Work Visa and Sponsorship Eligibility

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Hi Everyone!

I only found about this forum tonight and it looks like there's a lot of cool helpful people out there! Hopefully someone out there might be able to provide me with some guidance.

I'm a US citizen that recently accepted an offer for a position in Canada. I was hoping that my girlfriend (who is a Korean citizen w/ a Green card) might be able to join me. She's currently a college student and was hoping to apply to a school and a study permit, but was discouraged by the international student tuition she would have to pay.

At this time, one option we're hoping to consider is whether I'd be able to sponsor her through Canada's common-law sponsorship policy. We have not lived together, yet, but if we were to live together in Canada for 12+months, would it be possible for me to sponsor her with the work visa my future employer provides me with? Also, if she were able to eventually obtain sponsorship, would she be able to avoid international student tuition if she were to continue her education in Canada?

Thanks in advance for any help I might be able to get!

 

[MilesAway]

I would suggest posting in the Foreign workers section. This section of the forum is for PRs and Canadian citizens sponsoring their spouses, which is a completely different process.

Your girlfriend should be able to go as a visitor as she is from a visa-exempt country. However she would not be able to work or study as a visitor. Once you are common-law, there might be an option for a work permit, but I'm not certain how that works. She would still need to pay the international student rates though.