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I sponsored my wife a couple years back. At the time, the processing only took 1 year, it might be longer now last I read. Here's the run down. First you need to get married, I just did a small event (6 people) for the marriage certificate signing and then did a proper reception with everyone a year later. There's a huge application package which is broken into a couple steps and they have instructions for you to go through, but the government will first look at your husbands income to make sure he is not a bum and he doesn't have a wife in another city\province. The government then looks at your application and ask information about you and your family. They want to make sure this is not a marriage sham, you're not a convict, you don't have another husband and you don't have some disease that will rape the taxpayers for treatment once you arrive here. You will have to get a medical check and police clerance for any countries you've lived for over a year after the age of 16. The paperwork takes some time to put togeather but a lot of it is just waiting. Avoid importing your car because it's a pain in the rear end, I went through this. You will need some proof of evidence, I just had a lot of pictures and that was fine. I would suggest getting married though as soon as possible and just get the paper work in. This (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/) says 17 months to process. During the application, you are still able to visit each other. The other way is come to Canada as a "visitor" and don't leave. You then apply. but I would not recommend this as you just sit there, can't work and probably end up just having a lot of sexy time. You don't qualify for the health care, so you don't want to get pregnant.. If you leave anytime during the application process, it's voided as well. (You still have to be married for this as well though.) After all your paper work is done though, you just cross the border and say you're landing as a permanent resident, they go through some quick 20min process and you're on your way. You arrive at your province of residence, technically you're not covered for health care until 3 months of living there. (You might want to get some private insurance during this time.) You apply for your drivers license, social security number, drink lovely tim hortons coffee and learn to say thank you for anything and everything. It will cost roughly $1500 to $2000 for the paperwork and medical checks. Also, for what it's worth.. me and my wife decided to move back to the US after 2 years in Canada. Depending where in Canada, it's definitely a lot more expensive and in general work wages are lower to the US, now even worse because of the exchange rate. lol internet. fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Feb 24, 2016 |
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Dogfish posted:Private insurance just in case isn't a bad idea, but important to note that this waiting period is only the case in Ontario and BC. Every other province has decided that a waiting period for healthcare services is unconstitutional and everyone in those provinces is eligible for healthcare immediately upon establishing residency, citizen or not. Heh, I've only lived in BC and Ontario :p
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