Hi people,
I am a New Zealander in love with an amazing Canadian girl (20 years old) who lives and studies in Montreal. I went over for a working holiday at the beginning of December 2014 and started a relationship with my partner in January. We lived together for about two months before I came home on June 19th 2015 as I needed to see family, whilst she went back to Montreal to travel to Europe and study afterwards. I wanted to find a full time job back here in New Zealand so I could earn more and save more money for when I traveled back to Canada to be with my partner. We are truly in love and will do anything to be together! We do not meet the requirements of common law and also conjugal partners since I have not been denied entry into Canada as yet. We are both prepared to get married and hopefully she is able to sponsor me. I plan on visiting her in Canada for New Years eve and afterwards potentially get married, if it's the only way to be together. Her father owns his own business and potentially can offer me employment however I hear it's hard to gain LMIA.
- I want to know how likely my partner will be accepted as a sponsor after we get married since she is a full time student, has a part-time job as a hostess at a club but is looking for another job to earn more. She has a great occupation record and has a clean criminal record, plus has school funds and a very supportive family. I read something about spouses not getting denied for not earning enough to support their spouses but that was a post in 2010, I also read something that in Quebec the sponsor has to earn at least $15000 in annual income plus $11000 savings in order to be approved (I'm most likely wrong with those figures but it is something substantially high). Does her income and savings play a part nowadays for sponsors?
- Also is it likely I may get denied in anyway if I visit Canada on a visitor visa then get married in Canada and stay whilst we wait for the sponsorship application to go through? Is it possible to gain a work permit while we wait for the permanent residency to be approved, and if so how long roughly? Would it be better if I visit her, get married, fly back to either NZ or work in the USA on a graduate working visa while we wait for the application?
There's just so much to it and it is very brain numbing!
I myself am 23 years old, have a Bachelor's degree in Tourism Management and Marketing, have a steady work history, currently a sales representative at Lighting Direct. I also have student loan debt from my time at university, would that affect my application in anyway?
Cheers, thank you for your time in reading this!