work permit upon marrying-an urgent question

[yoni]

Hi!

I found the girl of my dreams in Canada and I wanna marry her. However i'm running out of cash.
That is why we really want to know-how many days\weeks will it take me to get a (temporary) work permit upon marrying her? And what is the best\fastest way to do that?

Thanks,
Yoni.

[Baloo]

It depends on many things.

Are you in Canada as a visitor or a student, what is your status ?
What are your skills?
What country are you from?

Days is not the scale you need to be thinking about, weeks are optimistic.
BTW if you choose to get married and immigrate as a spouse, the timeframes can be months or years depending on the complexity of your specific case.
 
The processing times for different types of applications are listed here
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp

[eletyl]

I would be ready to wait at least 3-4 months, probably longer.