Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912555)

Hi,

New on here and just looking for some advice if you don't mind.

Myself and partner are in the early stages of emigrating to Canada in the near future. My partner has Canadian citizenship through her mother. Were not yet married but will be married early next year.

Q1. Will there be any issues with her getting a passport and if im her husband will there be any issue with me getting to stay in the country.

My partner is a Social Worker in a fostering agency and would like stick to this field if at all possible. I work in IT in the aviation sector at present but dont have any qualifications to say so. I worked in aviation all my life and switched to the IT maintainence side recently.

Q2. How much of a demand is there for a Social Worker/Fostering in Canada at the moment. I know it will depend on location etc.

We know the weather in Canada can be harsh but we both don't mind the snow if we know we will get a good summer (prefer better than the uk's summer)

Q3. Where is likely to give us all 4 seasons like the UK but with a higher temperature in the summer.

Regarding property we were planning on not selling our house in the UK and renting for the 1st year or 2 and finding out if life in Canada is for us.

Q4. What are the rental prices like in Canada (obviously location dependent). We would more than likely stay away from the big cities as like here in the UK im sure the prices are high. Also what is the sale market like? Similar to the UK i.e will a £250,000 in the UK be the equivalent size etc. in Canada (suburb/out of town locations).

We awill also be bringing Juno our Hungarian Vizsla dog with us. We use dog walkers and dog boarders at the moment if we go on holiday or out of town.

Q5. Is there such a service in Canada similar to the UK?


Sorry, think that's quite a lot of questions i've got there but hopefully someone can give us some insight into life in Canada.

Thanks for any help offered.

Stuart

Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912555)

Hi,

New on here and just looking for some advice if you don't mind.

Myself and partner are in the early stages of emigrating to Canada in the near future. My partner has Canadian citizenship through her mother. Were not yet married but will be married early next year.

Q1. Will there be any issues with her getting a passport and if im her husband will there be any issue with me getting to stay in the country.
There shouldn't be an issue getting her passport, if she already has proof of citizenship. Where was she born (in Canada or overseas?).
Get proof of citizenship

Canadian passports

There shouldn't be an issue getting her proof of citizenship either (if she doesn't already have it), but it takes several months.

If you are already common-law partners (have you lived together for at least 12 months? And can you prove that?), or once you are married, your partner/wife can apply to sponsor you as a spouse. There's a very extensive Wiki here about that.


My partner is a Social Worker in a fostering agency and would like stick to this field if at all possible. I work in IT in the aviation sector at present but dont have any qualifications to say so. I worked in aviation all my life and switched to the IT maintainence side recently.

Q2. How much of a demand is there for a Social Worker/Fostering in Canada at the moment. I know it will depend on location etc.

We know the weather in Canada can be harsh but we both don't mind the snow if we know we will get a good summer (prefer better than the uk's summer)

Q3. Where is likely to give us all 4 seasons like the UK but with a higher temperature in the summer.

Regarding property we were planning on not selling our house in the UK and renting for the 1st year or 2 and finding out if life in Canada is for us.

Q4. What are the rental prices like in Canada (obviously location dependent). We would more than likely stay away from the big cities as like here in the UK im sure the prices are high. Also what is the sale market like? Similar to the UK i.e will a £250,000 in the UK be the equivalent size etc. in Canada (suburb/out of town locations).

We awill also be bringing Juno our Hungarian Vizsla dog with us. We use dog walkers and dog boarders at the moment if we go on holiday or out of town.

Q5. Is there such a service in Canada similar to the UK?
Yes

Sorry, think that's quite a lot of questions i've got there but hopefully someone can give us some insight into life in Canada.

Thanks for any help offered.

Stuart

Originally Posted by Shirtback (Post 11912578)

I can only offer limited help on your 1st & 5th questions. The rest, as Rivingtonpike points out, is all a bit vague...

Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912589)

Hi Shirtback:

She was born in the UK but she has her Citizenship card and commemorative certificates (issued in 1988 and with her maiden name not her ex husbands name which she now uses). We have lived together for 6 years now (would be easy to prove). Updated the last post to narrow down where we were looking at moving too.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Shirtback (Post 11912594)

Then she can apply for a passport directly (I linked in my first post).

And can apply to sponsor you as a spouse even if you are not yet married, because you're considered common-law.

I'll leave the "where should we go live in Canada"/climate/rent/job questions to others ;).

Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912555)

...

We know the weather in Canada can be harsh but we both don't mind the snow if we know we will get a good summer (prefer better than the uk's summer)

Q3. Where is likely to give us all 4 seasons like the UK but with a higher temperature in the summer.

Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912573)

... Vancouver I've heard can be very wet most of the year....

Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912573)

Hi,

Apologies for being so vague.

We have pretty much narrowed down our search to ON or BC. This should hopefully narrow down our scope for searching and obtaining advice. I would also say the southern parts of both provinces where the weather will be less brutal for us soft Scots folk LOL.

I have family who live in Hamilton, ON but i dont think the weather there in the summer is that great. Vancouver I've heard can be very wet most of the year.

My partner has citizenship through her mum but has never lived in Canada herself. Her family is originally from Collingwood.

We just looking for a better idea where would suit us best.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by stuartgreig1978 (Post 11912573)

Hi,

Apologies for being so vague.

We have pretty much narrowed down our search to ON or BC. This should hopefully narrow down our scope for searching and obtaining advice. I would also say the southern parts of both provinces where the weather will be less brutal for us soft Scots folk LOL.

I have family who live in Hamilton, ON but i dont think the weather there in the summer is that great. Vancouver I've heard can be very wet most of the year.

My partner has citizenship through her mum but has never lived in Canada herself. Her family is originally from Collingwood.

We just looking for a better idea where would suit us best.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by HGerchikov (Post 11915663)

Define 'not great'. I live about 20km from there and I love our summers. If you have an issue with very hot weather then maybe not for you.

Originally Posted by DMajor (Post 11916368)

Winters will be harsh even for a boy from Glasgow.