Need a Recommendation for my Case!

[Calder88]

Hello,

I'm a USA citizen and currently completing my MPH program in NYC. My husband is illegal and cannot apply for a green card or residency because he has a deportation and entered the USA illegally (twice). As per our lawyer, he is forbidden to enter the USA or to even apply for a green card or residency through me. In other words, he has no chance in NYC and we as a family will be always living in fear.. We honestly want the best for us and for our future as a family. Some friends mentioned us that perhaps we could apply for the skilled worker program or for residency in Canada. We are not sure yet which application is best for us, but any advice or suggestion is always welcome.
Also, I personally would like to know if there is a way I could apply to continue studying in Canada (for a PhD program) and later apply for residency? If there is a way to do my PhD program in Canada? And would I be able to travel with my husband during the time I complete the program there??

May anyone please advice us and let us know what to do?? or which type of application is best for us right now?

Thank you in advance and much appreciated!

 

[scylla]

Hello,

I'm a USA citizen and currently completing my MPH program in NYC. My husband is illegal and cannot apply for a green card or residency because he has a deportation and entered the USA illegally (twice). As per our lawyer, he is forbidden to enter the USA or to even apply for a green card or residency through me. In other words, he has no chance in NYC and we as a family will be always living in fear.. We honestly want the best for us and for our future as a family. Some friends mentioned us that perhaps we could apply for the skilled worker program or for residency in Canada. We are not sure yet which application is best for us, but any advice or suggestion is always welcome.
Also, I personally would like to know if there is a way I could apply to continue studying in Canada (for a PhD program) and later apply for residency? If there is a way to do my PhD program in Canada? And would I be able to travel with my husband during the time I complete the program there??

May anyone please advice us and let us know what to do?? or which type of application is best for us right now?

Thank you in advance and much appreciated!

You can come to Canada on a study permit to complete your PhD - however your husband will not be able to accompany you since this is a temporary visa and because of his immigration history in the US.

If you want to come to Canada together, you'll need to apply for permanent residency. Canada has a number of different immigration programs and you'll need to research them to see what the requirements are. Recommend you start by researching the Express Entry program.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio.../services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html

 

[Calder88]

You can come to Canada on a study permit to complete your PhD - however your husband will not be able to accompany you since this is a temporary visa and because of his immigration history in the US.

If you want to come to Canada together, you'll need to apply for permanent residency. Canada has a number of different immigration programs and you'll need to research them to see what the requirements are. Recommend you start by researching the Express Entry program.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio.../services/immigrate-canada/express-entry.html

Thank you very much! Do you know if I would be able to apply for Ph.D. program once I obtain a permanent resident in Canada? and just by any chance do you know how long does it take to get a residency in Canada?

 

[scylla]

Thank you very much! Do you know if I would be able to apply for Ph.D. program once I obtain a permanent resident in Canada? and just by any chance do you know how long does it take to get a residency in Canada?

How long it takes to get permanent residency depends on how you apply (through which stream). Processing time for the Express Entry program can be as little as six months (or even less). However there's time required to prepare (take an English language test, have your education officially assessed, ensure you have enough money to settle yourselves in Canada, etc.). You also have to create a profile and then enter a pool and wait to be selected before you can submit your application. Selection is points-based. Again, you'll need to dedicate quite a bit of time to researching the various immigration programs if you are serious about immigrating to Canada.

 

[Calder88]

How long it takes to get permanent residency depends on how you apply (through which stream). Processing time for the Express Entry program can be as little as six months (or even less). However there's time required to prepare (take an English language test, have your education officially assessed, ensure you have enough money to settle yourselves in Canada, etc.). You also have to create a profile and then enter a pool and wait to be selected before you can submit your application. Selection is points-based. Again, you'll need to dedicate quite a bit of time to researching the various immigration programs if you are serious about immigrating to Canada.

Thank you again!! Much appreciated! I will do my research.

 

[vensak]

1. You can apply for a PHD studies even now. Acceptance depends on the university rules. And then if you get student visa depends on the immigration. Also that should not be a problem for you.
2. studying before becoming PR just means that it will be more expensive
3. Your husband however is a different story. Also spouses can get open work visa when other partner is studying, your husband will be surely denied. Because of his status in USA (the logic behind is that he would not leave once the visas are over).
4. But he has chance with PR application as long as he will disclose his status in USA (if all his problem is that he did not want to leave USA, then applying to stay in Canada permanently is OK)
5. Also mind you that getting PR (more like getting invitation to apply or a provincial nomination) is not as easy as it seems. Why? Because of the competition. So in order to see if you stand a chance you need to check express entry and / or PNP (provincial nominee) programs to see the requirements and then do the assessment of whatever is needed (language and education). And of course see what will help you to gt more points in order to get through

Good luck

 

[LifeDreamer]

It may not be possible for your husband to apply for PR status from within the United States due to illegal entry as opposed to just overstaying, so it may be necessary to relocate to a 3rd country in the interim before proceeding to apply for PR.

Almost all provincial nomination programs require a legal residence status in the current country of residence and not be a refugee claimant or under any deportation proceedings, so they have no flexibility in this regard as opposed to federal programs which will accept certain classes of people without legal status.