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emytee
1/29/2017 13:59 EST

Hi there, I'm looking for some advice about which approach my partner and myself should take when moving to Canada.
I am a UK citizen, my partner has dual UK / Canadian citizenship. I am 30, he is 29 and we are both teachers. My partner has been living and working in the UK now for about 3 years.

We would like to move to Canada within the next couple of years but, having looked at the official website I am in a huge muddle about how to do so,

My partner has a BC teaching license so would be able to (hopefully) land himself a job pretty quickly. I think I would need to go to university for at least a year to be able to get myself a BC teaching license. So it looks like I will need a visa which enables me to study and maybe work part time.

As far as I can tell, one option would be for my partner to sponser me - but he has not had a Canadian income for the past year (since he's been living with me and working as a teacher in the UK) and will not have one guaranteed when we get to Canada- so I assume that option would not work for us as he could not prove that he will be able to provide for me.

I think I could get a student visa, assuming a get a place at uni - but do I have to go home once I'm done studying or will he be able to sponser me while I'm there on the student visa? Can I change that student visa to a work visa if I need more time for him to successfully sponser me?

I have been looking at that website for so long and all I end up doing is going around in circles and with more questions!!

Thanks in advance for anyone's input or advice on this matter! It will be very much appreciated.

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OldPro
1/30/2017 14:00 EST

There is no minimum income requirement when sponsoring a spouse/common law partner. But your partner must convince the immigration officer that adequate financial arrangements are in place to support you when you land in Canada.

So your partner can sponsor you without having worked in Canada recently but you need to show some financial means. That could be savings in a bank account you can live on, a family home (his parents' perhaps) that you will live in initially, etc. His ability to find work quickly or already have a job lined up before arrival (which he may be able to do as he is already qualified in BC, etc.

Canadian immigration do not try to make it difficult for a partner to sponsor you but they do want assurances that you will not become a drain on the public purse that's all.

You can start here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse.asp

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