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Hi,
At this point, I am the mother of a developmentally disabled adult son. He will be 22, by or just after I begin my application for landed immigrant. I understand that it is smarter to apply for landed immigrant with family who is not accompanying me. Though I do not get how it would help me later on. This is what I am facing, I hope someone can help.
My maternal grandfather was a canadian citizen who moved to the united states and served in WWII .. I never knew I may have been able to claim citizenship until a year ago ... at which point, I was too old. I´m 37. I very much want to move to canada. I have friends there and people I view as being my family though they are not blood related to me. They do love me, are good solid members of their community with decent paying jobs. I have a place that I can live for free if need be but I would prefer that I pay rent and that is my goal. I have skills that I believe would benefit some canadians and am more than happy to live and work in canada and help where I can. I feel a genuine connection to the country that I feel is my home (Canada) and I simply want to come "home".
Some of this non-blood related family is willing to sponsor me and they would not be looking to sponsor other people. Their family is already there. However, the idea of sponsorship bothers me because I want very badly to work and have two forms of employment that I would like to do. Either one, I would be happy to do and they are both jobs worth doing. I really would be helping people in ways that are needed .. so I see that as being very skilled labor but it´s along the same lines as police and fire workers. It´s a very needed job that I am capable of and I know of two companies in canada that if I was allowed to work there, would more than likely be willing to hire me because of skills I have from doing that same type of work here in the states. I have shining letters from my old employer stating that I was a very valued employee. I have absolutely nothing on my criminal record, in fact .. I have never in my life had an accident or a DUI or DWI. I have always kept my nose clean.
What I am thinking I should do is try to get in on my own merits .. I own the house I am sitting in right now, it will have to be sold before I move .. and that will allow me to show them that I can support myself because after the sale of the house, i´ll have the money. However, I don´t have a college degree. I have a highschool diploma. I have training and certification at my job. I type roughly 106 words a minute and it came from what type of worker I was while doing a job that helped more than one different community.
I´m confused about the sale of my house. Do I sell the house before or after I start my application if that is the money I will use to show them that I can support myself while looking for work that I do not believe will take long at all to find? (I also have people in canada who can vouch for my character an ethics. They know me well.) Do I sell the house first and if so, since I have to live someplace .. why would Canada want me to sell a house knowing I would have to pay rent here in America ... instead of having me hang on to it .. and sell it later .. thinking about me spending that money in Canada instead of paying rent to live here in the states? The money should go towards me supporting myself there .... not paying rent here waiting to find out if I can get in there or not.
Then there is the problem of my son. Once I get to Canada .. if I am supporting myself ... how do I take care of a disabled adult son? How do I get him services? He should live in a group home .. that is his best chance at a life. He needs care and residential living. (Not hospital living .. more like assisted living in a home set up for a group of disabled people like him.) I want to be in Canada very badly. I feel as if being here in the states means I am away from "home". However, I am scared that if I move there .. I will have to give up my son because I can´t work and take care of him at the same time. How do people do this? I really could use some help please. Thank you very much. Please have a good night.
[30-07-2009,00:12]
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Ann |
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