USA then i
    > > think, i can apply for my spouse on family class immigration within
    > > canada.is it possible?if so, then what are the conditions requirements
    > > for applying within canada?
    > >
    > > 2)Second is if i will not get the visa document or letter upto mid of
    > > the december
    > > then i would like to submit my spouse's documents.please let me know
    > > which documents & how much fees i have to submit to immigration office ?
    > > please reply me.
    > > thanks.
    > >
    > > --
    > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Andrew Miller

It is your choice - you may go to India now, marry quickly your fiancée and add
her application to your case or wait for your visa, land in Canada and then go
to India, marry her and start sponsorship process after returning to Canada.
Both ways are OK and pros and cons really depend from your preferences only.
Just remember not to change marital status after visa is issued but before
landing.

--

../..

Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
(delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)

For confidential phone consultation go here:

http://members.yahoo.-
liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
________________________________


"Deepred" wrote in message
news:2391fca3.0210261301-
[email protected]...
    > Dear Mr.Miller:
    > If you don't mind, can you please advise me :
    > A couple of days ago, I received the initial assessment for my PR
    > application through Buffalo (with an interview waiver,for now, and
    > request for some additional documents). My plan is to go back to
    > India in the very near future and wait for the PR process to complete.
    > I now am faced with the question of when I should marry my girlfriend
    > (back in India) so that I may get her PR process started too.
    > Would it be faster and easier to wait to marry till I get my PR and
    > then go with family based sponsorship for her ? Or will it be more
    > preferable to marry before the LP comes and simply add her
    > information+documents to my pending application ?
    > Both routes are flexible for me, but I'm trying to plan out my future
    > based on which one route is generally more preferred and the pros and
    > cons of each.
    > Please guide me.
    > Thank you very much,
    > Regards.
    > "The Wizzard" wrote in message
news:...
    > > The easies tthing for you to do would be to postpone your marriage until
    > > after you have become a PR of Canada, then you can sponsor your wife.
    > > Otherwise you need to get married in plenty of time before yoru visas will
    > > be issued and send all the applicaiton details for yoru wife and fees and
    > > they have to add her and then do her background check and then she will
have
    > > to do medicals etc. So it may or may not take longer in time than
sposnoring
    > > her etc but you will also have to wait until that time to become a PR of
    > > Canada, so it depends how soon you want to move there and wether you want
to
    > > be seperated from yrou wife etc.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > "rajind75" wrote in message
    > > news:541898.1035584140@britishex-
    > > pats.com    ...
    > > >
    > > > HI! EVERYBODY!!!!!
    > > > i am on H1b visa right now in USA.i applied for the independent visa
    > > > category of canada from my native country.i did medical exam before
    > > > six months.
    > > > but i gonna marry in my native country mid of december,2002.so there r
    > > > two conditions for me as follows.
    > > > 1) if i will get the visa document or letter upto mid of the december
    > > > then i will stamp my visa on passport.& then for my spouse i will apply
    > > > on family class immigration seperately.
    > > > I have H1B visa of USA so she will get the H4 visa & she will come with
    > > > me in USA.so if she will get the visitor visa of canada from USA then i
    > > > think, i can apply for my spouse on family class immigration within
    > > > canada.is it possible?if so, then what are the conditions requirements
    > > > for applying within canada?
    > > >
    > > > 2)Second is if i will not get the visa document or letter upto mid of
    > > > the december
    > > > then i would like to submit my spouse's documents.please let me know
    > > > which documents & how much fees i have to submit to immigration office ?
    > > > please reply me.
    > > > thanks.
    > > >
    > > > --
    > > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Raghu

Deep,
CAN YOU PLEASE POST YOUR TIMELINES!
What Docs were asked after Assessment?
Thanks.
~Raghu

Deepred

Hi Mr.Miller,
Thank you for the information.
May I please ask you a couple of follow-up questions that come to my
mind:

1) If I get married now and add my wife to my application,
approximately how much additional delay (just roughly from previous
cases) can we expect before we get our landing papers ? Will the case
still be processed under Buffalo jurisdiction even though I'm waiting
for the LP in India after marriage ?

2) If I opt for landing first and then marrying, will I need to stay
in Canada and show income from a source within Canada for sponsoring
her or will a bank letter (with sufficient funds) be enough ? Also,
approximately how long would it take (again just an approximate
average range of time) for her to get her PR, if we go this route ?

I'm basically trying to assess which of these two options would be
relatively faster in the long run.

I do appreciate all your advice. Thanks so much !

Regards...






"Andrew Miller" wrote in message news:...
    > It is your choice - you may go to India now, marry quickly your fiancée and add
    > her application to your case or wait for your visa, land in Canada and then go
    > to India, marry her and start sponsorship process after returning to Canada.
    > Both ways are OK and pros and cons really depend from your preferences only.
    > Just remember not to change marital status after visa is issued but before
    > landing.
    > --
    > ../..
    > Andrew Miller
    > Immigration Consultant
    > Vancouver, British Columbia
    > email: [email protected]
    > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)
    > For confidential phone consultation go here:
    > http://members.yaho-
    > o.liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
    > ________________________________
    > "Deepred" wrote in message
    > news:2391fca3.02102613-
    > [email protected]    ...
    > > Dear Mr.Miller:
    > >
    > > If you don't mind, can you please advise me :
    > >
    > > A couple of days ago, I received the initial assessment for my PR
    > > application through Buffalo (with an interview waiver,for now, and
    > > request for some additional documents). My plan is to go back to
    > > India in the very near future and wait for the PR process to complete.
    > > I now am faced with the question of when I should marry my girlfriend
    > > (back in India) so that I may get her PR process started too.
    > >
    > > Would it be faster and easier to wait to marry till I get my PR and
    > > then go with family based sponsorship for her ? Or will it be more
    > > preferable to marry before the LP comes and simply add her
    > > information+documents to my pending application ?
    > >
    > > Both routes are flexible for me, but I'm trying to plan out my future
    > > based on which one route is generally more preferred and the pros and
    > > cons of each.
    > >
    > > Please guide me.
    > >
    > > Thank you very much,
    > > Regards.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > "The Wizzard" wrote in message
    > news:...
    > > > The easies tthing for you to do would be to postpone your marriage until
    > > > after you have become a PR of Canada, then you can sponsor your wife.
    > > > Otherwise you need to get married in plenty of time before yoru visas will
    > > > be issued and send all the applicaiton details for yoru wife and fees and
    > > > they have to add her and then do her background check and then she will
    > have
    > > > to do medicals etc. So it may or may not take longer in time than
    > sposnoring
    > > > her etc but you will also have to wait until that time to become a PR of
    > > > Canada, so it depends how soon you want to move there and wether you want
    > to
    > > > be seperated from yrou wife etc.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > "rajind75" wrote in message
    > > > news:541898.1035584140@british-
    > > > expats.com    ...
    > > > >
    > > > > HI! EVERYBODY!!!!!
    > > > > i am on H1b visa right now in USA.i applied for the independent visa
    > > > > category of canada from my native country.i did medical exam before
    > > > > six months.
    > > > > but i gonna marry in my native country mid of december,2002.so there r
    > > > > two conditions for me as follows.
    > > > > 1) if i will get the visa document or letter upto mid of the december
    > > > > then i will stamp my visa on passport.& then for my spouse i will apply
    > > > > on family class immigration seperately.
    > > > > I have H1B visa of USA so she will get the H4 visa & she will come with
    > > > > me in USA.so if she will get the visitor visa of canada from USA then i
    > > > > think, i can apply for my spouse on family class immigration within
    > > > > canada.is it possible?if so, then what are the conditions requirements
    > > > > for applying within canada?
    > > > >
    > > > > 2)Second is if i will not get the visa document or letter upto mid of
    > > > > the december
    > > > > then i would like to submit my spouse's documents.please let me know
    > > > > which documents & how much fees i have to submit to immigration office ?
    > > > > please reply me.
    > > > > thanks.
    > > > >
    > > > > --
    > > > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Deepred

Timeline:

Case Via Buffalo.

App received - 10/15/2001
AOR issued - 11/15/2001
Initial assessment - 10/24/2002

Interview waiver (for now)

Additional documents required - fresh FBI clearance, W2, pay stub,
certified reference letter from current employer, updated bank
letter(s).
Medicals - advised to get done after 6 months from now.

Hope that answers it...



Raghu wrote in message news:...
    > Deep,
    > CAN YOU PLEASE POST YOUR TIMELINES!
    > What Docs were asked after Assessment?
    > Thanks.
    > ~Raghu

Andrew Miller

1) Change of residential address will not affect the venue - your case will
still be processed in Buffalo. How much time will be added? It depends from how
soon you'll get married, how soon you'll add your wife's application to yours,
etc. If by that time your case will be at the end of the process (after
medicals and background/security check) then you may expect additional delay of
3 to 6+ months.

2) You need to reside in Canada in order to sponsor anyone - although when
sponsoring a spouse you don't need to meet minimum income requirement. But you
must reside in Canada. Process will take anywhere from 6 to 9+ months.

--

../..

Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
(delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)

For confidential phone consultation go here:

http://members.yahoo.-
liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
________________________________



"Deepred" wrote in message
news:2391fca3.0210270901.-
[email protected]...
    > Hi Mr.Miller,
    > Thank you for the information.
    > May I please ask you a couple of follow-up questions that come to my
    > mind:
    > 1) If I get married now and add my wife to my application,
    > approximately how much additional delay (just roughly from previous
    > cases) can we expect before we get our landing papers ? Will the case
    > still be processed under Buffalo jurisdiction even though I'm waiting
    > for the LP in India after marriage ?
    > 2) If I opt for landing first and then marrying, will I need to stay
    > in Canada and show income from a source within Canada for sponsoring
    > her or will a bank letter (with sufficient funds) be enough ? Also,
    > approximately how long would it take (again just an approximate
    > average range of time) for her to get her PR, if we go this route ?
    > I'm basically trying to assess which of these two options would be
    > relatively faster in the long run.
    > I do appreciate all your advice. Thanks so much !
    > Regards...
    > "Andrew Miller" wrote in message
news:...
    > > It is your choice - you may go to India now, marry quickly your fiancée and
add
    > > her application to your case or wait for your visa, land in Canada and then
go
    > > to India, marry her and start sponsorship process after returning to
Canada.
    > > Both ways are OK and pros and cons really depend from your preferences
only.
    > > Just remember not to change marital status after visa is issued but before
    > > landing.
    > >
    > > --
    > >
    > > ../..
    > >
    > > Andrew Miller
    > > Immigration Consultant
    > > Vancouver, British Columbia
    > > email: [email protected]
    > > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)
    > >
    > > For confidential phone consultation go here:
    > >
    > > http://members.ya-
    > > hoo.liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
    > > ________________________________
    > >
    > >
    > > "Deepred" wrote in message
    > > news:2391fca3.021026-
    > > [email protected]    ...
    > > > Dear Mr.Miller:
    > > >
    > > > If you don't mind, can you please advise me :
    > > >
    > > > A couple of days ago, I received the initial assessment for my PR
    > > > application through Buffalo (with an interview waiver,for now, and
    > > > request for some additional documents). My plan is to go back to
    > > > India in the very near future and wait for the PR process to complete.
    > > > I now am faced with the question of when I should marry my girlfriend
    > > > (back in India) so that I may get her PR process started too.
    > > >
    > > > Would it be faster and easier to wait to marry till I get my PR and
    > > > then go with family based sponsorship for her ? Or will it be more
    > > > preferable to marry before the LP comes and simply add her
    > > > information+documents to my pending application ?
    > > >
    > > > Both routes are flexible for me, but I'm trying to plan out my future
    > > > based on which one route is generally more preferred and the pros and
    > > > cons of each.
    > > >
    > > > Please guide me.
    > > >
    > > > Thank you very much,
    > > > Regards.
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > "The Wizzard" wrote in message
    > > news:...
    > > > > The easies tthing for you to do would be to postpone your marriage
until
    > > > > after you have become a PR of Canada, then you can sponsor your wife.
    > > > > Otherwise you need to get married in plenty of time before yoru visas
will
    > > > > be issued and send all the applicaiton details for yoru wife and fees
and
    > > > > they have to add her and then do her background check and then she will
    > > have
    > > > > to do medicals etc. So it may or may not take longer in time than
    > > sposnoring
    > > > > her etc but you will also have to wait until that time to become a PR
of
    > > > > Canada, so it depends how soon you want to move there and wether you
want
    > > to
    > > > > be seperated from yrou wife etc.
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > > "rajind75" wrote in message
    > > > > news:541898.1035584140@briti-
    > > > > shexpats.com    ...
    > > > > >
    > > > > > HI! EVERYBODY!!!!!
    > > > > > i am on H1b visa right now in USA.i applied for the independent visa
    > > > > > category of canada from my native country.i did medical exam before
    > > > > > six months.
    > > > > > but i gonna marry in my native country mid of december,2002.so there
r
    > > > > > two conditions for me as follows.
    > > > > > 1) if i will get the visa document or letter upto mid of the december
    > > > > > then i will stamp my visa on passport.& then for my spouse i will
apply
    > > > > > on family class immigration seperately.
    > > > > > I have H1B visa of USA so she will get the H4 visa & she will come
with
    > > > > > me in USA.so if she will get the visitor visa of canada from USA then
i
    > > > > > think, i can apply for my spouse on family class immigration within
    > > > > > canada.is it possible?if so, then what are the conditions
requirements
    > > > > > for applying within canada?
    > > > > >
    > > > > > 2)Second is if i will not get the visa document or letter upto mid of
    > > > > > the december
    > > > > > then i would like to submit my spouse's documents.please let me know
    > > > > > which documents & how much fees i have to submit to immigration
office ?
    > > > > > please reply me.
    > > > > > thanks.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > --
    > > > > > Posted via http://britishexpats.com