What is the Canadian Immigration Process Like?
For your situation, the entire process should take between 12 and 18 months to be finalised. The canadian spouse will apply for you. The canadian spouse must have a job or income of some kind – but there is NO specific level of income required. You cannot work for the first part of the process (for the first 6 to 12 months) You will be a visitor. When you pass the first stage, you will be eligible to apply for an open work permit and work for anyone you like. The forms must be filled out perfectly. Print of lots of copies and practise filliing them in with NO errors An inside application means you are together but you cannot work and the canadian spouse must support you while your application is in process. Part way through the process, you should be approved for the first stage. This means you can apply for an open work permit, a temporary SIN card and sometimes temporary health card (provinces have different rules about health). Then after some more processing (usually the background
