My mom is taking our family to canda for residency

[MaDizTa]

Hi i was wondering because my mom is taking us to Canada to live there with her i dont know yet if she is a citizen already because she is a OFW there and im guessing she is being help with the papers with the family she is working in. i would just like to know if our family get are we automatically Citizen or are we gonna stay there for like years to prove are staying or something?

 

[Spikey92]

No,you dont automatically become citizens. You become PR's , permannt residents.
You can apply for citizenship in a few years, but the process takes quite long. I think I read somewheres that they are now working on citizenships applications from 2011

 

[scylla]

You'll have to provide more information for us to be able to answer.

It sounds like your mother is currently a foreign worker - is that correct? Has she applied to become a permanent resident of Canada? Or is she in the process of applying? If she is applying to become a PR, then you will be included on her application provided you are still young enough and a dependent. It will take anywhere from a few months to a few years for the PR application to be processed. Once the application is approved, you will all have to come to Canada to "land" and officially become permanent residents. Once you have become a PR, you will have to live in Canada for three out of four years to qualify to apply for citizenship. It's currently taking around two years for citizenship applications to be approved once the application is submitted.

 

[scylla]

Just thought I'd add the following based on your other post to this forum...

If you are either married or common law (common law means that you have lived with your partner for at least one full year), then you cannot be included in your mother's application and you cannot obtain PR through your mother.

 

[MaDizTa]

So if i become a PR at canada can atleast get a job? since im planning to take someone to canada.. Wife and son(*which is not blood related to me since im with a single mom :/*)

 

[MaDizTa]

Just thought I'd add the following based on your other post to this forum...

If you are either married or common law (common law means that you have lived with your partner for at least one full year), then you cannot be included in your mother's application and you cannot obtain PR through your mother.

I know you may laugh at this but im still underage and before we can even land at Canada im already at legal age.. Yes my peer is a Single mom and we are not married im just bothered if things work out between us i was just planning ahead..

 

[Spikey92]

What do you mean with legal age? How old are you right now ?

 

[MaDizTa]

What do you mean with legal age? How old are you right now ?

Im 17 BTW...

 

[scylla]

You'll have to come to Canada first and become a PR as part of your mother's application. Once you are a PR, you will have to return home and either marry your girlfriend or live with her for a full year - only then will you be able to bring her to Canada along with her child.

 

[doljan]

go to cic website, you'll find answers to most of your questions...

 

[MaDizTa]

You'll have to come to Canada first and become a PR as part of your mother's application. Once you are a PR, you will have to return home and either marry your girlfriend or live with her for a full year - only then will you be able to bring her to Canada along with her child.

look at this
Condition does not apply if the couple:

is married for more than two years; or
have been in a conjugal relationship for more than two years; or
has cohabited in a common-law relationship for more than two years; or
Have children in common.

Since my girlfriend has a child am i not eligible for sponsorship then? what do they mean in common like blood related? because the child is not mine and my girlfriend has full custody of the child..

 

[truesmile]

That is only referring to the new "condition" put on successful PR applicants (which does NOT in said cases), it has nothing to do with sponsorship eligibility. As 'scylla' has posted, you are NOT eligible to sponsor your g/f and child until you "marry" her.

 

[doljan]

look at this
Condition does not apply if the couple:

is married for more than two years; or
have been in a conjugal relationship for more than two years; or
has cohabited in a common-law relationship for more than two years; or
Have children in common.

Since my girlfriend has a child am i not eligible for sponsorship then? what do they mean in common like blood related? because the child is not mine and my girlfriend has full custody of the child..

you are eligible to sponsor your girlfriend and her child if you are already a PR of canada. since on your situation, it will still be very long time before you can sponsor your girlfriend..

 

[FireStarteR2]

I know you may laugh at this but im still underage and before we can even land at Canada im already at legal age.. Yes my peer is a Single mom and we are not married im just bothered if things work out between us i was just planning ahead..

You are right, this is very very funny. Why are you 17 and with a GF that is a single mom? You may think I am rude, asking you that, but remember this, this is the first question a CIC officer will ask himself. If you cannot prove that your relationship with your GF is meaningful and in other words "legit", you will not be successful.

To sponsor your GF you need to have a relationship with her. GF alone doesn't count and will not fly. You have to be either married, common-law or conjugal. Conjugal is only for homosexuals (unwritten rule) and will not apply to you. So either married or common law. I am pretty sure you also need to be 18.

 

[Rob_TO]

Conjugal is only for homosexuals (unwritten rule) and will not apply to you. So either married or common law.

This couldn't be further from the truth. Conjugal apps mostly come from the Philippines where divorce is illegal so it's often impossible to marry after, and living with someone not your spouse is also illegal so it's often impossible to become common-law. So any couple (gay or straight) in this situation can only apply as conjugal.

Gay couples are allowed to get married in many countries, and can also qualify as common-law. You don't get conjugal status just because you're gay.