Hi all and thank you for taking the time to read this.
I am a British Citizen who has a Canadian girlfriend from Quebec. She's a born and raised Canadian Citizen.
After a failed Conjugal Partner Application (well we realized very early on after a post on here that it would be rejected because an immigration barrier doesn't count as "Conjugal" in the eyes of Canadian immigration law. As In theory, I could move here for 6 months and she could live in the UK for 6 months)
But as she has 3 kids, a mortgage and is a company director, and I have no practical ties, we always agreed I'd be the one moving over, and here I am on my 6 months tourist visa looking to make my stay a longer one than my return home which is 14th June 2018. Immigration asked me reasonable questions at the border, we had an open and honest conversation. I explained about the application for PR status and why I'm here etc. all is fine here because I was transparent and honest, and they know I will leave Canada if my mission fails.
But obviously I don't want this to fail; I've put my life on the line to make a better life for myself. I love this country, I love my girlfriend to bits and I want to make a life here permanently and eventually become a citizen. I want to live by the book, get a job, contribute to Quebec and Canada through taxes, and work hard. Surely what a country would want right? Just an honest guy making a new living. So now the background is out of the way; here's where I'm at, and I need your advice please.
I'm applying for jobs every day in order to get a job offer from an employer who is prepared to take a chance on me, say if there's no Canadians who can be employed instead for whatever reason. From what I'm aware the process is:
Get a job offer in writing from an employer
Get them to fill in the LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) and get it approved
I then apply for an Employer Specific Work Permit (currently 6 weeks with IRCC)
Get a CSQ (Certificate de Selection du Quebec) approved from their government
Start Working for the employer with an Employer Specific Work Permit
I am of course concerned that all this above will completely put employers off having to wait around 10 weeks in all to simply be able to work! Do I have cause for concern or am I over worrying about the situation, Once again I just want to make an honest living here in Quebec and apply for a common-law sponsorship after 12 months of living here, but of course I need to "bridge the gap" between 6 - 12 months in order to fulfill this ambition. Sorry this is long but there's a LOT of things to consider and I want to make the most of the available time possible as I do not want to have to leave.
Thank you all in advance.
Steven
I am a British Citizen who has a Canadian girlfriend from Quebec. She's a born and raised Canadian Citizen.
After a failed Conjugal Partner Application (well we realized very early on after a post on here that it would be rejected because an immigration barrier doesn't count as "Conjugal" in the eyes of Canadian immigration law. As In theory, I could move here for 6 months and she could live in the UK for 6 months)
But as she has 3 kids, a mortgage and is a company director, and I have no practical ties, we always agreed I'd be the one moving over, and here I am on my 6 months tourist visa looking to make my stay a longer one than my return home which is 14th June 2018. Immigration asked me reasonable questions at the border, we had an open and honest conversation. I explained about the application for PR status and why I'm here etc. all is fine here because I was transparent and honest, and they know I will leave Canada if my mission fails.
But obviously I don't want this to fail; I've put my life on the line to make a better life for myself. I love this country, I love my girlfriend to bits and I want to make a life here permanently and eventually become a citizen. I want to live by the book, get a job, contribute to Quebec and Canada through taxes, and work hard. Surely what a country would want right? Just an honest guy making a new living. So now the background is out of the way; here's where I'm at, and I need your advice please.
I'm applying for jobs every day in order to get a job offer from an employer who is prepared to take a chance on me, say if there's no Canadians who can be employed instead for whatever reason. From what I'm aware the process is:
Get a job offer in writing from an employer
Get them to fill in the LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) and get it approved
I then apply for an Employer Specific Work Permit (currently 6 weeks with IRCC)
Get a CSQ (Certificate de Selection du Quebec) approved from their government
Start Working for the employer with an Employer Specific Work Permit
I am of course concerned that all this above will completely put employers off having to wait around 10 weeks in all to simply be able to work! Do I have cause for concern or am I over worrying about the situation, Once again I just want to make an honest living here in Quebec and apply for a common-law sponsorship after 12 months of living here, but of course I need to "bridge the gap" between 6 - 12 months in order to fulfill this ambition. Sorry this is long but there's a LOT of things to consider and I want to make the most of the available time possible as I do not want to have to leave.
Thank you all in advance.
Steven
