Hi all!
I am a canadian citizen and my boyfriend is australian. We are currently in canada (he is on a working holiday visa). We lived together for 4 years in melbourne (i'm a permanent resident there through partner visa) and then came to canada to travel a bit and see my family/friends. Boyfriend fell in love with canada and we would really want to live here instead of going back to australia.
We wanted to apply for the inland visa but after reading that it can take 26 months, we are thinking of applying for outland.
Is it possible for us to apply for outland, within canada, while he is on a working holiday visa? If so, will he still be allowed to work in canada during the process or will this cancel his working holiday visa?
Is there any downside to doing it this way or is it better for him to go back to australia and apply from there? Would this affect his chances at being approved?
Also, if anyone has been in this situation, how long did it take to get the visa?
Any tips or info for our situation?
Thanks all!