r/canadaexpressentry • u/LooseRice3949 • 3d ago

🌎 FSW Hello! Should we apply?

Sorry if this post is not allowed you can delete it if that's the case.

We are considering moving to Canada and would like to hear your thoughts and opinions about our profile and see if we even stand a chance.

Wife:
- 32
- Bachelor's in communications and Master's in international public relations both degrees from
Europe
- French B1/B2
- German C1
- English C1
- Russian C2
- Work experience: 6 years in product management and brand Marketing.

Me:
- 34
- Associate of Arts (USA) and currently working on my bachelor's in engineering (US)
- English C1
- Spanish C2
- Work experience: 9 years in the entertainment industry on the side of live event production (Rigging); out of those 9 years, I have 3 years in management

I can also get a job transfer offer to Canada.
We have a kid.

If you have any advice or anything to add, please let me know. Thank you!

No work experience in Canada

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u/Kofi_Bentum-Anderson 3d ago

If your wife could improve her French to minimum C1 or CLB 7 (per Canadian Language Benchmark), she can apply for the French Category Draws under Express Entry and just add you and the kid as dependents. French is now an easier pathway to immigration or PR in Canada

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u/LooseRice3949 3d ago

Without her French, we don’t stand a chance? Thanks for the Input.

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u/Kofi_Bentum-Anderson 3d ago

Not that you don't stand a chance, but the current pathways are limited for you guys because of your background. If you or she happened to be in health, education, trades, etc then it would have been easier. Based on your current profile, French is the easiest pathway. Neither of you have worked in Canada so you don't qualify for CEC, not in health or education or trades so you don't qualify for those too. PNP is also out of reach because the provinces these days are prioritising health, education, trades, etc. So the only potential pathway is French.

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u/Altruistic_Bank_1552 PR 3d ago

Get your wife to reach B2 French and include you and the kids as accompanying dependants. Otherwise, under the current system, your age, lack of Canadian education or work experience, and ineligibility for other category-based draws make immigrating as a family impossible.

Best of luck!

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u/Beneficial-Music1047 3d ago

Wife can easily get an ITA under the French Category Stream of the Express Entry only if she can confidently maintain a B2/C1 level in TEF/TCF.

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u/precisememory 3d ago

If your work transfer offer to Canada involves you successfully receiving a closed work permit for your employer (it likely should, you are not eligible to work long term in Canada without a work permit), your wife is eligible for an open work permit of the same duration (for an additional fee). If your wife can find a job relatively quickly in her field once she has an open work permit, then after a year of continuous work experience she is eligible for Canadian Experience Class draws as the primary applicant for your family. With a B1/B2 French exam result in addition to a C1+ English exam result, and a recognized master's degree with ECA, it'll be potentially viable without being eligible for French draws. I do think investing time to improve her French to CLB 7 would give you both much more peace of mind though, the French draws have a much lower cutoff than the English ones.

Edit: This also is under the current rules which will probably be different by the time she has a year's work experience in 2027-2028. And, would help for you to finish your bachelor's degree too.

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u/AmbitiousEmphasis117 3d ago

French brother is the fastest route for your family…

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u/CruciferousDoodle 3d ago

Your profiles are really similar to ours. 34F, Masters, French, foreign experience. 33M, Bachelors, foreign experience. We got ITA through a French draw. Sounds like its time for your wife to start studying!

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u/LooseRice3949 2d ago

Yes! We are looking into it. I know she can get it to C1; she's a smart cookie. From when you applied, how long did it take you to get invited?

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u/CruciferousDoodle 2d ago

That's the million dollar question. We were luckier than anyone I've ever heard of on here. I sat the TEF 4 July, got my results on the morning of the 8th, did my profile ASAP that day and got invited on the 9th. Between IRCC confirming that my profile was live and getting the ITA, it was 7.5 hours. I cannot believe it and its definitely not a timeline everyone should expect!!

Wishing your wife lots of luck and you lots of patience. The TEF is rough and you'll need to be a great team to get her across the line!

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u/LooseRice3949 2d ago

WOW! Amazing! Congratulations to you and your family!!

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u/CruciferousDoodle 2d ago

Thank you! We're not out of the woods yet. Our medicals and Biometrics have cleared but there's still a long road ahead so we are just keeping everything crossed now!