darrenhumm1910

Hi,

Me and my partner (who is Canadian) are just about to submit our spousal sponsorship forms. We have done lots of research and know that the expected timeline is about 12 months at the moment for completion. My question is, assuming everything goes well and I get approved to be a PR, what happens once I receive confirmation that this is the case? Do I need to go to Canada straight away to get my PR card (or can I do this outside of Canada) and once I have my PR card, do I have a certain amount of time to move to Canada officially? Currently we live in the UK, own our house and don't really want to kick of selling house and moving until we know for sure if I can get approved for PR status.

Thanks

plasticcanuck

Hurlabrick

Most of your questions answered in the wiki section here:

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Spousa..._Forms#Landing



That is up to you! You will get a CoPR (Confirmation of Permanent Residence) form that MUST be exercised by landing and declaring PR in Canada by the stated expiry date (usually 1 years from the date of your medical)

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Originally Posted by darrenhumm1910

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Answered above. No you cannot do this from outside Canada.



Sort of. You can do a 'soft landing' (or flagpole) to declare PR, then return to the UK to sell up. As long as you can give CBSA a Canadian residential address to send the card to then fine, if not then you must wait to apply for the card once you have a Canadian residential address. Pretty common for people to land and declare PR then return to sell up for 12 - 18 months or so.

christmasoompa

Hurlabrick

Yes it is 1 year - OR another date determined by CIC - they will usually give you a few weeks at least until the CoPR expires. Also turnaround times for straightforward applications can be considerably less than 1 year (6 maybe 9 months)