I have quite a few questions pertaining to immigrating to Quebec. I see it fit that I attempt to explain my story first though. It's really difficult doing this because I have anxiety, but, I met my boyfriend back in April of 2016. We were both minors having been born in '99 so we were never able to visit each other. The dream to live with each other one day was there from the start as he wished to protect me from the abusive tendencies of everyone around me. For these past 2 and a half years we have been planning to make a trip which will be happening quite soon. We have looked over the immigration laws and regulations and it scares me. He doesn't have positive views on Marriage and that is quite possibly the only way we would be able to be together, but is also most likely out of the question. I am having difficulty learning French, but knowing it is a requirement, I am learning it regardless, albeit quite slowly. I don't have a GED and I had dropped out of school in 11th grade because being in Child Protective services on and off all of my life had caused confusion between schools because I would transfer every now and then. The schools wouldn't get the needed paperwork for that specific school because the last school didn't require it so I had to repeat a couple of grades and was behind. I receive Social Security benefits as I have a few disabilities but I am more than willing to get a job by all means. I have mixed cerebral palsy and I have developed scoliosis thus it limits me from working the full extent that a human can. He currently works and there is a high possibility that he will be getting a place soon so he would be able to support me. I have looked over all of the requirements for immigrating to Quebec, but the only conclusion I can come up with is that I should have just endured the spite from the people at school and at home and tried harder. To my understanding, Quebec values skilled workers, and with the disabilities I have and my lack of education it limits me from working to an extent. I don't know if it will even be possible, but my boyfriend has said that he could open a personal business and then sponsor me to work for him as a graphics designer. I don't know if he would even be able to do that in the first place, and if he could would I have to acquire the needed education to do so? One of the ways to be able to immigrate is through Common Law, so if, when I go to visit him, I am able to stay up there for the planned six months, would he be able to come down to the states with me for another six months for having the 1 year of living together? Or am I completely misinterpreting that? Are there any other means to being able to immigrate to Quebec with my situation? This is such a mouthful of a post, I am just seriously worried, and in all honesty, scared. Any help would be much appreciated even if the only answer is the worst possible outcome.
