Retiring in Canada
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You'll have to sponsor your husband for permanent residency. Start reading here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse.asp
I've read all this and am not really getting answers I am looking for. I have never worked in the USA, my husband has a good job. He will be retiring in 10 years and we want to move to Canada, if I sponsor him, wouldn't I have to have money? I don't have a job or income, we would be selling our home and have his pension. Can I still sponsor him without having my own money?
No - you don't need proof of income to sponsor your husband. However you will have to provide proof that you plan to relocate to Canada and live in Canada as soon as your husband is approved for PR. Since your husband won't be retiring for another 10 years, you'll likely have to wait until then to apply. Right now it sounds like it would be difficult for you to prove that you plan to relocate to Canada as soon as he's approved (the application process should only take a few months).
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
Thank you that was very helpful. He doesn't plan to apply til he is actually ready to retire, I'm just trying to find out what exactly it entails. Is it possible for us to move back and then apply for his PR? Or is it better to apply while we still are living in the USA? Thank You
He can still apply for his PR while he is living with you in the US. After he "lands" in Canada and became PR, he can always return to US to continue his job there. As long as he is living with you, he will maintain his obligation toward his PR status.
Just that in the meantime, you have to prove that you plan to relocate to Canada as soon as he's approved. It's not difficult. If you have a house in Canada, then you can always say that you plan to relocate and move in there once your husband gets his PR visa.
Just that in the meantime, you have to prove that you plan to relocate to Canada as soon as he's approved. It's not difficult. If you have a house in Canada, then you can always say that you plan to relocate and move in there once your husband gets his PR visa.
I don't own anything in Canada, we live in Texas and it would not be possible for him to travel back and forth between there and Nova Scotia. We want to wait til he retires- I think we will just sell our home etc when the time comes move to Nova Scotia and deal with his PR from there.
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