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Subject: sponsoring my wife
  I am a Canadian married to an American. We are currently living in the US and I have my greencard. I have accepted a job in Canada and we are trying to figure out the best (fastest/easiest) way to get her into the country. I am not moving to Canada until we can move as a family. I know we can apply from outside of Canada and that it should take 8-10 months maybe six more weeks for the criminal record checks. We are wondering if there is a way we can just go straight to Canada and apply from within Canada. I´ve heard its possible but I wasn´t totally clear on what the ramification of doing it that way would be.

The other question I have is from the US do we have the medical exam done prior to submitting our application or do we wait to be told when to do the medical exam?

One last question is for the criminal record check do we just go to the local police office for that or do we have to send the request to that address provided?

[21-09-2007,11:33]
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Roger
(in reply to: sponsoring my wife)
Hi Roger, I was in the exact same situation (CDN, with American wife) and just finished the sponsorship process.

It is true what you heard... sponsorship takes from 6-8 months. If you´re living in the US, she needs to apply for an FBI clearance, and a clearance from every state she has lived in for hte last ten years (plus any other country she have lived in, if applicable). Visit http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm for info on the FBI clearance. unfortunately each state has its own requirements, so you´re going to have to do some searching on the web for the info you´re looking for.

Also, I would strongly recommend you do to the meds, and pay all the fees (including the landing fee) at the beginning of the process. Waiting for CIC to request them, just adds a further delay in the process.

Cheers... and good luck.


[23-09-2007,01:27]
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