Whats the best way for me to immigrate in an online relationship?

[Kailey.N]

Hello, I'm a woman from Wisconsin in the United States. I'm dating a man in British Columbia. We've been dating for a while now, and we want to get me moved in to Canada. I have proof of our relationship via package slips, love letters, and plane tickets from me visiting him. Most of our communication and relationship is currently online, so there isn't a bounty of proof. We would like to know the best way to get the process started. Any advice and suggestion is welcome- we will talk through and agree with an option that we feel is best.

 

[hawk39]

Senior members can give you a more detailed answer, but I think the easiest way for you at this moment would be to marry the guy, then to immigrate through spousal sponsorship. Common-law sponsorship requires co-habitation (i.e.: living together) between the sponsor and sponsored for 12 consecutive months, which you would have to prove with documents that indicated that the co-habitation existed, like a joint bank account, utility bills, rental leases or mortgages with both names under a single address. If you don't want to marry the guy, then you can "visit" him for the full 6 months visa-free then apply for an extension for another 6 months to establish a common-law relationship (you will not be allowed to work as a visitor during this time), or to immigrate on your own through an economic or study program.

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html

 

[scylla]

Hello, I'm a woman from Wisconsin in the United States. I'm dating a man in British Columbia. We've been dating for a while now, and we want to get me moved in to Canada. I have proof of our relationship via package slips, love letters, and plane tickets from me visiting him. Most of our communication and relationship is currently online, so there isn't a bounty of proof. We would like to know the best way to get the process started. Any advice and suggestion is welcome- we will talk through and agree with an option that we feel is best.

Easiest way would be for him to sponsor you for PR. I order for him to sponsor you for PR, you must be either married or common law. Common law means you have lived together continuously for at least one full year. Until you get married or live together for a full year to become common law, you cannot start the process.

Otherwise you would need to qualify to immigrate on your own through an economic immigration program like Express Entry. Express Entry is a points based immigration system where those with the most points based on age, education, skilled work experience, language abilities, etc. are selected. Right now you need to have around 460 points to be selected. More info in the link below:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ces/immigrate-canada/express-entry/works.html