Hello everybody,
I was in Canada on an IEC (Working Holiday Visa). During that stay, I entered a relationship with a Canadian woman. Shortly before my visa ran out, I left the country for about 3,5 weeks and then came back. I am on a 6 months visitors visa now, which is running out soon.
My question now is, what is the best route in order to stay here?
1. Should I file for an extension of my visitors visa to buy us some time? (or leave the country and come back again)
2. Should I plan for getting married and then take the spousal sponsorship route?
According to what I know right now, I cannot fulfil all the requirements for a Common Law sponsorhsip. We haven't lived together completely and we would have to work on building a more proper paper trail.
I am really confused right now and also scared. Thanks for your help guys,
Phil
I was in Canada on an IEC (Working Holiday Visa). During that stay, I entered a relationship with a Canadian woman. Shortly before my visa ran out, I left the country for about 3,5 weeks and then came back. I am on a 6 months visitors visa now, which is running out soon.
My question now is, what is the best route in order to stay here?
1. Should I file for an extension of my visitors visa to buy us some time? (or leave the country and come back again)
2. Should I plan for getting married and then take the spousal sponsorship route?
According to what I know right now, I cannot fulfil all the requirements for a Common Law sponsorhsip. We haven't lived together completely and we would have to work on building a more proper paper trail.
I am really confused right now and also scared. Thanks for your help guys,
Phil