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After reading more about it, I think the IEC is the best option. Also, applying for whatever I can in the mean time, like you said. We feel more positive about the whole thing. Thanks for all the responses, they were helpful.

By no wait time to sponsor a spouse, do you mean I can live in Canada immediately and apply for an open work permit? This website seems to indicate that step 1 takes 30 days and that step 2 takes 12 months to be processed. cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp

We were looking at he common law visa, and me living off of my savings for 1 year. but then we realized that the process time is listed as twelve months for sponsorship, that means i cannot work for at least another year after i submit my forms. I couldn't live off my savings for more than one...

The government website lists that the sponsorship processing time is 12 months, so that means if we got married we would then have to wait 12 months. And I couldn't get a work permit for 1 year, then my GF needs a certain amount in her account plus certain earnings per year. (which she doesn't)

My girlfriend and I have had a long distance relationship for two years. We have spent time visiting each other, but have not lived together. I am in the UK and she is in Canada. We have been trying to work out a way for us to live together in Canada as soon as possible. We've gone over various...