Hello all! I am hoping I chose the correct forum to post on but if not please let me know.
I am a Canadian citizen. My boyfriend is a US citizen currently living in the USA and working remotely for a company based solely in the US and servicing solely US clients. I read that
"Remote work inside Canada for a company and clients based outside Canada: If you are a foreign national working remotely from inside Canada for a foreign company, attending to clients entirely outside of Canada, and are paid by an employer outside of Canada, you are not required to obtain a work permit. In this situation, you are not considered to be entering the Canadian labor market, and you can work as a visitor while inside Canada. Remember though, you will need to extend your visitor status once inside Canada if you plan to stay longer than your initial 6 month entry."
So the plan is for him to come up to Canada to live with me, and then apply for a Visitor Record at the required time to extend his stay as a visitor so we can live together long enough to establish a common-law relationship and/or plan a wedding (whichever comes first as saving for and planning a wedding will likely take a while) so that he can then apply for PR status.
The questions I have are:
1. Do y'all think that establishing common-law to apply for PR would be a valid enough reason IRCC would approve/extend his visitor record?
2. Is this the best path to getting him PR status besides just getting a courthouse marriage?
3. Does anyone have any experience working remotely for a US company while living in Canada, and if so any advice to provide?
Basically just trying to figure out if this will work or if we might need to come up with a new plan. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
I am a Canadian citizen. My boyfriend is a US citizen currently living in the USA and working remotely for a company based solely in the US and servicing solely US clients. I read that
"Remote work inside Canada for a company and clients based outside Canada: If you are a foreign national working remotely from inside Canada for a foreign company, attending to clients entirely outside of Canada, and are paid by an employer outside of Canada, you are not required to obtain a work permit. In this situation, you are not considered to be entering the Canadian labor market, and you can work as a visitor while inside Canada. Remember though, you will need to extend your visitor status once inside Canada if you plan to stay longer than your initial 6 month entry."
So the plan is for him to come up to Canada to live with me, and then apply for a Visitor Record at the required time to extend his stay as a visitor so we can live together long enough to establish a common-law relationship and/or plan a wedding (whichever comes first as saving for and planning a wedding will likely take a while) so that he can then apply for PR status.
The questions I have are:
1. Do y'all think that establishing common-law to apply for PR would be a valid enough reason IRCC would approve/extend his visitor record?
2. Is this the best path to getting him PR status besides just getting a courthouse marriage?
3. Does anyone have any experience working remotely for a US company while living in Canada, and if so any advice to provide?
Basically just trying to figure out if this will work or if we might need to come up with a new plan. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!