Visitor Record, Remote Work, and Establishing Common-Law for PR

[Maunakea]

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!

 

[scylla]

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!

1. Yes
2. Yes, if you mean getting PR through you vs independently.
3. He will need to file taxes in both countries on his income earned.

Note that he will not qualify for coverage under the provincial health care system during this time. Make sure he takes out private insurance to cover emergencies. He will most likely need to pay for non emergency care out of pocket. When he originally travels to Canada, he cannot bring all of his belongings and it should not look like he's moving here. Otherwise he could be refused entry. He should bring a couple of suitcases and leave the rest in the US until he is a PR.

 

[shahsmit079]

1. Yes
2. Yes, if you mean getting PR through you vs independently.
3. He will need to file taxes in both countries on his income earned.

Note that he will not qualify for coverage under the provincial health care system during this time. Make sure he takes out private insurance to cover emergencies. He will most likely need to pay for non emergency care out of pocket. When he originally travels to Canada, he cannot bring all of his belongings and it should not look like he's moving here. Otherwise he could be refused entry. He should bring a couple of suitcases and leave the rest in the US until he is a PR.

So in my case the foreign company have no canadain staff or clients or any sort of business here in Canada and it’s not affecting Canadian market.
I initially came on study permit, then PGWP and then I had my 1st visitor records approved aug 22, 2024 and expired in jan 22, 2025 and applied for new visitor records on same date. I'm working for foreign employer since Sept 2024 (after 1st visitor approval)
I did not mention this foreign work experience in my 2nd visitor records Application but I'm planning to raise a webform and mention it because I thought I only have to mention canadain work (which i am not working which i mention as N/A in visitor record application).

1. I'm planning to go back to my country (where my this foreign employee is for whom I'm working remotely).
“Can I claim points for it this sept 2025 as FWE 1year”?