MOVING TO CANADA FROM THE UK lots of questions!!

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Hi

Me and my boyfriend are looking into moving to canada from the uk. He is a driving instructor and has his own franchise and i have recently got my higher national certificate in social care. do you think we would get work in these areas in canada? Also, can you tell me what our next step should be in the visa process. My boyfriends grandmother lives in england now but is also a canadian citizen, would this help us to get in?

 

[Libra]

Hi

Me and my boyfriend are looking into moving to canada from the uk. He is a driving instructor and has his own franchise and i have recently got my higher national certificate in social care. do you think we would get work in these areas in canada? Also, can you tell me what our next step should be in the visa process. My boyfriends grandmother lives in england now but is also a canadian citizen, would this help us to get in?

I've already responded to the first part of this particular post in another post of yours.

Now to your boyfriend's right to claim or retain Canadian citizenship:
"Children born abroad on or after 15 February 1977 are automatically citizens if either parent was a citizen at the time of birth."

This is where your boyfriend comes in: "However, children born abroad in the second and succeeding generations of children so born from that date are required before the age of 28 to apply to retain citizenship, to register as a citizen and either live in Canada for one year prior to making the application OR have established a substantial connection with Canada."

The crucial question is: Did grandma get a citizenship certificate at all for your boyfriend's parent?

So, your boyfriend would be able to claim /retain Canadian citizenship if both of the following requirements are true in his case:

1. Grandma had obtained a Canadian citizenship certificate for boyfriend's parent, AND

2. Your boyfriend is not yet 28 years old.