Immigrating via parents from the UK

[Bytecodes]

Hi!

I'm currently looking to immigrate to Canada via my family to Nova Scotia (where they live) as I wish to live closer to them and in the same country and I am wondering if you guys could help me with it. I'm a 24 year old British citizen.

I have a couple of questions which I've listed below.

1. My mother is a PR of 3 years and my step-father is a Canadian Citizen (He has two children over the age of 22), is there anyway for me to be sponsored by them? And if so, how? I've looked and can't find any thing.

2. Is there a way for me to apply while being in the country? I'm currently in the country and looking for a way to not have to go home (purely due to flight costs and not having a place to go back home) if I have to, I will obviously but I'd prefer to avoid this.

3. If there are no ways for them to sponsor me, what would you suggest as my best alternative? I've looked at the skilled worker route as I have several years of experience in programming & technical support but I'm not sure I can go down this route as I don't hold an degrees.

Thanks in advance guys!

 

[canuck78]

No way to sponsor you. You can see if you get lucky and can get an IEC spot.

 

[Bytecodes]

No way to sponsor you. You can see if you get lucky and can get an IEC spot.

I've been looking and it looks like adoption via my stepfather is possibly a way? It appears that he can adopt over 22 year olds and then sponsor me as an adopted child?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...pt-child-abroad/processes/choose-process.html

 

[canuck78]

I've been looking and it looks like adoption via my stepfather is possibly a way? It appears that he can adopt over 22 year olds and then sponsor me as an adopted child?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...pt-child-abroad/processes/choose-process.html

That would be viewed as an adoption of convenience and still too old to sponsor you.

 

[Bytecodes]

That would be viewed as an adoption of convenience and still too old to sponsor you.

Ah, that's a pain. We're more than likely going to be doing the adoption regardless after some discussion.

So, if I was to look at coming to the country what would be my best option? Or am I pretty much out of luck.

 

[canuck78]

You unfortunately got unlucky because the age of sponsorship changed to under 22 after you were over 22. You were always your mom's son. You can ask a lawyer if there is a way around this but you are only being adopted for citizenship reasons. Is your father still alive? He would likely ave to give up "custody" of you.

 

[canuck78]

IEC.

 

[Bytecodes]

You unfortunately got unlucky because the age of sponsorship changed to under 22 after you were over 22. You were always your mom's son. You can ask a lawyer if there is a way around this but you are only being adopted for citizenship reasons. Is your father still alive? He would likely ave to give up "custody" of you.

Yeah that is unfortunate but I guess that's how it rolls sometimes.

My blood father is alive but he would be considered estranged from me as I've had no contact with him since the age of 1. I'll take a look into the IEC but it looks like that would be highly unlikely, is there anyway to go down the skilled worker route without a degree or would I have to go down this route?

 

[Snowman1308]

Yeah that is unfortunate but I guess that's how it rolls sometimes.

My blood father is alive but he would be considered estranged from me as I've had no contact with him since the age of 1. I'll take a look into the IEC but it looks like that would be highly unlikely, is there anyway to go down the skilled worker route without a degree or would I have to go down this route?

Unless you are proficient with some of the trades they are looking at right now (i m not up to date on what's on demand this year) it would be very hard. you can still Try to submit an express entry profile and see what's your points

 

[scylla]

Yeah that is unfortunate but I guess that's how it rolls sometimes.

My blood father is alive but he would be considered estranged from me as I've had no contact with him since the age of 1. I'll take a look into the IEC but it looks like that would be highly unlikely, is there anyway to go down the skilled worker route without a degree or would I have to go down this route?

Citizenship or PR through adoption is an absolute no-go. If you want to be adopted by your step-father because this is important to you for other reasons - then go ahead and do it. However you'll get no immigration benefit out of it. Same goes for any kind of sponsorship through your mother or step-father - it simply isn't possible.

I would apply for the IEC next year. Yes - the program is oversubscribed. However many people are selected each year and you could get lucky. The program is unfortunately already closed for this year. Make sure you submit your profile in early January 2019.

As explained above, qualifying to immigrate on your own is quite difficult without a degree. You should calculate how many points you have under the Express Entry program. Right now you need 440 or more points to be selected out of the pool. I suspect it won't be possible to achieve this score without a degree - but try the online calculator and see what you get. You can also look into the Provincial programs (PNP). A number of these requires degrees but some do not.

Alternatively you can look into furthering your education in Canada and completing a degree here. This is an expensive route but it would get you a work permit once you're done for several years. The first step is to be accepted by a school in Canada and then to apply for the study permit. You'll have to pay international student fees which is the expensive bit. Note that you're too late for September so the earliest you'd be able to start is January.