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You can start, but your application will likely be rejected unless you get a job prior to when the application is assessed. You can always gather the information you need now, and update once you have a job and submit then.

Lawyers generally cost more than RCICs (the people who own this forum) because they're lawyers. Immigration consultants have a somewhat bad reputation in Canada because every year or so there is a story about a corrupt one. But there are over 4,000 of them, and they only focus on immigration...

Hi, You can definitely submit your proof of funds to show you can support yourself but it's still an uphill battle if she doesn't work. That's news to me. Can you tell me where you read that? (Keep in mind I'm only the webmaster and not always up to date on this stuff.) As to the work permit...

Have you tried calling them? I know it's a pain.

Remind me, are you inside or outside of Canada? If you are in Canada (or in the US) you can call IRCC at 1-888-242-2100 to ask for a status update. They won't be able to tell you much, however. If you're outside of NA, I don't know if any of these still work...

There are other VACs in the Caribbean. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices/find-visa-application-centre.html I'm sorry to say I don't know if there's another solution.

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I don't know the law in the Philippines, but the law in the US and Canada is that you are now legally married so a church marriage is entirely ceremonial at this point. So you would just need to speak to the church about it. That may not be true in the Philippines, stil, you'd have to assume...

It takes approximately 12 months. If she and her daughter are already in Canada, she can apply for a work permit when you submit the sponsorship application and the daughter can apply for a study permit.

Oops, sorry I thought I posted it: https://myimmitracker.com/en/ca/trackers

https://www.immigroup.com/forum/index.php?threads/process-for-a-cuban-to-receive-a-tourist-visa-to-visit-canada.11851/#post-14601

The only reason it's better to marry in Canada is because the certificate will be in English (or French) and you won't have to get it authenticated/legalized/etc. Otherwise, there's no difference. If you marry her, you can sponsor both her and her daughter at the same time. I just hear today...

Well, in essence an exploratory visit is just a trip to Manitoba. Personally I'm not familiar with it outside of the context of business immigration, so can you post the link where you saw it? If you need one, you just need to get a visitor visa and travel to Manitoba for a week or so. Manitoba...

I'm just the webmaster and have never submitted an application, so I cannot be sure. There is an online website that uses crowd-sourcing to track the process. The could give you a good idea of when the medical exam is requested, as my understanding is it is not always at the same time during...

Well, for a work permit she needs a job offer from a Canadian employer and what's known was a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA, think of it as permission from the government to hire a foreigner). Common-law requires at least one year of living together, which is not possible on a visitor...

First you need to get married. Are you a citizen or permanent resident? If so, you can sponsor her for permanent residence once you've married.

Thanks, I missed that.

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Good luck.

Can she call her bank and ask if this is possible?