CANADIAN GIRLFRIEND, AMERICAN BOYFRIEND

[mikael978]

Actually, since your goal is to get married and then apply for spousal sponsorship that makes things even easier for you.

1. Get married (anywhere)
2. Submit an Outland application (stupid fast for most Americans [like ~ 6 months total])
3. Come to Canada to `visit' your bride
4. Cheer the day when your COPR document arrives in the mail, then drive to the nearest land border to become a PR.

Note: Ignore #3 if you decide to get married in Canada and then submit the Outland application. Most people don't even realize that they can be IN Canada with an Outland application in the `pile'.

Good luck!

so there is a way to get the process started with out haveing to do the 12 months? beacuse i would rather keep working then not be working if you understand what i mean, it would be great to spend a year with her, but have to be practical

 

[canuck_in_uk]

so there is a way to get the process started with out haveing to do the 12 months?

As already stated, getting married is the only way to avoid the 12 months needed for common-law.

 

[volkov]

getting married at this time in our realationship, well it just wouldent be right. trying to take the time make sure its the right choice for the both of us, so the 12 month common law way seems best fitting for us, does it help at all that oim from usa? i feel like it might make the hole process a lot easier. im hoping it does. now to save up enough money to support myself for a years time "visiting" thanks for all the info guys, realy put my mind at ease knowing its not as complex as it may seem. ;D

I think the government looks at it the same way, if you are not committed enough to get married then you are not committed enough at this point to switching your country of permanent residency and the sponsor committing to your care for the long future, hence the 12 month wait and the fact that common law even after the 12 months is going to get a lot more scrutiny from immigration than an actual marriage

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I think the government looks at it the same way, if you are not committed enough to get married then you are not committed enough at this point to switching your country of permanent residency and the sponsor committing to your care for the long future, hence the 12 month wait and the fact that common law even after the 12 months is going to get a lot more scrutiny from immigration than an actual marriage

I suggest you be careful with your words. My partner and I moved country a total of THREE times for each other and went through a lot of immigration processes, fully committed to each other without being married.

As for common-law apps facing more scrutiny, the only difference is that they must prove cohabitation; that is fairly straightforward and doesn't cause extra scrutiny. If anything, common-law apps face less scrutiny of their relationship because people don't enter into "Common-Law of Convenience" to committed fraud.

 

[volkov]

I suggest you be careful with your words. My partner and I moved country a total of THREE times for each other and went through a lot of immigration processes, fully committed to each other without being married.

As for common-law apps facing more scrutiny, the only difference is that they must prove cohabitation; that is fairly straightforward and doesn't cause extra scrutiny. If anything, common-law apps face less scrutiny of their relationship because people don't enter into "Common-Law of Convenience" to committed fraud.

not sure what you see wrong with my words, I was just explaining why the government treats "married" vs. "common law" differently with the 12 month requirement

 

[Ponga]

not sure what you see wrong with my words, I was just explaining why the government treats "married" vs. "common law" differently with the 12 month requirement

Nope, canuck_in_uk called you out for what you said, which is total crap:

if you are not committed enough to get married then you are not committed enough at this point to switching your country of permanent residency

What a rude thing to say.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Nope, canuck_in_uk called you out for what you said, which is total crap:

if you are not committed enough to get married then you are not committed enough at this point to switching your country of permanent residency

What a rude thing to say.

Thanks Ponga.

 

[mikael978]

thanks alot every one for all your imput. hopefully soon i can get the process started, when i first visited BC i fell in love with it, hopefully i can call it home!