It's our 5 year plan to join our lad in James Bay on the Island. You can't beat BC for beauty and opportunity (and eye-watering property prices).
I'm interested to see how you get on in your new ventures, especially the emigration side, given that by 2028 I'll hopefully over there too.
Regards the immigration process. For me it’s been about making my application down the ‘spousal sponsorship’ route. I don’t know what your situation is nor what route you’d take to apply for immigration, but for me it has been a simple but protracted process of proving various things.
Primarily the Canadian immigration authorities need to know my marriage to my wife is a legitimate, loving marriage and not one of convenience or for financial reasons. They want to know about our wedding, who attended, how long we’ve known each other, proof of the longevity and legitimacy of our marriage (letters from friends and family) attesting to this, photos to prove this, communication between the two of us, as well as proof of shared living and travel expenses, joint bank and utilities accounts.
They want police criminal record checks for myself from all the countries I’ve lived in for more than 6 months since the age of 18, including the UK. There’s a fairly detailed questionnaire to fill in regards myself, my professional life and all sorts of private info, including ‘have you ever been the member of a terrorist organisation’.
I’m expected to disclose all details of all marriages/civil partnerships I’ve been in, why they ended, what happened to the ex partner, where they live, their contact details and if dead what happened to them.
They want to know my family background and contact details for all living blood relatives, what they do work wise, their family situation, and equally intrusive questions for all of them as for myself.
It’s a laborious and protracted process.
