i am a retired american wanting to move to canada
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Unless you have an adult child who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and meets the requirements for parent sponsorship - it's extremely unlikely this is going to be feasible.
Canada has no retirement immigration class.
Given your age, the only thing that might make it feasible (apart from having kids who are Canadian) is if you were able to secure a full time job in Canada first that was supported by an approved LMIA. An LMIA is something that your employer must obtain (which costs quite a bit of money and takes a lot of time) that proves they advertised the role to try to hire a Canadian, couldn't find a Canadian with the required skills and for this reason had to hire a foreign worker.
Canada has no retirement immigration class.
Given your age, the only thing that might make it feasible (apart from having kids who are Canadian) is if you were able to secure a full time job in Canada first that was supported by an approved LMIA. An LMIA is something that your employer must obtain (which costs quite a bit of money and takes a lot of time) that proves they advertised the role to try to hire a Canadian, couldn't find a Canadian with the required skills and for this reason had to hire a foreign worker.
Just to add to my post above, it might also be feasible if you are a multi-millionaire who is able to invest significant money in Canada to start a business.
Otherwise you'll have to be satisfied with visiting as a tourist from time to time.
Otherwise you'll have to be satisfied with visiting as a tourist from time to time.
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Jedman said:
Becoming a permanent resident is the hard part. The best you can do is live in Canada half the year as a visitor. You don't get any Canadian benefits.
Jedman said:
Being a temporary resident is effectively the same thing as being a tourist. You are already allowed to enter Canada as a tourist using your US passport.
As a tourist, you obviously aren't allowed to live here or move here full time - all you are permitted to do is come for a visit. And as explained above, you don't receive any benefits (e.g. no access to free health care).
If you do decide to visit, make sure you take out comprehensive private travel insurance. Health care is very expensive in Canada when you have to pay for it yourself.
Jedman said:
The best you could probably do is to become a sort of seasonal resident. Basically "visit" Canada for some of the year and purchase property here if you want to (though that doesn't give you any special rights to enter or stay), and the rest of the year spend at your permanent home in the US. Similar to how Canadian citizens effectively "retire" in Florida by spending their entire winters there and then return to Canada for the summer.
Of course this will never be an actual "move" to Canada as you'll always need to maintain a home and ties in the US, you can't stay in Canada permanently.
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