Dependent Visa for Parent to Take Care of 3 Canadian Children.

[tedip]

hi,

BACKGROUND
My 3 kids were all born in Canadian soil and they were all citizens of Canada by birth. However, me and my wife do not have any status in Canada. We are not permanent resident nor temporary residents of Canada. We are all living outside Canada now.

My kids are approaching the age of going to high school and we are planning to send them to attend high school in Canada.

QUESTION
Is it possible for my wife to apply for PR status, based on her parental relationship with the kids(given the kids are still under 18 yrs old)? So that she can stay in Canada for a longer time than a normal foreign visitor, take care of the kids, take the kids to school in Canada, and even better may be able to go to find a job and settle down in Canada with the kids?

Thanks a lot.

 

[scylla]

The short answer is no. There is no such thing as a dependent visa. If you or your wife wish to apply for PR - you will have to qualify on your own through an economic immigration stream like Express Entry.

It may be possible for one of your children to sponsor you for PR once they are adults and have lived and worked in Canada for several years.

 

[Rob_TO]

Is it possible for my wife to apply for PR status, based on her parental relationship with the kids(given the kids are still under 18 yrs old)?

100% no.

Imagine the massive increase to number of families that would come as visitors to Canada just to give birth, if Canada then allowed the parents to get PR from it.

 

[Regina]

She may come as a visitor for a short time like 6 months and then ask for extension for another 6 months ( It may be granted). I know a girl from Japan who went to school in Canada (elementary school) for a year and her mom stayed with her on visitor visa, but that was it. After a year they both went back to Japan.

 

[tedip]

Big thanks to the answers and advice.

I think I would apply for PR via the EE scheme then. I have calculated the score for myself. I am qualified for FSW. But for EE, I just score 400 sth. But if I could have 1 year of working experience in Canada, I may be able to get myself 450+. But the delimma is how I can get that 1 year of working experience before I can legally work in Canada... ?

Can I be pointed to the direction or webpage that I can get more information on ways that I can legally work in Canada and get myself that 1 year of working experience before I get my PR?

Thanks in advance. :-*

 

[scylla]

Big thanks to the answers and advice.

I think I would apply for PR via the EE scheme then. I have calculated the score for myself. I am qualified for FSW. But for EE, I just score 400 sth. But if I could have 1 year of working experience in Canada, I may be able to get myself 450+. But the delimma is how I can get that 1 year of working experience before I can legally work in Canada... ?

Can I be pointed to the direction or webpage that I can get more information on ways that I can legally work in Canada and get myself that 1 year of working experience before I get my PR?

Thanks in advance. :-*

To work legally in Canada, you need to start by securing a full time job offer from an employer in Canada. Your employer then needs to obtain an approved LMIA. Once you have a job offer and approved LMIA, you can then apply for a closed work permit tied directly to that employer.

The LMIA is a long and expensive process for the employer - as a first step, the employer has to advertise the job for at least a month to prove that no Canadian could be found for the role. Because the process is so expensive/long and has no guarantee of approval, it tends to be extremely difficult to find employers willing to go through it. However some are successful. So the first step is to get a full time job offer in Canada and convince that employer to apply for an LMIA.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

My 3 kids were all born in Canadian soil and they were all citizens of Canada by birth. However, me and my wife do not have any status in Canada. We are not permanent resident nor temporary residents of Canada. We are all living outside Canada now.

You must have been in Canada for a few years to have had 3 children here. What was your status?