Novocastrian

Yea I know. I remember when I bought a house in Germany and had to (pay myself) for a translator to attend the meeting with the Notar. Even though my German was more than adequate. I mean, I can see the point, but for chrissake, not all furriners are basket cases.

Anyway, this is the Canada forum, enough of Deutschland.

Novocastrian

Although I'm off to there on Thursday for a couple of weeks, and looking forward to it.

anglogerman

I must say this though: the people in this forum have got to be among the friendliest, most helpful and supportive I ever met. So many people in the same boat, and it gives a real kind of family feeling. Thank you everybody!

Bleech

You came on a good day
Good luck and hope everything pans out for you

Biiiiink

I don't think I prefer Canada to Germany, but my OH can't/won't speak German and needs to communicate for his job so a move back there is a non-starter. On the plus side, Canada's alright as a substitute. I can get German food in regular supermarkets, hear German spoken often, have my kid schooled on the state in German...etc etc.

I love Bayern, particularly Franken, I just hate Tutzing. I know it's many a Münchner's dream to have a house there but I don't see why they need to be such nasty gits when they finally get it. It's a cliquey place full of gossips, and that's just the men, never experienced anywhere like it

dbd33

I don't believe this to be true. I certainly hope not as I am long into the process of sponsoring my common-law spouse while being married to someone else.

dbd33

What's wrong with Angus? I can't say I know it but Glencairn seems ok if not Utopia.

anglogerman

Can you really? Can you get Maggi-Fix, for example, and Salat-Kräuter? Those are the things I would probably miss, as far as food is concerned. Currently I have a kind of swap agreement with a German woman in Sheffield - she sends me Marmite, I send her Salat-Kräuter

Novocastrian

Who gives a damn? You can get Warsteiner for $1.95 Can. Nothing else matters.

Novocastrian

Are you German, Biiiiiiiiink? Or just better at speaking the language than OH?

Anyway, I thought OH was a dentist? Just tell him to put a suction thingy in it.

Alberta_Rose

Hmmm, well maybe I am misreading this?

"Excluded relationships

You cannot be sponsored as a spouse, a common-law partner or a conjugal partner if:

* you are under 16 years of age;
* you or your sponsor were married to someone else at the time of your marriage;
* you have lived apart from your sponsor for at least one year and either you or your sponsor are the common-law or conjugal partner of another person;
* your sponsor is a permanent resident of Canada or a naturalized Canadian citizen and at the time of his or her application for permanent residence in Canada, you were a family member who was required to be examined to ensure that you met immigration requirements but you were not examined; or
* your sponsor previously sponsored another spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner and three years have not passed since that person became a permanent resident."

From the CIC site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/index.html

I fully accept I may be mistaken. I'm not sure whether they mean "starting a common-law marriage or conjugal relationship" when they say "marriage"??

dbd33

That doesn't make a lot of sense in the case of a common law partnership; if someone is a common-law partner of a sponsor then that person cannot, by definition, be married to the sponsor. Still, it's the government, it's no good hoping for logic or clarity.

If they make a decision in our case we'll deal with it when it happens but, tbh, things legal and administrative move so slowly in Canada that there's not much point in worrying about there ever being an outcome. This was a good place for the Nazis to come; they only had forty or so years to live and the Canadians were not likely to decide their fate with such urgency.

Novocastrian

Yeabut, Paraguay was noch besser.

Alberta_Rose

No it doesn't. But I didn't write it, it's just what I took it to mean .... I certainly hope there is no impediment to your plans.

Calgal

We came to Canada from Baden Wurttemberg, and were advised to go through Holland (the Hague office), which we did. It was only nine months from start to visa; but like Novocastrian, this was a while ago, so may not be relevant now.

Our daughter was born there too, and we applied for a Consular Birth certificate right away, which definitely made life easier once here!

Good luck, and hopefully it'll be Willkommen nach Kanada!