Moving to Canada, wife Canadian

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Apple Pi - 30 Dec 2005 23:12 GMT

My wife is Canadian and I am a European citizen. We are both living in
Europe at the moment.
We really want to move to Canada.

Given that we are married and my wife is from Canada she thinks "it
should be our right to be able to move to Canada", her parents thinks
the same too.

What the real situation!? Is it my right to move to Canada?

I reasearched a bit and I saw that there is "inland" and "outside"
spouse application. But people talk about 10 months... 1 year... we are
married, why on eart we have to wait 1 year for something that
supposedly is our right?

Can you help on this? Any advice/shortcut would help alot.

Thanks in advance..

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PMM - 31 Dec 2005 01:51 GMT

> My wife is Canadian and I am a European citizen. We are both living in
> Europe at the moment.
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>
> Thanks in advance..

Non Canadians/PR have no "rights" to move to Canada. Your wife can submit
an application outside Canada to sponsor you. You and your wife submit the
sponsorship and your application with medical exam and criminal records
checks to Mississaugia. Mississaugia, if it approves the sponsorship will
then forward the application to the office which services the country where
you reside. Check:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/times-int/05-fc-spouses.html#europe
for processing times. Your wife will have to include a statement with the
sponsorship stating that if you are issued a COPR she will be returning to
Canada. It should also layout the plan, i.e.. where she intends to live.

There is also an in-Canada application where if you are in Canada as a
visitor, you wife can sponsor you. This takes about 8-10 months to process.
During which you cannot work or attend school.

You should look at www.cic.gc.ca

PMM

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