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Geisha

Newbie
Sep 19, 2014
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Hello to everyone! I would like to ask you something that I didn't find on this forum.
I'm on a visitor visa and soon i'll have to apply for PR (Family - Common Law) since I've been living here with my partner for more than a year.
Altough, my partner lost his job a few months ago and soon he's gonna start working for another company, but we're in debt, we have a lot of stuff to pay for, our landlord wanted to kick us out cause we were late on the rent payment, and we owe some money to a couple of friends and family members.
I was wondering if I could help him out finding a job online, like those paid surveys, etc. cause of course I can't work for now with a visitor visa and without PR.
Last thing: we even took into consideration a web modeling job (basically working as a couple as a cam girl/boy) but I don't know if it's legal for me and if it's going to affect the process to get PR eventually.
I don't think is illegal for a visitor to work online, after all you don't need your SIN neither a working visa for that, but I'm pretty concerned about the webcam modeling job, cause well... is not "ordinary" at all and is not the best job ever.
Thanks to all. Please don't judge me or think I'm a troll, I really need to know this... I don't wanna get in trouble and lose everything for that.
Thanks again.
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
96,892
22,864
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
It's legal for you to work online provided your employer isn't a Canadian company and the company has no Canadian customers / clients.
 

Geisha

Newbie
Sep 19, 2014
2
0
scylla said:
It's legal for you to work online provided your employer isn't a Canadian company and the company has no Canadian customers / clients.
The webcam site we were thinking about was founded in the US and you can also decide to block entire countries so we wouldn't have to get paid from canadian customers.
Plus, as we would work as a couple (and not by ourselves) , my partner (canadian citizen) would get the money earned directly in his bank account, so it means I'm not even the one earning it, but "basically" it all goes to him.
I was more worried about the "legal standpoint"... I wouldn't like it to affect my future as a PR, get kicked out from the country because I know that in some places those kind of jobs are considered as pronstitution.
Thanks you so much anyways... I feel a little bit relieved now.