Hi!!!
I'm new to the site and hoping I get some help with a bit of information regarding gaining PR whilst in Quebec. Apologies if this has been asked before but a search did not yield quite the right answers.
My husband and I are currently living in Quebec City. My husband was offered employment with a company here whilst we were still living in the UK, he accepted (he arrived here late March and I followed in early April) and we are now both here on TWPs though I am currently not working. Along with the TWP my husband has a Certificat d'acception du Quebec (CAQ).
We intend to apply for permanent residency as soon as we can, however we are unsure about just how applying from within Quebec will affect us once the PR is (hopefully) granted. As my husband works in a very fluid industry it is likely that we would be moving to another province, possibly quite soon after gaining PR depending on the duration of whatever project he is working on at the time. Having gained PR it's unlikely that we would choose to remain in Quebec permanently as we really want to travel around before choosing somewhere to settle.
If we were to be granted PR whilst living in Quebec would we be required to make an attempt to settle here before we could move to another province? If so, what is deemed a reasonable amount of time to spend here before moving on? I have had a look on the official Quebec immigration website and I couldn't find any mention of being required to stay after the PR was granted. However, on various other sites I have read that if you apply from within Quebec but don't intend to to live here you must supply an address from another province which has confused me somewhat. Would we need to declare our intention to reside elsewhere when applying for PR? If we did and it was granted would we be required to leave Quebec within a certain period of time?
It's quite tough finding accurate or relevant information for us as it seems that most people apply for residency from outside the country whereas we're already here and will be applying from within whilst on TWPs.
Just one final question (last one, I promise!!!); our TWPs extend until 2012, at what point should we be looking to apply for residency?
Thanks to anyone who can help us with this, it'll be very much appreciated!!!
I'm new to the site and hoping I get some help with a bit of information regarding gaining PR whilst in Quebec. Apologies if this has been asked before but a search did not yield quite the right answers.
My husband and I are currently living in Quebec City. My husband was offered employment with a company here whilst we were still living in the UK, he accepted (he arrived here late March and I followed in early April) and we are now both here on TWPs though I am currently not working. Along with the TWP my husband has a Certificat d'acception du Quebec (CAQ).
We intend to apply for permanent residency as soon as we can, however we are unsure about just how applying from within Quebec will affect us once the PR is (hopefully) granted. As my husband works in a very fluid industry it is likely that we would be moving to another province, possibly quite soon after gaining PR depending on the duration of whatever project he is working on at the time. Having gained PR it's unlikely that we would choose to remain in Quebec permanently as we really want to travel around before choosing somewhere to settle.
If we were to be granted PR whilst living in Quebec would we be required to make an attempt to settle here before we could move to another province? If so, what is deemed a reasonable amount of time to spend here before moving on? I have had a look on the official Quebec immigration website and I couldn't find any mention of being required to stay after the PR was granted. However, on various other sites I have read that if you apply from within Quebec but don't intend to to live here you must supply an address from another province which has confused me somewhat. Would we need to declare our intention to reside elsewhere when applying for PR? If we did and it was granted would we be required to leave Quebec within a certain period of time?
It's quite tough finding accurate or relevant information for us as it seems that most people apply for residency from outside the country whereas we're already here and will be applying from within whilst on TWPs.
Just one final question (last one, I promise!!!); our TWPs extend until 2012, at what point should we be looking to apply for residency?
Thanks to anyone who can help us with this, it'll be very much appreciated!!!