jrbenny

My Canadian wife is sponsoring me to Canada and my visa expires in september.We cannot move while next year due to unforseen circumstances,so i will " land" this summer.Does my wife need to be with me,when i land even though i will have a return ticket to the uk?

Tangram

No I believe. But an expert may advise differently.

jrbenny

Thanks,do you know where i can find an expert?,a lawyer or visa office?

ann m

Hi - re-post this question in the 'Immigration' section for Canada - they will point you in the right direction. Good luck

stepnek

My Canadian wife sponsored me but wasn't with me when I arrived in Canada. She flew ahead of me by a couple of days so I did the landing process at immigration on my own with my daughter.

jrbenny

did you have any awkward questions to answer stepnek?

stepnek

You've got your immigration visa in your passport right? You're also the principle applicant sponsored by your wife? I'm no expert but it didn't concern me at all and I'm a worrier! . Immigration has no interest in your Canadian spouse being there when you land because all of the paperwork is about you. For me it all went very smoothly with no awkward questions whatsoever.

jrbenny

Your wife was already there though right?

jood

My husband (a Canadian citizen) had to sponsor me from here.....this was back the 80's when we came here the first time. I arrived three months later with our daughter, who was 3 years old at that time. I went through Immigration at Toronto airport when we arrived, and that was that.....no awkward questions; I seem to remember such things as Child Allowance (or whatever it's called now) and SIN being arranged at Immigration - but that may be different now. Hubby met us and away we went.

It's quite common for families to arrive here separately - don't worry.

jrbenny

many thanks jood.