Help regarding Visitor Visa Application

[Ben_Zi]

Morning folks

Me and my wife (both Canadian Permanent Residents) are sending an invitation letter to my wife's cousin and her husband (who is my close friend of around 10 years) and I have a few questions regarding the process to clear some things up before starting the application.

1- I heard that due to labor shortages, visitor visa holders are able to switch their visitor visa to work visa and then work permit upon securing a job offer when they arrive in Canada. Is that true? if yes, does this path eventually lead to obtaining permanent residency?

2- If only one of them apply for the visitor visa and the other stays behind, can the one who arrived in Canada and obtained a work permit, apply for their husband to also come to Canada? if yes, how long is the process roughly?

3- The travel history for my wife's cousin is pretty good, and includes trips to UK, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Thailand and Emirates. But some of those trips are really old. Like over 10 years ago. Would those trips be of any help?

4- They also have an active sponsorship application for United States that is still a few years away from finalizing. Would it help or hurt the Canada Visitor Visa application to mention it?

5- Do you recommend using the old portal (with PDF files) or the new portal?

Would greatly appreciate your input

 

[Naturgrl]

Morning folks

Me and my wife (both Canadian Permanent Residents) are sending an invitation letter to my wife's cousin and her husband (who is my close friend of around 10 years) and I have a few questions regarding the process to clear some things up before starting the application.

1- I heard that due to labor shortages, visitor visa holders are able to switch their visitor visa to work visa and then work permit upon securing a job offer when they arrive in Canada. Is that true? if yes, does this path eventually lead to obtaining permanent residency?

2- If only one of them apply for the visitor visa and the other stays behind, can the one who arrived in Canada and obtained a work permit, apply for their husband to also come to Canada? if yes, how long is the process roughly?

3- The travel history for my wife's cousin is pretty good, and includes trips to UK, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Thailand and Emirates. But some of those trips are really old. Like over 10 years ago. Would those trips be of any help?

4- They also have an active sponsorship application for United States that is still a few years away from finalizing. Would it help or hurt the Canada Visitor Visa application to mention it?

5- Do you recommend using the old portal (with PDF files) or the new portal?

Would greatly appreciate your input

1. No it is not true. A job offer is not enough. An employer must be willing to go through and pay for a LMIA. The LMIA proves that no one in Canada with citizenship/PR/work permit can be hired, and only that person has the skills. So your cousin would need a job offer, approved LMIA and then apply for a work permit. Total process can take up to a year. He will need to show his experience in the job with employment letters, ECA and IELTS. So he should have funds to live without working for quite a while.
2. Depends on how long it takes to get the job/LMIA/work permit, and then apply for SOWP. Processing depends on where they live so can take months to a year.
3. UK is the only one that is included. It may or may not help.
4. Doesn’t matter.
5. Their choice