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Anonymous Wrote:
On Apr 18, 7:37 am, "R Green" <...@noneofyourbiz.com
Check to see if your insurance / benefits provider lets you make
changes to your policy once per year, likely at a set time on the
calendar or on the anniversary date of your plan.
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:41:58 -0500, "R Green" <...@noneofyourbiz.com
Since my wife is neither Canadian nor American (she's here with me on
spousal visa), I was thinking of applying for a Cdn Permanent Resident for
her while we're living here in the States. How would getting married again
impact this? Would they think we married for nefarious purposes other than
the norm and deny her PR?
R Green
"R Green" <...@newsfe09.iad...
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:30:51 -0700, "Big Time" <...@remove-for-spam-hotmail.com
"R Green" <...@newsfe09.iad...
I may be wrong on this but I thought in order to have PR status, you need to
reside in Canada. I have several friends who had PR status and were on the
track to getting citizenship and they were not allowed to leave Canada until
they had citizenship, otherwise it would extend the qualifying period for
being a PR. What you need to do is contact immigration Canada and talk over
your situation with an advisor.
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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 11:57:30 -0700, Steven Fisher <...@spamcop.net
In article <...@newsfe09.iad "R Green" <...@noneofyourbiz.com
Pretty sure that won't work. Honestly, I think you've reached the point
where you should consult an immigration lawyer. There's a good way out
of your position, and they'll probably know what it is.
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:35:16 -0700, kim <...@home.com
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:41:58 -0500, "R Green"
<...@noneofyourbiz.com
I think you have to reside in Canada to get a PR for Canada. Husband
just got his Canadian citizenship and they wanted him to keep track of
whenever he left Canada because after a certain amount of time he was
no longer a "PR". They want this when he reapplyed for his PR.
When we went through the rigamarole for husband to be a PR and get a
work permit, we did it after we were married and we had to send along
pix of the wedding. This was 10+ years ago, but I can't see them
changing that. They do pay some bit of attention to whether it's a
legit marriage.
Personally, not knowing all of your situation, I wouldn't do a thing
until you were sure that you were coming back for an extended period
of time and she wanted to work.
Call or email the Immigration folks and ask them as they know best and
it's always good to have a name of someone official in case there are
problems.
Kim
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:36:26 -0500, "R Green" <...@noneofyourbiz.com
Thanks Kim. I realize that at some point I will have to move back
permanently to take up residence again; however, initially, I don't have to
as Canada will recognize two years of out of country stay and credit 1 year
to my spouse (as long as I am a Cdn citizen working out of the country and
that she is staying with me). They will also need to see some proof that I
will be eventually moving back. What better proof than showing them my work
visa permit expiring later this year (assuming my company doesn't renew it)?
Here are my dilemmas currently:
1) Not knowing if my company will renew and I have to operate on the
assumption that they won't until I actually get the renewal stamp or
whatever that they do (my bosses are telling me it's in the works), I have
to get ready the applications. Since my wife is living with me under 1
year, according to Canadian immigration's website, she needs to apply at the
Canadian embassy where she is a citizen of and that she can't apply at the
nearest embassy near where I live (which in this case is Buffalo NY). I
can't call Buffalo NY office and ask questions because they won't answer
them over the phone and that I must either email or fax. STUPID. What if I
don't have a fax and I don't want to use company's fax as it is accessible
to all employees? The email response was a canned response and that I have
to fax my questions!!!! Probably some 17 year old sitting at home
responding to all questions by copying and pasting. The toll free number
that I found online only works in Canada! They don't have a direct dial
number! Stupid bureaucracy crap! I had my buddy call for me and they won't
answer much as my buddy didn't know some of the questions that theyw were
asking (and no, he doesn't have three-way). Argggghhhh.
2) I can't add my wife to my company's health benefit plan because I didn't
notify my company within 30 days of getting married (back in December 2008).
I figured at the time that since she won't be joining me until Feb 2009, I
no use notifying until then and I didn't know about the policy. So, my
bosses came up with the idea of getting married (simply pay $125 for the
Tennessee certificate) and voila, we're married and we meet the 30 days and
my wife can be added (otherwise I'm paying $180 per month for health
insurance for her separately with Blue Cross - bloody thieves).
"kim" <...@4ax.com...
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