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emytee
Joined 2017
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Advice on which approach to take.

7 years ago

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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