Quebec Girl ,Australian Boy Wanted to move to Montreal and are really confuse !

[KnR]

Hi Everyone, This is my first time taking part to a blog , so I hope I am doing it right
ok... I am a Canadian(Quebec) citizen, and my partner Ross is Australian. We are common-law partners. We are currently living in Perth Australia.
We want to move to Quebec . After many hours of reading, and pulling my hair out, I am still not sure what to do and what to start with !

I think I have to fill the Sponsor questionnaire IMM5540 and application to sponsor, sponsorship agreement and undertaking IMM1344. And then send this to Mississauga along with a copy of my birth Certificate!?... And then we wait for a letter so we can fill out the forms from Quebec??

and then after Quebec said ok , send the Generic application to immigrate to Canada to ... Sydney? ???

this seems like it's going to take almost 2 years if you add up all the waiting times from all the different offices? we were planning to move back in Feb 2014. Does anyone knows what happens if you move while the application is still being processed.

Thanks in advance , sorry for the grammar , English isn't my first language

 

[Hnhkrk]

You sound just like I did when I first started looking at this whole process!

First off you and your partner need to decide how you qualify for a family sponsorship application. Are you conjugal partners, married partners, or common law partners? After you do that, you start filling out the application and gathering your documents and proof.

You send your Sponsorship application and his Permanent Residency application to Mississauga, Canada at the same time. Once you are approved as his sponsor they will send your partner's residency application to the right Visa Office, and your waiting will begin.

You wait to apply for your Undertaking App and your husband's CSQ until after your have been approved to sponsor. Quebec will then send you a copy of the CSQ to you and the Visa Office where your partner's app is at.

I am unsure about the processing times for Australia, but it's taken me (American) and my husband (Canadian/Quebecois) about a year to get through the whole process (gathering documents, putting application together, being accepted)

As far as moving to Quebec while your application is in process, it is possible but it's not really considered 'moving' for your partner. If he is Visa Exempt he will be allowed to be in Quebec on a Visitor's Visa for 6 months, and after that amount of time is over your have to apply for an Extension. They CIC usually grant people who have application processing a year or more on their extension. He won't be able to bring his car, Tv, or other big items as it will seem suspicious and will most likely result in him being turned away at the border. He also won't be able to work, go to school, have social healthcare, or be able to take advantage of the free language classes we get as immigrants until AFTER he gains Permanent Residency.

 

[Sweden]

You can get the whole package forms here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp and as the previous poster has said - you need to fill everything, get all the documents together, and then send it to Mississauga.

Good news is : you're lucky! your file will be going through Sydney, which is one of the fastest office. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/fc-spouses.asp stated as 9 months, but a lot of applications are done before, as 9 months is what it takes to proceed 80% of the applications, it's not an average.
Stage 1 is currently 29 days but quite a few people get done before that. CSQ and Quebec don't really add any waiting time, as it's done between stage 1 and 2 - while your file waits to be opened in Sydney, you will get the CSQ, so once they opened it in Sydney it's all good.

Putting together the application and all the documents can take a while, but if you do it in a month, and send everything, there is a very good chance you would be done by February 2014. Also because your partner is from a visa-exempt country, if by Feb 2014 you want to move back, he can come with you on a tourist visa, and wait out the rest of the processing time in Quebec. Once he gets his PR, he just needs to go to the US border, and come back into Canada to land as a PR.

Bonne chance!
Sweden

 

[KnR]

First of all thank you so much for you quick answers !

I have an other questions, my partner has lived in Canada for a year in the past , do we need to get a police clearance for Canada as well ?? Or they will check automatically ??
and also we need to send the medical exam to Mississauga and they will send it all to Sydney ?!

I feel really overwhelm by it all . :-[ . But I guess everybody feels like that !

 

[Sweden]

yes - that's a normal feeling. Once you read and read and read the guideline, it will become more familiar and less intimidating.
When you do the medicals, you are asked which VO will you go through - Sydney. You don't actually do anything with the medicals, the doctor does it. He will give you a form to add to your application to show that you have done the medicals, and that's it. You won't see the medicals results, and it will be transmitted electronically and added to your file.

For the Police check - I'm almost sure you don't need one for Canada, if they need it they will ask for it at a later stage (if he has a very common name etc).
Good luck,
Sweden

 

[freezing_aussie]

Hi KnR, welcome! The whole process is very confusing, but you will find a lot of help here.

In order to not repeat what has been covered already here and elsewhere, I will point you instead to some helpful resources. You will find it especially helpful to read through the two threads dedicated to Australian applicants (people applying outland through the Sydney office):

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/thread-for-applications-through-sydney-australia-office-t46958.0.html

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/australian-or-nz-applicants-share-timeline-here-t105255.0.html

One of the members, rachiy, has been very kindly keeping a spreadsheet of 2012 Sydney applicants, which should give you a sense of timelines for the past year.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmVlTaJuxc5kdFlsVkRfVFVOTWtCYjVjdU9tR1o2aXc#gid=0

Have a read through those links and then post any follow up questions on those threads. Most people tend to keep track of only one of two specific threads, as there is a lot of activity on this forum. You are more likely to get advice specifically related to Australian applicants in the treads I linked to above.

Best of luck!

 

[Gary_87]

If your partner is australian and under 30 years of age he can apply for an iec work permit. Australians can get as many of these as they want. They can keep applying and stay as workers. Worth looking into especially as there is no quota either.