Brit Married to a Canadian
May 23rd 2014, 2:31 am
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Brit Married to a Canadian
Hi All,
I am a British Citizen and I am married to a Canadian Citizen. Due to the financial aspect, I am looking to obtain a work permit to work in Canada and then I would go through the process of obtaining my residency either though my wife sponsoring me or work related.
It has been interesting trying to navigate how to get a work permit and find employers to hire foreign workers. Anyone have suggestions out there?
Bryan
I am a British Citizen and I am married to a Canadian Citizen. Due to the financial aspect, I am looking to obtain a work permit to work in Canada and then I would go through the process of obtaining my residency either though my wife sponsoring me or work related.
It has been interesting trying to navigate how to get a work permit and find employers to hire foreign workers. Anyone have suggestions out there?
Bryan
May 23rd 2014, 2:39 am
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Re: Brit Married to a Canadian
Hi All,
I am a British Citizen and I am married to a Canadian Citizen. Due to the financial aspect, I am looking to obtain a work permit to work in Canada and then I would go through the process of obtaining my residency either though my wife sponsoring me or work related.
It has been interesting trying to navigate how to get a work permit and find employers to hire foreign workers. Anyone have suggestions out there?
Bryan
I am a British Citizen and I am married to a Canadian Citizen. Due to the financial aspect, I am looking to obtain a work permit to work in Canada and then I would go through the process of obtaining my residency either though my wife sponsoring me or work related.
It has been interesting trying to navigate how to get a work permit and find employers to hire foreign workers. Anyone have suggestions out there?
Bryan
You should be able to find lots of advice in the BE wiki and over in the Canadian section of the forum - http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=56
May 23rd 2014, 2:49 am
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Re: Brit Married to a Canadian
Thank you! I will check out that section.
May 23rd 2014, 12:31 pm
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Re: Brit Married to a Canadian
Hello and welcome to BE!
To answer your question briefly, your wife can sponsor you now if you guys want - in fact, you would find it much easier. You can be living in the UK and apply for sponsorship, it would take about 6-7 months for PR to be granted (have a peek at the spreadsheet in my signature). Once you have PR you have full right to live and work in Canada, which will make getting a job significantly easier as you won't require any kind of employer sponsorship or work permit. And you can do it all from the UK and have it sorted before you move to Canada.
There's also no minimum financial requirement for your wife to sponsor you. She simply needs to not be bankrupt, and not be claiming welfare or other social assistance (excluding disability).
Grab yourself a cuppa and read the wiki section on Family Class sponsorship. It can be overwhelming at first, but once you get your head around it, it's quite straight forward, and you'll find people on this board are more than willing to answer questions.
Good luck and feel free to post back!
To answer your question briefly, your wife can sponsor you now if you guys want - in fact, you would find it much easier. You can be living in the UK and apply for sponsorship, it would take about 6-7 months for PR to be granted (have a peek at the spreadsheet in my signature). Once you have PR you have full right to live and work in Canada, which will make getting a job significantly easier as you won't require any kind of employer sponsorship or work permit. And you can do it all from the UK and have it sorted before you move to Canada.
There's also no minimum financial requirement for your wife to sponsor you. She simply needs to not be bankrupt, and not be claiming welfare or other social assistance (excluding disability).
Grab yourself a cuppa and read the wiki section on Family Class sponsorship. It can be overwhelming at first, but once you get your head around it, it's quite straight forward, and you'll find people on this board are more than willing to answer questions.
Good luck and feel free to post back!
May 23rd 2014, 2:12 pm
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Re: Brit Married to a Canadian
Thank you for that info SchnookoLoly. I will look at the spreadsheet over the weekend.
May 23rd 2014, 2:15 pm
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Re: Brit Married to a Canadian
Good luck with everything. If you have more questions, best place to post will be in the Immigration & Citizenship part of the Canada forum - http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=33 . Happy reading!
