Why are you Immigrating?

[jillandmat]

So I am new to this forum.. and I REALLY wish I had found it before... When I sent in my application .. but I suppose what is done is done.. and the only thing now to do is wait.. and hope for the best...

I was wondering why people are immigrating to Canada..? :

I am doing the Spousal application for my hubs of 5 years.. we have 2 kids together and have been living in Uruguay since 2005. --> We've decided to take the next step and move to Canada for our children's education -- they are still really young.. but its better to start them early I think! ;D
I am a little worried about the cost of living and (earthquakes) and all of the craziness that happens in Canada... but I miss it so -- and REALLY want to go back...

Anyway why are you moving?

 

[steaky]

Check out this older post below. It will give you some idea.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/scandinavians-please-discuss-t42031.0.html

 

[AllisonVSC]

It was a last resort for us. My partner's job is highly specialized and he couldn't find a similar position in the US though he tried for several years. Plus he is close to early retirement with his company. So it was either I move here or we quit the long distance thing that was emotionally draining for both of us.

 

[BostonGirl]

I just want to live with my beloved.
I'm willing to move to Canada because his job is worth more there than here.
Vancouver Island is very pretty.

Here or there, i'll take which ever one we both can be together.
To be honest, the States and Canada are so very similar though.
It never even feels like a foreign country.

 

[bobshynoswife]

My husband will be immigrating to Canada for no other reason than to be with me. I have three school-aged children and split custody with their father, so there is no way I can move overseas to be with him right now.

He has never been here, as he can't get a visitor's visa, but he is looking forward to good infrastructure, a nice home and good schools for our future children.

 

[sbwv09]

Aside from the obvious.. we love each other and want to be together.. I have my Masters degree and I just entered the work force. However, my husband has worked in his company for 10 years and makes a good salary but doesn't have education. If he came to the states, we would have to live on like 35,000 a year (I was a teacher in a very low paying state, and my student debt is higher than my yearly salary). The economy was such that I barely even found a job even with my higher education. Even though Toronto is saturated with teachers, I have a BA in English and am willing to work any type of job. We figured it would be easier for me to get a decent job and a higher total family salary in Canada than if he came to the US and had to work at WalMart while I only got paid 30,000 a year with a Masters. (and honestly, the way the last school year went, I'm not broken hearted that I will have to try another profession! ) My husband also wants to resume his education, and this would be much more difficult to do in the US (for many different reasons).

We don't know if we will be in Canada forever, but it is the best place for us to start. The waiting times and procedures for US/CAN immigration were basically the same, so here we are!

And although I do complain about some little things (THE FOOD!!!!), Canada is a lovely place to be. I am from a small town but I adore Toronto.. I love the cultures and diversity, and I adore being with my husband in a place where he is happy and feels valued in every way. Although he says otherwise, I know he wouldn't be happy working minimum wage in the States while being unable to get more education..

Sorry if this is long and boring, but I have this fight/conversation with people in the states all the time. You can't imagine how many times I hear "He should just COME HERE!!"

 

[jillandmat]

your time line is similar to mine..

my decision was made on the 22nd as well.. are you nervous? or have you gotten the letter?

 

[sbwv09]

I haven't gotten the letter but I'm not so nervous.. I will feel better when I get it but I can't see a reason we wouldn't be approved, at least for the sponsorship. We are quite close to Mississauga so I don't think there will be such a long wait for the letter

 

[jillandmat]

yah.. I hear yah..
Well sending approval vibes your way

 

[Poetic]

with me, I was 1 month shy from graduating with Masters in Biomedical science in England, to me it was my ticket to freedom to anywhere in the world from an abusive home. But I met my husband just a few months before and fell in love. I tried to finish uni til the end but could not do it, missing him was a hardship. So I took the opportunity to run away when I could...and he left his fam, and we eloped. It was either he came to London, I came to Vancouver or we both went somewhere completely new. But it seemed logical for me to come here since he already found a really good job.

Love is crazy.

 

[iarblue]

Well it is my wife that is immigrating.The biggest reason is obviously for love.We can not handle the being apart,the both of us just pretty much go crazy waiting.She is Brazilian and has a little guy(well mine too now).Although Brazil is a Beautiful country and the sun and sand oh good god its so beautiful,the life is much different and the jobs are better here.

 

[RobsLuv]

We are much the same - we fell in love, and wanted to get married and build a life together. Although I come from a very beautiful part of the US (where it doesn't snow!), when we met and married he had full custody of his kids from his previous marriage. There was no way his ex was letting them immigrate to the States. My children were older and established at home, but my ex was generous enough to let our youngest come to Canada with me.

Also, hubby was very well established at work while I had been working temp jobs after a long time being a stay-at-home mom. So Canada just made more sense for us . . . even though our preference probably would have been to go the other direction. It would have been really nice not to have to deal with Ontario winters.

 

[Dayanara]

My hubby is coming to Canada for one reason only, healthcare. But not for him, for me. When we first met we didn't care if I went to the states or he came here, but sadly I became diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and after some research this makes me uninsurable in the USA for most companies or I would have to pay through the roof for the others.

So, since MS medications cost anywhere from 30,000-40,000 plus yearly MRI's and other misc hospital visits, the logical decision was for him to move here so I still had coverage from OHIP for these expenses.

 

[can_usa_97]

We are moving to be closer to family. After his coming here for me, when we married (it was a 'condition' of me being able to marry at 16-truly it ended up being a way out for my 'mom'. We've lived here 13 years and we are now moving for family.

We had family here but as the years have gone on, people have moved away, many passed on - and on with their lives, and there is only my dad left here, and he's a sorta of unknown - he was supposed to be moving to Montana with my brother who moved last month - but he's back and I guess wants to stay withhis g/f. But, I've come to the conclusion that my family (me, hubby, kids) will be last on his radar for like ever - because I can count the # of times I see him in a year on one hand, and he lived 1 1/2 hour from me. Then an aunt and 2 cousins are all that's left in WI. THe rest have moved away, died or we no longer speak to.

Our kids deserve people in theri lives weekly, monthly, ect that care fully about them, and dhs family can provide that, as well as for our kids to have cousins. It's just the family life we too need - we've had no one around for years, and are done with spending holidays just the 4 of us, it's not what we want/had/are used to having when you have a family.

 

[minna]

I'm a dual american/canadian citizen and my partner is an american. We were happy living in the US, but I recently lost my job in this recession and shortly afterwards found out that I am pregnant. I am so sick of dealing with American health insurance and unemployment in our area is 14% - there just aren't any jobs around. It makes sense to at least move to be closer to family, to help us with the baby when it arrives, and if the choice is between my hometown (Vancouver, BC) and his hometown (El Paso, TX)....well, once of those is a world-class city with clean air and good schools, and the other is a very poor city with pretty awful schools and is ground-zero in the "war on drugs"....seems pretty obvious to me.