Bluemerle50

Hi my son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren live in Calgary. My husband and I would like to move there (from England) to live near them. Our daughter aged 30 lives with us. She currently is building up her own business in beauty therapy and works part time also at a bar. We would not move without her. What are our chances? She would live with us. Ideally she would love to run a beauty therapy from home but I doubt that is allowed.

christmasoompa

Hi, and welcome to BE.

Is your son a Permanent Resident or citizen of Canada? If so, and if he's lived there long and earned enough, he can sponsor you for PR. You can find out full details of how he can do so on the CIC website (Find out if you’re eligible to sponsor your parents and grandparents), do be aware that it's a lottery and even if you're selected the processing times aren't quick, so may take a while, but you can also look at the SuperVisa which is a longer term 'holiday' visa so you can stay there for more than the standard 6 months usually given to UK citizens.

Unfortunately, it's unlikely you'd all be able to move together. Your daughter cannot go on any visa application you make unless she's a dependent child (i.e. disabled and you support her), but I'm assuming that from what you've said that's not the case. So she'd need to sort out her own visa and see what she would qualify for. A good option for her now is the IEC visa, which is for people aged 30 and under, and would give her a two year open work permit. That's also a lottery system, but if she applies asap she may well get lucky in this year's program before all the visas are gone, as it only opened 3 weeks ago.

Once she's over 30 it will get more tricky for her without specialist skills and lots of post-secondary education, so do get her to look at the IEC route sooner rather than later so she can apply and and try and get a visa before she turns 31.

HTH get you started a bit at least. Best of luck.

Bluemerle50

Thank you for your quick and helpful response. My son is a permanent resident and my grandchildren have Canadian and uk passports. It's unlikely my daughter would be able to apply before she is 31which is unfortunate. She has a university diploma (gained through two years at university - not a full degree). If she had a job offer before she went would that make it easier for her? Thank you again

christmasoompa

When does she turn 31? Such a shame if she misses that opportunity, any other visa route is likely to be much harder.

If she has a job offer, then yes that will help immensely, but bear in mind it will need to be a job offer from a sponsoring employer (i.e. one that doesn't mind paying money and/or going through quite a lot of paperwork and hassle to get her over there), and if she goes down the normal work permit route the employer will also have to prove that they've advertised the job across Canada and been unable to find a Canadian to do it. Not sure how likely that is for a beautiful therapist tbh, but she can certainly try.

Best of luck.