I'm going to briefly introduce my scenario and hopefully you guys can help me understand what needs to be done to become a Canadian permanent resident.
To start things off, I will provide some basic information about myself.
- I am 21 years old.
- I am attending college to obtain a Bachelors of Business Administration in Information Systems.
- I have a job that makes 32k a year.
- I have 22k in loans for my car and 23k in loans for my school.
- I have the option to open a 401k account starting in June 2017 through my employer.
- I have no criminal records.
- I have no medical issues.
My girlfriend lives in Edmonton, Alberta and we have known each other for over 3 years. We currently have been dating for a year and a half. We have visited each other numerous times with me being in Canada for about 60 days and she has been in America for about 50 days. I do not want to get married yet, however I would like to move and live in Canada with her and work there too.
My girlfriend is also 21 years old, she works at her father's gas station/propane company and coaches gymnastics making reasonable money. She has not gone to university yet and does not have any debt. We both live at home with our parents and have minimal expenses.
To be considered a common-law partnership we will need to live together for one year which means one of us will have to quit their job and "move" to the other country. My question here is would it be more beneficial for me to live in Canada for a year or for her to move to America for a year. I don't think it matters where you live for that 12 months to be considered common-law partners. To me it makes more sense for her to live here while I pay off my debt and save as much money as I can before we apply for sponsorship.
Also, if she moves here I can finish school while she is visiting for the 1 year whereas if I move to Canada it won't be until I graduate college and I may not have my debt payed off by then.
Another question that may not apply to this topic is if I plan on moving to Canada would it be at all worth it to put money into my 401k? I'm not familiar with the retirement plans Canada has or what transfers over or not, but I would only be contributing to it for about a year or two before I move to Canada.
Anyways, I'm just looking for tips and suggestions on what needs to be done to make this work.
To start things off, I will provide some basic information about myself.
- I am 21 years old.
- I am attending college to obtain a Bachelors of Business Administration in Information Systems.
- I have a job that makes 32k a year.
- I have 22k in loans for my car and 23k in loans for my school.
- I have the option to open a 401k account starting in June 2017 through my employer.
- I have no criminal records.
- I have no medical issues.
My girlfriend lives in Edmonton, Alberta and we have known each other for over 3 years. We currently have been dating for a year and a half. We have visited each other numerous times with me being in Canada for about 60 days and she has been in America for about 50 days. I do not want to get married yet, however I would like to move and live in Canada with her and work there too.
My girlfriend is also 21 years old, she works at her father's gas station/propane company and coaches gymnastics making reasonable money. She has not gone to university yet and does not have any debt. We both live at home with our parents and have minimal expenses.
To be considered a common-law partnership we will need to live together for one year which means one of us will have to quit their job and "move" to the other country. My question here is would it be more beneficial for me to live in Canada for a year or for her to move to America for a year. I don't think it matters where you live for that 12 months to be considered common-law partners. To me it makes more sense for her to live here while I pay off my debt and save as much money as I can before we apply for sponsorship.
Also, if she moves here I can finish school while she is visiting for the 1 year whereas if I move to Canada it won't be until I graduate college and I may not have my debt payed off by then.
Another question that may not apply to this topic is if I plan on moving to Canada would it be at all worth it to put money into my 401k? I'm not familiar with the retirement plans Canada has or what transfers over or not, but I would only be contributing to it for about a year or two before I move to Canada.
Anyways, I'm just looking for tips and suggestions on what needs to be done to make this work.