Live in Canada but husband works in USA

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nyandubileNew Member
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Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:07 am

Hi, I am planning to relocate to Canada from USA and work as a nurse. My husband is a doctor in the USA and does not want to go thro residency in Canada to qualify to work. Can he maintain his job in USA but come home to Canada every day if i live in a border town?
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:35 am

No. He would still need to immigrate to canada to live there. He has to "qualify" even to live in canada.
You can commute to work, not him.
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:05 am

Wow!! so he has to immigrate work and live there. So a USC can commute to work in Canada but not live there? What if i petition for him to be a permanet resident in Canada can he still maintain his US job?
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:12 am

All foreigners have to immigrate to live permanently in canada (which is what you are proposing). One does not have to immigrate to work in canada, but must get work authorization.
Getting permanent residency in canada doesn't prevent him from doing anything in US -- he is a US citizen after all.
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:53 pm

Yes he is a Usc but to practice medicine in Canada he has to do residenct training for three years which he just finished here. So Canada does not allow foreigners to live there but work elsewhere. what if i sponsor him to get his PR in Canada, can he still keep his US job?? Sorry to bother you, i appreciate your help.
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:32 pm

Your not getting the point.
So Canada does not allow foreigners to live there but work elsewhere.

Of course he can.
He is liscensed to practice in US, and is a US citizen, so he can work anywhere in US regardless of his status in canada.

Now, if he wants to practice in canada, he will have to meet whatever licensing requirement in canada as well as any immigration requirements.

I draw you a picture:

You want to nurse in Windsor, he wants to practice medicne in Detroit: You can either both live in Detroit, or he must apply for permanenrt residency in Canada (as your spouse, not as a doctor).

You both want to practice in Windsor. He can move to canada on a work visa (meeting all other medical licesnsing requirements). I do not know the licensing requirement s of US doctors moving to canada either temporarily of permanently.

But for him to live in canada, regardless of his profession or where it is practiced, he MUST get permanent residence. Again this would not stop him from working in US, since he is already licensed there.
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:41 pm

Thank you i now understand. I have to live in Windsor coz i can't live in USA atleast for a while, so i will sponsor him as my spouse and he can keep working in Detroit and live in Windsor??
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:43 pm

Sounds good to me. make sure you sponsor him. Don't just have him come over and live.
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Re: Live in Canada but husband works in USA

Post Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:20 pm

I see, yes i'll sponsor him. Hopefully before his paper work go thro he can still commute as we wait for his paper work. Thanks a bunch!!
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