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Hi,

I'm seeking advice on how Citizenship and Immigration of Canada may respond to my situation.

To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad" :)), serveral business ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.

Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in years being with each other.

But how will the Citizenship and Immigration of Canada respond to our claim for Permanent Resident status of myself if my partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for Permanent Resident status?

She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen. I'm in Canada as a "visitor". But unfortunitly, the 6 months they aloit will expire in January. We don't want to risk being seperated. And I DO NOT want to stay in Canada illegally. So we wish to apply for Permanent Resident status. I have no criminal record what-so-ever. And she has a steady professional job and no criminal record.

Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a similiar situation .

ablissabliss@hotmail.com

Go to this web site for information

Good luck!

http://www.canada.gc.ca/

I think your story is wonderful and i hope it all works out and that you do not have to seperate at all even for a brief period of time.
I wish you all the best and good luck.

Rach

I have a friend going through this exact process, except he's in Canada and his fiancee is coming from the States into Canada. He is jumping through a lot of hoops, but after a few months of paper work, things seem to be OK.
He was asked to produce the receipt for the engagement ring, and proof that they were a couple, incuding photos of them together with an indication of when the photo was taken (i.e. a newspaper). I forget all the other stuff, but I will ask him and post it here.
Good luck, you'll get through it!

you just continue with your conversation, I'll be looking at the immigration web site and see how well my gf qualifies..
:)

As far as I know, if you can get a job (assuming your future employer is willing to write you a letter stating his willingness to hire you as soon as you become a PR) then your chance increases a great deal. Canadian Embassies do provide a list of occupations which are highly demanded in Canada (changes with time) but the last I heard computer programmers are one of the most highly demanded. Nursing was once the top occupation (ie if you were a nurse, chances are quite definite you'll get it). Though, I've no idea what's in demand now.
What I'm trying to say is this, in any immigration cases, the most important factors are your ability to support yourself & contribute to the country's progress. Unfortunately, love doesn't mean that much to immigration offices when it comes to determine PR status!
Good luck!

it works with a points system..it's all on the web site.

You need to go trhought the job list, do the qualifying test we're you need over 72 points, need sufficient funds for 6 months (10 000$ for 1 person), a medical, etc..just read it.

Btw, a friend of mine managed to get his P.R. status a couple of years ago. This was what he told me. Apparently, you could either apply to the Canada government or the Quebec immigration office. 2 separate offices conducting immigration procedures & criteria. It seemed to be easier to get admitted through the Quebec office (I assume you must want to live in Quebec, but I doubt if anyone monitor where you disappear to after becoming a PR?). You may want to check this out. I'm not sure if the condition is still the same now.