christmasoompa

Ah, I see. You said you were hoping to move in August, so I assumed you'd got an application in and were just waiting for the final stages of visa processing.

Sounds like your only option then is a TWP, although as I said above, I think a LMO for a PA is going to be tough. Plus there's no way you'd have a TWP by August I'm afraid.

Have you and your boyf lived together for a year or more? If so, he may be able to sponsor you once he's divorced. When did he get his PR?

gstarr

He's had it for 2 years. We've been together for 6 months...
If i come over on a tourist visa, I can stay for 6 month right? And if I find a job can I apply for a twp from canada or do I have to return to the uk?

Dorothy

I'm sorry, honey but it sounds like he's better off forgotten. He's still married and you have only been together 6 months but you're willing to move across the world to be with him? In Canada divorce is relatively quick - i.e. less than a year, so why can't he get divorced quickly? So...If you have been together 6 months that means he's at least 6 months closer to being divorced. http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/fjs/s...s-divorce-take

bats

AS ChristmasO says you might find it hard getting an LMO. A Labour Market Opinion is an assessment that the employer has not been able to find a Canadian resident who can do that job.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/em...lmo-basics.asp

The potential employer has to apply for the LMO and show that they have been unable to recruit someone with citizenship or PR.

If you are under 35 you might consider an IEC visa. Others know more about this than I do but the timing is awkward I think. If you were able to get one then you would not need an LMO and would be able to work anywhere, Bar work etc.

On a tourist visa you would need health insurance for 6 months, that usually only covers emergencies.

cjones

I don't know if there's much of that sort of thing in conservative Alberta. I'd have thought Vancouver would be your best bet for that sort of lark?...

Have you worked with any convincing ones? It's the hands that usually give it away isn't it......

mandymoochops

It's not quite that simple, as Bats and C/O have already stated, the job you eant to apply for has to be approved by the Canadian government to hire foreign workers. (in a nutshell). By proving that they cannot hire a Canadian.

A PR's job, whether it be for trawler fishermen or high net worth rich bastards, is something that i'm sure there are plenty of Canadians qualified as such.

I'd say it's going to be nigh on impossible getting a twp.

But miracles do happen so yes, if you were offered a job with an LMO, you could absolutely apply from in Canada.

christmasoompa

As a UK citizen, you can get up to six months entry - note the 'up to', you may be given less. Don't plan to 'move' though, if you turn up with all your worldly possessions and no ties to the UK CBSA may not admit you. Go for a holiday with a return ticket and you should be ok.

You can get a TWP from Canada, although do note that LMOs are taking 12-16 weeks at the moment, so unless you can find a job offer almost immediately from an employer prepared to go through the paperwork/hassle/cost/wait of hiring you, you may have to return to the UK to wait for it unless you can extend your visitor status.

How old are you, is an IEC visa an option?

januarymix

If he loves you, I presume he can move ahead with the divorce and marry you after that.

Wishing you well.

mandymoochops

is there a waiting period whereby sponsored persons who then divorce have to wait an amount of time before they can spnsor someone else????

dbd33

I suppose they may have changed the rules recently but I did that.

Zoe Bell

Then I stand corrected

It just seems odd (no judgement passed) that you can sponsor someone as a defacto spouse when you still have a previous one attached

dbd33

Semi-detached! I assume the provision is there is support of multiculturalism, allowing immigrants from cultures where plural marriages are accepted; Americans or Arabs, for example.

gstarr

This is interesting... Does anyone know if this is possible? His sponsor and he have a conjoin du fe in Quebec. They have broken up (obviously!). But nothing official has been documented yet. She won't be making it easy for him so this may take time! Can he sponsor me as a PR in his own right?
Thanks all for the useful comments (and for the less useful ones which are amusing me if nothing else!)

gstarr

Please tell me more!

Siouxie

He could sponsor her, despite being married still, provided they were living in a common law relationship (which they aren't at present).

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...p/op02-eng.pdf section 5:38

Persons who are married to third parties may be considered common-law partners provided their marriage has broken down and they have lived separate and apart from the spouse for long enough to establish a common-law relationship – at least one year. In this case they must have cohabited in a conjugal relationship with the common-law partner for at least one year.

Cohabitation with a common-law partner cannot be considered to have started until a physical separation from the spouse has occurred. A common-law relationship cannot be legally established if one or both parties continue their marital relationships.