Moving to Canada? (If not born in Canada)

[icarus]

You may also look into a Working Holiday Visa to let her into the country and work and then apply for a residency/work visa once in Canada. While the second visa application is going through there may be a bridging arrangement that would extend the working rights from the first visa indefinitely until a decision is made on the second one. This is the case in Australia.

[Cactus Jack]

Sooooooooo, come crawling back, eh?

TO is an excellent choice, love that city. It gets a bad rap in Alberta.

[missdpuck]

Originally Posted by Table 5

I do have to go through Jersey once in a while. That's gotta be way worse than some silly boat.

Hey!

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

Hey!

Sorry, just been cut-off by one too many guido housewives in their Escalades!

[Mad Mel]

Originally Posted by icarus

But you are Canadian right? And presumably on a work-sponsored visa (i.e. a 457 temporary long-stay or similar)? I have a friend who got the right to live and work in Australia because her de facto partner got sponsored with his firm.

But...and I could be wrong... I think it works a bit different if you were an Australian citizen. Then your partner would have had to get a Partnership visa, which I think requires you to be married or plan to be married. It seems easier to move to Australia with a sponsored foreigner than with an actual citizen. That's based on my personal experience and the information on the DIAC site. I could be wrong as I say.

Not sure the same distinction applies to Canada but it could be the case.

Sorry, I meant to answer your question, and forgot. Yes, you are exactly correct. I'm on a 457, and when we came over, they just gave her one too. Only difference is that mine is tied to my employer, she could work for whoever she wants to. My company uses Deloitte for the visa process, and it was dead simple. I have an Aussie friend here who brought her partner over from the UK, and you're correct... that process is a friggin' nightmare.