Hello,
I'm a U.S. born Citizen and she is a Canadian citizen born in Toronto, we each hold passports of our respective countries. We are planning a marriage soon and plan to sponsor each other for PR and later citizenship in each other's countries...we want to live 1/2 time in the U.S. and half time in Canada to be near both of our families.
We have researched the U.S. requirements and we're in good shape. However we are wondering what the financial requirements are for her to sponsor on the Canadian side, as she has been unemployed for the past year. (We plan to submit simultaneous applications, me sponsoring her on the U.S. side and her sponsoring me on the Canada side) She is in her mid 20's and has a decent employment history (except for the past year) and a good savings account balance.
Also, we have read stories about people having to reside by themselves in their home countries for a year or more, waiting for immigration paperwork to be processed on the Canadian side of things. How can we avoid this? We want to be together as much as possible (in either country). My work is done remote via computer so it doesn't matter where we are (we prefer to be together).
Thanks in advance for replies!
I'm a U.S. born Citizen and she is a Canadian citizen born in Toronto, we each hold passports of our respective countries. We are planning a marriage soon and plan to sponsor each other for PR and later citizenship in each other's countries...we want to live 1/2 time in the U.S. and half time in Canada to be near both of our families.
We have researched the U.S. requirements and we're in good shape. However we are wondering what the financial requirements are for her to sponsor on the Canadian side, as she has been unemployed for the past year. (We plan to submit simultaneous applications, me sponsoring her on the U.S. side and her sponsoring me on the Canada side) She is in her mid 20's and has a decent employment history (except for the past year) and a good savings account balance.
Also, we have read stories about people having to reside by themselves in their home countries for a year or more, waiting for immigration paperwork to be processed on the Canadian side of things. How can we avoid this? We want to be together as much as possible (in either country). My work is done remote via computer so it doesn't matter where we are (we prefer to be together).
Thanks in advance for replies!