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Some questions about moving to Canada

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Emrekoc89

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Aug 12, 2014
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Hey there,

I am new to this forum and I couldn't find what I look for in the other topics with a quick search.

Anyway, I should talk a little about my condition before the questions I guess.

I am 25 years old, living with my girlfriend of 6 years in Turkey (Turkish citizens) and we want to move to Canada permanently. My girlfriend has an apartment building and some fields that has ongoing cultivation on her name here in Turkey. And I have... nothing. Literally. We don't have any bad records here (not even a traffic fine) and we both speak, listen to, write and read in English very well.

We don't have any children, only a siberian husky that is 5 years old.

We don't have any occupation here. We have rent income from my girlfriend's apartments.
We will probably be married before the application.

So, my questions based on our condition are:

-Can we just come to Canada with a tourist visa and apply for residence visa there?
-Do we have to work or study in Canada to have a residence visa?
-Can we bring our dog with us after having visa for residence?
-If we have to have a job to live in there, can we just come to Canada and open a café or a small shop in there?

Our aim is basically to live in Canada with the income coming from Turkey. Why? Because Turkey sucks. Really.

Thanks for your response(s) in advance.
 
It's not that easy to qualify for residency in Canada. And coming to Canada as a tourist doesn't mean you'll be able to apply for residency from Canada. Before you do anything, you should read through the different immigration programs Canada has to see if there's anything you qualify to apply for at this time. You can find this information here:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/apply.asp

At a minimum you'll need a few years of full time paid work experience. In many cases you also need a permanent job offer in Canada (which are quite difficult to obtain).

Note that when you are entering Canada as a tourist the immigration officer will assess you to make sure you really are a tourist who plans to leave Canada and have no plans on remaining in Canada long term. If you show up as a tourist looking like you're planning on living in Canada, you may find yourself on the very first flight home. For this reason it really wouldn't be possible to bring your dog when coming to Canada as tourists. A dog says you're moving to Canada long term.

If you do qualify to apply to immigrate to Canada, you should apply from your home country since the processing times can be quite long (rather than coming to Canada as tourists).
 
In Canada, you are considered common law partners if you have lived together for at least 1 year so it is enough that one of you qualifies. Because it is not easy to qualify to apply for your PR, you may want to consider applying as a student. One of you must get accepted to a university and apply for a student visa. The other can apply for an open work permit based on your common law status. You must show that you have the funds to support yourselves and that you will not overstay your visa.

It is better to enroll for a 2 year course than for 1. Once you are in Canada, the one with the open work permit should look for a skilled job. The other studies. The student can apply for an off campus work permit after 6 months of studies, allowing them to work up to 20 hrs. a week along with their studies and full time during holidays. If the one of you who is working qualifies to apply for PR, for example under PNP with employer support or under CEC after working a skilled job for one year, they can apply for PR for you both. If that is not the case, the one who is a student can graduate, get an open work permit for up to 3 years and look for a skilled job and find a way to apply for PR themselves, also for the both of you at the same time.
 
I see, firstly thank you both for your answers.

My girlfriend's plan is to study medicine in Canada. She's getting prepared for SAT at the moment. So, once she's admitted to a university in Canada, I can look for a job there, right? I'm working as a game master here for an online golf game from time to time, and also I do English-Turkish translations when available. So, these count for skilled jobs, right? I also want to have a course about cookery, but haven't decided to have it here or there. So, this brings another question:

- So, If my girlfriend is accepted to a University, can I also come with her and enroll a cooking or a French language course? Or should I have the course here and come look for a job there with my cook certificate?

-My question about our dog was misunderstood I think, let me rephrase it. Let's say we came to Canada, and my girlfriend is studying there and I'm taking a course or working there. We will have a permit for working/studying, right? After that, we want to bring our dog, but do they accept foreign pets, or will we have difficulties bringing her in at the airport/customs?


We also have another special condition here. Turkish government is following a religious policy here, and it's getting thickening day by day. Along with the policies, Turkish people are having less tolerance about non-muslims. And well, we are both atheists and we're afraid that we'll face violence in the future. We want to prevent this but we don't have any solid evidence of violence right now. (well, because we haven't seen any anger above verbal insults and yellings. Yet.) But even this is enough for us to leave the country. However, I kow that I should step on Canada first to apply for asylum, and Canada should be the first country i step in. But without solid evidence, I think applying for asylum will bring nothing, right?

So, I think I should apply in usual methods first. I'll also have a look at the link there. Thanks for that too!
 
Whatever you do - don't apply for asylum. You don't qualify. If you apply, you'll end up being refused and forced to leave Canada. Once that happens, it will be practially impossible to return (and will also make it much more difficult for you to visit countries such as the US).
 
Agree with scylla. Immigration has very little patience with people who come and claim asylum because they can't be bothered to immigrate legally. If your life is truly in danger in your home country and you can prove it, then you can claim asylum. Otherwise, forget it.
 
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