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If all goes well, I will be moving to Canada (from the U.S.) in 3 months to live with my boyfriend. Once I´m living there we are going to get me settled in and then marry. We´re very serious about spending the rest of our lives together and this isn´t an ruse for trying to gain citizenship.
Questions:
1. Realistically, how long will it take for me to be able to work?
2. I know that I need to apply for temporary residency. When the 6 months is up, how long will I need to leave Canada for?
3. When asked at the border my reasons for entering Canada, is it a legitimate thing to say "I am immigrating to Canada to live with my boyfriend whom I´m marrying and starting a life with"? And when asked how I´ll support myself I´ll say that he will be supporting me. Or is there something different I should be telling them? (I´m nervous driving to the border in a car packed full of my possessions and then possibly having them tell me "sorry, ma´am, you can´t just move to Canada"... Because basically, I would be homeless if denied entry. I´ll have my cat and dog in the car as well and not many hotels even accommodate that)
4. Would I be able to do un-paid volunteer work at an animal shelter while being a temporary resident?
5. What should I expect for the rehabilitation process when applying? more than 5 years have passed since my alcohol related offense. What questions will be asked of me, and will it be on forms, or will it be in person? Will it be a long procedure? Should I seek out an attorney? What reasons would someone be denied rehabilitation other than failure to previously comply with court orders and new offenses?
6. When 4 1/2 years had passed after my alcohol related offense I tried to enter Canada just to visit and was denied. I was told to wait another 6 months and try again, if desired. Could this affect future entry or rehabilitation?
7. The rehabilitation forms ask for every place I´ve lived in the past 11 years... The problem with that is I´ve lived in 10 different places in the past 11 years and I have no idea what all of the addresses were. Same with the jobs section. I´ve contacted past employers who don´t even have me on file anymore. How do i approach completing this form??? This is probably my largest concern as I don´t want to give false information if i have to guess.
Thank you in advance for your help.
[18-04-2012,17:44]
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Meg |
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you may need to readjust your thinking.
before ANYTHING happens - you must deal with #7. You require a pardon.
#3 if you are arriving at the border with a car full of stuff they will deny you entry.
#1 - you can´t work as a visitor and until you are sponsored - you have not status. To be sponsored you must deal with #7
Meg, go to www.cic.gc.ca an do some serious reading before you make any more plans.
[18-04-2012,19:35]
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Sharon |
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1) If you apply inland, you will be able to work once your application receives first stage approval. First stage approval is currently taking 11 months to receive. If you apply outland, you will be able to work only once your application has been fully processed and approved - and you have landed as a permanent resident in Canada.
2) You can apply for an extension to your visit.
3) Don´t bring your car full of possessions. This is asking for big trouble. You´re only allowed to visit here - not move. If you look like you´re moving - you could be refused entry or even banned. Leave your stuff at home / in storage until you´re actually a permanent resident. Pack like you´re visiting - that´s all you´re allowed to do right now.
4) No - you most likely can´t do this. You cannot volunteer for a role that someone might be paid to do (if you do, it´s the equivalent of working even though you´re not being paid).
5) I would get the advice of an attorney.
6) Probably won´t affect anything.
7) I would do more research. You must have filed taxes. Do you have old letters or bills? Check with your bank and anyone else you can think of. Do you have a family doctor or dentist? Have you asked family members? You must remember at least some street names if not most. My husband had to provide 30 years of addresses. He´s lived in many different countries and had several pages of different addresses to list. With a bit of work, we were able to piece almost all of it together.
[18-04-2012,22:19]
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Anonymous |
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Sorry to burst your bubble. At this point you are inadmissible to enter Canada.
You need to get a pardon and apply from outside of Canada for a Permanent Resident status. The entire process might take over 2 to 3 years due to your previous DUI.
[19-04-2012,01:26]
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DocD |
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"Anonymous", try starting your own thread.
I´ve read that I can go to the border and apply for criminal rehabilitation, aware that I might be turned away/denied and have to go back. But I had this in mind to expedite the process. Why isn´t that mentioned and considered here on this forum? Is there something I´m missing regarding this?
If my reasons for visiting Canada are to stay with my boyfriend for 6 months, is this a legitimate reason for visiting if I say I will leave in six months? My plan is to, while I´m in Canada, apply for an extension and stay in Canada for as long as possible so that I can get married and start getting sponsored. Where is the hole in my logic?
[19-04-2012,15:08]
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Meg |
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You have to prove that you are leaving Canada in 6 months. Show enough ties to your home country, how are you going to support your self during the 6 months, employment history, your home address, job, etc. That is what turist DO!
If you have no ties, you are coming here to live with your boyfriend, a previous DUI no money..nothing. You meet all the requirements to be refused of entry into Canada. You are trying to skip the proper channels on how to immigrate here.
Go ahead, if you are lucky, you won´t be banned from entering Canada. Best case scenario as stands, you will be refused of entry.
[19-04-2012,16:43]
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DocD |
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Yes - visiting your boyfriend is a legitimate reason for coming to Canada. However your actions have to match your words. A car full of stuff and a lack of strong ties to the US will scream "I´m moving". What you do is obviously your call. However be aware that Americans are sometimes refused entry for looking like they´re moving (rather than just visiting) - and from time to time, they are even banned from entering Canada for a year.
[19-04-2012,17:12]
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Anonymous |
Help : ( (in reply to: Questions I can't seem to research online)
It looks like through more research 10 years have to pass before I can just go directly to the border to be considered for a pardon. Does anyone know anything otherwise? Or do I really have to go through a 6 month process to apply for rehabilitation? Can I cross the border before rehabilitation papers are processed as a temporary resident?
If I´m married then is staying for 6 months as a temporary resident with my belongings not allowed? Why is it called temporary residency if you´re not allowed to temporarily reside? If i lived in a tent for 6 months, funded by my boyfriend, that would be allowed because I wouldn´t be living in someone´s home, or what?
By "all of my belongings" I mean a few boxes with some books and some bags of clothes. Not furniture, etc. I´m a low life gypsy near homelessness. My only hope was the love and compassion of my boyfriend to help by supporting me until maybe I could........ ah! An idea!
So, I have no financial ties, no job, no money, etc. Just a dog. That´s my simple life. My "life" fits in a car and consists of books, artwork, and clothes. Perhaps I could temporarily reside in Hamilton Ontario, which happens to be an hour outside of the New York border... How do I convince the border patrol that I will actively be looking for work in New York while staying with my boyfriend in Hamilton because I currently live in Massachusetts and the commute to find work in New York is 8-9 hours? There has to be some way to make that sound good, no?
Does anyone have even a glimmer of hope for me? What can I do to appease them to temporarily stay in Hamilton until I find work in New York?
[19-04-2012,22:19]
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Meg |
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Meg
Why not have him come to the US and get married then submit your Spousal Sponsorship application with a request for a Temporary Resident Permit to overcome your inadmissibility.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/inadmissibility/permits.asp
Understand that even though DocD (CBSA) seems strict the odds are he and some of his buddies have at least one time have driven with excess alcohol in their system. They may think they were under the limit but don´t know 100% that they were.
If your relationship is presented professionally you should not have any problems.
If visa Posts issue ARC´s authorization to return to those that are in a genuine marriage after evading removal officers your situation is a lot less severe from what you posted here.
You can also ask to have H&C considerations looked at. Remember common sense goes a long way.
Wishing you all the happiness in the future possible.
Roy
cvimmigration.com
[20-04-2012,09:18]
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Roy |
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Roy,
One thing for the record. I would have a beer every now and then.
I am bit square as you may know, but in 20+ years of being a driver, I have never been even pulled over.
Not a single ticket of any kind. Not even parking tickets.
And I believe and practice ZERO drinking if I am driving.
If I go to the pub, I walk or take a cab. You would never see me, having a 1/2 of a beer and after that drive somewhere. Legal or not, I just don´t do it.
Anyway Meg,
Understand a very simple concept:
There are three classifications of people who come to Canada. (Except Returning PRs, Canadian citizens and people in need of protection)
1- Turist (Temporary residents) they are inspected as TURIST, they have to bring, look and sound like people that are here VISITING, TURISTING Canada. Anything shorter than that creates a problem.
2- Temporary workers: They have an authorization to work for a period of time in Canada. They have to undergo a process from aborad in most cases.
3- Immigrants: We welcome immigrants that have gone through the proper channels to obtain their proper immigrant´s visa and documentation.
There is no classification for someone with nothing, who wants to live in Canada with his/her partner hoping to gain a legal status.
The shortcut you are looking for DOESN´T exist. You either are going to go through hell when you attempt to enter the country, or go through hell while trying to get a legal status in Canada.
The advise that Roy is giving you makes sense, FOLLOW IT! The first thing to do is to overcome your inadmissibility.
[20-04-2012,13:58]
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DocD |
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please take my advice and simplify your situation: Just stay home, wherever that is... You had legal troubles before, you will have them again, then deportation etc... this cycle needs to be broken. Easy to do if ya stay put at home. Good luck
[21-04-2012,18:23]
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