just starting out - pls help

[celticlass]

I am looking for some help, a point in the right direction(s).

I am Canadian, born and bred. My fiancé is American and is currently living in the States. We plan on getting married in about a year.

My fiancé would like to see about getting a working visa in Canada and moving here before then. I live in Saskatchewan, you can't drive down the street for help wanted signs…there is a LOT of work here.

I guess what I'm asking is, where to start and how? If we want to try the working visa route, so he can move here before we're married….how do we go about that?

Now I'm not sure if this applies here too, but I'll throw it out in case anyone has some informatin they could help us with, in terms of getting married, what are the steps we're going to have to take there as well, to get married, being a Canadian and an American?…and look into him getting citizenship as my spouse?….and will all this be any different if he's here working under a workers visa?

Thanks so much....I just want to make sure we do this all right from the get go.

[Tsveta]

Hi, to get a work permit your fiancé needs a job offer. To lean more go to CIC web site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/index.html

Also there is family class immigration where you can sponsor your spouse: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/familymembers.html

If you are getting married anyway you can try the family class immigration. The process takes about a year but I am not too sure, so you can call the CIC and they will be able to give you more details.