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Marrying a Canadian citizen while on a work permit

Sergey94

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Aug 29, 2018
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Hello everyone. I'm a citizen of Israel and I'm in Canada already for 8 months on a work visa that's valid for another 1.5 years. I work as a long haul truck driver in PEI. I have a few questions on marrying a Canadian citizen who is a dependant student right now.
First, how will the government look at this? Will they see this situation as a legitimate marriage? We can prove that we've been in a relationship but just wondering how hard that will be and what they will ask for.
I live right now in PEI because of the work permit and she studies and lives in Ontario. Could I apply for an open work permit after getting married and move to Ontario?
Would she still need to sponsor me as a spouse and is she eligible (she has a yearly income of around $10,000 and she receives OSAP for her education) ?
Overall, if you or anyone you know has been in a similar situation please let me know how the process would work. Thank you
 

scylla

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Jun 8, 2010
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Hello everyone. I'm a citizen of Israel and I'm in Canada already for 8 months on a work visa that's valid for another 1.5 years. I work as a long haul truck driver in PEI. I have a few questions on marrying a Canadian citizen who is a dependant student right now.
First, how will the government look at this? Will they see this situation as a legitimate marriage? We can prove that we've been in a relationship but just wondering how hard that will be and what they will ask for.
I live right now in PEI because of the work permit and she studies and lives in Ontario. Could I apply for an open work permit after getting married and move to Ontario?
Would she still need to sponsor me as a spouse and is she eligible (she has a yearly income of around $10,000 and she receives OSAP for her education) ?
Overall, if you or anyone you know has been in a similar situation please let me know how the process would work. Thank you
I would recommend you join the Family Sponsorship section of the forum.

No - getting married to a Canadian citizen will not mean you can apply for an open work permit. If you want an OWP, you need to get married and then your wife needs to sponsor you for PR using the inland process and include an open work permit application with the sponsorship application.