British born Canadian Citizens

[fenna1]

Hi all,

I am British born and a Canadian Citizen by decent. My mum is a Canadian Citizen.

I want to sponsor my husband who is also British and move over to Canada permanantly when/ if I am approved to sponsor, but concerned about never having lived in Canada at all, only visited for a couple of weeks at a time.

I have sent a photocopy of my certificate and a letter stating my intentions to sever all ties with the UK and re-establish in Canada also letters from my family saying we are staying with them.

I was wondering if there is anyone else in the same sitiuation wanting to sponsor and move permanantly to Canada and what is your progress

Thanks

 

[steaky]

Check out this recent discussion:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/sponsoring-my-husband-coming-to-canada-t48577.0.html

 

[minna]

hmm i'm not quite in your situation, but I figured I'd reply.

I'm also a british-born canadian citizen, but my family moved back to canada when I was 3 years old, so I grew up in Vancouver. I'm living in the US right now, and in the PR process to being my american common-law partner back to Canada with me.

I think in your case you might want to provide additional details of your plans to relocate to canada - something more than just a letter stating your intentions. One thing we included was a timeline of our plans to re-establish ourselves in Canada. Our timeline included, basically, a list of how I would be applying for jobs, contacting moving companies, deciding what to do with our home here in Florida..pretty much a checklist of steps we'd be going through as we prepared to move. This shows that we had actually thought through the details involved in such a move, and were preparing to undertake them. We also had notarized letters from my family and friends that stated that they were aware of my plans to return to Canada in advance of my partner's PR being approved (as we applied common-law notarized letters testifying about our relationship were required, we just had our friends/family add in a part about me going back first). I also sent along emails I had sent to prospective employers when looking into the job market for my field in Vancouver as well as job application emails.

Hope this helps! Technically, the fact that you haven't lived in Canada before shouldn't be much of a factor in your application - you are a citizen, after all - but I would definitely recommend that you take steps to provide additional information proving your desire to live in Canada.

 

[minna]

if you haven't already - apply for your Canadian passport. It will be less cumbersome than bringing your certificate of citizenship everywhere when you are getting driver's licenses etc. in Canada.