Steve Thompson

I'm a Brit living in the UK with my Canadian wife of 14 years and our
two children, one of whom was adopted in the UK. We intend to move as
a family to Canada, ideally this year once our house in the UK has
sold.

My wife and son now have Canadian passports so no problems for them.
My daughter couldn't get a Canadian passport as she was adopted by a
Canadian residing outside of Canada, so she has to go on my
immigration application. My dilema is wether to:
- submit my application from the UK, which we were told by the London
Consulate this morning may take 12-18 months to process
- or to move to Canada on a visitor visa and apply from there, which
I'm told is quicker but I'm sure has some drawbacks such as getting a
work permit, health cover, education for my daughter + others ?

Any comments, advice or the benefits of your experiences would be
gratefully received.

Thanks,

Steve

pkjmet

[email protected] (Steve Thompson) wrote in message news:...
    > I'm a Brit living in the UK with my Canadian wife of 14 years and our
    > two children, one of whom was adopted in the UK. We intend to move as
    > a family to Canada, ideally this year once our house in the UK has
    > sold.
    >
    > My wife and son now have Canadian passports so no problems for them.
    > My daughter couldn't get a Canadian passport as she was adopted by a
    > Canadian residing outside of Canada, so she has to go on my
    > immigration application. My dilema is wether to:
    > - submit my application from the UK, which we were told by the London
    > Consulate this morning may take 12-18 months to process
    > - or to move to Canada on a visitor visa and apply from there, which
    > I'm told is quicker but I'm sure has some drawbacks such as getting a
    > work permit, health cover, education for my daughter + others ?
    >
    > Any comments, advice or the benefits of your experiences would be
    > gratefully received.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Steve

My advice to a client in your situation would be to do it thru London.
The processing is more predictable and 18 months sounds too long. My
estimate would be 8 months from woe to go.


Jim Metcalfe

Pmm

Hi Steve

"Steve Thompson" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I'm a Brit living in the UK with my Canadian wife of 14 years and our
    > two children, one of whom was adopted in the UK. We intend to move as
    > a family to Canada, ideally this year once our house in the UK has
    > sold.
    > My wife and son now have Canadian passports so no problems for them.
    > My daughter couldn't get a Canadian passport as she was adopted by a
    > Canadian residing outside of Canada, so she has to go on my
    > immigration application. My dilema is wether to:
    > - submit my application from the UK, which we were told by the London
    > Consulate this morning may take 12-18 months to process
    > - or to move to Canada on a visitor visa and apply from there, which
    > I'm told is quicker but I'm sure has some drawbacks such as getting a
    > work permit, health cover, education for my daughter + others ?
    > Any comments, advice or the benefits of your experiences would be
    > gratefully received.
    > Thanks,
    > Steve

I think that you are better off starting the application while you are in
the UK. I doubt that it will take 12 months. Spousal guidelines are 6
months. If you apply in Canada, you are going to be waiting about 5 months
for a work permit, your daughter is going to have to obtain Student visa and
you will be ineligible for Medical insurance until you are landed, and
depending on the province, also the waiting period. At least start the
application now.

PMM

Steve Thompson

Any idea how it would effect processing of my application if I applied
from the UK but then moved to Canada ?

One option we are considering is buying a small business or franchise in
Ontario. If we did this could I then apply for a work permit with this
as my job?

Thanks,

Steve

PMM wrote:
    > Hi Steve
    >
    > "Steve Thompson" wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>I'm a Brit living in the UK with my Canadian wife of 14 years and our
    >>two children, one of whom was adopted in the UK. We intend to move as
    >>a family to Canada, ideally this year once our house in the UK has
    >>sold.
    >>My wife and son now have Canadian passports so no problems for them.
    >>My daughter couldn't get a Canadian passport as she was adopted by a
    >>Canadian residing outside of Canada, so she has to go on my
    >>immigration application. My dilema is wether to:
    >>- submit my application from the UK, which we were told by the London
    >>Consulate this morning may take 12-18 months to process
    >>- or to move to Canada on a visitor visa and apply from there, which
    >>I'm told is quicker but I'm sure has some drawbacks such as getting a
    >>work permit, health cover, education for my daughter + others ?
    >>Any comments, advice or the benefits of your experiences would be
    >>gratefully received.
    >>Thanks,
    >>Steve
    >
    >
    > I think that you are better off starting the application while you are in
    > the UK. I doubt that it will take 12 months. Spousal guidelines are 6
    > months. If you apply in Canada, you are going to be waiting about 5 months
    > for a work permit, your daughter is going to have to obtain Student visa and
    > you will be ineligible for Medical insurance until you are landed, and
    > depending on the province, also the waiting period. At least start the
    > application now.
    >
    > PMM
    >
    >

Andrew Miller

Moving won't affect processing in London.

Rather unlikely to get work permit in such circumstances. But if you would
instead file inland case after coming here as visitor then you would be
eligible for open work permit after your inland case receives approval in
principle (4 to 6+ months).

But it won't really be of great help with time frame anyway as it probably
will take you still few months just to move to Canada and file inland case -
while you may start application immediately in London now and be probably
approved before end of the year.

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../..

Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
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"Steve Thompson" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Any idea how it would effect processing of my application if I applied
    > from the UK but then moved to Canada ?
    > One option we are considering is buying a small business or franchise in
    > Ontario. If we did this could I then apply for a work permit with this
    > as my job?
    > Thanks,
    > Steve
    > PMM wrote:
    > > Hi Steve
    > >
    > > "Steve Thompson" wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > >>I'm a Brit living in the UK with my Canadian wife of 14 years and our
    > >>two children, one of whom was adopted in the UK. We intend to move as
    > >>a family to Canada, ideally this year once our house in the UK has
    > >>sold.
    > >>
    > >>My wife and son now have Canadian passports so no problems for them.
    > >>My daughter couldn't get a Canadian passport as she was adopted by a
    > >>Canadian residing outside of Canada, so she has to go on my
    > >>immigration application. My dilema is wether to:
    > >>- submit my application from the UK, which we were told by the London
    > >>Consulate this morning may take 12-18 months to process
    > >>- or to move to Canada on a visitor visa and apply from there, which
    > >>I'm told is quicker but I'm sure has some drawbacks such as getting a
    > >>work permit, health cover, education for my daughter + others ?
    > >>
    > >>Any comments, advice or the benefits of your experiences would be
    > >>gratefully received.
    > >>
    > >>Thanks,
    > >>
    > >>Steve
    > >
    > >
    > > I think that you are better off starting the application while you are
in
    > > the UK. I doubt that it will take 12 months. Spousal guidelines are 6
    > > months. If you apply in Canada, you are going to be waiting about 5
months
    > > for a work permit, your daughter is going to have to obtain Student visa
and
    > > you will be ineligible for Medical insurance until you are landed, and
    > > depending on the province, also the waiting period. At least start the
    > > application now.
    > >
    > > PMM
    > >
    > >