scubadive1 said:
I am new to the Forum. Thank you everyone for your contributions to support those of us attempting to move into Canada. I have spent the bulk of the day reading through postings.
I have a partner that lives on Vancouver Island, B.C. and I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. We met earlier in the year and have been flying back and forth monthly and spend time together....and it is fantastic. But we want to spend every day together, rather than 7 to 10 days a months. And i am enlisting your help to navigate the "Gauntlet". I am a U.S. citizen and she is a Belgium citizen with permanent residency in Canada. She is setting up a language school and cannot move. I can. I can work anywhere. So guess who is moving?
Here is the plan. What do you think? I am going to fly into Victoria on March 2, 2015 (a couple of months) and get a 6 month visa. At the end of March we will travel to Tacoma and we will pick up my car that I will ship...gotta have a car...and drive back across the border. On May 1, I need to go to Montana for a couple of weeks and drive back across the border into Canada.
When I arrive it seems I want to process a Sponsor Approval and seek a job so I may process a Temporary Work Permit. I can process a Professional Work Visa, but it appears the TWP is alot more immediate and functional. I haven't read the rules for Domestic Partner and Common Law yet, can't wait; trust me on this one. What do you think?
I mean really? All I want to do is process a CPP or a CSQ (maybe) and wait for a SA so I can get a COPR (and maybe an ASE on the fly), then an OHIP and process a B-4 and get an SIN and.....maaaaaybe process a W-8 if I don't forget. The least of my worries is the FBI or the Dr. (they don't have an acronym for a Dr. do they?).....I don't plan on going to caipsnotes.com to check on status.....God willing it and barring Canadian holidays and weekends...........it will come. I am sure of it!
Thank God we are going to do this "outland" while I am in Canada on a visa................for expediency.
In Advance, I appreciate your contributions and support.
At this point all I really neeed is a cold beer and a double shot of cheap whisky!!!!
I agree with Maria. right now, you don't qualify to be sponsored as a spouse, and you won't in march either. to be commonlaw in canada, you must be able to prove cohabitation for 365 consecutive days. you also don't qualify for a temporary work permit unless you find an employer to sponsor you, which requires them to not be able to hire any canadian to do the job. you will first need a job offer in order for the employer to apply to sponsor you.
also, if you move to BC, Ohip doesn't apply, as it is the health insurance in ontario. CPP is a visa office, and CSQ only applies to quebec, so you obviously are very confused about the process and all the terminology. either that, or you are just trying to be funny? either way, you need to do a lot more research if you want to be with your significant other.
also, generally, you won't be able to get provencial health insurance until your are a pr or have a work visa. you can't work in canada as only a visitor, that would be illegal. the only way you can work and be in canada as a visitor is if you are working remotely for a non-canadian company with non-canadian clients.
also, how often and how long you are allowed into canada is solely dependant on the border agent you meet at the border, and if they suspect you plan to "move" or "live" in canada without the legal authorization to do so, they will turn you away faster than you can say aloha! your plan is very flawed.
if you want to move to canada you will either need to be commonlaw, get married or find an employer willing to go through the expensive and timely process to sponsor you.
