where to start

[pidge660]

Hi i am currently looking at moving to canada with my fiancee and son, i dont really know where to start the reason we chose canada is coz my fiancees uncle lives there,a few questions i could do with been answered please:

My fiancee doesnt work as shes busy with my son is this a problem?

Can her uncle sponsor me my fiancee and my 4 month old son aswell as my fiances mum + dad?

If not then how can we go?

How much money do i need to take with me? (we are looking at new foundland)

i am a supervisor in a ready meals food factory currently what is this kind of work like in canada?

Hope anybody can help answer any of these questions
Thanks Pidge660

[Leon]

Where does the uncle live?  If he is living in Newfoundland, he may be able to sponsor you under Newfoundland PNP, see http://www.nlpnp.ca/familyconnections.html but he may not be able to sponsor all of you.  Some PNP's will only allow you one sponsorship obligation at a time so the mom and dad (if they qualify) are one family unit and you with your fiancee and son are another, that is if you have been living together for 12 months and can qualify as common law partners, if not you would have to get married first.  You would have to work it out with the PNP if you qualify.

If you get in and the fiancee's mom and dad do not, you can sponsor them later.

[pidge660]

do you know how long it would be before i could sponsor mon and dad?

[Leon]

If you sponsor them under the federal system, it's not fast.  You need to wait at least a year until you can prove income by tax return and then you can apply for them.  The sponsor approval takes something like 29 months in Canada, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/canada/process-in.asp#sponsorship and then gets sent to their visa office and takes another several months, see http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/international/08-fc-parents.asp  You could be looking at 5 years easy before they would get there.  If they can get a visit visa, they could come and keep extending it but they would not be covered by health care and they would not be able to work.

You can see how much you have to make at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5196E10.asp if you scrool down to table 4.  For your little family of 3 + parents is 5 people so $45,662 a year.  The fiancee has to apply for the sponsorship since they are her parents and you can co-sign so your income is counted too.

If they also qualify to be sponsored under the provincial nominee program, under age 49 etc., the uncle could sponsor them first (while they are still under age 49) and then they can wait until they qualify to sponsor you under the provincial nominee program, usually have to live for a year or two in the province because you can sponsor.  That way they could be there first and you could be there 2-3 years later.

First check the website if you think that some or all of your qualify for the PNP and have the uncle call the PNP and find out.

[pidge660]

ok thanks for your help much appreciated, i dont really know where to start and i am not sure what is the best way to apply as i am working but my partner wont be she'll be too busy looking after my son.

regards pidge