What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?

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Subject: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?
  I have a boyfriend living in Alberta. I am from Holland. We have been in a relationship for 3 years now. I have already used up my two working visa´s for Canada. We were looking at the family sponsor visa for common law (since we already lived together once for a year) but there is a certain amount of money that my boyfriend should have earned in the passed 12 month (which he hasn´t). We also were looking for the skilled worker visa (since I have a bachelor degree and passed the IELTS test academic) but therefore a Canadian employer is needed that can show he can not find a Canadian citizen for the position... We are a bit desperate and I was wondering if any one knows what would happen if I would just leave to Canada and we get married there..
If you know a bit more about this, or have an idea of how to handle this situation best, please respond! I miss him very much and I would love if we could be together.. Thank you in advance..!

[26-05-2010,06:21]
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Becka
(in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
1) you must currently be in a common law relationship or married.
2) his income does not affect sponsorship - he just needs a job
3) skilled worker needs more than just a Bachelors degree and IELTS - you need the right skills and the right experience

start on www.cic.gc.ca to see which scenario fits you best.

[26-05-2010,10:49]
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Sharon
(in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
welkom Becka,
from my understanding income and funds are not really relevant if you are married. there´s a clause that states that your husband is supposed to be financially responsible for you for the next years - however, thats prety much it. I´ve never heard of a case where CIC was asking for proof of funds in this immigrationg class - especially in cases where western europeans were involved...

doei!
brian


[26-05-2010,19:56]
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brian
Bring your bloody of to Europe (in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
Canada is freaking cold and boring. Why do you want to move here? Do you think you gonna make money?
Good luck!

[27-05-2010,01:33]
[**.71.25.228]
Bring your bf to Europe
(in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
.71.25.228 - at least have the balls to keep the same identity with each post.
[27-05-2010,02:15]
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Sharon
What I did... (in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
I moved to Canada from the USA on a visitors visa to be with my boyfriend. We got married in January and are going through the application process for me to become a permanent resident. One of the big downsides to this is you would be unable to work unless you managed to find a job that worked with the Labor Market Survey. Which is very very difficult, and I would even say almost impossible. Another thing you would need to take into thought is the fact that you would need to extend your visitors visa every 6 months, which costs 75 dollars each time. If your boyfriend doesn´t make enough to support you it could be a very rough stretch while you get everything in order. Always plan for things to go wrong during this process, we´ve hit many road blocks during our process and each one feels like a major problem and a major stress. It´s also an expensive undertaking to complete the application and get all the documents that you need to complete it. Good luck, and my thoughts are with you.
[31-05-2010,12:05]
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Liz
Thanks guys! And what if I... (in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
...also go to Alberta, marry my boyfriend apply for permanent residentship. Does any one have an idea on how long the process (form inside Canada)will take?

(At Liz: does any one just get approved for that visitors visa easily?)

Agian, thanks Sharon, Brian and Liz!

@ Not-particularly-liking-Canada-person: thanks but dont worry, I know what Canada is like ^^

[02-06-2010,06:57]
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Becka
(in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
the other challenge, Liz is that when you apply inland - there is no option for appeal.
[02-06-2010,13:42]
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Sharon
Appeal to? (in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
Sorry if it´s a stupid question, but no right to go in appeal to what?
[03-06-2010,03:10]
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Becka
(in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
if they refuse your application to move to Canada - they can do that! Make sure you read everything about Family Class sponsorship very carefully before filling out any forms. It´s not a slam dunk.
[03-06-2010,12:03]
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Sharon
What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend? (in reply to: What if I just go and marry my Canadian boyfriend?)
I am from South Africa, and my boyfriend lives in Regina, SK. He is coming out to South Africa again in a few weeks to visit, as it is very difficult and expensive to get a visa for Canada. We have been talking about marriage, and wondered if that would make it easier for me to enter Canada. We are not doing it just for the visa though, either way we would be happy together whether in Canada or if he moves out here, but he has a good job in Canada and it makes more sense for me to move there.
[04-07-2010,08:18]
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Andrew