Getting my Mexican Girlfriend a Workers Visa

[stephan123]

Hi I have a few questions for the experts here and I hope I am posting in the right place.

I am a born and raised Canadian from vancouver, british columbia and I am currently in a relationship with a girl from mexico. We have been dating for a year now and she is wanting to get her workers visa to come to Canada so we can live together and she can work for a year, and then look into studying here as well the year after. She has already gotten her visitor visa for a 3 year period which started in August 2014. With that she also had her study permit for 6 months as she was here from august to december studying english at a language college. So I am just curious if any of those details can help her be approved for a working visa any easier? Also will us being in a relationship for over a year, us planning to live together, and me being a full canadian citizen have any impact on her being approved? And what steps can/must we take to apply for her workers visa? Any information/advice you guys have would be great thank you!

 

[scylla]

In order to qualify for a work permit, your girlfriend will first have to find an employer in Canada who is willing to offer her a full time job and is also able to obtain an approved LMIA. Once she has the job offer and approved LMIA, she will be able to apply for a closed work permit tied to that specific employer.

 

[stephan123]

Ok thank you. Is there anyway she can obtain the working permit without first having to find an employer? Is it at all possible for her to get a working permit first, then come to canada and find work once she's been approved? Or is there no option at all for that scenario? thanks!

 

[tenkrun10]

Ok thank you. Is there anyway she can obtain the working permit without first having to find an employer? Is it at all possible for her to get a working permit first, then come to canada and find work once she's been approved? Or is there no option at all for that scenario? thanks!

No. She can't get a work permit first. The basis to apply for a work permit per Canadian law is to get the privilege to accept a job offer. Work permits are not issued simply based on intent to work. Offer must be on the table

 

[scylla]

If she comes to Canada on a study permit (it would need to be full time studies that are a minimum of 8 months in length - and at an authorized school) then she would qualify for a Post Graduate Work Permit after she completes her studies. Note that studying English at a language college doesn't qualify. She would need to take a diploma or degree at a recognized college or university.