Any of you planning to immigrate back to Canada someday?

[neiks 19]

When I retire and the kid (maybe kids) are out of the house, I hope to spend the summers at the lake in Canada and the winters somewhere down south in the US. Maybe we will official move to Canada to avoid being old timers with a huge US health insurance premiums. But then again who knows what state of affairs the Canadian healthcare system will be in or if there will even be such a thing by then.

[Cassie 8]

I am planning to become a dual citizen, and then we will be seriously looking at moving back to Canada. Our ultimate plan is to set things up in such a way that we could move back and forth between countries when/if needed.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Nope. Not to Canada, but I wouldn't be surprised if we decided to make the move to sunny Mexico soon enough.

[Marilyn. 340]

i just want to be closer to my family.... I miss them

[ramos96 1]

Im the USC at some point in the future I'd like to get my Canadian Citizenship, from my trip up to get Nancy I really liked it up there near Toronto. Nancy says we should live in Vancouver. What is Vancouver like? Where do you all suggest?

Humbly,

Ramos

[~Nini~ 2]

I love Vancouver - it's beautiful, clean, lots of opportunity for outdoor sports like skiing and hiking, but the cost of living there right now is ridiculously expensive. If housing prices hadn't been so frightfully high, Bee and I might have stayed there.

We've been talking about Paris recently as well. I've never been, but he really loved the city. Maybe it's just the romantic part in us both

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

Nick and I have also discussed this and it is the plan.

He thinks I'll be very unhappy in the U.S., sometimes the thought kind of scares me but I think we'll be ok. He loves Canada as well.

Right now I want to go to school and he has a really good job so, it just makes more sense for me to go down there now.

The plan is we'll go for dual citizenship for me, then we will eventually move back to Canada. We say that now but who knows where we will be in 5 years. I could be working at a fantastic job, we could have a home we absolutely adore....the future is unknown. We both really want to move back though.

Edited December 5, 2007 by ~Laura and Nick~

[Meridien 0]

Nope, I have 2 visits to Canada left in me: one for the Montreal interview and the other to make the drive to the U.S. after my hubby is approved. Other than that, I don't even want to be in Canadian airspace flying over on my way to Iceland or somewhere else. I have a real bad taste in my mouth for Canada. *apologizes for the bluntness to the Canadians*

Hmm, I don't know your story, but I'm reading between the lines here that the immigration process to Canada is just as big a pain in the butt as immigration to the US? *sigh*

My fiance was living in Canada when we met, he was here on a work visa and liked it so much he had even gone so far as to get the immigration paperwork (although he hadn't filled it out yet...) But, then the 'dream job offer' came along and off he went...and so this whole rollercoaster started!

I am wondering how I am going to adjust to life in the US. Oh well, I'm moving to Michigan, so if I miss my people it's only a 3 hour drive to Canada!

[SapphireDreams 71]

I don't think I would ever move back. I really love NYC, where we plan to live and its only a short flight away if I ever wanted to go back home.

I say this now when we haven't even applied yet...

[trailmix 77]

Hmm, I don't know your story, but I'm reading between the lines here that the immigration process to Canada is just as big a pain in the butt as immigration to the US? *sigh*

Depends. Ours was no big deal. All the paperwork gets sent at the same time (how novel!), your spouse gets to live with you while you are waiting etc etc.

It's not smooth for everyone but in general it's a fairly straight forward process.

[Delicia 1]

Nope, I have 2 visits to Canada left in me: one for the Montreal interview and the other to make the drive to the U.S. after my hubby is approved. Other than that, I don't even want to be in Canadian airspace flying over on my way to Iceland or somewhere else. I have a real bad taste in my mouth for Canada. *apologizes for the bluntness to the Canadians*

Who can blame you?

I get the 'I don't like Canadian Immigration' stuff, I don't really get the I don't like Canada or Canadians part (if that is what you are saying?).

If people held immigration against a whole country, there would be a lot of hate (mis)directed at Americans

I just don't like the government, CIC, CRA, the politicians, anything that I have had contact with has been an exercise in futility for me. I haven't had any really poor experiences with Canadians and oddly enough, I met only 3 that I can think of that were born-Canadians. Everyone else was an immigrant.

[kimmbo 0]

We have already done my Husband's immigration stuff, and once that is done it's done - that's another benefit of the Canadian system - once your Husband/Wife is a permanent resident they remain one as long as they are living with the Canadian spouse - even if that is in another country.

As a PR of Canada, I really didnt know that... I ASSumed I would lose my PR once we move to the US... So glad I read this and started researching it!

I also have to say that my Canadian Immigration experience was very easy and took exactly 8 months from start to finish..I applied as a spouse within back in 2002

[Carlawarla 1]

I'd like to say yes, but it's not written in stone. I'd love to return there soon after Gene retires, however we'll have to see how it goes. If we don't move back to Canada, we will however be moving "north". We're thinking Wisconsin, Minnesota, maybe Michigan. But that's about 8 years away, and by then I might not want that snow!

Carla

[Sprailenes 47]

We have talked about it, I can see us doing it down the road.

But who knows, I try not to plan these kinds of things, we're just getting started with our new life down here, to think of packing up and moving again is hard.

[Melyssa 0]

Hello my fellow Canadians! My fiance and I are planning to live in the US for several years, mostly due to his career, but our long term goal is to come back to Canada down the road. Are any of you also thinking of doing this?

Argh, after this seemingly neverending K-1 visa process, I need to deal with immigration again like I need a hole in the head! Oh well, at least the next time around we'll be together while we wait!

I'm just curious about my fellow Can-Am couples and what your stories are. I wonder if there's a Visajourney type website for Canadian Immigration?

We would love to move back to Canada but I doubt that will happen any time soon. We are here for his job; my line of work is much more flexible!

I'd like to say yes, but it's not written in stone. I'd love to return there soon after Gene retires, however we'll have to see how it goes. If we don't move back to Canada, we will however be moving "north". We're thinking Wisconsin, Minnesota, maybe Michigan. But that's about 8 years away, and by then I might not want that snow!

Carla

Hmm, 'north' sounds like a good idea - we'd be a lot closer to my family - practically just the border away!

Edited December 5, 2007 by Melyssa