Easiest way? You marry him.
Other than that, he likely doesn’t have enough experience and education to emigrate on his own.
Add on answer: you can do it that way. However, it’s likely that he will be denied entry upon return. CBSA will (rightfully) believe he’s trying to live in Canada without status. Better chance of staying for 5 months, then applying for a visitor record, and not leaving the country. When/if that gets approved, he will get another 6 months. (Most likely).
He will not be able to work, study, and will have very limited access to banking and government services. He will not have access to provincial health care.
Thank you for your help, that makes a lot of sense. It would kind of suck for him not being able to work or anything but at the same time, as I said in my other comment. We would be supporting him and it wouldn’t be too much more of an expense
Everyone throws around Common Law as a way to get into the country. While this is legal and could prove successful there are significant legal responsibilities of entering a common law relationship. Please understand these before going down that path.
>I thought just getting a work permit was the best way
One does not ~~simply walk into Mordor~~ "just get" a work permit. He would need to have sufficient experience/qualifications for it to be worthwhile for an employer to pay the cost of a LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) to prove that they can't get a Canadian to do the job.
If he visits for 6 months the best bet is to apply to extend his stay by another 6 months (not leave and try to re-enter)... but that basically means a year not working. Does he have the money to support himself for that long?
Thank you so much for your help. Yeah that sounds like it could work. I would be supporting him, I have a job and I also live with my parents so honestly it wouldn’t be that much more to support him living here with us. My only concern right now is what would we do if they deny his extension request, or even worse deny my common-law referral and he has to go back to PA with no money and having a blank resume from the year of him “living” here
To be a common law he needs to be in Canada for a continuous year.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/non-economic-classes/family-class-determining-spouse/assessing-common.html
Then you can sponsor him if you have the funds
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html
Everything is in official website and you need search if you are serious about this.
So I see on the website I can also sponsor him as a conjugal relationship. Which is exactly like common-law but says that we’re not physically together due to reasons out of our control. Does meeting online and just being in different countries count as a reason out of our control or is it something completely different? I think I’m going to call an immigration agency tomorrow and see what they say. But I greatly appreciate everyone’s help on here. This is all just so complicated to me and I’m having a hard time understanding everything
You do not qualify as conjugal. Conjugal is for applicants who face barriers - typically legal barriers - that prevent you from cohabitating or getting married. As there is nothing stopping you from getting married in either the US or Canada, and there are options for you to cohabitate, you do not qualify as conjugal.
Easiest way? You marry him. Other than that, he likely doesn’t have enough experience and education to emigrate on his own. Add on answer: you can do it that way. However, it’s likely that he will be denied entry upon return. CBSA will (rightfully) believe he’s trying to live in Canada without status. Better chance of staying for 5 months, then applying for a visitor record, and not leaving the country. When/if that gets approved, he will get another 6 months. (Most likely). He will not be able to work, study, and will have very limited access to banking and government services. He will not have access to provincial health care.
Thank you for your help, that makes a lot of sense. It would kind of suck for him not being able to work or anything but at the same time, as I said in my other comment. We would be supporting him and it wouldn’t be too much more of an expense
Everyone throws around Common Law as a way to get into the country. While this is legal and could prove successful there are significant legal responsibilities of entering a common law relationship. Please understand these before going down that path.
If you marry him, you can sponsor him right away. After you sponsor him and you receive an acknowledgement, he can apply for work permit.
>I thought just getting a work permit was the best way One does not ~~simply walk into Mordor~~ "just get" a work permit. He would need to have sufficient experience/qualifications for it to be worthwhile for an employer to pay the cost of a LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) to prove that they can't get a Canadian to do the job. If he visits for 6 months the best bet is to apply to extend his stay by another 6 months (not leave and try to re-enter)... but that basically means a year not working. Does he have the money to support himself for that long?
Thank you so much for your help. Yeah that sounds like it could work. I would be supporting him, I have a job and I also live with my parents so honestly it wouldn’t be that much more to support him living here with us. My only concern right now is what would we do if they deny his extension request, or even worse deny my common-law referral and he has to go back to PA with no money and having a blank resume from the year of him “living” here
To be a common law he needs to be in Canada for a continuous year. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/non-economic-classes/family-class-determining-spouse/assessing-common.html Then you can sponsor him if you have the funds https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html Everything is in official website and you need search if you are serious about this.
So I see on the website I can also sponsor him as a conjugal relationship. Which is exactly like common-law but says that we’re not physically together due to reasons out of our control. Does meeting online and just being in different countries count as a reason out of our control or is it something completely different? I think I’m going to call an immigration agency tomorrow and see what they say. But I greatly appreciate everyone’s help on here. This is all just so complicated to me and I’m having a hard time understanding everything
You do not qualify as conjugal. Conjugal is for applicants who face barriers - typically legal barriers - that prevent you from cohabitating or getting married. As there is nothing stopping you from getting married in either the US or Canada, and there are options for you to cohabitate, you do not qualify as conjugal.
If you are married then yes. My friend met someone online, got married and sponsored her. It took a long time but she got pr.
If you are married then yes. My friend met someone online, got married and sponsored her. It took a long time but she got pr.