Best pathway to perm residency

[katzandra]

Hello,

First off a little background...

• I share 9 month old twins with a Canadian Citizen who is currently living in Canada and going to school in Canada for Welding. He is currently doing the paperwork for dual citizenship.
• We have been dating for almost two years and have been together four times. We have pictures and plane ticket receipts to show proof.
• I have another son (7 years old) from my previous marriage that has autism and receives American SSI.
• I will be graduating with my Bachelor's in Social Work in May.

My goal is to permanently relocate to British Columbia and live together as a family. I would like to apply for a work permit and work as a Social Worker in British Columbia. Given the fact that we have children together and I am considered a skilled Professional does anyone have any suggestions or know anything helpful?

Thank you.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hello,

First off a little background...

• I share 9 month old twins with a Canadian Citizen who is currently living in Canada and going to school in Canada for Welding. He is currently doing the paperwork for dual citizenship.
• We have been dating for almost two years and have been together four times. We have pictures and plane ticket receipts to show proof.
• I have another son (7 years old) from my previous marriage that has autism and receives American SSI.
• I will be graduating with my Bachelor's in Social Work in May.

My goal is to permanently relocate to British Columbia and live together as a family. I would like to apply for a work permit and work as a Social Worker in British Columbia. Given the fact that we have children together and I am considered a skilled Professional does anyone have any suggestions or know anything helpful?

Thank you.

Due to your son's medical condition, it may not be possible for you to immigrate under any of the economic categories (like express entry, PNP, etc) due to excessive demand medical test.

So your only option may be to get married or find a way to become common-law with your Canadian partner, and have him sponsor you for PR under a family class app (so no excessive demand test).

Else to just get a work permit to Canada, you'd need to see if your job qualifies under NAFTA (I'm not sure if it does), or find an employer willing to go through long and expensive LMIA process to hire a foreigner. LMIA route will be very difficult, as there are lots of social workers already in Canada so most employers would prefer to simply hire a Canadian/PR.