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litebear
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Holland
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| pegasus64128 wrote: |
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I live in the Netherlands with my (Korean) missus and she works for a big Korean company here. She reckons over 70% of the staff are from Korea, she has been on business trips to a few other offices in Europe and and says they are the same. She also said that in some countries (Spain in particular) they often hire Koreans who have graduated from Uni in the country and give them non-technical jobs in fields like Marketing or Admin or whatever as it saves a package on relocating people from Korea. There are 5 or 6 who graduated from Dutch unis working in the Marketing dept of her office. The ability to speak Korean is so important that often the employees don't even have related degrees (in Marketing/Admin/HR I mean, not in the IT or tech jobs.
If you guys are planning on moving to a big city maybe scope out what big Korean companies have offices near there. Not sure how much it will help but could be an idea |
yeah I wish my fellow countrymen gave a flying c$#* whether I was from our country and spoke our language. Go Koreans! Send that money back home - don't waste it on the waygooks, they'll use it to attack asdpiakministan or buy fast food to fatten their already overly lard-laden asses or perhaps they might invest it in .. ahh really Koreans should lighten up. The West is dtermined to give the East every penny it has so why not employ foreigners/whities/Africas etc.??? the money will just end up back in Asia in the end anyway so no biggy!! |
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TL
Joined: 30 Mar 2008
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Hi all,
Great thread so far. I have some questions about getting permanent residency in Canada. Rather than start a new thread, I'd like to add to this one since the topics are similar.
I used to teach in Korea, but now I'm back in Canada pursuing an engineering degree. I met my girlfriend while I was in Korea and now we are planning for her to come to Canada in a couple weeks and apply for permanent residency. She was here for one year on a working-holiday visa. During that time we lived together and filed our income tax as common law. She has visited Canada on two other occasions for a period of 3 months each.
I understand that getting permanent residency is difficult. Will it be possible for her to get it considering we are common law? Will the fact that I am a student and have no income prevent her from receiving it? For what it's worth, my mom is willing to "sponsor" her if that's possible.
I realize that I have a lot of research on the topic to do, but I was hoping someone may have some similar experience. This has all come up rather suddenly as I was supposed to return to Korea after Christmas to attend KAIST for a year (I was accepted yesterday!), but a recent tragedy in the family has forced a sudden change of plans.
Thanks for any info. |
For her to have any chance you need to sponsor her. No one else can do that.
To sponsor her you need to be married or prove you are a couple under the law.
From the immi site:
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If you are in a common‑law relationship
You can sponsor the person as your common‑law partner
� regardless of his or her sex, and
� you are cohabiting in a conjugal relationship and have done so for at least one year. |
From the immi site:
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Sponsorship eligibility
In order to sponsor, you must...
�be 18 years of age or older,
�be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident,
�be sponsoring a member of the Spouse or Common‑law Partner in Canada Class,
�live in Canada and continue to live in Canada after the sponsored person obtains permanent resident status,
�sign an agreement with your spouse or common‑law partner confirming that each of you understands your obligations and responsibilities,
�sign an undertaking promising to provide for your spouse or common‑law partner�s basic requirements and, if applicable, those of his or her dependent children,
�prove that you have sufficient income to provide basic requirements for your spouse or common‑law partner�s dependent children. To do this, you must provide documents showing your financial resources for the past 12 months. This requirement applies only when dependent children who have dependent children of their own are included on the application. |
My wife is a permanent resident and we moved here in 2008. I sponsored her and had to provide financial statements for example. She also underwent a medical test and had to submit all sorts of documents with official translations when it was necessary.
Your best bet is to contact immigration directly instead of asking here however. 
check this out: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5289ETOC.asp#5289E2 |
Regarding financial statements, does immigration want pay stubs from Korea or bank records of savings? |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:50 am Post subject: |
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| TL wrote: |
| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
Hi all,
Great thread so far. I have some questions about getting permanent residency in Canada. Rather than start a new thread, I'd like to add to this one since the topics are similar.
I used to teach in Korea, but now I'm back in Canada pursuing an engineering degree. I met my girlfriend while I was in Korea and now we are planning for her to come to Canada in a couple weeks and apply for permanent residency. She was here for one year on a working-holiday visa. During that time we lived together and filed our income tax as common law. She has visited Canada on two other occasions for a period of 3 months each.
I understand that getting permanent residency is difficult. Will it be possible for her to get it considering we are common law? Will the fact that I am a student and have no income prevent her from receiving it? For what it's worth, my mom is willing to "sponsor" her if that's possible.
I realize that I have a lot of research on the topic to do, but I was hoping someone may have some similar experience. This has all come up rather suddenly as I was supposed to return to Korea after Christmas to attend KAIST for a year (I was accepted yesterday!), but a recent tragedy in the family has forced a sudden change of plans.
Thanks for any info. |
For her to have any chance you need to sponsor her. No one else can do that.
To sponsor her you need to be married or prove you are a couple under the law.
From the immi site:
| Quote: |
If you are in a common‑law relationship
You can sponsor the person as your common‑law partner
� regardless of his or her sex, and
� you are cohabiting in a conjugal relationship and have done so for at least one year. |
From the immi site:
| Quote: |
Sponsorship eligibility
In order to sponsor, you must...
�be 18 years of age or older,
�be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident,
�be sponsoring a member of the Spouse or Common‑law Partner in Canada Class,
�live in Canada and continue to live in Canada after the sponsored person obtains permanent resident status,
�sign an agreement with your spouse or common‑law partner confirming that each of you understands your obligations and responsibilities,
�sign an undertaking promising to provide for your spouse or common‑law partner�s basic requirements and, if applicable, those of his or her dependent children,
�prove that you have sufficient income to provide basic requirements for your spouse or common‑law partner�s dependent children. To do this, you must provide documents showing your financial resources for the past 12 months. This requirement applies only when dependent children who have dependent children of their own are included on the application. |
My wife is a permanent resident and we moved here in 2008. I sponsored her and had to provide financial statements for example. She also underwent a medical test and had to submit all sorts of documents with official translations when it was necessary.
Your best bet is to contact immigration directly instead of asking here however.
check this out: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5289ETOC.asp#5289E2 |
Regarding financial statements, does immigration want pay stubs from Korea or bank records of savings? |
From memory I was asked about employment and savings.
The basics being you need to prove you can financially support your spouse in order to be allowed to sponsor her. |
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giraffe
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
These responses are quite interesting to me. In my/our case, I actually think my wife has a stronger resume than me and will have little issue finding a job in Canada.
Perhaps that just wishful thinking though. lol |
I don't think your wife is the norm though! If she was educated in the USA and has 10 years of real work experience for a US company than her resume looks pretty damn good.. Granted if you're wife's english is fluent, I'm pretty sure she stands just as good of a chance as any other canadian to get jobs in her field with her qualifications once you guys move over here... Then again I do know some immigrants in canada with PHD's and masters who cant find jobs in their field. Might have something to do with language and where they got their credentials.. Your wife shouldnt have that problem if she did her schooling in the USA though... ON the other hand , if your wife did all her studies in korea and worked for a korean company.. i don't think she would be able to easily find a job in canada... Just what i think but who knows.. Its different for everyone.... |
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giraffe
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
Hi all,
Great thread so far. I have some questions about getting permanent residency in Canada. Rather than start a new thread, I'd like to add to this one since the topics are similar.
I used to teach in Korea, but now I'm back in Canada pursuing an engineering degree. I met my girlfriend while I was in Korea and now we are planning for her to come to Canada in a couple weeks and apply for permanent residency. She was here for one year on a working-holiday visa. During that time we lived together and filed our income tax as common law. She has visited Canada on two other occasions for a period of 3 months each.
I understand that getting permanent residency is difficult. Will it be possible for her to get it considering we are common law? Will the fact that I am a student and have no income prevent her from receiving it? For what it's worth, my mom is willing to "sponsor" her if that's possible.
I realize that I have a lot of research on the topic to do, but I was hoping someone may have some similar experience. This has all come up rather suddenly as I was supposed to return to Korea after Christmas to attend KAIST for a year (I was accepted yesterday!), but a recent tragedy in the family has forced a sudden change of plans.
Thanks for any info. |
I applied for my wifes permanent residency 2 years ago.
It doesnt sound like you and your GF are common law. Just sounds like a GF to me. Not to mention the Gov will be alot more strict on common law partners application than spousal ones , i think. To be common law , you would need to be living together for more than a year , you would need to prove that both your names are on the APT lease , that you share a bank account , that both yournames appear on bills ECT ECT.... It's also alot harder to apply for the permanent residency when your GF will be inside canada because she wont be able to leave Canada for the period of time it'll take to process ( 6-10 months +) and I've no idea how that works if your GF is coming in a tourist visa..... Word of caution , if you and your GF break up while the application is being processed or after she gets her residency , you are 100% responsible for her finacially regardless if you split up or not...
As for whether or not its possible to apply for permanent residency as a common law couple? YES its very possible but it doesnt sound like you meet the requirements for common law going off the info you provided.
Can you sponsor someone if you're a student with no income? YES you can! If you've been living in Canada and apply for PR status for your "partner" all you need to provide are a few years of T4 slips to prove that you've been residing in canada and paying taxes REGARDLESS OF IF YOU HAVE INCOME OR NOT... When i applied for my wife's PR , I didnt have a job! No income! I was taking a LONG break from work... There was no issues at all!
HOWEVER!!! From what i understand, If you've been living outside of canada for a while , if you're a non resident of canada for tax purposes and You plan to bring your wife into canada ( Which I believe was Captain Corea's and PatrickGHBusan's situation) Its a different application requirement than if you lived in canada ( like me) the whole time!!! IN that case , yes you WILLL Have to show proof of income and yes you will have to show proof of savings, financial proof ect.. In this case you might even have to show you have a place to live in canada and possibly a job offer...
No , your mom cannot sponsor your GF, partner or wife.
Since your coming back to korea for school , and you dont live with your GF/partner right now. It doesnt sound like you guys are common law and have the requirements needed for a PR visa... If you were going to school in canada , while living with your Gf/partner for a few years and had a kid together + have LOTS of proof to show that you are common law ect.. i would say you have a fighting chance to get her a Visa =).
Easiest option would be to just wait , marry your GF ( if planned to spend the rest of your days with her) and then apply for PR status... |
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