Can I live in any another part of Canada

[Val-1982]

Good day,
I have concerns regarding one issue, please could you help with your advice.
I passed immigration process as per Quebec program for skilled workers. In 2012 I landed in Toronto, I registered myself in the office of Torontoto as well to get SIN card . After ane week spent in Toronto I moved to Montreal. I was in Montreal during one week and then I returned to my country. After some time i received PR card and SIN card to my home address, in my home country (the family, where i was staying in Toronto, received these cards and sent them to me via mail).
So, I am outside Canada during 1 year and 7 months. I plan to come back to Canada soon.
My concerning question is - "When I come back to Canada do I have such a right to stay in English-speaking part of Canada, like Toronto or Calgary? Do I have such a right not to live in Quebec? How can it impact on my future life if I land and keep on living in Toronto not in Quebec? Is this a violation of Canadian constituation or no? Will I have problems when I apply documents to get canadian citizenship after 3 years of staying in Canada? I mean - will i be asked why did i live in English-speaking part of Canada, and why i did not live in Quebec? Can I be deport from Canada if someone finds out that I do not live in Quebec?

I am very worrid with that situation.
Please, could you help me with a clear/exact advice and answer.
Thank you so much,

 

[Leon]

Since nothing happened when you landed, you are perfectly safe to move to another province. Sometimes it happens that immigration officers refuse to process the PR of QSW or PNP applicants who are landing outside their province and who the immigration officer does not believe are going to settle there. If that happens, the person must report to their province and plead to get their PR. However, this did not happen to you and immigration doesnt' do anything about people who leave later on. Therefore, you are free to go anywhere you want.

 

[Val-1982]

Thank you so much for such a quick reply

 

[yalgar]

Since nothing happened when you landed, you are perfectly safe to move to another province. Sometimes it happens that immigration officers refuse to process the PR of QSW or PNP applicants who are landing outside their province and who the immigration officer does not believe are going to settle there. If that happens, the person must report to their province and plead to get their PR. However, this did not happen to you and immigration doesnt' do anything about people who leave later on. Therefore, you are free to go anywhere you want.

Does this apply to Alberta PNP also?
Sorry am new here and what I read from forum is that you can settle anywhere even if you are a PNP of another province
But my concerns are different:-
1. Can I sponsor my kid who happened to be born after I got my PR outside Canada? While I am settled in different than promised province
2. Will working for 3 yrs in another province make me eligible for Canadian citizenship?

 

[Leon]

Does this apply to Alberta PNP also?
Sorry am new here and what I read from forum is that you can settle anywhere even if you are a PNP of another province
But my concerns are different:-
1. Can I sponsor my kid who happened to be born after I got my PR outside Canada? While I am settled in different than promised province
2. Will working for 3 yrs in another province make me eligible for Canadian citizenship?

It also applies in AB but if you just landed, I would recommend staying for 6 months so you nobody can ever say that you used AINP to get in when you really planned to live somewhere else all along. The first poster landed in 2012 and then went home to take care of stuff and is now returning. If you had a kid outside CAnada after PR, your situation must be similar.

1. You may sponsor your kid as a PR if you are living in Canada, no matter which province.

2. You can live in Canada for 3 years to be eligible for citieznship, no matter which province.

 

[yalgar]

It also applies in AB but if you just landed, I would recommend staying for 6 months so you nobody can ever say that you used AINP to get in when you really planned to live somewhere else all along. The first poster landed in 2012 and then went home to take care of stuff and is now returning. If you had a kid outside CAnada after PR, your situation must be similar.

1. You may sponsor your kid as a PR if you are living in Canada, no matter which province.

2. You can live in Canada for 3 years to be eligible for citieznship, no matter which province.

Thanks Leon
How long does the PR comes for my kid, assuming he was born in USA

 

[Leon]

Thanks Leon
How long does the PR comes for my kid, assuming he was born in USA

I would guess between 6 and 10 months.

 

[yalgar]

I would guess between 6 and 10 months.

thanks

 

[yalgar]

I would guess between 6 and 10 months.

Dear Leon,
You been doing a great job helping people here. Also you are right.. I went back to resume my stuff in US and kept trying for jobs in Alberta. I have emails to justify that even those in which I have mentioned that I need to referred only to Alberta jobs. Now after 1.5 yrs when I tried to search again.. I could only find a decent job in Toronto. For the answer you give, do you recommend taking another opinion to be on safe side?
Should I be contacting the Alberta helpdesk or CIC helpdesk or should I contact some imiigration attorney?
Sorry its safe since for me a lot of things are at stake!! I may sound a paranoid

Thanks

 

[Leon]

Dear Leon,
You been doing a great job helping people here. Also you are right.. I went back to resume my stuff in US and kept trying for jobs in Alberta. I have emails to justify that even those in which I have mentioned that I need to referred only to Alberta jobs. Now after 1.5 yrs when I tried to search again.. I could only find a decent job in Toronto. For the answer you give, do you recommend taking another opinion to be on safe side?
Should I be contacting the Alberta helpdesk or CIC helpdesk or should I contact some imiigration attorney?
Sorry its safe since for me a lot of things are at stake!! I may sound a paranoid

If you are worried about it, you should of course seek a second opinion.

I can also explain my point of view. When you applied for AINP you signed a document stating that you intended to settle in AB. This was true at the time and it was true when you landed as a PR. You signed nothing stating that you were obliged to live in AB for any minimum amount of time. Therefore, you have already fulfilled your part of the bargain. You were intending to settle in AB but things turned out otherwise. Nobody can ever accuse you of having misrepresented yourself or having had this plan all along. If you had landed in AB and then moved to another province within a week, it would look a lot worse for you but you had to take care of things in the US so you went back and spent a long time looking for jobs online, including in AB. It's not your fault that you couldn't find any.

 

[yalgar]

If you are worried about it, you should of course seek a second opinion.

I can also explain my point of view. When you applied for AINP you signed a document stating that you intended to settle in AB. This was true at the time and it was true when you landed as a PR. You signed nothing stating that you were obliged to live in AB for any minimum amount of time. Therefore, you have already fulfilled your part of the bargain. You were intending to settle in AB but things turned out otherwise. Nobody can ever accuse you of having misrepresented yourself or having had this plan all along. If you had landed in AB and then moved to another province within a week, it would look a lot worse for you but you had to take care of things in the US so you went back and spent a long time looking for jobs online, including in AB. It's not your fault that you couldn't find any.

Thanks Leon,.. one little thing thats different is that I landed in Landsdown in ON since it was the nearest and went back to US in 3 days,. The landing was just a formality and I did mention that I will be bringing in my stuff later and at that time should be going to Alberta. I got my PR card on Alberta address of my friend and thereafter this year, I travelled to Edmonton and stayed 3 days and searched for jobs there. So yes I did visit Edmonton and tried my chances both online and physically. It was only once I got nothing(after 1 month or so from returning from Edmonton, ) I opened up to other provinces and immediately got an offer in ON,.

Let me know if the things are still complicated for me

 

[Leon]

It does not complicate things because you landed on the quick, having to go back to the US to complete a job contract and you were up front about that. It doesn't change anything.

 

[yalgar]

It does not complicate things because you landed on the quick, having to go back to the US to complete a job contract and you were up front about that. It doesn't change anything.

Thanks again

 

[done]

It does not complicate things because you landed on the quick, having to go back to the US to complete a job contract and you were up front about that. It doesn't change anything.

Hi Leon,
first of all I would like to say thanks for helping and sharing useful information.

now here is my problem

Last week I become a new PR under the canadian experience class.
before becoming a PR i hade a work permit for quebec and i worked in QC for the last 4 years. after receiving my papers by mail I've done all the preparation to leave Montreal QC and move to ontario.

I left my job in QC
I rent an apartment in Ontario where I'm suppose to live
I sublet my lease in the old apartment
I made my sin in ontario and gave my address in the border for PR card to my new address that I'm suppose to move there at the beginning of November in ontario

while we were waiting for our PR in QC my wife got pregnant and her due date is the end of december.
I went to the Ontario OHIP and I found out that my wife will not be covered since there is a waiting period of three months.
As far as I new in QC there is a waiting period but not for pregnancy, which means that my wife would be covered from day one.

Now we still have our old insurance from quebec RAMQ valid for 2 more years as well as our old work permit.

my questions are:

1 can we still use the qc health card since it suppose to cover for three month after leaving QC?

2 maybe it will be a good idea to just stay in QC even that we are suppose to live in ontario, and if so will the QC health insurance continue the coverage from day one or we still going to have a waiting period?

3 If we will decide to change our plane of moving to ON after becoming a PR under these circumstances will it affect our immigration since we said that we are going to live in ontario after become a PR?

Please help me decide what to do in my case.

thanks in advance

 

[Leon]

If you already had RAMQ, they should cover you for 3 months as you gain coverage in Ontario. You can contact RAMQ to clear that up.