URGENT HELP NEEDED!!!!

[darth vader 133]

Hi,

I, an Indian citizen and my wife an U.S. citizen have been married for over three years. We recently applied for IR1 (I-130) and also got invitation from CIC to apply for Canadian PR and applied for that too. I am freaked out that applying for Canadian PR might screw up our chances of IR1 visa or vice versa. We wanted to apply for both but only intend to live wither in Canada or U.S. and renounce the other PR.

Please advise if this is something that is allowed? Has anyone else on this forum seen similar cases?

Thanks!

Edited March 3, 2018 by darth vader

[Lemonslice 4,841]

Breathe. Non-issue.

[Londonergirl 133]

How will they know that you have applied for the PR in Canada? 

[NYCruiser 423]

16 minutes ago, Londonergirl said:

How will they know that you have applied for the PR in Canada? 

Don't the US and Canada Immigration people trade information?

[Londonergirl 133]

5 minutes ago, NYCruiser said:

Don't the US and Canada Immigration people trade information?

I thought that was only criminal convictions etc? My bad! I had no idea that they shared Visa and PR status etc. 

[NYCruiser 423]

4 minutes ago, Londonergirl said:

I thought that was only criminal convictions etc? My bad! I had no idea that they shared Visa and PR status etc. 

Maybe just Visa applications for B1/B2s? Refusals? Overstays? Not sure

 

[darth vader 133]

Inviting @pushbrk to advise.

[darth vader 133]

Inviting @NikLR to advise.

[Crazy Cat 41,857]

I fail to see the benefit or logic for applying in both countries.....it seems to me that deciding in which country you want to live would be first and most important decision.

[darth vader 133]

11 minutes ago, missileman said:

I fail to see the benefit or logic for applying in both countries.....it seems to me that deciding in which country you want to live would be first and most important decision.

The logic is that we have a previous k1 withdrawal (first denied, then asked to re-appear for interview and then we withdrew the application). We would like to have Canadian PR to fall back on in case our U.S. application is denied. We would ideally have no issues with even living in India frankly, but you should see the amount of stares a blonde woman with blue eyes would get, let alone me being scared out of my mind every time I am not with my wife. Hence, our current resident country - Canada and U.S. are our only option. We have lived apart for a year before marrying and 9 months after our marriage, we can't bear any future separation.

We'll take either Canada or U.S. whatever country we can live in together but if we cannot get PR in one and then have to apply for the other, we might run out of the limited time we have on our work permits in Canada. Hope that addresses your concern. Any advice to my original question is very welcome. Thanks!

Edited March 4, 2018 by darth vader

[Lemonslice 4,841]

1 minute ago, darth vader said:

The logic is that we have a previous k1 withdrawal (first denied, then asked to re-appear for interview and then we withdrew the application). We would like to have Canadian PR to fall back on in case our U.S. application is denied. We would ideally have no issues with even living in India frankly, but you should see the amount of stares a blonde woman with blue eyes would get, let alone me being scared out of my mind every time I am not with my wife. Hence, our current resident country - Canada and U.S. are our only option. We have lived apart for a year before marrying and 9 months after our marriage, we can't bear any future separation.

We'll take either Canada or U.S. whatever country we can live in together but if we cannot apply for one and then another as we have limited time on our work permits in Canada. Hope that addresses your concern. Any advice to my original question is very welcome. Thanks!

As I said, it's a non-issue. Once you get the visa, you pick where you want to live/abandon the other.  You could ALREADY be Canadian PRs and it would be the same. 

[darth vader 133]

Just now, Lemonslice said:

As I said, it's a non-issue. Once you get the visa, you pick where you want to live/abandon the other.  You could ALREADY be Canadian PRs and it would be the same. 

Thanks for the re-assurance. We are also curious if Canadian authorities can see our I-130 application and would it affect our Canadian PR prospects?

[Crazy Cat 41,857]

59 minutes ago, darth vader said:

The logic is that we have a previous k1 withdrawal (first denied, then asked to re-appear for interview and then we withdrew the application). We would like to have Canadian PR to fall back on in case our U.S. application is denied. We would ideally have no issues with even living in India frankly, but you should see the amount of stares a blonde woman with blue eyes would get, let alone me being scared out of my mind every time I am not with my wife. Hence, our current resident country - Canada and U.S. are our only option. We have lived apart for a year before marrying and 9 months after our marriage, we can't bear any future separation.

We'll take either Canada or U.S. whatever country we can live in together but if we cannot get PR in one and then have to apply for the other, we might run out of the limited time we have on our work permits in Canada. Hope that addresses your concern. Any advice to my original question is very welcome. Thanks!

Makes sense now.  Thanks.

[pushbrk 12,883]

On 3/3/2018 at 12:28 PM, darth vader said:

Hi,

I, an Indian citizen and my wife an U.S. citizen have been married for over three years. We recently applied for IR1 (I-130) and also got invitation from CIC to apply for Canadian PR and applied for that too. I am freaked out that applying for Canadian PR might screw up our chances of IR1 visa or vice versa. We wanted to apply for both but only intend to live wither in Canada or U.S. and renounce the other PR.

Please advise if this is something that is allowed? Has anyone else on this forum seen similar cases?

Thanks!

You can most likely only maintain PR status in one country.  Other than that, it is a non-issue.

[darth vader 133]

On 3/4/2018 at 5:02 PM, pushbrk said:

You can most likely only maintain PR status in one country.  Other than that, it is a non-issue.

1. So my wife (U.S.C) obtaining PR status in Canada will have no affect on the IR1 process? If it helps, She's planning to move back to U.S. and start a job before my interview for IR1.

2. Wouldn't the interviewing C.O ask why did she apply for the Canadian PR if she never intended to live here long-term? Of course, it would be a moot point as she'd have moved to U.S. at that point and would have a job there but I do not want to risk it.

3. We applied for Canadian PR because we wanted to have 1 country where we could live together (can't live together in India) in case our IR1 isn't approved. Would explaining that in case we are asked why my wife accepted Canadian PR be advised?

We have to make a decision whether or not to accept the Canadian PR within 24 hours. Any advice is welcome.

Edited March 26, 2018 by darth vader