Greetings, I am a Canadian citizen and my wife is a British citizen. For us to move to Canada I understand the process would take the following form: I would apply for sponsorship and she would apply for permanent residency - both applications would be sent together to Canada with the PR application getting forwarded on to the london high commission if my sponsor application was granted. We are exploring the possibility of moving to Canada and hopefully you can help on some of the below queries:
-anyone have experience with this (in the UK) and if so how long has it taken? (I would hope both of our applications would be quite standard, we don't have any special circumstances) Looking at the website timings it looks as though best case scenario is in the region of ~4 months.
-because I don't live in canada I somehow need to provide evidence that we plan to move back there. Any idea the best way to demonstrate this? We will both be planning to work when we get back to Canada. The guide quotes "reasonable plans for re-establishing in Canada". It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation as once we know all is sorted with her PR, then we will go about quitting jobs, moving out and looking to rent a place in canada etc.
-is it possible for us to move over to canada whilst the application process is happening?
-if we were living in the UK once both applications were granted is there then a time frame for which we need to move to canada or could we wait, say 3 years and then move to canada?
-any and all information or resources that you think would be relevant would be helpful, for example can you get help in london completing the forms at a reasonable price?
thanks,
tme
-anyone have experience with this (in the UK) and if so how long has it taken? (I would hope both of our applications would be quite standard, we don't have any special circumstances) Looking at the website timings it looks as though best case scenario is in the region of ~4 months.
-because I don't live in canada I somehow need to provide evidence that we plan to move back there. Any idea the best way to demonstrate this? We will both be planning to work when we get back to Canada. The guide quotes "reasonable plans for re-establishing in Canada". It's a bit of a chicken and egg situation as once we know all is sorted with her PR, then we will go about quitting jobs, moving out and looking to rent a place in canada etc.
-is it possible for us to move over to canada whilst the application process is happening?
-if we were living in the UK once both applications were granted is there then a time frame for which we need to move to canada or could we wait, say 3 years and then move to canada?
-any and all information or resources that you think would be relevant would be helpful, for example can you get help in london completing the forms at a reasonable price?
thanks,
tme