How could me and my boyfriend secure a visa?

[Honeyytea]

So, I'm interested in emigrating to Canada. I've being drawn by the beauty of the country and I believe it would give me and my boyfriend a much better lifestyle.

I am a 23 year old girl of British nationality, I am living with my boyfriend and I have being with him for three years. We would be emigrating together.

In terms of my work experience, I've being working in my current job for 9 months. I've gained a range of experience in many areas - these being, PPI claims management, accounting, property management and also general admin experience.

My boyfriend is a web developer and has being working at the same company for a year now after finishing technical college (the equivalent of a vocational school for ages 16-18).

We would be looking to emigrate to Canada, and are currently exploring our options.

I would like some straight up advice as to which would be the best route to secure a visa, either temporary or permanent.

Any recommendations/tips/advice would be appreciated.

 

[scylla]

If you're looking to work in Canada temporarily, you should look into the IEC / Working Holiday Visa program which allows you to obtain a temporary work permit without finding an employer first. Note that this program is way oversubscribed (i.e. far more applicants than spaces available). And all spots for 2016 have already been taken - so the earliest you would be able to put your name into the pool is 2017. If one of you gets an IEC, there's no guarantee the other would be able to come to Canada. Otherwise to work temporarily in Canada, you would need to secure a full time job offer from an employer in Canada and that employer would need to obtain an approved LMIA in order for you to then apply for a work permit. The LMIA process is long and expensive and most employers aren't willing to go through it unfortunately.

Your other option would be to immigrate to Canada permanently. Detailed information about Canada's immigration programs is available here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/apply.asp

Apart from hiring an immigration lawyer to represent you, there's really no short cut to spending quite a bit of time reading through the various programs on your own to find out what it takes to qualify and apply. You will need to take a language test to apply to immigrate (doesn't matter that you were born in the UK) and will also need to get your education officially assessed. The Federal Skilled Worker / Express Entry program is one of the programs you should research. This is a points-based system so you will need to calculate how many points you have to determine your chances of being selected. To date, no one with fewer than 450 points has been selected - over the last few months, no one with fewer than 480 points has been selected. So this will give you an idea of what you need to achieve to be picked.

Good luck.