Hello all,
I wanted to ask for your advice as my girlfriend and me are in a very particular situation.
We are both interns in Canada, 27 years old and come from Mexico and were very lucky to be some of the few mexicans to come and live to this amazing country with closed work permits and for a period of 18 months, which makes us very happy! This is under the IEC Young Professionals category.
The only thing is that she got her internship in Winnipeg and I got it in Vancouver.
I started six months before her and it's been now one year, so I am already applying for the PR.
Many of you know how long these processes can take and we really want to be together now.
The option we had in mind is getting our PRs separately and, once that's done, she moves to Vancouver with me (her experience on the company she works for in Winnipeg hasn't been good and she doesn't see herself living there longterm).
I was wondering if you knew about other options we might have or if you think one of the following options we thought about is feasible:
- She sending resumes to companies in Vancouver to see if she can get another Closed /Open Work Permit with a new employer here.
- Me, with the closed work permit, sponsoring her an open work permit (is this possible? Do we need to get married?).
Hopefully you can help us. It would take at least until the end of this year for us to be residents and I am almost sure there is another way to make it happen, given that we are both in Canada already and with closed work permits each.
Thank you!!
I wanted to ask for your advice as my girlfriend and me are in a very particular situation.
We are both interns in Canada, 27 years old and come from Mexico and were very lucky to be some of the few mexicans to come and live to this amazing country with closed work permits and for a period of 18 months, which makes us very happy! This is under the IEC Young Professionals category.
The only thing is that she got her internship in Winnipeg and I got it in Vancouver.
I started six months before her and it's been now one year, so I am already applying for the PR.
Many of you know how long these processes can take and we really want to be together now.
The option we had in mind is getting our PRs separately and, once that's done, she moves to Vancouver with me (her experience on the company she works for in Winnipeg hasn't been good and she doesn't see herself living there longterm).
I was wondering if you knew about other options we might have or if you think one of the following options we thought about is feasible:
- She sending resumes to companies in Vancouver to see if she can get another Closed /Open Work Permit with a new employer here.
- Me, with the closed work permit, sponsoring her an open work permit (is this possible? Do we need to get married?).
Hopefully you can help us. It would take at least until the end of this year for us to be residents and I am almost sure there is another way to make it happen, given that we are both in Canada already and with closed work permits each.
Thank you!!
