QUESTION:
My girlfriend and I are pondering marriage if it will help
allow me to be in Canada with her sooner. The problem is
that I know it will take a while to get papers either way,
and so I'm looking at getting a job near the border in the
meantime. (also because Immigration Canada does not
seem to want to let me visit without having a job in the
states to pull me back) Although I qualify for a skilled
worker visa, I understand that Immigration Canada won't
want me to reside in Canada and still work in the states
after granting me a work visa. Still, working in the states
might make more sense for me even after I get papers for
various reasons, at least until I can find a job as good in
Canada. So the question is this: Will it be any easier with a
spouse visa to work in the states and live in Canada?
Taxation? Upside is that it will get me the visa several
months quicker I believe...Really just need to figure how
to get Canada to let me live with my girlfriend or spouse
(whichever, we're open to doing whatever we need to do)
and work in the states. Sooner the better! I am truly
desperate, trying to play by the rules, and getting nothing
but scorn from Immigration Canada. They're making me
feel like a criminal for wanting for stay with her for any
significant period of time. I never know if I'll get accross
the border for the next visit or not, and they seem to
demand different paperwork from me each time I arrive.
Please help!
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david ingram replies:
If you get married for legitimate love reasons, your spouse can sponsor you to live in Canada with a PR (Permanent resident) card.
With a PR card, you wopul dqualify to live and work in Canda or live in Canada and work in the US and you would qualify for the provincial medical plan where you live.
The alternative is to get yourself a legitimate resdince in the US and a job in the US. Then you would qualify to come and stay with your lady three or four nights in Canada and she could stay with you two or three nights a week in the US or not.
If you chose that method, then you would each produce a 'border' kit. This would include a letter from your employer saying where you are working, a copy of your US lease, a copy of your US driver's licence, a copy of your US car registration, a copy of your US telephone bill, a copy of your US electrical bill and anything else American.
If you chose to marry, or are already a common law couple because you have been living together illegally for a year or more, then she can sponsor you for your PR card.
These older Questions will give you some other insight into the situation.
