Hello,
I am a US Citizen with no prior Canadian residency who is wanting to reside in Vancouver,BC.
I currently have a telecommuting job with a US company, that calls for 25% travel to US customer sites.
Right now, I live in the US, so this is not a problem. My question is:
1) Is it even possible to get residency in Vancouver if I am not working for a Canadian employer? All of my earnings are in USD, deposited electronically bi-weekly into a US bank account. No Canadian dollars are/will be earned.
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david ingram replies
You have
several choices.
1. You can come as a Self-assessed qualified
immigrant.
2. You can find someone to hire you in Canada and
come on a work permit and apply for landed or permanent resident status after
working here for a year
3. You can come as a business
investor with a net worth of $800,000 and an actual investment of $400,000 into
a Canadian business or
4. You can marry a Canadian (either
sex) and be sponsored by them.
If your desire is to keep your US job and
telecommute to the company office in Florida and visit US customer sites from
Vancouver, then 1, 3 or 4 would work.
2 above could work if you found
someone in the same database environment in Canada to hire you and farm you out
from Canada to the US locations.
Likely start by going to the
Self-assessment test and see what happens.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/skilled/assess/index.html
This is the self-assessment test for an individual
to determine his or her
eligibility to immigrate to Canada without being
sponsored by a spouse.
If that does not look like it will
work, and you decide to get married, you and your sponsor would need to fill out
most of what you will find in the following older questions..
QUESTION: my girl friend would like to sponsor me as she is having my child in 4 weeks im on a visitor licence till july 6th what type of sponcership should she apply for she currently recives E I i dont have any funds to pay for the fees right now but as soon as im allowed to work then i can earn right away at an agency they have garenteed me work if i can get a socail insurance number any advice on this ......please and thank you mr xxxx--------------------------------
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