Sponsor spouse, work visa via London

[piglet]

Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone can enlighten me. I'm a Canadian Citizen who came to Ireland on the Working Holiday Program just over a year ago. The day I arrived in Ireland I met a wonderful Irishman, he was my sister tour buddy from 2 years ago. To say the least things went extremely well... We got married in Vancouver BC last October. We're currently both in Ireland now & we've both decided that Vancouver is where we want to live. So I want to sponsor him to Canada as we both think we'd be happier there.

So here's my questions...
1. To show intent that I'm serious about moving back to Canada, I have to have a job offer. Is this a serious offer? What has to be shown in the offer. My ex-boss says he can provide one but wants to know if he will be held liable in any way & wants to know what has to be in the offer. Will they call him?

2. Would it speed up the process if my Irish husband had a work visa? He is an Electrical Engineer & from what I understand. We can apply for a work visa without having the LMO completed as he is in the correct job category. Does this mean we are applying for a Spouse Sponsorship, PR visa & also a work visa all at once?

3. If we apply outside of Canada & then move in the process to Canada, does this slow down the process? Do they move the application from London to Canada then?

4. My Irish husbands mom has cancer at the moment. If we are in Canada during this process & he was to leave Canada to go see his mother. How does it effect his visa status? I'm under the impression that Canadian government would understand a compassionate visit to Ireland.

5. Does my husband need to certify or do a test for his education in anyway? He is an Electrical Engineer with University qualifications.

I think that's all my questions for now. I'm sure I'll have more coming.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Leon]

1. Your ex-boss needs to say that you worked for him before and that he has a job for you when you come back. It is not binding. They may call him to make sure it's not a fake offer you wrote yourself.

2. If you are doing an inland application, you apply for an open work permit at the same time but it isn't issued until the first stage approval. I have never heard of anybody doing that for outland. Outland is usually pretty fast anyway. If you did inland, he would have open work permit around the same time as he'd have PR with outland.

3. You don't move the process to Canada. If you apply outland, the file is processed in London. If you move to Canada in the meantime, your husband will have visitor status in Canada. If London wants an interview with him, he'll have to go there.

4. If you apply outland, your husband can go back and forth. Inland he can't.

5. He probably will have to get licensed here, see http://www.workdestinations.org/view_occupation.jsp?occupationUserDatumId=12996&lang=en for licensing info for engineers in various provinces.

 

[piglet]

Thanks for the reply Leon. Another question... Assuming that we choose the inland option. When going to Canada on a Visitors visa, what does one say at the border controls? That he is just visiting or that he is coming with his wife to move to Canada?