US Professional - Wife Canadian Potentially Being Removed

[starkindler201]

Hi,

I am a US Citizen currently employed at a massive global company. I am a primarily remote asset (Analytics Implementation Consultant) and highly skilled in my field (if that matters).

My wife is a Canadian Citizen with a Green Card in America, who is currently working with an immigration attorney to immigrate to the US. However, there was a technicality she flagged and there is a small chance her Green Card will not be renewable. So I am looking into options.

Currently, my office is in Seattle and it is the Analytics arm of the company I work for. I am virtually positive they would support me continuing to work from Canada if we had to move there, I was just curious about the legal hoops to jump through. I have always loved Canada, and would frankly love to live there. Would there be any issue with this? I looked elsewhere on the forum but could not find a direct analog to our situation.

Any help appreciated .

 

[scylla]

In order for you to live in Canada, your wife will have to sponsor you for permanent residency (this is similar to the process you had to go through of applying to sponsor her for the green card). I would recommend you join the Family Sponsorship section of the forum. This is where this topic is being extensively discussed.

Approval shouldn't be an issue. It will just take time for you to get the paperwork together and for your file to be processed.

 

[Rob_TO]

To add, it would be fine for you to continue working remotely for your global employer (assuming you are continuing to get paid from a source outside Canada), even if you were just here in Canada waiting out the PR application process as a visitor.