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Schrumpfkopf

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I'm a German citizen and live with my Canadian wife in Germany. I am too the provider.
Now my wife would want to go back to Canada to study and I don't mind going with her
since I could keep my German job.

Question is: what kinda Visa would I need to apply for?

Thanks in advance,

S.
 
Just go there, stay up to 6 months, no visa is required for you, enjoy

Schrumpfkopf said:
I'm a German citizen and live with my Canadian wife in Germany. I am too the provider.
Now my wife would want to go back to Canada to study and I don't mind going with her
since I could keep my German job.

Question is: what kinda Visa would I need to apply for?

Thanks in advance,

S.
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speedoflight said:
Just go there, stay up to 6 months, no visa is required for you, enjoy
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There must be some paper-work really. Can't be that I 'just' go there without having certain documents at hand can it?

Thank you,

S.
 
If you want to stay longer, YES

6 months minus 1 days = just go

Schrumpfkopf said:
There must be some paper-work really. Can't be that I 'just' go there without having certain documents at hand can it?

Thank you,

S.
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Schrumpfkopf said:
There must be some paper-work really. Can't be that I 'just' go there without having certain documents at hand can it?

Thank you,

S.
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But make sure you say you're going as a visitor only (that's all you're allowed to do) - not to live in Canada.
 
The point is that I'd like to stay during the time my (canadian) wife is studying. Again I have a job that comes and goes with me.
 
I don't think I really need to sneak in by pretending something. :-) I was really only wondering what kinda Visa I should apply for in my situation.
 
To visit Canada for up to 6 months without working, you do not need to apply for a visa. As a German, you are visa exempt to Canada. In order to stay longer than 6 months, you can apply to extend your visitor status after 5 months. Show that you have funds to support yourself and that you have insurance. You will not have health care in Canada as a visitor.

If you want to stay in Canada for a long time and enjoy health care and being able to work and study without a visa, your wife could sponsor you for PR. This is a process that takes at least several months and costs over 1000$ though.
 
Thank you Leon,
Would it be possible to apply from the inside incl. 'flag-poling', or should I rather apply from Germany?
 
Schrumpfkopf said:
Thank you Leon,
Would it be possible to apply from the inside incl. 'flag-poling', or should I rather apply from Germany?
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Depends on what you are thinking about applying for. If you are thinking about extending a visit visa once you are in Canada and have stayed for about 5 months, you can do that online and don't have to go anywhere.

If you want your wife to sponsor you for PR, if she applies before you move to Canada, she has to show proof that you are moving to Canada when you get your PR. Having been accepted to a college for example would really help with that. If she applies while you are in Germany, your PR application will be processed in Austria. If she applies after you arrive in Canada, she would have the choice of applying outland, processed in Austria or inland, processed in Canada. If she applies for you inland, you would have to stay in Canada for the duration of the processing. Ok to leave for a short vacation but the moment you are seen as living somewhere other than Canada, an inland application may get cancelled.
 
Schrumpfkopf said:
I'm a German citizen and live with my Canadian wife in Germany. I am too the provider.
Now my wife would want to go back to Canada to study and I don't mind going with her
since I could keep my German job.

Question is: what kinda Visa would I need to apply for?

Thanks in advance,

S.
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Get sponsored for PR as per posts above. Not only would you have near enough Citizen rights (health care, education, welfare etc) but even if you leave Canada for years as per the current Immigration Act your PR status is safe as long as you are accompanying your Canadian Citizen spouse (a heck of a loophole if I ever saw one)...in reality she would be accompanying you but the Federal Court effectively closed this one out in a case where CIC tried to argue the Canadian citizen spouse was 'accompanying' the PR holder. Visitor visas are too restrictive and PR gives you the option should you decide to remain in Canada.
 
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