Married while abroad, want to return with spouse

Canada Immigration Forum (discussion group)


 
       
Subject: Married while abroad, want to return with spouse
  Hello and thanks in advance for any help you can give. This spring, I am planning on marrying my Japanese fiance and living together in Japan. However, we are thinking about moving to Canada one day in the future. It seems a great possibility that neither of us will be able to arrange a Canadian job from Japan, so we would have to find one once in Canada.

Is the only option for me (the Canadian) to return first, get a job and then sponsor him, or is there another option where we could come to Canada together and both work as soon as we could find something? Also, if I do sponsor him, at what point in the process would he be allowed to start working in Canada? (Paperwork takes 14 months and it appears he wouldn´t be allowed to work during that time????) So confused...

[29-01-2014,09:40]
[***.7.68.151]
Natalie
(in reply to: Married while abroad, want to return with spouse)
There are two ways you can use to sponsor him - inland and outland.

If you sponsor him using the outland process, then he won´t be able to work until his file has been approved and he has become a permanent resident of Canada (i.e. until the process is completely finishes). So you´re looking at a number of months - possibly over a year.

If you sponsor him using the inland process (you can only use this process if both of you are in Canada), then he will be able to work once the application has first stage approval. This is currently taking 10 months.

If he wants to work earlier, then he will need to find an employer who is willing to offer him a job, that employer will then need to advertise the job for a month to prove no Canadian could be found for the role, then the employer will need to apply for something called a labour market opinion which takes a few months and costs money. If the LMO is approved (not all are) - your fiance will then be able to apply for a work permit. It tends to be quite difficult to find an employer willing to go through this process - but he can by all means try.

[29-01-2014,09:58]
[***.205.241.253]
Anonymous
(in reply to: Married while abroad, want to return with spouse)
Thank you very much for your prompt and detailed reply. I guess we have a lot to think about.
[30-01-2014,06:05]
[***.7.68.151]
Natalie
Married while abroad, want to return with spouse (in reply to: Married while abroad, want to return with spouse)
my cousin married a canadian national, just after marriage we came to know that he has a wife back home(Toronto, Canada)my cousins marriage took place last month, in Karachi Pakistan,my cousins husband divorced her when the family questioned his marriage in canada.
can anyone guide us whom should we contact to report this marriage fraud ,as that HIM is in canada now

[22-02-2014,08:45]
[***.119.180.26]
Linda
Reply to the Married while abroad, want to return with spouse posting
Submission Code (SX14283) Copy The Code From The Left found in the brackets
Name
Email
Reply Subject
Reply Message


Canada Immigration | Forever Living Products in Canada