hello I'm from el Salvador residing in the united states for 28 years I'm married to and American citizen for 10 years and have two grown up son and dougther born in the united states from another marriage I have apply for permanent residency base on our marrieage but was denied. I still undocumented and up for deportation now with the new trump immigration laws we are goin to be persecuted and I don't want to go back to el Salvador since all my family is in the us' my question is. is there any program the Im qualified to be able to migrate to Canada or it will be easy for my wife to apply like on a family program since she is a united states citizen ..thank you.........
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There is no special immigration program specifically for your situation. The fact your wife is American also doesn't give you any advantages. You will have to apply for PR through the same streams as anyone else would.
I would recommend you start by researching Canada's economic stream immigration programs (I would focus on the Express Entry / Federal Skilled Worker program). Your wife will most likely have to be the primary applicant due to your status in the US. You can find detailed information here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp
Good luck.
I would recommend you start by researching Canada's economic stream immigration programs (I would focus on the Express Entry / Federal Skilled Worker program). Your wife will most likely have to be the primary applicant due to your status in the US. You can find detailed information here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/index.asp
Good luck.
It sounds like a hard situationpichinga said:
what you can do is have your wife apply to immigrate to Canada, then you can come as her spouse possibly. It will take a while though. Hopefully she qualifies under one of the express entry classes in the link the other person posted. Best of luck and be careful!!Your wife would apply for PR as the primary applicant and include you and your children (under 19 years old) in the application. You would all get PR together. Canadian citizenship is a different matter. You'll need to live in Canada for several years as PRs before you will qualify for citizenship.pichinga said:
The trick is whether your wife qualifies for any Canadian economic immigration program and if she has enough points to be selected.
This most likely won't work.mzgblx said:Also she can try to work in Canada under NAFTA possibly? Then you can come with her as spouse. My common-law partner is Salvadoran too
Yes - the spouse can get a work permit without an LMIA if she can obtain a job in Canada on the NAFTA list. However given the OP is in the US without status, there's pretty much zero chance he would be able to accompany her in any capacity (i.e. visitor or open work permit).
Immigrating is the only realistic option.
What is your wife's education/job? She would need to have a sufficiently skilled job that Canada is looking for, in order to qualify and be selected for any open immigration programs.pichinga said:
I would start question with something more obvious. What is his age and the age of his wife.
I would suspect it to be somewhere close to 50 years old (he mentioned to be 28 years in USA and to have 2 grown up (18+ I guess) children that are USA citizens).
With that said chances are not the brightest. 50 years is limit for practicaly all PNP programs (some do end at the age of 46).
So he will get no points for age (and even on the first FSW scale).
NAFTA work position could help (giving 50 points after 1 year of employment), but given the problem with age, it might not be enough to pass through.
I would say his best shot is to battle for his green card in USA.
I would suspect it to be somewhere close to 50 years old (he mentioned to be 28 years in USA and to have 2 grown up (18+ I guess) children that are USA citizens).
With that said chances are not the brightest. 50 years is limit for practicaly all PNP programs (some do end at the age of 46).
So he will get no points for age (and even on the first FSW scale).
NAFTA work position could help (giving 50 points after 1 year of employment), but given the problem with age, it might not be enough to pass through.
I would say his best shot is to battle for his green card in USA.