Canadian Immigration help?

Question

My fiance and me are both working in US. We did our graduate studies here and have been working for around 2 years. My fiance started his green card processing just a month ago.I have to start mine. Currently we both are on H1-B visa.

We were thinking abt migrating to Canada in near future..possibly after marraige/kids. My fiance plans to apply for Canadian immigration by this year or early next year.

My question is that is it possible to have a US greencard process and Canadian immigration process at the same time. Do they affect each other?

The reason we are doing this is that our visa in US is based purely on our jobs. If we happen to loose our jobs, we have to leave. To relieve this insecurity we though that well we will have our Canadian immigration going in parallel so incase we lose our job here in US we can move to Canada n look for a job there and that should not be a problem as we have our immigraton in process

Is this right or are we missing something?

Thanks

Answer 1

it is highly unlikely you will be granted permanent residency in two countries,even if Canada gives you PR you have to live in Canada 3 out of 5 years to keep your PR status

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

Answer 2

Thats a good idea. both the process u mentioned are mutually independent and can go on.. there are some consultancies which help u with canadian immigration for a fees.

Answer 3

You don't necessarily need a job offer from Canada to apply to immigrate here.     6 Factor's go into your canadian immigration application (if applying as an independent skilled worker) - your education,  your abilities in English and/or French, your work experience, your age, whether or not you have a job offer in Canada, your "adaptability".    Job offer is one of the factors, but if the other 5 are good then isn't needed.

Anyways your question wasn't about that.

It's about will opening up a Canadian immigration request affect your american one, or vice versa.

Remember that ultimately you would have to make a decision one way or the other.  One cannot be a permanent resident in two countries at the same time.   But having a US Green card, or applying to the greencard/DV lotteries etc should not effect your eligibility for the acquisition of a permanent resident (PR) in Canada.

See subject #19 in my below source URL

But I'd still try to see if you can speak to a Canadian immigration specialist.  Or call the Canadian VISA office in Buffalo, USA (716-858-9501) and see if they'd answer hypothetical questions for you on this.

Their website is also http://geo.international.gc.ca/can-am/bu... It's that office which handles applications for people currently living in the USA who wish to immigrate to Canada.

Answer 4

But wouldn't you need to find jobs in canada in order to stay there as well?  What immigration status would you be on if you moved to Canada?  How would you be legally able to work in Canada?  The US and Canada have their own rules.  You need to contact Canadian immigration to find out a true answer.