Hi everyone, I'm looking for some advice on what's the fastest/most likely way to bring my girlfriend to Canada as a PR.
She is an American citizen who has recently graduated with a Bachelors degree from an American university. I'm a born and raised Canadian citizen (Toronto, Ontario) who works full time and makes an alright salary. We've been in a long distance relationship for almost 3 years now.
At first I was thinking of going with the conjugal sponsor route, but upon further research it looks like this option is more for people who legally cannot be together, and we need to have joint assets / bank account, which doesn't apply to us. The government is probably going to deny this, since they could say that she should have tried to stay here 6 months, renew, and then apply for common-law. Otherwise, we have more than enough proof (social media photos, chat logs, witnesses, etc.) that we're in a committed relationship for over 1 year.
An option I see is to have her live here for 6 months (or however long) and keep extending her stay until we hit 1 year, and then apply for common-law. This however, doesn't let her work, and since she just graduated she needs to start building her career instead of not having any income / personal development for a whole year. Looking at the GIC site, she isn't eligible for an open work permit either, so it will be tough for her to find a job under the employer specific permit - due to being a new grad and having to compete with viable local hires and the LMIA.
She's also looking to apply to a Master's program here in Toronto next year, so if that goes well and she gets accepted, she could live with me and study / work for a year and then we can apply for common-law sponsorship.
I'm looking to see if there are any options I might have missed, or recommended paths based on previous experience. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!
She is an American citizen who has recently graduated with a Bachelors degree from an American university. I'm a born and raised Canadian citizen (Toronto, Ontario) who works full time and makes an alright salary. We've been in a long distance relationship for almost 3 years now.
At first I was thinking of going with the conjugal sponsor route, but upon further research it looks like this option is more for people who legally cannot be together, and we need to have joint assets / bank account, which doesn't apply to us. The government is probably going to deny this, since they could say that she should have tried to stay here 6 months, renew, and then apply for common-law. Otherwise, we have more than enough proof (social media photos, chat logs, witnesses, etc.) that we're in a committed relationship for over 1 year.
An option I see is to have her live here for 6 months (or however long) and keep extending her stay until we hit 1 year, and then apply for common-law. This however, doesn't let her work, and since she just graduated she needs to start building her career instead of not having any income / personal development for a whole year. Looking at the GIC site, she isn't eligible for an open work permit either, so it will be tough for her to find a job under the employer specific permit - due to being a new grad and having to compete with viable local hires and the LMIA.
She's also looking to apply to a Master's program here in Toronto next year, so if that goes well and she gets accepted, she could live with me and study / work for a year and then we can apply for common-law sponsorship.
I'm looking to see if there are any options I might have missed, or recommended paths based on previous experience. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!
